{"id":5593,"date":"2011-08-30T09:02:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T13:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2011-08-30T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T13:02:14","slug":"gluing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5593","title":{"rendered":"Gluing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juan loves gluing carbon fiber tubes so much, that he makes sure he gets to keep on doing it. Yesterday he, Jamil, and Steve (our last remaining, though soon-to-depart, summer undergrad) started gluing what will eventually become Spider&#8217;s sun shields.<\/p>\n<p>This time they&#8217;re doing one end of the first series of tubes. The other end will be done with the structure (partially) assembled to ensure a good fit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5593 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5607'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1609-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Juan Glues Tubes\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1609-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1609-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1609-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5607'>\n\t\t\t\tThe process: Juan glues the tubes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5610'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1600-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Handoff\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5610\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1600-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1600-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1600-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5610'>\n\t\t\t\tThe process: Jamil hands off an insert that he&#8217;s glued\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5612'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1596-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Insertion\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1596-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1596-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1596-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1596.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5612'>\n\t\t\t\tThe process: Juan inserts the insert\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5606'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1613-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Steve Helps\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1613-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1613-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1613-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5606'>\n\t\t\t\tThe process: Steve helps (and learns!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5598'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1645-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"More Insertion\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5598\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1645-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1645-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1645-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5598'>\n\t\t\t\tMore insertion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5609'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1622-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Even More Insertion\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1622-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1622-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1622-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5609'>\n\t\t\t\tEven more. Juan seems to like flipping around for a lot of vantage points\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5603'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1615-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jamil Glues Inserts\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1615-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1615-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1615-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1615.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5603'>\n\t\t\t\tJamil glues the next insert\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5608'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1620-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pride\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1620-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1620-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1620-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1620.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5608'>\n\t\t\t\tAnd takes a moment to marvel at its wonder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5605'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1638-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"One More!\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1638-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1638-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1638-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5605'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Wait, there&#8217;s one more!&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5604'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1639-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Glue, Glue, Glue\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1639-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1639-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1639-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5604'>\n\t\t\t\tGlue, glue, and more glue\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5602'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1632-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"End Products\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1632-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1632-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1632-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5602'>\n\t\t\t\tA bunch of glued ends from earlier in the morning\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5601'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1629-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Taping Upright\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1629-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1629-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1629-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5601'>\n\t\t\t\tThe finished tubes are taped upright to cure\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5600'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1625-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cleaning\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1625-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1625-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1625-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5600'>\n\t\t\t\tExcess goop is cleaned off\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5599'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1648-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Taking Stock\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5599\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1648-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1648-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1648-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5599'>\n\t\t\t\tSteve takes stock, and examines the result\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5596'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1644-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Juan Wants You!\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5596\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1644-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1644-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1644-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1644.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5596'>\n\t\t\t\tJuan Wants You!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5595'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1658-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Misadventure\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5595\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1658-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1658-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1658-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1658.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5595'>\n\t\t\t\tAll this took place under the watchful gaze of our sun shield misadventure: the <a href=\"index.php?p=694\">Wall of Doom\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=5611'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1598-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"More Tubes\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1598-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1598-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1598-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1598.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5611'>\n\t\t\t\tMore tubes. So many more tubes. (Fun times ahead!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan loves gluing carbon fiber tubes so much, that he makes sure he gets to keep on doing it. Yesterday he, Jamil, and Steve (our last remaining, though soon-to-depart, summer undergrad) started gluing what will eventually become Spider&#8217;s sun shields.<\/p>\n<p>This time they&#8217;re doing one end of the first series of tubes. The other end [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5593"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5614,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5593\/revisions\/5614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}