The Attack of Magnets - Ending

Daniel made this banner for the Final part of his The Attack of Magnets video. As you can see, the picture was taken back in January but he wrote that it's coming soon on December 2009.
Actually, nobody is going to see the Final video of The Attack of Magnets. [I'm trying to write this as if it was a real movie production :) ]

The parent studio ("me and my wife") sponsoring the video has pulled the plugged on this production. The reason for this is that there was a small accident that happened during the production of the video.

The other actor (Daniel's little brother) in the movie placed one of the characters ("The Nut" - see picture below) inside one of his nostrils. The actor was rushed first to his pediatrician's house but "The Nut" got stucked inside and his pediatrician advised us to go to the Emergency Room because it's lodged too deep that she cannot take it out.
It was a good thing that there was an EENT (Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat) doctor available at the E.R. and he was able to remove "The Nut" in a few seconds with minimal bleeding. The actor struggled a little bit during the procedure but he was fine afterwards. (Do not worry about the actor, this incident happend a couple of months ago and he's doing fine now).

The parent studio let go of "The Nut" services (thrown away) and will never star in a movie again.

We apologize for the inconvenience but we hope you'll enjoy the other videos that we will be posting soon.

The Attack of Magnets - part 11

The Attack of Magnets - part 10

The Attack of Magnets - part 9

Pinewood Derby - Ready to Race

Daniel is a Tiger Cub Scout and this is his first time joining a Pinewood Derby Race. I'm helping him create his 1st Pinewood Derby car.

This is the Pinewood Derby kit given to us during one of the Den Meetings

I helped Daniel create the designs. Here's a sketch of how the Pinewood Derby would look like.
The top sketch is the side view of the car while the bottom sketch will be the top view.

I showed Daniel how to use the coping saw, chisel, file and sandpaper. After cutting the car and sanding it a bit, it looks like this.

This is the top view.

I asked Daniel to paint the entire car yellow. I did put a 2nd coating of paint to make it look better.

Side view

We were supposed to go to a pre-weigh in but we found out from our neighbor that weights are needed to reach the maximum weight of 5 ounces.

We drilled a hole on the jetpack area to be able to put pennies on it. We painted the jetpack gold.

Sketched the legs and painted the shoes brown.

The red color is placed on the jetpack's tailpipe/exhaust.

Sketched the face and body and painted the blue on the body.

Here's another look

I brought the car at a nearby post office to have it weighed. I added 15 pennies but the weight is only 4.1o oz.

I asked Daniel to put putty to cover up the hole.

We then carved the bottom part to be able to put additional weights.

I asked Daniel to assist on cutting the end of the car. We made it to slant going inside and re-painted the shoes and added some design for the soles.

I asked Daniel to superglue and screw the additional weight.

Daniel suggested to add the hands on the sides.

We had a den meeting last night and one parent brought a weighing machine but only shows grams. He said that we need to add additional weight and suggested to add a quarter to make the maximum weight.

We proceeded to a post office after the meeting and weighed the car again. The weight is 4.80 oz and by adding a quarter, the total weight will reach the maximum weight of 5.0 oz.

Here's the added quarter on the car. Also if you notice, we're using red wheels. We damaged the black wheels when we drilled a hole on the jetpack. I forgot to remove the wheels and it spun around when we were drilling the hole.

Here's the finished car. We're ready to race!!!

T-Shirt Printing (Finished Product)

I have started creating the DK Books and Other Stuff T-shirts for my kids (Click here for my test shirt). I'm showing how I did it.

1. This is the silk screen that I am using. I traced it from Daniel's drawing.

2. This is my 2nd silk screen that shows the DK Books and Other Stuff URL.

3. I placed the 1st silk screen on a new shirt.

4. I placed some acrylic paint on one side of the silk screen.
I'm also using a plastic spreader (or you can use a squeegee) to make the paint go through the silk-screen.

5. Here's how it looks like. I'm going to let it dry.

6. I also printed the same pattern on a gray shirt.

7. Close-up look at the print.

8. I'm using the 2nd silk screen next.

9. Used blue paint this time. Here's how it looks now.

10. The next step is to hand paint the parts. I used the gold color on the Jet Pack.

11. I painted the star yellow.

12. Nick (the guy wearing the jet pack) is wearing brown shoes

13. Blasting off..... I used the red color next.

14. Nick is wearing a blue jump suit.

This is the finished shirt. I'll be asking my kids to wear them later.

The Attack of Magnets - Bonus Video