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This is going to be tl:dr for many, but Steve and I have delivered the first completed project from our Shelter Shop. By far the biggest woodworking project I have attempted, and both Steve and I are very proud of the results. Steve, Claire and I promised to build a dining room table and bench as a wedding present for Claire's sister and her new wife. Here are some pics during the process of building through yesterday's delivery. I forgot to take pictures of the 8/4 (aka 2") cherry wood boards before we started milling them down, but the lumber was excellent. We only ended up with one board that was twisted a bit, and we were still able to use it. Here is a board after some planing for thickness, and you can see the planer snipe several inches from the end, which we cut off anyway. After planing and then jointing an edge, we chop sawed the boards to rough length and then cut them to width on the table saw. The top is four boards and the bench is two. Next, we cut in mortises on the mating edges of the table and bench boards to receive floating tenons. I forgot to take pictures of that process using a Festool Domino machine, but you can see the mortises in the first picture below. That is the two halves of the table top being glued up before gluing them together later. After everything was glued up and cured, we used a track saw to cut them to final length and width. All edges have a 15 degree angle, which turned out great. Next up was sanding and finishing. We sanded from 80 or 120 through to 320 grit, and the cherry was smooth as a baby's butt. We then applied two coats of raw linseed oil followed by two coats of Tried and True original finish, which is linseed oil and beeswax. Ultimately, we also put on a coat of carnuba wax because Thos Moser does its oil finished furniture that way, which is good enough for me. Here is a piece of raw cherry next to the bench top with some linseed oil applied. This is the bench top after the first coat of Tried and True. This is great stuff that Doug introduced me to, and I love. You don't even need to wear gloves it is so natural and your hands feel better after applying some than before. We bought metal legs for the table and bench from a seller on Etsy, and they turned out to be even better than expected. We decided to rout out the underside to accept the base plates, and we also used threaded metal inserts so we could use machine screws rather than wood screws. It is very sleek and worked beautifully. We assembled everything at my house to make sure it was all good, then wrapped it up with moving blankets yesterday for delivery. We haven't been around my sisters in law for a couple of weeks so we took precautions and wore PPE. The table and bench look pretty stunning in place, and like I said, Steve and I are very pleased with the outcome. The happy couple are even more thrilled with the finished product and have been obsessively looking for the perfect chairs to complete the set. The cherry will darken over time and will only become more beautiful. Another great thing about the Tried and True finish is that it can be maintained with an occasional waxing, or it can be freshened up or repaired if necessary without the need for stripping the original finish first. From buying the lumber on March 20 to installation on April 5 is pretty quick work. Now, we have to finish another project already under way, and then move on to other projects. This Shelter Shop will stay busy for the duration, assuming we both stay healthy. Thanks for reading if you got this far. 😁

It's really good stuff, but it takes patience and following the directions. The internet is full of people who tried to use it like a "normal" wood finish and got terrible results. For my home from school project, I made a hammer ...

One thing I have to say... I always thought that the Festool tools were overpriced, but after using Al's domino mortiser, three different orbital sanders and his hepa vac. I'm a huge convert. I now see the forest through the trees

A version of mini T2 with active batteries. Battery has lt1021 voltage reference and a current sink ensures it works properly. Under batteries and input tubes is a small circuit (in the yellow circle) – same circuit in DIY T2 has five 2sc3675. Only exists in fantasy.

A milestone of my rare stax hunt: Quattro II🤪 So basically its a third-party CDP with a enlarged chassis, a very sophisticated power supply + DAC . They have separate power supplies for left and right channel as well as the digital section. The CD section has a plastic case but it is put in another aluminium case and on a wood base where the dac section is located. The CD pickup is Sanyo sf-88. Before the aged parts are replaced, The CDP sounded very neutral, fatigue-free with a special sense of spaciousness, but there was no real bass and dynamic. Then those big electrolytic caps are replaced with Nichicon KG , and Cardas rca and Furutech power socket are installed .After servicing the bass and dynamic is back. But it sounds a bit warm than before.

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Thanks Antonio, and everyone else for the kind comments. The ladies wanted one bench against the wall and then chairs around the rest of the table. Could be because that is how our table is set up in Mayberry.

RIP Honor Blackman. At 94 a life well lived. As a dispatch rider in WW2:

Hamlet, from The Globe theatre in London, with Michelle Terry. Free until 4/19. Via Christopher Moore on Twitter.

Outstanding Al and Steve, if you have any interest in making a little label or tag to go on the under side of the table to commemorate the project I have some cherry in the shop and the laser and/or CNC router in the garage. Maybe not for this project, but any time you want, just drop a message. Which reminds me, I've still got a package to send your way Al...

Spring is sprung here in LA. From LG G8 w/Lightroom:

Finished work early enough to hit the local trails. They are riding nice but we've gotten a lot of rain lately so they're a bit sloppy in parts.

RIP Honor, a life well-lived; liked her in The Avengers as well..... EDIT: I always say her Bond character name like Bond did: "Pushy" 😃

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Cleared a bunch of brush: I have nearly 4 acres and much of it is completely wild at this point. I spent a good number of hours with two pairs of pruners (big and bigger) plus a handsaw. I have a commercial grade weed whacker with a brush cutter saw blade attachment for it. I was just going to take it in for servicing when shit went pear shaped for the entire globe. The lack of power tools will hurt me in the long run, but in the immediacy I'm getting far more exercise than I would normally. Also, I am old, fat and comically out of shape.

I am moving Kerry's mini GRHV\GRLV GB discussion to its dedicated thread here. I also included JoaMat's mini T2 here to see if we have enough interest for a GB. The table will be updated periodically as more people participate. Apologize if I missed someone or something - just let me know so I can correct the data. I put down one set for those that have not decided on the number of sets they want. The plan is to have assembled GRHVxxx boards, rest of boards will be PCB only. See discussions on the PS in this thread. mini T2 build discussion in this thread. Construction notes: R3 and R2 determine the regulated voltage for GRLV. The formula is Vout = (R2 + R3)/R3 * Vref. Vref is the reference voltage of U4 (LT1021). R7, R8, R9, R10 determine the regulated voltage for GRHV. The formula is Vout = ((R8 +R9 + R10)/R7 + 1) * Vref. Vref is the reference voltage of IC1 (LT1021). You want to keep R8, R9 R10 values close so they have even voltage drop across each of them. On the PSU Main board, R22 (100K) and C17 (470uf) set up the delay time for HV. The 100k/470uf combination provides a roughly 45 seconds delay. Increase R22 or C17 to increase the delay time. C17 needs to be rated 5VDC or higher. Board dimensions: mini T2: 160mm x 100mm GRHVxxx: 41mm x 31mm GR78xx/GR79xx: 30mm x 20mm Main board (PSU): 140mm x 90mm See BOM for boards at the bottom. Blank in the GRHVxxx-bare column indicates that the participant has not responded on this thread to indicate the preference for bare or partially-assembled boards and is deemed to opt for partially-assembled board by default as previously communicated. BOM: GRHV78xxx-BOM.xlsx miniT2v.22_Date_2020-02-16.xls GR78xx - V2 .xlsx GRHVBase-BOM - V2 production.xlsx GR79xx-V2.xlsx

Condolences, Brent. Hugs your way.

Condolences, Brent.

Good girl ZoeBelle. RIP Condolences to you and the kids, Brent.

What a great addition Ben (Wendy's bro) was to the story!

Good combination: Megatron and SR-L700 Vinyl...

RIP pup We should all be as lucky to spend our last days in such a loving family.

So sorry for your loss, Brent. Godspeed, Ms. ZoeBelle... We should all be so lucky in the end. Sam

Ozark season 3. Moved out of Breaking Bad's shadow this season.

sorry brent and family.

Sorry to hear. She was a very sweet little pup.

All of of that is awesome! LOVE that table......., as others say especially the legs too!

IMHO that table is begging for another bench. First anniversary present? Awesome job indeed.

Amazing work guys!

Nice mallet! And the table and bench are absolutely gorgeous! Great job all!

My evil plan is to get people used to smaller and smaller parts until those regs look big 🙃

Beautiful work 💕

Beautiful mallet!

Why are we allowed only one ❤️? Beautiful guys.

Holy cow! Beautiful workmanship guys! That finish looks fantastic. I'll have to use Tried and True when I refinish a cherry dresser I have! Thanks for sharing!

that’s amazing work, Al and Steve. I’m impressed.

Indeed! That is one awesome outcome. I love those table legs, wish I had thought of Etsy when building my son's Tannoy speaker stands earlier this year. You two are really on to something. What are the next projects?

That's bloody gorgeous, Al! Well done! Really dig the legs on that; wasn't what I was expecting before scrolling down.

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Snakes eat mice and disease carrying bugs. I leave all our snakes alone even the venomous rattlers because rattlers eat the black plague carrying rodents. Because of our rattlers we have avoided the black plague ...and dumb ass nosy trespassing neighbors.

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This is a picture I took in the dark at a quarry last night. 10 second exposure on my iPhone 11 Pro

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The previous post was supposed to be longer, but I'm having some issue posting multiple images from Flickr to HC. Yes, the irony of that statement is not lost on me. The stream at the edge of my property. I spent considerable time framing this shot. 35mm F/2 at F/8, 1/60, ISO200. It's just a bunch of trees. Converted to black & white in Photoshop using a high contrast blue filter, then duotoned. I also tweaked the curves a bit and then cropped it to 5:4 (which has been my favorite aspect ratio for a decade now.) The vignetting is organic, and not done by a PS plugin. It's an artifact of how the EF 50mm F/1.4 USM transmits IR. F/8, 1/100 ISO 160. 17-40L at 17mm, F/7.1, 1/100, ISO50. 17-40L at 19mm, F/6.3, 1/80, ISO50. Moar later.

Some shots from the 17th floor on the beach during last weeks Air Show in Fort Lauderdale.