Welcome to our Blog! This is where we post how-to stories, travel photos, as well as giving a peek into the madness of our daily lives. To view all of Helen’s available works for sale, please visit https://helenplatt.ca/

The C920 from Logitech is a great little webcam, and I’ve been quite happy with it. Unfortunately, it’s also very light-weight. Because of this, while it’s easy to mount this camera to the top of any monitor, any movement of the desk (even typing) results in oscillations which make my co-workers get seasick. I built this HSW mount so that you could attach it to the wall for stability!

While I designed it for the C920, it will likely work for a variety of different webcams which have ¼-20 tripod mounts on their base.

This model requires an additional ¼-20 screw as a ‘vitamin’ to secure the camera to the mount. I used a 3/8" length, but this may vary depending on the camera type.

Another weird little tchochke: This holds a DeWalt 8-meter tape-measure on your Honeycomb Storage Wall.

Did you spend a ton of money on earbuds, only to constantly forget to charge them?

Has the case gone missing repeatedly?

Well do I have a useless tchotchke for you!!!

Welp, it’s been a few years, but we’re posting here again. We have tons of stuff going on, but we’ve not been talking about it much because (at this point, the narratory gesticulates around vigorously at, well, everything).

So yeah, stuff happening…

We get a lot of questions about how we get the unique look of our multi coloured carvings. I thought I’d show a few photos of our process. This past week we’ve been working on a special project for Rogue Arts Festival. It’s a great local festival that is holding an upcoming online auction fundraiser and we get to be part of it! We’ve made a Rogue Beach Beer Box that holds 4 bombers and includes a bottle opener and a removable divider for extra versatility.

…are what we specialize in! I think that’s going to be our new motto. Learning to do something well requires about 95% failure for 5% success. Good thing I’m so dang good at effing-up! There’s no better way to find out what works best than to find all the ways that don’t work. Let’s all just be glad I do pub furnishings and not brain surgery. Along with building up our workshop and equipment, the past year has been spent on making and testing prototype after prototype.

We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend for the Sunshine Coast Mini Maker Faire. It was inspiring to see all the creativity and innovation on the coast and we were glad to be a part of it. The most amazing thing I found was how many people we met with a sense of humor as warped as ours. It was heartening to see and gives me hope for humanity. (although, despite my bent towards the catastrophic, my hope for humanity has always been quite high) And also, the number of you that love beer and believe that every new home should come equipped with a home pub.

May long weekend signals the start of the summer season, beach fires, backyard parties & beers on the patio. It’s my favorite time of year. It’s one of the best times of year to have a home pub or tiki bar with cold beer on tap! This long weekend did not disappoint. I got to play bartender at the Rogue Festival Human Foosball Tournament fundraiser. If you missed it, be sure not to miss out on the Rogue Festival this August.

After our exuberant flurry of activity many months ago with all sorts of promises about neato things we’re about to launch like shopping carts, and home pub furnishings, you may have noticed the recent lack of activity, perhaps a few chirping crickets. Well rest assured we’re still here, hard at work! It turns out I just grossly underestimated the amount of work required to get this new venture up and running.