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Yes, that’s the one with the arms, but Rockler was out of stock. I have found that Boiled Linseed Oil hates residual wood glue and I am going to need to do some serious sanding before the next round. Really digging how the BLO does with the Mahogany.

Put up some overhead board storage.

Just pulled this vhs tape out of the archives today.

Re-did the lettering on the bottom.

Had a buddy that spent a year or so quoting Barfly in our local bar. I always chalked it up as payback for all those years of torturing my mom.

We got 8” on Tuesday and 11” on Saturday/Sunday so I am officially worn out from shoveling. Think I might need a snow tank.

I have some books waiting for me. This year will be very, very long again. I'm reading the book about SR71. IMO one of the most beautiful planes in the world. I have been lucky enough to see it twice (and a F14A and others) on the deck of the Intrepid (NY).

About a foot and a half here in jersey. Not the worst since the power stayed on this time. Knock on wood...

I find card scrapers more effective for removing glue residue that sandpaper. Or chisels.

Those are some big ass cupcakes!

got it a few days ago in Vegas There's a hidden joke in there

Same here in Somerset county NJ. 18" and still falling. Snow blower is screaming for an overhaul but she blasted through it like a champ once warmed up

Now you're just making up words.

Haven't thought about Silence of the Lambs in a while.

Build a frame with cross braces in the back and contact cement it to the frame. not sure I would want to be in an enclosed area with someone’s old mattresses though 🤮

Agreed, I'd help keep Dan in business. On a related note, any thoughts on the Orphan Espresso Apex grinder? I don't make espresso at home, but I do drip through a Bonavita machine as well as siphon and pourover. Through my Baratza Encore grinder many coffees taste pleasant but similar. I'm not getting the same flavor notes I am reading about, and as with all other pursuits in my life I believe it is because I've not yet spent enough money.

One of my favorite movies if you can find it. Charles Bukowski screenplay so it's not light and fluffy.

James, JoeMat, thank you very much. I will be building the original T2 in the black Dr. Gilmore case with the RK50. A valuable forum member was kind enough to provide the bulk of the transistors, some are coming from BDent. Ordered everything else from mouser, custom transformers from mueller-rondo. Some parts already showed up. Will be posting in the T2 thread how everything goes.

I may have spare boards left but, given the shipping cost, it probably makes more sense for you to have them fabricated.

Gag sign for a friend whose wife caught herself on fire while cooking. Learn something every time. Should have used a bolder font.

Well, winter weather is now truly upon us with temps barely breaking double digits this weekend and a foot or so of the whiteness predicted for tomorrow. So I've gotten busy building up the snow rig and despite a few hiccups it's actually going ok. New brake hoses are required to replace the ones that came with the slightly used brakes I bought (too short) then just a shifter cable housing and some brake caliper adapters are all that's really missing. A friend has some basic SPD's that I'll use for now and I'm pretty sure I've got a spare saddle to throw at it. Hopefully all the bits still arrive this week and I've got a message into my local shop to give it a thorough looking over before I start riding. I'm hoping to have it on the trails in two weeks or so and the inbound snow should make for some entertaining rides w/ the studded tires.

Homemade Hot Buttered Chocolate Crumpet with Black Cherry preserve.

I can't smash sticks and since like most of you people I am spending a lot of time indoors I decided to make myself another chef knife.

I have a reworked board layout of t2hvandlvpsukgsshv2 to a golden reference style T2 power supply.

Absolutely wonderful. This is a great complimentary read to those who have watched the show, or a wonderful journey for those who have not seen it yet. I'm really impressed by Tevis as a writer. Ender's Game is one of those books you give to precocious young people who might feel ashamed of being smart. Maybe it is time to re-think that default option and give them this classic instead. Best compliment I can give the book is I read it in a single day. It hooks you and won't let you go.

All the T2 amp boards are a single monolithic slab (except the version I modified). The non shrunk versions are more than 400mm deep and will not fit into most diy chassis like the disapante 400mm. Also they have solder pads for a very expensive and now not easily available volume pot. Original T2 uses almost completely obsolete transistors which are both very very expensive (if you can even find them) and almost all the sellers e.g. ebay etc are selling fake parts anyway. t2schem.PDF So if you have not got the transistors already from known good sources you are looking at probably looking at 10-30+ dollars PER transistor and there are a lot of transistors.... The original T2 amp board was massive... too large to fit into a 400mm deep case! so there was also various attempts to make it smaller: t2shrunk.zip Hence the number of different T2 gerber zip files. I would very roughly guestimate budget $1000 just for the transistors for the amp board. If you make a build error and the magic smoke comes out things can get real expensive real quick. Building an original T2 is going to be fraught with danger and failure unless you can find a reliable source of non fake parts or have them already for a know good source. You also need resistors that can handle the high voltages without the insulation breaking down. Xicon 273 series worked for me and KOA mf1/2 seem ok. PRP appear to fail. Joamat plus others worked on a version of the T2 which used mostly still in manufacture transistors but still requires 12 obsolete resistors: staxt2nc3fdh7.zip t2schemmodified.PDF shrunk version 398mm deep: t2shrunk2.zip shrunk version but with solder points for an alps potentiometer t2shrinkedv10.zip This is the version I built. Fortunately I purchased the obsolete transistors from a very well known forum member who purchased them from a known good supplier when they were still available. There is no known version of the full T2 that only uses modern parts.... independent of this there are also three versions of the power supply, (the golden reference power supply series is not suitable because it can't handle the high voltages required for a DIT T2). Joamat et al created a fully regulated version using the lt10 voltage reference: t2250kgsshv.zip t2hvandlvpsukgsshv2.zip (the same reference that is in the golden reference LV and HV boards so I went with this). The other designs use a ref102. t2schempower-2.PDF t2250.zip t2hv2.zip joamat told me the lt10 had lower noise and since I bulk purchased lt10 references I went with his psu boards. I posted the modified gerbers I made and a circuit diagram for the joamat T2 plus power supplies in this thread a short time ago in the diy t2 thread https://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/6837-the-ultimate-diy-a-stax-srm-t2/page/190/. The modifications to joamats gerbers documented in the post to fit my build style (one pcb per channel, no solder points for a pot etc), a few silk screen error corrections and placed a missing track in one of the psu boards and some more ventilation space for the 3W resistors in the psu boards etc etc.

RTJ hands fixed Honestly, I'm pretty psyched with how these came out and they were a great test bed for figuring out how to accurately combine/sequence engraving and cutting. Now for a light sanding and finishing and then delivery to their owner.

Watched the heck out of that show as a kid. RIP, Screech.

RIP Screech.