Marcus Folkesson

Embedded Linux Artist

Service of a pocket watch

Service of a pocket watch Mechanical watches is fascinating. A mechanical timepiece that gets its energy from unwinding a tightly coiled flat spring. All this energy does feed another spring-driven balance wheel that oscillates back and forth in a given frequency. All without any batteries. Isn't that cool? Mechanical watches is quite expensive and need regular services, so I bought a no-name brand pocket watch that suddenly could stop tick and didn't keep time very well.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Monday, February 27, 2023

Razor leather case

Razor Leather Case My safety razor broke during usage last week, so I sadly had to order a new one. I'm not really into shaving at all, but I want something that works and safety razors does both work and is cheap in the long run. For those interested, I bought a AL13 razor from Henson Shaving [1]. This time I used my Laser cutting machine to cut out the leather.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Monday, February 20, 2023

Leather watch strap keeper

Leather watch strap keeper My watch was missing the strap keeper, so I had to make one. To be honest, I did not put my soul into this project, I had an urge to fix it while the food was getting ready in the oven. Anyway, here is my steps to make one. The steps Cut out a leather strap. My final size was about 14mm wide. Bevel the edges:

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Monday, February 13, 2023

Forge a hoof scratch

Forge a hoof scratch In this project I made a hoof scratch as a gift to a friend - made out of a horse shoe of course. I do have a few different forges depending on what to forge. The induction forge is great for thick and straight materials such like hammer heads and tongs. One of the greatest benefit is that there is only 30s startup time as it requires no preparations at all.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Saturday, December 4, 2021

Leather sewing machine

Leather sewing machine I have worked with leather for some time which I enjoyed a lot. Leather is so general purpose and is both robust and nice looking. So far I've made myself a wizard hat, dice bags, mug pads, bookmarks.. The majority of all leather projects involves a sewing, which is quite entertaining but really time consuming so I invested in a $60 leader sewing machine which make the whole process a lot smoother.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Leather penguin

Leather penguin A Linux guy needs his penguin, right? I found this pattern [1] on etsy and thought it would be a fun project to make a little companion. The leather I'm using for this is a 2-3oz veg-tanned goat skin. It is a little too thin to make a robust penguin, but I rather want it soft and squeeze-friendly than robust. That's how I prefer to have my companions.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Friday, October 16, 2020

Player's handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual

Player's handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual These three books are the "core books" for Dungeons and Dragons 5e. This is not an in depth review of these books as they are so fundamental. But I think it is good to mention them at least, before I go any further with the more cool-but-not-so-neccessary-books. Player's Handbook The Players Handbook [1] (PHB) contains all the basic rules that the player needs to know to play the game, equipment, spells, character options, feats, races, backgrounds and everything to put it all together.

Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Saturday, June 20, 2020

D&D - My confession

Dungeons and dragons - My confession I have always been fascinated about fantasy. The computer games I appreciated most during my young days was role-playing game such as Baldur's Gate, Diablo and Neverwinter Nights, all games with their own mysterious setting there evil lurks at every corner. For half a year ago, a friend of mine introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons 5e and I was hooked. Maybe a little too much.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Friday, June 19, 2020

Oppigård Amarillo, third batch

Oppigård Amarillo, third batch This recipe is also from the book [1] and the third batch of this beer and it is one of my favorite hopier beer. I think it is fun to brew single hop beers since you learn to recognize the taste and aroma of a single hop at a time. The aroma of Amarillo is described as flowery, spicy and citrus-like with a distinct orange bouquet.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Saturday, August 4, 2018

Green fingers

Green fingers This year I have engaged more than usual in growing vegetables. I grow quite common things like cucumbers, tomatoes, dill, beans, peas, squash, salad, carrots and potatoes. We live in a moss that cools the environment quite a bit, so it's hard to grow without a greenhouse - which we happily have. In the past years it has become a mediocre harvest of vegetables, but this year it has really exploded.

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Posted by Marcus Folkesson on Tuesday, July 17, 2018