Got fired, but they still haven't given me my final paycheck.
shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness.
furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.
Your screams of "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" will not avail you. Here, have some Melville:
"...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
So yeah, that's where my head has been lately. No shop work has happened in months. Having some personal problems which are slowing me down. Still suffering plantar fasciitis - which I got from the retail job - despite taking a lot of time off my feet since.
Also dealing with a dying keyboard so this post won't get much longer.
Going meta a bit, the question has arisen whether I will or will want to take my shop to our hypothetical new home in the mountains. I would either have to disassemble the machinery and transport it myself with a rented box truck, some pallets, and a rented pallet jack -or- pay riggers several thousand dollars (I don't have quotes, but if it's under $5K I'll be shocked) to get the stuff there from Denver, and then up the undoubtedly steep driveway. Every time I describe this process and the probable cost, I feel less and less like keeping the shop.
And by 'getting' rid of the shop, I mean, figuring out which parts to keep and which parts to drop (never including basic tools, hand or powered) and thus reducing the size of shop/garage I need to find or build.
The first to go would of course be the heaviest, ie; the mill, then the lathe, and their various heavy accessories and tooling. The second to go would be the air compressor and blast cabinet. Last to go would be the welding area. I'll keep hand tools and my workbench. I should sell the surface plate, I hardly ever need or use it.