Everyone pitches in to strip the sheets and store the mattresses.

We decide to put the abandoned lashing project to good use and build a set for a farewell shot.

The finest bunch of tinkerers you’ll ever find; Chad, Jacob, Julie, Sam, Hanna, Nik, Maxine, Theo, Gever (we missed Leo and Isaac this week).

Three ways of seeing the world.

Nik thinks about how much he’ll miss his perch in the lashed frame.

Waiting for the last 2 parents to arrive, even Hanna finally gets out her phonefor some small-screen time.

I’m not exactly sure what it is, but is certainly is colorful.

Or maybe it was a dinosaur? And, would a three-horned unicorn be trinicorn?

Gever can’t resist one last round of underwater experiments with Max’s Awesome Sexy Underwater Camera Case – this time in the kitchen sink.

Gever is fascinated by the properties of water – and lasers.

Theo has managed to get all of his toys and projects stuffed into the back of the car. His mood about leaving is lifted when he realizes he gets to drive _himself_ home.

The winds are perfect, the tinkerers have all been picked up – so we pack up the tandem paraglider and head up the local flying site. Julie chases Gever and Chad in her solo wing to catch a shot of them flying north towards the Golden Gate Bridge.

Jacob gets geared up and then takes a self-portrait to record the moment for posterity.

With the winds still in their favor, Gever and Jacob take off and enjoy a very late afternoon flight.

Thus ends another summer of Tinkering School. See you next year!

After four hard days of work, the movie is done. Having made it, we see a lot of mistakes and things we’d like to shoot again or differently – but that could be said of any movie. This one is ours and we’re proud of it.

Watch it first, but then you might like a look at the (three-page) storyboard, or the synopsis.

Steady fog, very low light, and now the camera is refusing to cooperate. On top of which, the crew is starting to get skittish.

During the set up of the last shot, Chad and Nik hear "something big" inside the house.

Theo lines up for another kick on the can to create just the right sound element for the scene we filmed at the hobocoonwitch house.

The crew assembles for a view of the first complete rough cut. We are certain that our movie will be baffling to our audience, but we’re pretty amazed at what we’ve done so far.

The shoes come and go from our laundry room like the tides.

The tinkerers preferred outdoor game this year is "kick the bucket" – Nik is very enthusiastic about getting a last game going.

Nik’s preferred pre-dinner pastime is the mini-trampoline.

The crew decides not to do another take.

On arrival, we have correctly anticipated that the marine layer will stop just short of Gazos Creek, so there is sun. However, the wind is howling, so the first order of business is building a wind-break.

There is plenty of room in our fort for lunch, chairs, various stringed instruments, and plenty of sunbathing. All preferably done below log-level.

Hanna can’t keep napping while listening in on the sand strategy and joins in on the new project.

Sam quickly catches on to the concept.

Since Gever isn’t planning to use it, Theo jumps at the chance to wear the 2nd wetsuit. Julie and Theo take turns with the boogie board.

After getting wet Nik lays down on the sand to get warm. Is he sandy enough to go back in the ocean and wash it off?

One vehicle is parked at each end with lookouts, communicating via HAM radio. Theo takes the cart down the far hill, starting around the bend. The steering on the cart is extremely tricky and he can’t straighten it out. Luckily the little turnout gives him a place to lay it down. Another minor injury for the log (side scrape).

The second-to-last shot for the movie requires a band playing in a garage. Luckily Leo and Isaac come for a visit, bringing their guitars. With minimal clean-up, the garage actually looks like kids might actually hang out there, jamming and hanging out (or on, as the case may be).

The dedicated crew as seen in daylight. It probably doesn’t look this nice right now while they’re out there getting the final shot for the movie. I think I’m glad I have blog-duty. [Update: they're back and bring reports of a hobo-raccoon-witch. More tomorrow.]

Theo discovers that reliability is an important feature in a steering system.

There is an abject bleakness in the life of the hero of the movie we are making. This is his bleak little house.

The bleakness is so intense that it leaves burn marks.

Our hard-working lead-actor takes a moment to enjoy a snack – the perfect antidote to bleakness.

You’d think Hanna would be immune to it by now, but Maxine has managed to confound her yet again.

Sam treks back from frolicking (yes, there was actual frolicking) in the waves.

Our hero, Jack, played by Nik, accosts a stranger, played by Jacob, on the street in Half Moon Bay.

It’s safer if you just plant your feet and let the sawdust pile up.

Nik demonstrates just how much he must suffer for his art.