Work in Progress

[Foxfur]

I've been awakened out of my slumber by all the fine examples of craftsmanship illustrated on this thread and have discovered a project into which I can sink my teeth. Magnetic Perpetual Motion Motor. Anybody ever build one? I am going to give it a go and see what happens. If I can build one to turn a 500W wind turbine, that would be enough to keep my solar array pretty well charged. Any thoughts about the HoJo Motor?

http://www.hojomotor.com/

That website made me laugh so hard!
They can have all the patents they want and it still won't work. Unless they can reinvent the physical laws of the universe...
I love the claims that they were shut down by "Big Energy" and had to fight to get their website back up. Bwahahaha!
http://mapawatt.com/2011/11/05/hojo-motor-is-a-scam/

I suggest building a "perpetual pleasure machine". If anyone can build it it's you!

Yay!

[jella]

I'm offically amoung their fan club yayyyyyy swatches !!

wait I meant the fabric company of course

[Foxfur]

I'm offically amoung their fan club yayyyyyy swatches !!

wait I meant the fabric company of course

I'd love me some perpetual fur...

[ygmir]

I got the latch and locking system made and adjust for the Hof doors last night:

spring loaded latch, for general "in and out" traffic:



lock bars:
Raven:

Wolf: (pencil for scale, 1/2" x3" bar stock)

Serpent:

locking latch (claw):

latch engaged:


door locked:


*hoping not to be boring with too much detail*

[LeChatNoir]

I'm digging the triple catch and the creature heads. Love the creature heads actually.

[delle]

Dam.

Now I need more creature heads in my life.... where'm | going to find those???

LOVE the door, Yiggy. It's Hefty and Functional and very, very beautiful!

[MisaBlue]

So nice Yggy!

[jella]

The latch is beautiful Yggy..I love the menagerie of animals that guard the door especially

[wh..sh]

Beautiful door and latches!
I guess there is no escaping

[ygmir]

well, thanks gang. I'm hoping many of you come to see them, in place at the Hof.

[Patsh]

So, Yggy...

When's the party?

[ygmir]

this summer. I'm hoping for one or more campout/parties. I'll be working up there, so, hoping folks will come check it out, and have fun.
nope, you don't need to work, just show up..........

[Elliot]

*goes outside and checks oil and water in bus engine*

[Patsh]

*wonders if it's time to rinse off playa dust from tent*

[theCryptofishist]

Is the road paved?

[ygmir]

well, you're all welcome.

Alas, Fishy, the last 6 miles is gravel, rough but not 4 wheel drive, but pretty rough.MagicMart could probable give you a better assesment, from an urban dwelling point of view......but, about 100' is 4x4.
But, when we have a party, if you wanna come, no worries gettin ya up there.
and, I'll do my best, to have stuff ready, so you can get around.

Yeah Elliot, the bus might be tough......not saying you can't get it there, you can. But, parts of the road, are super narrow, only one lane for a couple of miles, and, probably a 70 degree slope, off the side, with nothing to catch you for a quarter mile.
but, if you get to the bottom of my drive there is parking there for the bus.....and, we can shuttle you up.

I'm betting Triken, and her trike, could go up there.........

[Elliot]

Yeah Elliot, the bus might be tough... ...but, if you get to the bottom of my drive there is parking there for the bus.....and, we can shuttle you up.

Sounds like a plan. I don't need to watch the darn thing all day! I just need a place to sleep.

[Ugly Dougly]

Monster-proof club houses are so cool. Kudos to you, bro.

[MisaBlue]

Party at the Hof, party at the Hof...YAAAAAY

[Elliot]

Ygmir, have you ever explained to your congregation what a "hof" is? As I understand it, a hof (hov in modern Norwegian) is an Old Norse building used as a pagan temple and banquet hall. In Norse mythology, the gods held some quite lively feasts in such halls.

[ygmir]

Ygmir, have you ever explained to your congregation what a "hof" is? As I understand it, a hof (hov in modern Norwegian) is an Old Norse building used as a pagan temple and banquet hall. In Norse mythology, the gods held some quite lively feasts in such halls.

thanks for taking care of that, Elliot.

[theCryptofishist]

Then what is a Hofbrau. If you'll allow that bastard tongue, German, in...

[trilobyte]

That's how I understood it (hof, that is)… great hall. Hofbrau was the great drinking hall (assuming the brau is an ancestor of brew, as in where they make and keep the hooch)

[theCryptofishist]

Loewenbrau = Lion's Brew = Lion's Beer. That half I had no trouble with...

(a little german is a dangerous thing...)

[ygmir]

Loewenbrau = Lion's Brew = Lion's Beer. That half I had no trouble with...

(a little german is a dangerous thing...)

most Deutschlanders are pretty tall, no?
Now, had you made the dangerous reference to Frenchmen, at least we could all put our hand in our coats. And wear our hat sideways.

[Elliot]

Babelfish translates German "hof" to English "yard". In this context, I interpret "yard" as "grounds", as in fairgrounds, which fits right in with banquet hall. Does that make sense?

[Patsh]

From Dutch, it translates as 'court'...

[theCryptofishist]

Etymologically, the Old Norse word hof is the same as the German word hof, meaning a farm or a court, and the former is still its primary meaning in some Scandinavian languages. During the Viking Age, it appears to have displaced older terms for a sacred place, vé, hörgr, lundr, and vin, particularly in the West Norse linguistic area, namely Norway and Iceland. It is the dominant word for a temple in the Icelandic sagas, but is rare in skaldic poetry.[1]

So, what I get out of that is that "hofbrau" is beer garden...
Although, looking at wiki again, I get brewery...
Locally, historically (i.e. 100 years ago), a hofbrau was a lunch place, (a workingman's lunch place?) steam tables, perhaps, (although I don't know when that technology came up or what it replaced), with the chosen items dished out for the--
Okay, I don't really understand it. I also don't know how to find it on the web.

[Elliot]

"Court" is even closer than "yard". Garden, festival grounds -- sure, beer garden.

But "Hofbrau"? Why turn it around? Hof Brau sounds to me like "garden beer". Feast Beer, Party Beer. Beer intended for special occasions. In Norway to this day, they sell specially brewed and labeled beers at Christmas, called Jule Øl = Yule Ale. These beers are stronger than allowed the rest of the year. Any left unsold by a certain date must be destroyed or sold outside Norway. I've seen one here in California, probably this time of year.

Locally -- here in the USA -- restaurants are among the worst sinners when it comes to perverting foreign words into business names. Same thing world wide. We've all seen pictures of ridiculous signs in foreign countries. There was one here on e-playa just a couple of days ago: "Child Beer". I reckon they meant "cold beer" and tried for "chilled beer". To an American business owner, "Brauhof " or "Hofbrau" is strictly a matter of what sounds better as a business name to his ears.

[theCryptofishist]

A lot of microbrews do special seasonal ales...