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Started with this then made it look like this then decided to play with chemicals then made it look like this via a probably Doug approved implement called a card scraper, then put the first coat on! probably will do another coat, might sand between coats? I am not sure what is recommended with this Osmo stuff… But; it looks ok! - I found out that if you get bubbles in the epoxy it’s doesn’t quite work to just put another layer on top. Also the really shallow flaws didn’t hold the epoxy well. I kinda wanted a contrasting jet black color in the various cracks and crannies and it looks pretty decent! There were some knotholes that went all the way through the plank and those took the epoxy really well.

Nice! Steve and I used a torch to draw up the air bubbles in the epoxy and that works well. I really didn't like Osmo but it looks good there. I bought this Woodpeckers Super Fence months ago, received the package weeks ago, opened it finally last week to find out they sent only a single piece of Super Track by mistake. They sent me the actual fence and I got to keep the super track for my trouble. Anyway, this went together very easily, and now I have to set up another router to rout my router table. This very meta effort will create channels for the tracks to hold the Super Fence.

The lady with the Diamondback actually had the tool box sitting in back as well so got that installed as well to hold straps, hitches, etc.

I love card scrapers. Different brands have different hardnesses, and work better for different applications. I have both Veritas and Lie Nielsen. The veritas are a little harder and hold an edge better, the LN are a little softer and a little gentler and seem less likely to tear out across the grain. Both are super useful. And cheap. Also, Crucible for avoiding sharp corners.

Picked up the new hotness today. Holy moly this thing is big coming off the 2018 11”. The keyboard case was expensive but it feels great. HDR on the new screen is stunning. Nearly LG-OLED-like blacks and eye-searing brightness. All that is missing is Apple letting us run full desktop-Mac apps on this thing!

More work perspective music

Do you even play drums anymore Iain? I sat in with a group of local musicians last night and had some fun. Turns out one had a one hit wonder back in the day, Peter Quinn who did the Curly Shuffle. Weird guy.

Here are the mostly finished Carbon boards for Sebdti and myself Plus a look at the all in one PSU and R-core by James Transformers. The R-core is one hefty beast. The 15V rails from the PSU are regulated with DEXA UWB discrete regs https://i.ibb.co/gvVjRFG/IMG-2832.jpg

Someone that I always wished I had seen. pure art

I spent the afternoon working from the iPad attached to my thunderbolt 3 dock. It is remarkable how close this thing is to being a desktop replacement. If WWDC brings us a little more love for iPad OS and the ability to run full MacOS apps like office then I could see totally replacing a laptop with the iPad Pro. Having a monitor, mouse, keyboard, DAC, ethernet, and power all connected via a single cable to a thunderbolt dock feels like the fucking future.

^ Speaking of, anyone have suggestions of especially good 33 1/3 titles? I've only read Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited. Gonna pick up the Pavement, but looking for others too. https://333sound.com/33-13-series/

Those big Tannoys really need two subwoofers to fill out the bottom end? There are five cat deterrent spray cans on the system, so I'm guessing they have had issues with those furry fiends.

Bokeh > UFOs

Emmet Cohen - Future Stride

What a lovely setup (and kitties; though I'm a bit surprised the sub-woofer grills are intact). I had those Tannoy Super-tweeters for a bit when I used a Lowther-based system, very nice units!! That puke-pink couch could go though 😊

I got a new thing and I'm in love. It's a Digitone Keys by Elektron.

I lust after the Luxman B-1000F monoblocks.

Yowza, I was starting to lurk again in March to get back into the hobby, then *POOF* HC disappeared. I tried coming back for a couple of weeks, and was almost going to delete the bookmark to the site. Very pleased that everything is back up and running again!

Looking forward to finish the amp

Looks fantastic!

Making progress with the carbon build, I always enjoy SMD Here is how the SMD Carbon boards look loaded, still some parts to come and I was short on 2K trimmers on my order. Some components were mounted underside to make things easy.

Some "old, beat up gear" given to a guy on /r/audiophile by his GF's dad.