http://blog.johnmizell.com Devouring Global Resources? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:51:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 John (& friends) have put together a collection of random media focusing on the ubiquitousness of simple good fun. Through music and video, interviews, and ambience, this podcast hopes to entertain you, just a bit. From around the world, johnmizell.com 帅巴 J no 帅巴 J john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com (帅巴 J) John Patrick Mizell simple good fun Mizell, 帅巴J, California, Travel, http://blog.johnmizell.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.johnmizell.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:00:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=164 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/03/20/more-rd-and-a-website/feed 0 We’ve had to make some changes to our design and materials and are at a temporary manufacturing standstill until we perfect our process. However, we’ve put up a website and will conduct the remainder of communication via it. Thanks! John www.boojumboards.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:12:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=163 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/25/epoxy-nada-mas/feed 0 Thursday, January 25, 2007 Using the last of the epoxy we finished all six boards and set them up to dry. We’ll see how these cure, the last batch cured within 24 hours. I hope/expect the same from this third time around. We purchased some fine sand paper today and are ready to finish up [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:01:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=162 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/24/epoxy-second-round/feed 0 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Yesterday I sanded the last plank down and prepared it for shaping. Early this morning I put together some 2×4′s and built a drying rack. After classes I came home and cut the sixth board into it’s symmetrical egg/oval shape. Then shaped it and cleaned it up. Drilled all three NEW [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:10:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=161 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/22/two-more-blanks-cut-and-done/feed 0 Monday – January 22, 2007 Put the sign up early this morning and went to school. After lunch we started up again for the day, released our plank from yesterday, cut off the excess and began to press that together for our next board. Jon came to work today. So that’s good. Once this plank [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:44:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=160 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/second-set-while-we-wait/feed 0 Purchased a new set of wood to laminate together. Maple-Redwood-Purple Heart-Maple-Purple Heart-Redwood-Maple Glued, Clamped, and Now Set. —- The Resin on our first set is still tacky – we’re very curious to find out the final dry time for this stuff… as it’s been almost 48 hours. We made our shop sign today. Tomorrow, after [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:16:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=159 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/errands-and-enthusiasm/feed 0 We hopped into the car and made a list of needs. First on the list was hardware: trucks, barrings, wheels, grip tape, and risers. Second on the list was more wood of course! Third was resin, or sealant, or something to protect the wood. Fourth, which quickly turned into First, was breakfast. And Fifth was [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:00:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=158 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/from-one-comes-three/feed 0 I couldn’t sleep that night. I woke up at 5, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, and finally got out of the shower by 8:00 AM. The sun was already out and it was important that I continued the momentum of the previous night. I pulled out the jig and the sander and plugged in. The first [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:43:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=157 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/21/first-blank/feed 0 Same night, we continue on. The jig saw started to cut. Will and I were anxious… was this the next step? Had we forgotten something? Oh lord I hope not. Now we’re committed, now we’ve done it, now there… now we’ve got two pieces. Oh that’s not good. That side looks good. That side needs [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:40:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=156 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/lesson-learned/feed 0 The following night I found myself in possession of a brand new $90 belt sander. It was necessary to get the job done. A Makita, I felt like it was something I could trust…I wasn’t, but that comes later. The wood I had purchased was irregular and therefore when sitting flush on one side, it [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:31:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=155 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/4-surfboards-22-skateboards/feed 0 I was eager to continue on, so I did. January 17th, 2007 I threw in the towel and spent roughly $80. Wood ran about $35 and four clamps cost about $45. I felt like I’d sunk all my resources into this and so it had better turn out. I laid the wood out and pulled [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:19:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=154 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2007/01/20/initial-thoughts/feed 0 I arrived home from Ecuador with a lot of ideas in my head. Some were considerations for life, other ideas were merely entertaining anecdotes, and a couple turned out to be plans of action. One such action plan was re-enrolling in school. Done. While it’s not been the smoothest time, I did it and am [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-23rd-2005-gutting-the-fish http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-23rd-2005-gutting-the-fish#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:16:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=138 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-23rd-2005-gutting-the-fish/feed 0 Now we’re into some real meat. In fact I was surprised not to find any dead animals deep in the bowls of this thing. Once again, sure to document the whole tear down, I slowly addressed each screw and found the pieces easily came apart. I could now see the mechanics behind this whole contraption. [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-13th-2005-a-key-step http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-13th-2005-a-key-step#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:09:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=137 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-13th-2005-a-key-step/feed 0 Start from the beginning, I took the #3 black key.. A# I believe, or perhaps you know it as b-flat. Check out the felt there. Old, stiff, broken felt – time to replace with soft and new… why not make it blue. Ta-Da! You can’t see the hole, but there’s one there. Smooth action too. [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-12th-2005-play-by-number http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-12th-2005-play-by-number#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:01:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=136 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/31/may-12th-2005-play-by-number/feed 0 Removed and numbered the keys and then looked at the rack. Before: Then a little cleaning…. there that wasn’t so hard. After: http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-keyboard-corison-crud-signatures-and-stamps http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-keyboard-corison-crud-signatures-and-stamps#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:19:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=135 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-keyboard-corison-crud-signatures-and-stamps/feed 0 Time to check out the keyboard. The #1 part of the instrument, inspected by everybody. Signatures and a Date – Today I got a good idea of how old this instrument is. Can you read it? 1879. The back side of the keys – the brass posts they sit on seem to have a little [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-i-felt http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-i-felt#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:52:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=134 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/may-7th-2005-i-felt/feed 0 The paint was quickly dry in the May sun of Tucson and I had brought the piece back inside where it could rest until my next chance to work on it. May 7th presented a nice opportunity quickly enough. I evaluated the piece and then looked into reconstruction. With my tools readied and went to [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/april-22st-2005-first-coat-of-new-paint http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/april-22st-2005-first-coat-of-new-paint#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:43:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=133 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/30/april-22st-2005-first-coat-of-new-paint/feed 0 It needed to be Black – like space… without the stars. I was timid, but eager to begin to say the least. I rode over to Ace and talked to the guys there. “I’m looking for a paint to last. Something to replace a paint from an old organ I’ve got…” I probably tried to [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/april-21st-2005-detail-cleaning-and-dirty-felt http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/april-21st-2005-detail-cleaning-and-dirty-felt#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:21:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=132 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/april-21st-2005-detail-cleaning-and-dirty-felt/feed 0 Today was my first real test, I felt, of how well I could take things apart, clean them up, and put them back together. I fell like I did a good job of taking it apart… but more importantly I was wise enough to take pictures ahead of time for to put it back together [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-21st-2005-what-to-do-while-glue-dries http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-21st-2005-what-to-do-while-glue-dries#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:07:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=131 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-21st-2005-what-to-do-while-glue-dries/feed 0 The glue dried on the other parts and I continued to inspect the pieces and asses the need for repair.Today I looked over the larger vent cover. Just as weatherd as the other parts, I started to get use to the fact that all parts needed to be refinished. The fabric on this piece was [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-3rd-2006-damage-report http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-3rd-2006-damage-report#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:55:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=130 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/march-3rd-2006-damage-report/feed 0 With a pile of pieces off the structure I could now investigate the problems and begin to assess the rebuild. I started with the easy pieces. The keyboard cover was cracked across the front, putting a split through the manufacture’s label. The wood was also quite weathered. My first repair was to lightly sand down [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/torn-apart http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/torn-apart#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:37:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=129 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/torn-apart/feed 0 I’m moving fast on this puppy, tearing it down and doing some mild cleaning on my way. I’m thinking I should start some refinishing soon, but first I want to see the innards of this sucker and the best way to attack it’s defiencies. Here you see the mechanisms from the draws the actuate the [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/components http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/components#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:15:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=128 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/10/03/components/feed 0 I slowed my pace a bit, but not by much. It suddenly occured to me that I needed to take lots of photos and focus on each piece I was taking off. I took a couple of notes and made some sketches, but my enthusiasm was still rapidly pulsing through my body.Off came the keyboard [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/exploration http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/exploration#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:55:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=127 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/exploration/feed 0 I unloaded it into my garage. At the time this was a very empty space and the organ sat right at the entrance like any glorious addition to a household should be presented, free to be seen by anyone who might duck in. HA! not here.. but hey, I felt better about myself. This puppy [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/freecycle-told-me-so-and-the-volvo-made-it-so http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/freecycle-told-me-so-and-the-volvo-made-it-so#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:12:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=126 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/09/27/freecycle-told-me-so-and-the-volvo-made-it-so/feed 0 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 – The posting read: “[freecycle] OFFER: 1880ish Pump Organ” “Pump organ is in need of restoration.We are in the Broadway/Kolb area. 207-xxxx.Would appreciate removal ASAP. Thanks!” I stopped reading and immediately replied. “I would love to have this! I can pick it up as soon as you’d like. – John.”(or something [...]