Beef Brisket – sous vide and smoke
We had a craving for slow cooked smoked brisket. I have tried a couple of times in the past with corned beef but that was too salty (even after soaking over night in a pot of water). We wanted this for Saturday night dinner so I was running short on cooking time (most recommend 13-16 […]
Sous Vide cooking – steaks
This past summer I talked Teal into letting me get a an Anova Culinary Bluetooth Precision Cooker. It was a bit of a stretch as she once again thought I was crazy and then crazier still when we then went to Costco and picked up an enormous roast. The roast was portioned out into 1.5-2″ thick […]
CNC touch plate
The CNC router has achieved functional status. That is I can now with modest effort actually make useful things. These can be furniture pieces or parts for the router or other tools. One of the hard parts has been zeroing out each of the axis. X and Y i have been doing with a standard […]
Lembeh Straight Diving 2015
In October of 2105 we went to Indonesia with the group from Underwater Connection. The primary destination was Lembeh Straight. Lembeh is well known for what is often referred to as “muck diving”. It is really that you are diving on a black sand bottom. The depths are typically quite shallow (<30 feet) and visigbility […]
CNC Router build – part 3
With the CNC router basically running it was time to clean up the rats nest and get the cooling loop completed for the spindle. This would have to be redone later due to the fluid lines collapsing in the cable chain. The PC monitor is mounted on the wall and the keyboard and mouse are […]
