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smoked a tenderloin with cherry rum pellets. it’s tasty.

EMO the consecration of Gabriel.

I would finish with Wilsonart or if you really want to paint something on, Duratex or ExoHyde. This is a Duratex I did on my theater speakers. Incredibly easy to roll on in one or two coats.

Fixed....

Just watched episode one. Off to a fine start.

This reminds me of the police blotter entry from the local paper in Michigan that I read this morning. There are always some gems in the blotter but I did love this one.

Goop: Bolted down: Fits like a glove: Good clearance: And the full monty:

Checked all the windows were securely closed and patio doors secured because people three miles away had this unexpected visitor. Hello, can I come in?

I'm assuming he meant a table saw. I've built hundreds of thresholds, but I can't open your file, so not sure if it's a complicated build or not.

Refurbishing my old Pete Millett hibrid. The electrolitcs are over 15 years old, Should I replace them all or might they still be good? Building a new wood and aluminum case.

One thing I've done in the past to replicate a textured finish, is to paint the shelf Black, then with a pin or exacto knife, open up the spray hole. Test first, but it should give you a nice splatter texture as the finale coat. Even better if the sheen is a little different. That's best with spray epoxy.

Do not use a water or latex based paint on MDF, at least not before sealing the MDF. Spray paint is going to give you the best finish. But you can use an enamel paint with a brush. Just use 500 grit sand paper in between coats.

The amplifier boards are now fully populated, including the front end Jfets, for which I picked pairs of 2sk170bl from the same batch with an Idss of 7.3 and 7.4mA. Using a benchtop PSU supplying 20.00V DC I then set the constant current sources to 17.00mA: It's going to be interesting to see how much this will go up with the full B+.

There was too much to address in cutestory's query, but: Keeping (or getting) your knives sharp is a combination of metallurgy (alloy, heat treatment, etc.), edge geometry, and consistency. It's easy to wipe out a good factory edge with poor sharpening (I have done it) and harder to improve a poorly-executed edge by skillful re-profiling and sharpening. It's better to start with cheap knives. A harder steel will keep it's edge longer, but an overly-hard heat treatment will mean that it can also be more brittle. Each alloy of steel has an ideal hardness range, depending on your application. Softer steel will get dull more quickly but it may be tougher in abusive situations (e.g., camp work, chopping, swords/axes, etc.). Different sharpener grits for different jobs, just like in wood sanding. Coarse grit to remove lots of metal (unnecessary for most knives), medium grit for a less aggressive re-profiling or sharpening a completely dull knife, and fine to ultra-fine for edge maintenance or a finer, more polished edge. Some people prefer a slightly coarser edge for more biting cuts into tougher material like wood or rope (the microscopic teeth on the edge will be more aggressive) and others like a very smooth edge for sashimi cutting, for example. Some people like to use a leather strop to finish the edge on a knife or razor. Explained here: https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Understanding-Strops-W111.aspx Edge endurance can also depend on the bevel type and angle... having more steel at the edge will make it tougher, but a thinner edge will feel sharper and cut more easily through softer material. You can see in the list of edge geometries at the bottom that the V (flat grind) is the simplest to understand and to sharpen properly, which is why it is the most common. This popped up on YouTube... not a lot of "super-steels" in here: https://youtu.be/MKMG-FdCGtM

Westem Electric 43A An interesting web about WE amps

Nothing says Christmas like a dead, rotting King on a skull thrown.

Worked a holiday event this morning and holiday music is now lodged in my brain so might as well begin the sentimental (in the best sense) outpouring. Starting with Tracey Thorn's Tinsel and Lights...

Disk Jazz Cafe - Shinmachi, Aomori-shi, Japan.

major error in the surface mount version of this board, fixed I think, someone please check http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/boards/kgdynalobal7.zip

RIP David Cornwell (John le Carré). Superb novelist over the decades. Aged 89, so not too bad an innings.

RIP John le Carré. Wrote some amazing spy novels. One of the best in the genre.

RIP Charlie Pride. He became a huge Country Music star at a time when a Black Country singer was unheard of. He did it with a positive attitude and a bucket load of class. They wouldn't even put his picture on his first two albums. Covid-19 sucks ass!