Andy Cooper

@integgro.llc

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40 He/Him Liberal, Maker, Hacker, Tailor, Pattern maker , Knitter, Curler, serial hobbiest, greyhound adopter. Dallas Texas, for now...

The same custom ergonomic pebbling wand handle and pebble head from previous posts but this time you can see the head has been separated from the handle to demonstrate the rapid swapping capabilities.
Custom pebble wand for curling made of white PETG laying on a teal couch cushion. the handle is made to be similar to a pistol grip from fencing. Back Right View.
Screenshot of the synthesis of DEET from the Wikipedia page.
Magnolia the tuxedo coated greyhound in her pink dog sunglasses that look like ski goggles, a teal harness with a bright orange lead that runs off to the right side of the frame. Her pink silicone booties protecting her feet from the molten concrete, of which only one of her feet are touching because she is headed off to smell SOMETHING.
Video of me and another volunteer helping cut stacks of foam for the DFW Curling Club dedicated facility.
Homemade kanthal wire foam cutter attached to a table with super secure PVC and zip ties powered by my hobby electronics desktop power supply
Sheets of curling ice in the Rock Creek Curling Club
Magnolia the tuxedo greyhound laying on the stairway landing with her front legs crossed in front of her.
A 60" 16 Shaft AVL floor loom with computerized Dobby, sectional warp beam automatic feed and tensioning, and now casters to make it all easier to move!!
Picture of a couple of mill parts that have a silvery aluminum look forced upon them by the use of paint instead of chrome
60" 16 Shaft AVL Production Dobby Loom from the 1990s with a 2-box pneumatic powered shuttle delivery, sectional warping beam, automatic feed, and soon rotary temples from the front right hand side.
Picture of the z axis handle entry for a Bridgeport Series 2J Standing Knee Mill that is painted red with a custom 3D printed motor mount/connector.
3D printed ring temple assembly for weaving Initial attempt. Roughly assembled white housing parts and orange spikey rings attached together on a small rod.
Filament stash sitting under my 3D printer setup. It's a meager it's a mere 9 spools.
DFW Curling Club custom gripper discs applied to the bottom of some quite old Asham curling shoes.
A pair of pink 3D printed lasts sit atop a red and blue bandana quilt.
Me with an I Voted sticker on my red and white striped linen shirt. No bowtie.
Left curling shoe covered in a rubber stretch on gripper with a grippy texture pattern so I don't fall on the ice as much as I used to.
Original disgustingly overused Asham gripper discs on my curling shoes. A crack in the sole is splitting its way across the sole.
Less than flattering 3d render of Kes from Star Trek Voyager for the most recent iteration of a video game.
Listing of the different dates and times that you can try curling with the DFW Curling Club, They can be found in a more text reader friendly format at our website dfwcurling.com if you are interested. The dates range from February 19th to March 29th and cover a number of different timeslots for different schedules.
Very high pressure test of the PETG Pebble head showing off a lack of leaks but also that some of the hole angles are entirely too wide.
Semi-transparent view of the 3d model of the pebble head from inside Blender sitting above the top layer of Geometry Nodes that make the pebble head happen.
Magnolia the tuxedo coated greyhound sleeping on a brown suede couch, a maroon and white fuzzy blanket.
Shopping images of two gray men's hats the top one is a newsboy and the bottom one is a standard flat cap. Both have a herringbone weave pattern.
Me, dressed up as Greg from Over the Garden Wall, who is dressed up as an elephant, Beatrice the bluebird sits up on my shoulder.
A hakko blue and yellow soldering station sits at entirely too high of a temperature with a mess of a worktable sitting behind it. a KitaOps badge sits on top of a Whataburger cup, which is a totally real department.
Picture of the container for a DEFCON 33 Labubu circuit board.
Magnolia the tuxedo coated greyhound sleeping on the couch, her head propped up by multiple blankets on her couch.
Magnolia the tuxedo greyhound laying on the landing between the first and second floor stairs in our house.
Me delivering a curling stone in a colorful homemade pleated skirt and black wingtip style Asham curling shoes.
6 Yellow Pentel P209 0.9mm mechanical pencils sitting on top of 3 boxes of the Pentel Classic Color GraphGear 500 series.
Magnolia the tuxedo Coated Greyhound lays on a maroon couch in a photo session while wearing a collar and bowtie to match the rest of her natural tuxedo.
Magnolia the tuxedo Coated Greyhound giving a smiley post walk face lying in her spot on "my" couch that is also hers. Her eyes are open and she is awake. But she is distant to the world.
Me holding one hand inside of the pockets for my multicolor pleated skirt.
Me, standing, doing a mirror selfie wearing a black polo shirt and a colorful pleated skirt.
A fan made star trek next generation com badge that was 3d printed, sanded, and painted with mica powder and acrylic medium before being sprayed with a mostly matte finish that is still too glossy somehow.
Magnolia the Tuxedo Coated Greyhound sits gracefully on her couch one paw stacked on top of the other, her face filled with an expression of annoyance at her picture being taken. a teal blanket is folded in front of her.
Tuxedo Coated Greyhound stand sits on a couch with her teal harness half buttoned up while wearing hot pink sunglasses that look like ski goggles.
7 air baked pierogi. I know how many are in half a dozen, I'm just not gonna leave one all by itself in the otherwise empty container.
Poster for the cancelled TV show Ascension featuring 6 people from the show and one arm of another person on the show.
Stack of old White Wolf Games LARP books before hard cover was an option as you were expected to carry ones relevant to your character on your person all night just in case.
Magnolia the Tuxedo Coated Greyhound laying in the couch her head properly supported with a fluffy blanket while she contemplates going outside in the rain.
Series 2 Curta mechanical calculator being held in one hand along with its case. Being horribly unimpressive when compared to THE Difference Engine.
Andy standing in front of a mirror doing a selfie of himself in a swimsuit that he hemmed to be more showy.
I poorly use the new SPACE MOUSE that I bought to use with Blender to scoot and zoom around a 3d design space with what is essentially a poorly misshapen straw.
Magnolia the Tuxedo Coated Greyhound cuddled up with her head resting on my hip.
Magnolia the Tuxedo coated greyhound lying on a blanket mountain on the couch, one leg perched up on top of the mountain, her head pointed down its side eyes rolled upwards in a look of "neglect"
Array of 5 ATMEGAs configured with minimal circuits other than the serial connection for programming them which is connected on the back side.
3D printed Alf face and ears that were painted earlier that day freshly dried from a matte spray coating to protect the paint.
The printed Alf face from the previous posts sitting in a UV curing chamber.
Photo of a screen for Blender, in it you can see a 3d scanned model of Integgroll's head covered in a 3d modeled Alf face.
poor picture of some suspiciously Alf like fabric.
Random tree that someone has hammered a screwdriver bit into.
Magnolia the tuxedo coated Greyhound lays on the couch half on top of Andy who is trying to do some 3D modeling in blender. Magnolia's paws are outstretched in front of the screen of a MacBook Air sitting on one knee. Magnolia's personal couch sits unused in the. background.
Magnolia the tuxedo coated greyhound lays on a couch with her head upright facing the camera, a single ear opened up at a 45 degree angle. the other one nowhere to be seen as if it no longer exists.
A shrunk Shrinky dink of a towable camper with a cactus and octopus around it.
A Bridgeport Series 1 2J standing knee mill painted Red and stripped of all parts other than the knee post and threaded rod for the knee sits while the knee is slowly lowered from above to sit in its home.
Flat vibrantly nearly neon green background with text that says "Drink When: Anyone says "Man-animal", Anyone says "leverage", The Psychlos laugh, There's a center wipe, Extreme version: Add "Psychlo" for an additional 20+ drinks"
A bunch of various parts from my Bridgeport standing knee mill refurb that have all been base coated, painted and then clear coated waiting for reassembly.