Joints

Finished my first joint a few minutes ago - first mortise and tenon joint, that is. It isn't pretty, but it is fairly square, and i made it using only hand tools (with a brief use of a power drill). It was just a test joint - not for an actual product - my first test to learn what can't be read. Took an hour to make this silly little thing - the ones i'll be making for my bench will be 3 times the size. From what i've read, these joints (and all others) can be made using power tools, but i have neither the space for the tools nor the money to buy everything, nor the time to learn how to use all those. Instead, i'll try my hand at making all my bench joints by hand. Should be fun! (in an Amish sorta way)

Flying High

I'm startled awake, not knowing where i'm flying to, unsure if i've packed accordingly. It's a strange airplane, very spacious, and only 3 other passengers. I wonder if i'm the pilot? Wherever we end up, i'll need my wits about me to handle the problems that are sure to arise, especially since a couple of my fellow passengers look suspicious...

6 hours sleep in two days, and being awake 23 hours past that finds me sitting in the server room, waiting for a third level tech in the UK to call us back. If i lean back and start to doze, the air being pushed around by the computer fans and AC units becomes the hum of an airplane, the physical discomfort of the chairs rivals AeroFlot, and with the nervous anticipation of what will happen in the next few hours, i could be heading to the DRoC.

In the end, the problem was resolved around noon, i caught an hour sleep on my office floor, worked until a little past 4, then went home for another hour of sleep before staying up til 4am. Wasn't quite the 70 hours sans sleep of bygone times; i must be getting old.