Craig Sawyers

Guns, flak jackets - icecream. How British!

A couple of years ago my wife went in for wrist surgery, and while we waited a guy in his early 20s was waiting for the next surgery in a journey as a result of a MB accident. Downhill into a dip, came off, and noticed one foot was rotated by 180 degrees. Compound fracture with bones sticking out. Fortunately he had a phone and enough signal to call for help. Helicopter extraction. First surgery was 8 hours. Next one was 8 hours. Etc. Weeks in hospital. I have no idea if he was wearing a helmet.

I saw Apogee and immediately thought But then I clicked the link, and it wasn't *that* Apogee! Equally interesting though.

Oh for that much space! super-jealous! My bench, bandsaw, jointer/planer, router table and radial arm saw are squeezed into a single width garage. It needs real discipline to use every machine safely.

Good luck sourcing KSA1156 unless you have some already lurking. Looks like various dates in 2022 for next delivery.

ML Aerius. I had a pair of those. The electrostatic panel disconnected itself on both. I contacted ML, who said if I was in the US they could supply new panels cheaply (ish), but because I was in the UK I'd have to go through Absolute Sounds who had a vicious mark up. So I popped the wooden side panels off, fed small pieces of antistatic foam in each hole, and trapped a connection wire under some kapton tape. Soldered the wire into the HV feed. Put the wooden panels back on. Problem sorted, and totally invisible. I later sold them on eBay, and made it clear that the panel had been repaired and how. I got a good price; the buyer collected and I demonstrated them working before he took them.

You think Mouser's lead time is long? R/S is June 22 and Farnell is August 22

Sourcing of currently manufactured semiconductors, even from OnSemi and other mainstream manufacturers, is log-jammed. This is a result of the perfect storm of Covid causing lines to be mothballed and then restarted and qualified, supply of the raft of chemicals needed, and similar problems Covid issues in the global distribution chain. Even vanilla parts are now out at end 21 early 22 delivery. And if you are going to build a PC - forget it. Processor chips have dried up as bulk users have stocked up (PC and automotive manufacturers mainly, but also smart phones and TVs). If you can buy one expect five times or more the nominal price. And pre-covid, particularly ceramic surface mount parts were on insane lead times, now even more insane. It will get better. From the end of this year onward supply ought to improve.

There are so many things to like about that sequence of images

RIP Hunter, it is really tough having an old cat put down, or any pet for that matter. And condolences for the loss of your mother in law Todd.

Well spoken Dusty!

Left and right monoblocks are mirror images - that is a really nice touch. Hand cut dovetails are decent looking too.

Here's the way we do replica Jaguars in the UK - https://www.buildingthelegend.co.uk/ "Although final cost will depend on each car’s ultimate specification, as little as £415,000 ..."

Oh wow. I used to read that to our kids when they were little.

Seems like a long time ago now. Currently mothballed at the Coventry Transport Museum while they try to raise the UKP8m to add the rockets and do the next series of runs to 800mph+. It all hangs in the balance. https://www.bloodhoundlsr.com/bloodhound-on-display-at-the-coventry-transport-museum/

Welcome to the first mid life crisis Brent! There are more of them to look forward to down the line Hope you had a great birthday!!!

RIP the 21 who died of hypothermia while competing in a 100km (60 miles) mountain marathon in China. 172 went missing and after a massive mountain rescue effort the majority were found and got off the hill. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57216601 In the UK, a route like that has to have marshals at intervals, and you are required to carry weatherproofs, a route map and a compass.

I remember the school physics book that talked about generating static electricity. "Rub an amber rod with cat fur..." I wondered whether this experiment had ever been tested by the writers of such books. Here kitty kitty kitty..

Wooden, Krenov style scraper plane

For some reason they remind me of the chair in The Sleeper

Happy birthday!!

2,000 miles is a hell of a trip to storm the Capitol. And, as Voltron says - why Montana?

Abbey Road studio 1, London in 1971. Tannoy Monitor loudspeakers (just noticed Quad 303 power amp underneath the LH speaker)

Bogart in 1946. Cigarette in hand, the effect of which plus booze saw him off at age 57 And Hepburn in 1941 aged 34. She lived to the ripe old age of 96.

Wonder why the Mitutoyo calipers are on the foot stool?