At the end of every year I rewrite the company business plan. This year I finally looked the bull in the face and admitted to my self that the only reason I stay in business is to "Help fill up the day." So, I have been doing my wood stuff in the same shop as my business and it is a real pain as the shop is not big enough for both. To do some wood work I have to clear the bench, bring the stuff in and then since I work "Just In Time" with my clients have to put it all way and dust off all my equipment. Since no one can retire from a job that helps fill up the day, I have decided to create a very nice wood shop in the basement. Today I purchased a 1750 cfm dust collector for the shop. I felt it was the best piece to have before I started building the benches and stuff. Pictures to follow as it comes along.
Finally had my new monitors arrive, a set of dual LG Ultrafine 27" 5K 10-Bit wide gamut USB-C displays compatible with the new MacBook Pros, didn't cost much at all to upgrade since the old 27" Apple Thunderbolt Displays held their value so well but these are simply astonishing, the detail, the ease on the eyes of retina resolution with this much screen real estate and the quality of watching 5K HDR videos on it is just amazing especially the reds and teal shades.
The most important thing for an engineer is to have the right tools, with this I'm looking forward to the next few years I'll spend working with them.
Wow, that's a metric shitload of pixels right there. I'm slightly jealous 😀
Finally had my new monitors arrive, a set of dual LG Ultrafine 27" 5K 10-Bit wide gamut USB-C displays compatible with the new MacBook Pros, didn't cost much at all to upgrade since the old 27" Apple Thunderbolt Displays held their value so well but these are simply astonishing, the detail, the ease on the eyes of retina resolution with this much screen real estate and the quality of watching 5K HDR videos on it is just amazing especially the reds and teal shades.
The most important thing for an engineer is to have the right tools, with this I'm looking forward to the next few years I'll spend working with them.
After a tough and exhausting week at work, I decided that I should reward myself.
It happened that the artisan cutler I was following for a long time was living less than 10 kilometers from the last customer visited.
The story is that the wood used is 5000 years old oak tree that started to fossilized/mineralized in peat from one of the largest marsh in France.
Inlay are mammoth's ivory from Siberia, as an animal counterpart of the old wood.
Cutler is a really nice chap, having his workshop in his backyard. We had a very interesting chat about knife making technics and watches (he was wearing a Panerai with leather custom strap)
Not affiliated with this artisan but I believe that he deserves a bump
http://www.couteaux-morta.com/the-briere-has-its-very-own-knife-the-morta/
