I find myself at the end of another week and the beginning of a new one and I haven’t accomplished nearly what I had hoped to. But I have a whole new week to work with and I promise to make the most of it! It has been somewhat bittersweet, I’m still having problems with my knee on one leg and ankle on the other so I don’t even know which leg to limp on and still can’t stand in front of the lathe for very long without needing to sit down for a while. This has been good for making pens, I’ve found that sitting and assembling one pen while the finish coats are drying on the next has been suiting me fine but I much prefer turning bowls. My new lathe is still not ready to take over turning duties but hopefully I’ve narrowed that problem down to the safety switch; after removing and disassembling the switch I found that the contacts were welded together (probably happened when the original inverter smoked) so I have a new one ordered. Once it arrives around Wednesday or Thursday I should be able to have it turning within about 30 minutes or so.
I really need to finish reorganizing my shop, I need to find a better use for the limited space I have. Maybe one day I’ll be able to expand to something larger, fingers crossed!
I was able to watch my future step-daughter cheer in her last high school basketball game yesterday in Milledgeville, Ga, unfortunately the Model Lady Devils lost their first game this season in the final four. What a great season!
I’m working on plans to adapt a concept I tried on my YouTube channel and base it here on the website instead, at least until I gain enough subscribers to qualify for the YouTube Partner Program again. If I can find enough interest I’ll start having periodic drawings for free projects I make in the shop. I’ll get a poll up soon to find out just how much interest it might generate.
I have obtained an SSL certificate for the website and store so customers can be secure in making purchases and subscribing or entering for drawings. I sill plan to use an offsite financial service for store purchases to further increase security but Austringer Creations will be a “Secure (https://)” website once the certificate application is approved and the website has been registered, supposedly within the next few hours to four days. I’m moving up in the world!
Now lets go out and finish sealing these bowl blanks to keep them from cracking as they dry!
