Get It Right - Vent Hood MkII!
This took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I am pleased with the results. Here is how I made the new and perfected vent hood cover. Enjoy!
2019-08-19 06:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hey YouTube - Where's My F%$&! Video????
Whaaaaat? Yet another joy of YouTube-By-Bot. Exactly what happened to my Voyager Record video from 2017? I have no idea.
2019-08-16 19:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Men Who Own The World - Or At Least Claim To!
Hey Kids! I have had to take down my Voyager Record video from 2017 due to a cascade of new copyright claims. Often in these robo-spam auto claims I file a dispute and in 30 days if there is no retort from the claimant I can put the video back up live again. But all they have to do is say - "Yea, I own that. Nuff Said." and boom... I've got no recourse but to take it down. No one to actually verify that they DO have a claim on that audio. I really hat...
2019-08-15 08:33:19 +0000 UTC View PostFrances Blanche's Day Off
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Just for fun I decided to record myself exploring the hidden features of my electric stage piano, discovering that 10 year old Fran is alive and well.
2019-08-14 20:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostMaking My M3 3D Printer Vent Hood
You want Time Lapse - YOU GOT TIME LAPSE! A quick little video that spans about a week of my putting together a specially designed vent hood for my new Makegear M3 3D printer. Enjoy!
2019-08-08 21:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostVent Hood MkII
I drafted up an updated vent hood box type face that I'll have to make in the upcoming weeks to really use the printer. You'll have to click the attachment to see it..... I'm still going around and around with Patreon support about the picture posting issue. Basically, they refuse to tell me what script is running the image hosting and so I have no way to troubleshoot it. Does everybody just run all scripts all the time on all their systems and accept all c...
2019-08-07 17:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostSetting Up The Makergear M3 Dual 3D Printer
Oh... so much agony! It's not quite a done deal yet as there are still problems to work out, but basically these past two weeks condense into this neat little 30 minute video. I've edited out the screaming and smashing things, but mostly this is the result. I'll follow up with a supplemental video about making the vent hood. Enjoy!
2019-08-07 01:48:31 +0000 UTC View PostPrinter Time
Oh, the frustration. I have spent most of the past 10 days working on my new 3D printer installation video, complete with vent shroud construction and all that stuff - but I am having so many issues with getting the printer set up that I STILL do not have the thing set up for a demonstration. I had hoped to wrap it up today, but another snag in the utilities has me once again waiting for a reply from technical support, which means I probably won't get an answer till Monday. ...
2019-08-03 20:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostCould 100K Happen?
For months it has seemed like it could happen, and then not - hitting the 100K subscribers mark. I suppose subscriber numbers are generally on the positive side these past few months, so perhaps this year it might actually roll over 100K. The Adam Savage collab videos really gave the channel a much needed boost. I wonder if I make a video about hitting 100K that 2K subs will instantly bail and I'd have to wait for 2020 to try again! That would be hilarious! ...
2019-08-01 14:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostModify A Leatherman Wave Holster For Quick Draw!
An easy little project to make a quick draw holster for my Leatherman Wave, something that would function much like what Adam Savage had made for his Wave that I saw him use many times at the Project Egress build at the Air and Space Museum. Enjoy!
The Adam Savage Version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et-JvYrQ84o
Fran's Voiceover Demo Reel
Voiceover actors all have demo reels. These are about 1 minute long, quickly edited, and comprise the best of their work spanning their careers. They use the Demo Reel to get new jobs, even though they are not actually reels anymore, and can sometimes seem dated and corny. For fun I have assembled this quick 1 minute collection of clips from films and television shows that I have not ever appeared in over the past 30 years, representing the best unknown of my many roles on b...
2019-07-27 23:40:40 +0000 UTC View PostNew Printer!
Here's a sneak peek at the freshly unboxed Makegear M3 dual independent head printer - I still have to make the shroud for it before I start printing to contain and vent the outgassed volatiles. Even with PLA the fumes cause me severe respiratory distress.
Patreon only allows me to post pictures as attachments now, so go figure why that is. You'll have to download the picture to view it. 'Cmon Patreon! What is the problem?
2019-07-26 16:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostDouble Whammy for the Apollo 50th
This news is heartbreaking. The death of Armstrong in 2012 now seems like the death of Korolev in 1966 - almost completely unnecessary and preventable.
2019-07-24 14:45:21 +0000 UTC View PostChris Kraft dies two days after Apollo 50 anniversary
He invented Mission Control and stood as overseer to a quarter century of human spaceflight. I am glad he lived to see the 50th. A damn good ride.
2019-07-23 15:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostFranCast Episode 9: Back From The Moon
In this episode I reflect upon my experiences of the past week with the Project Egress Finale at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and look towards what comes next.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/francast/9.mp3
2019-07-21 23:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostAdam Savage Project Egress Apollo 11 Hatch Live Build!
The thrilling conclusion of Project Egress happened on July 18, 2019 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where Adam Savage and his team constructed the Apollo 11 Command Module Hatch from all the components that we made. My latch, and my name, are now on exhibit in the same hall as Glamorous Glennis, The Spirit of St. Louis, Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Moonwalk Suit, and all the others. I also got to sign the hatch along with all the other makers that attended this mar...
2019-07-20 10:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostPhoto Fail
I really want to share a picture with all of you tonight but Patreon is just not allowing me to post any photos here. Such a shame! I'll have to post it on my YouTube Community page, so you'll have to go and see it there....
https://www.youtube.com/franblanche/community
2019-07-19 02:21:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Super Moon Mania Special!
I've got the Moon on the brain this week - so please enjoy my Apollo 11 Moon Mania Special!
2019-07-15 02:07:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe Real Apollo LEM That I'm Forbidden To Show You!
Ben Franklin would do it, so here I go - showing you this mock-up LEM that Grumman made for ground training the Apollo Astronauts - even though I have been told by the Smithsonian that I'm not allowed to. But it's out in the open, so I guess if they really wanted to keep it out of public view it wouldn't be outside in a park behind the Franklin Institute here in Philadelphia! I might be in trouble, but you go ahead an enjoy this anyway!
Even though the Smithsonian rece...
2019-07-13 14:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Accomplished!
Failure is not an option! Franquility base here - my latch is complete! Thanks to Scott Kip for all the great advice and helping me realize this project. Thanks also to Andrew Barth and Jen Schachter at Savage Industries for bringing me on board Project Egress. I love a good challenge, and this was one for the books.
2019-07-11 18:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 7
Number seven in the Project Egress series has me going for the finish in a very time intensive way - hand finishing all the parts and getting the fit of all the components correct. Some unexpected snags had me spending days making adjustments painstakingly by hand. Almost there... stay tuned for the conclusion in number eight!
2019-07-09 04:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 6
Part six is getting down to the hard parts as I make the tools that I will use to finish the various operations on the parts. This is officially the transition point between modern and traditional methods as I go over to completing the latch by hand. Enjoy!
2019-07-07 02:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 5
Part five has me finishing up the first major parts of the assemblies and I begin putting it all together. With Glue - the best glue I can use. Which kind is that you ask? Well I'll tell you! Enjoy!
2019-07-05 21:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostPhiladelphia Independence Day Parade 2019
The 4th of July is a big deal in Philly and we go all out! Enjoy!
2019-07-05 05:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 4
Part four finds me back on my feet and in the groove, making strides to do more preparations for each new stage of the project. Lots more to do, but getting there. And Dot makes a cameo!
2019-07-03 16:10:52 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 3
In part three I am in the thick of it and getting exhausted. It took about a week in for me to find my second wind, and this particular vlog definitely was recorded around that point where I was running on fumes. But in a couple days after this I would begin to see more light, even as the end of the tunnel seemed to drift further away. This was not going to be a quickly finished project. This was going to take all the stamina and resolve that I could muster.
<... 2019-07-02 22:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 2
My second mission log for Project Egress where I bring Scott Kip of Wanamaker Organ fame on board and I start making the tools I'll need and Scott starts prepping the wood that I will be using to construct my Apollo 11 Command Module hatch latch assembly.
https://www.tested.com/science/space/880604-announcing-project-egress-project-natio...
2019-06-27 21:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostProject Egress: FranLab Mission Log 1
The Super Secret Project has been officially declassified and I have been given the go ahead to start publishing my mission logs. Here is the first one where I talk about my first thoughts about the project and how I planned to go about making a latch assembly for the Apollo 11 Command Module hatch using a combination of new and very old methods.
2019-06-27 03:45:46 +0000 UTC View PostSuper Secret Project Update (corrected)
The overlords have decreed that the super secret project will be declassified this Friday, so I am preparing to publish the first of a series of videos documenting my part of the project after that announcement. I hope I have not been building this up toooooo much.... but it sure has been and continues to be a great deal of work for me. Whether or not anyone else will find my recent toils interesting in the least is another matter. Anyway - I gotta get back...
2019-06-24 18:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post