{"id":1016,"date":"2020-06-07T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T02:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorennason-dot-com.crwcun8-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2020-06-09T17:51:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:51:34","slug":"for-fun-or-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorennason.com\/2020\/06\/for-fun-or-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"For Fun or Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to make stuff. I mainly like to make stuff as an escape from everyday. IT work has lost it’s creativity a long time ago and I’m always looking for fun projects to make.<\/p>\n

I also like to make things to experiment and look for new business opportunities. I did find a project last year that wasn’t making something but it was supplying a product I was using myself and selling it on Amazon. This was a fun learning experience of selling a product instead of a service.<\/p>\n

Here is a fun project that was part fun, part selling something with a point of marketing that product. The coin is not for sale but I do have some available for free. I didn’t take any progress pictures but here is the final result.<\/p>\n

To make the hand I went through this basic process.<\/p>\n

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  1. Went to Hobby Lobby and bought alginate kit and plaster kit<\/li>\n
  2. Bought some buckets at Home Depot<\/li>\n
  3. Made a mold of my hand<\/li>\n
  4. Filled the mold with plaster<\/li>\n
  5. Took some plywood scraps and made a geometric shape<\/li>\n
  6. Carved a spot for the hand to sit<\/li>\n
  7. Epoxied the hand into the base<\/li>\n
  8. Carved a little spot into the index finger for the coin<\/li>\n
  9. Finished!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t