Gearing up for the woodshop sawdust-fest that is the result of last minute holiday gifts, my trusty JET AFS-1000B air filtration unit bit the dust (yes, pun intended). Hanging above now is a useless box of steel, mocking me as a cough out some of the larger particulate matter swimming happily in my shop. As [...]
damn… err, i repeat. damn… I’ve just finished assembling a pair of modified Decware Radial 1 speakers. Cutting to the chase these sound absolutely stunning and come close to trumping my Infinity P-FR’s in almost every way. As these original Radials came unassembled with upgraded speakers, Jensen capacitors, Audioquest Indigo internal wire, etc, I took [...]
It seems like only yesterday that Stu Weibel, Thom Hickey and myself split a 500 bd/ft haul of 8/4 hard maple. Upon deeper reflection, however, I guess it was more like eight years ago. go figure… Well, two moves, two jobs, and one (and a half) kids later, I’ve finally used the last of it [...]
Over the weekend, in an end-of-the-year cleaning frenzy to free up some much needed space, I stumbled upon my old stash of laser supplies. 30-ish years ago my father and I built a helium neon laser for a grade school science project (in the 70′s I was really into lasers and holograms). After about 60 [...]
The legs are 2.25″ diameter cherry with 1.5″ maple shelves and maple cross supports. The black cones and spikes are from partsexpress. The design is more complex than it needed to be, but the adjustablity and leveling I find extreamly effective. The ‘floating’ aspect of the design is asthetic, modular and allows the shelves to [...]
Earlier this summer I picked up a used Swifty 14 wooden sailboat from Shell Boats. Alex has named her “High Treason” (he’s named my canoe “The Black Pearl” … one might accurately conclude at the age of 5, he’s pretty big into pirates). The design of the Swifty is quite attractive, and the original craftsmanship [...]
The face-lift on my Decware Zen amplifier is finally complete and I’m extremely happy with the results. The Zen is one of the best amplifiers I’ve heard and now it looks (almost) as good as it sounds. The re-termination of some 25+ year old silver braided speaker cables have complemented this amp quite nicely.
Ok, so after 10+ years of woodworking, my Jet Supersaw is the first real piece of equipment that hasn’t been rescued from the garbage, found at a garage sale, or ‘given’ (read, ‘no longer useful’) from a relative. Well, its a big step for me, but I couldn’t be more happy with the purchase. After [...]