So life has been happening around here and between work and hobbies haven’t had a lot of time to post but things have slowed down just a touch.

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all. Sorry I kind of missed those milestones around here this year.

I have gotten back into one of my favorite hobbies, high performance driving, both autocross and track days and I have been a bad influence on @Masonsailorbut he can tell you about that. Between that and work, I haven’t had a ton of time to play in the shop and build things but that is hopefully changing a bit.

I was able to spend a little time today on a project I read about a long time ago. It was a test for apprentices for repeatability and accuracy.

A simple cube, how hard can that be? Ok, it is a lot trickier than one would expect. It is like building a picture frame but in 3D. The stock must be flat and square. The 4 miters on each piece must be 45º. Any little error compounds and throws everything off. Great hand tool test for those who are into that sort of thing.

Now I need to kick my butt into gear and build some more cabinets for the pantry.

The machine shop instructor used to have this as one of his first year student’s practice. Hand tools only

Glad everything has been well, just busy. Good to have you back Michael. Keep it between the white lines and away from the wall.😅

Welcome back.