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Scotty Allen

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Email: <firstname>@<firstname><lastname>.com

About

Projects

Welding and Machining

I've always wanted to learn to weld and machine metal. I've been gradually learning both over the past few years, mostly at Techshop, but some at noisebridge too. Well, mostly trying to get Noisebridge's metalworking tools online, really.

A few random photos of stuff I've done:

Welding at Techshop

Wood turning

Land sailing

I saw a few pictures online of land yachts, and thought it woudl be a good weekend project. 4 months later, I was finished:)

I took it to the Nevada desert in March for the America's Landsailing Cup. I placed 9th in my class, which sounds impressive until you learn I was only competing in a field of 15. It's a very small sport in the US.

Here's what it looked like putting some finishing touches on a new sail at Noisebridge.

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I wrote a blog post about it.

Here's some video I took during the America's Landsailing Cup, and some unedited video from just playing around and practicing.

Hang gliding

I've been learning to hang glide over the past year or so.

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