It's a reasonably nice day and I don't feel too awful, maybe I'll go out to the garage and make a thing I've been meaning to make for a while.
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I dream of one day having everything set up so I can just walk in and make a thing, but right now it's not possible. I started building a workbench, but had to shelve it because we needed the space for storage. Right now my tools live in the back corner and I have to climb to them and haul them out before I can use them, which is such a daunting yak to shave that a lot of the time I can't face it, so I do nothing.
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@woe2you Sounds grimly familiar.
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@davep I have shaved the yak. Witness my luxuriously appointed workshop.
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@woe2you Yay!
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@davep You might now be wondering what I'm making that warranted all this effort, and the answer is: a dumb joke. No, really.
See, my best mate also likes woodworking. Specifically, he makes stuff from reclaimed pallet wood. So I'm taking some offcuts of beautiful straight grained walnut and making him a coaster so his cuppa doesn't leave rings on his (sacrificial OSB topped) workbench.
I've got the pieces cut, now to glue, sand and finish.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @davep I'm such a troll.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @davep Just contemplating what finish to use. I was thinking maybe the same Danish oil I used on this PC?
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@woe2you @GustavinoBevilacqua @davep That case looks like something from Bioshock.
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@nlupo @GustavinoBevilacqua @davep It was a fun project. I wired up the VU gauges to the power and disk activity LED headers, and they have a lovely warm orange backlight like vacuum tubes.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua @davep Couldn't find the Danish so I went with a water based poly. On reflection I actually prefer it, it's kept some of that walnut chalkiness. Of course it's highlighted some sanding marks and I'll have to give it another blast with the high grit before I put another coat on.
