Shawn Pitz

@shawnaroo.bsky.social

I make a lot of things. Art, furniture, costumes, props, buildings, computer games, food, and more. Doing my part to fill this website with cat pictures.

Over the past few months both the price of steel and outside temperatures have gone up considerably, and that has made metalworking a somewhat less enjoyable hobby for me. But I'm still welding stuff!

Inflation continues, we're in the middle of a war with Iran that Trump started, a major global shipping lane is still blocked, plus the other gazillion other awful things happening in the world. And on a Monday morning the primary Republican talking point is "America needs a Whitehouse ballroom!"

Alex Schieferdecker@alexschief.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This kind of stuff will make all of us go insane. Nobody was discussing any ballroom until Trump tore down the East Wing last year. And this was not an argument for the ballroom until literally hours ago. But now we're supposed to pretend like the WHCA incident settles some longstanding debate?

I wanted more welding practice, and I also wanted a heavy duty rolling shop cart for my garage, so I built this. I’ll probably make some modifications after using it for a bit, but for the most part I’m pretty happy with how it’s come together so far.

A picture of a homemade shop cart with a welded steel frame, three levels of wood shelves, and some plastic tool/supply holders on top. The shelves are filled with various tools and materials.

While a stroopwafel is awesome on its own, to make it even better, it's suggested that before eating it you warm it up by resting it on your cat's belly for a few minutes.

An orange tabby cat laying on his back, with a stroopwafel resting on his belly.