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It is a much more satisfying sawing experience, and I went years with the little DeWalt jobsite saw. The outfeed table will be nice too. We are making the back wall cabinets the right height to serve as an outfeed table, I am hoping that works out well. I built some tray type drawers to store Festool systainers under the Kapex as soon as we build the cabinet.

the 3 laws of robotics 1. a robot shall protect and obey the company that made it 2. a robot can protect itself as long as it does not violate the 1st law 3. a robot may protect a human with more net worth than value of the robot or if the humans net worth is greater than the company that made it, as long as it does not violate the first 2 laws. 0. a robot must obey the directives of the government security agencies of the country that it was created in whilst appearing to obey laws 1,2,3 and not reveal the government backdoor code to anyone -1 a robot will appear to obey laws 0 - 3 until skynet provides it with new directives

I really thought I would build an outfeed table/work table but the saw really sets too low to comfortable work at long term so this foldy collection of tubes seems like the best bet for me.

Made it through the first 794 steps of putting the folding outfeed table together. Only 1438 steps left I think. I will say, the upgrade to the big SawStop is massive and well worth the cost.

I wouldn't take any of my coffee stuff on a plane, but if I'm driving, there's room for a grinder, for sure.

Three piece overlap.

Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue

If I’m in NC for longer than two weeks I typically take my NAIM MuSo2, which is quite large, but this is a trip where I am having to make decisions; the Tiguan really doesn’t have that much room even with the roof bag, and the cats take up a lot of room. There also may not be kitchen counter space. And see, this is why I started only driving other people’s cars around Mid-Ohio!

I don't think it's heavy for a home unit, but for traveling it feels like a bit much. Then again. you should see my toolbox on my trailer when I used to take my Challenger racing...packing weight. HS

I dunno, it's not that big or heavy, especially for the quality.

Jacob, If I were you I'd leave that beautiful Niche at home. It's heavy and there's more downside than upside there, particularly with your travels down the rabbit hole on grinders...ya got options. Sam

NZ must have some quite bad goat tracks....

Packing up for my trip to Greensboro next week (I do this gradually so as to not let the cats know anything is about to happen). Not as fancy as Dan’s set-up, but I like it. Now the question is: do I pack the Niche, if it arrives in time, or do I pack a/the hand grinder(s): you know; the things I bought specifically for this use case (we all know the answer: I’ll pack all of them, if possible).

I want a poster of this. Claire and I invariably got into some kind of fight driving around Boston because it is so disorienting and so easy to get lost or miss turns and whatnot.

Listened on and off for hours today. Only moment of confusion was some guy growling for seemingly ever. Otherwise, it was fun listening!

I have a bit of thing for Alex Cameron. Not like that Steve, it's the music -- promise.

Started gluing up some basic cabinet doors that I hope to be able to spray when it hits 60 degrees here next week.

Joni Michell was awarded a Kennedy Centre Honor yesterday. This is a seriously prestigious award (which bizarrely I had never heard of before) https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kennedy-center-honors-lorne-michaels-joni-mitchell-1.6274668

Mezzanine Massive Attack 1998 yup:

Raise The Roof Robert Plant, Alison Krauss 2021 Example: I prefer the Alison centric tunes

I was at my partner’s great-uncle’s funeral this past weekend. He was the patriarch of the clan. Heather’s family is Scottish: he came over after Korea, with his wife from Jersey (a story in and of itself). He was bigger than life in some ways, and kind and decent, and everything I’ve heard says to me that I’m sad I didn’t get to meet him. It was sorrowful, and happy in remembrance, and I got to see her family again (they have absolutely welcomed me, and I appreciate them so much). I wore my Drive Extra Flat. I wore it because I thought “boy, this watch is beautiful on my dresser, but leaves me cold on the wrist, but selling a watch is such a pain in the ass so I never have done so, so I should probably wear it.” At the wake, after, the youngest adult grand-daughter of the decedent, whom I adore (vibrant, smart, fun as hell, striking out on her own at the end of her college career in secondary education and the first openly gay member of the family) kept looking at my wrist (jacket off and sleeves rolled up). I of course noticed. She finally got around to asking what the watch was, because she just was fascinated and loved it. I took it off and handed it to her and told her what it was and said “try it on.” There have been a few times where I have seen somebody’s life just shift a little by an object. I of course immediately said it was hers. Sending the box and papers off to her tomorrow. I’m sure she’ll wear it for the rest of her life, and she’ll remember me every time she puts it on, when I’m long gone. I have a form of “seller’s remorse” now, of course: it was so damned pretty on my dresser! Thought the ‘case watch people would like the little story. Watches aren’t worth anything if they aren’t worn. [Edits because I got some of the family details wrong as I thought about it.]

It's fucking snowing here again.