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Ready for enjoy my holidays 😁

As usual for this crowd, a member has offered a Rotel unit that should serve my needs nicely. Can't wait to listen through the Aeriel Acoustics again.

https://goldensound.audio/2022/07/04/kevin-gilmore-cfa3-headphone-amp-measurements/

Couldn't find any chairrail to match existing, so I milled some up. Took longer to clean the shop up, than it did to mill the rail. And now the shop has two more specialty router bits.

Happy Birthday, Spritzer!

Wrapping up the sign for the Tomato Wagon I built for the deck earlier this year.

Exhibit A. Exhibit B. Exhibit C.

Thank you guys!!!!

Happy 40th. Welcome to the decade of experiencing new aches and pains with no discernable cause.

well the missing bolts arrived and the free 20W laser... so I had some fun trying to burn front panel markings. After a few experiments I realised the default settings in light burn are insane...6000mm/min movement speed no way! and 0.1mm between steps does not provide good resolution and gives a streak effect on text and slightly jagged lines... I improved by changing the settings to two passes at 90% power, 0.05mm stepover and 1000mm/min. This gives a crisp result (crisper than my camera phone can show). The result is not a shiny as engraving with an actual 10degree 0.1mm engraving tool, so I will experiment a bit more. I guess I am still not quite getting all the way through the anodizing.

Saw 4th of July Fireworks in the fog above SF

Had some friends up in Maine; nice lunch overlooking the ocean (past a pool), then poking around Kennebunkport and Cape Porpoise. Looked like someone was home in the Bush estate, not pictured but there was a Secret Service vehicle parked there. Also a pic of the lighthouse at Goat Island, in Cape Porpoise.

Finished a charcuterie board and beer opener for the neighborhood 4th of July auction.

RIP Joe Turkel, worlds most famous bartender and replicant creator. I didn't realize you played both (among others). https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/joe-turkel-actor-shining-blade-034336342.html

Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/margaret-keane-dead.html