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Author: Jeff

Hobby

Hobby

Every day, another hobby setup. Reloading bench is back up and running, and my microelectronics lab is setup.

I have a new 6.5CM barrel for one of my Sako TRG22s, but still have yet to get the factory barrel off. I may need a hydraulic vise.

You can tell the electronics stuff is setup for an old dude by the prevalence of optical aids. I just can’t do those 0402 by eye alone.

I also setup my old Flex-5000 radio, which mean I need to figure out what I am doing antenna wise. I still have my HF9V at the old house that needs to be taken down, and I have a couple of wire antennas I might put up here to get me started. Going from the house to one of the trees would work for a G5RV with just enough center element height. It isn’t the most ideal direction (NW), but it will at least have some radiation in E/W direction.

Desk

Desk

My office is getting closer to usable. I’ll go ahead and save everyone the trouble and just say it. Yes, I need more monitors. I’ll work on it. šŸ˜‰

Floor

Floor

Oh.. and the floor is mostly done in the lower garage now too…

Deck Coating

Deck Coating

Now that the deck coating is done we can get started on what goes out there. For now we have our old furniture, but it isn’t matched to the scale. Good enough for a dinner outside by the firepit however.

Inside is coming together.. still art to hang and stuff to unpack.. but it is getting better. The amount of outside light on the main floor is pretty amazing. We hardly need the 100+ can lights on that floor.

Shop

Shop

I got some of the cabinetry from the old shop moved over, which really makes it easier to move stuff. This shop has more vertical space so I need to do some upper cabinetry mounting, plus I need some kind of tire/wheel storage that is up high.

Data

Data

Ok.. I think I have sufficient storage now. 40x 10TB drives, 12x 12TB drives,plus three old arrays that total about 80TBs. I still need to get a bunch of SSDs for the cluster array, plus a second set of 12x 12TB drives, but that can wait until I get other house stuff done.