This morning, dock numbers #99 and #100 hit the post office! taym is the (un)lucky recipient of dock number 100, for which he receives some original Empeg stickers and a copy of the Saturday comics secton.

So much for my original idea of building perhaps 50 or so max! Thanks to all who ordered!

The store is now closed.



Heh heh.. just kidding.

But we have only four more sets of docks cut out and ready for assembly, and notifications for those were sent out this morning. The next 100 orders will now wait for a few weeks while we retool and cut out the wood parts for the final big batch.

There are still about 10 docks in the final batch which have yet to be claimed, so if you want one, please sign up Real Soon Now! These will begin shipping by late June, and should all be finished by the end of August.

Cheers!

Now, if we could just invent an inflatable workshop that you can pack in your backpack when you go climbing...

I think climbing may need to wait for a week or two...

>I think climbing may need to wait for a week or two...

Yeah, my finger tip is gonna take a bit to competely heal. Nice clean cut from one of those terrorist tools -- a box cutter! I should really stick to safer activities, like.. rock-climbing!

So instead of climbing this (long) weekend, I may end up starting the woodworking for the next 100. SWMBO is already started on the wiring for them, and is nagging for more back panels so she can preinstall the connectors and stuff.

Cheers

...a box cutter! I should really stick to safer activities, like.. rock-climbing

The box cutter could still come in handy for the occassional self amputation!

Rob

The box cutter could still come in handy for the occassional self amputation!

Yeah, I've read about that guy. Talk about character !

This morning, dock numbers #99 and #100 hit the post office! taym is the (un)lucky recipient of dock number 100, for which he receives some original Empeg stickers and a copy of the Saturday comics secton.

D'oh! Just one later and I would have had my own copy of the Saturday comics! (well, and some sort of stickers too, I guess)

Well, what can I say?

Thank you so much, Mark I am honored for getting nr. 100 (and Saturday Comics section gives it a whole different special taste!)

I'll take a picture and post it here as soon as I get the docking station!

Thank you!

The status page on the dock website ( http://rtr.ca/docks/ ) has now been updated with new text and photos. Basically, I'm starting the woodworking for the next 100 or so docks finally. It will be a while before any complete docks emerge from the lengthy pipeline, though.

Meanwhile, I have two unclaimed docks here waiting for responses with payment, and may find new prospective owners for them Real Soon Now.

Cheers

I've updated the status page again today with a new photo from the shop (http://rtr.ca/docks/). As I work through the various milling processes, there'll be similar regular photo updates to amuse/pacify the 90+ folks waiting for docks!

This weekend's project was to cut out 115 pairs of top/bottom pieces, and to hollow out the undersides of the tops for the hidden airflow channel.

Cheers

I'm glad to see you're gearing up for another run. I'm loving my dock and I'm looking to get another one for DJ work.

How hard would it be to add a On/Off switch kind like Loren (I think it was him, been awhile) did on his own docking station that was rackmounted?

Yeah, that was me... and it's funny you mention that. I was thinking the exact same thing the other day at work. I'd rather turn it off when i go out for long lunches or the like than to leave it in standby. I think it would be very easy to do yourself... just pick up a switch at a rat shack or electronics store and put it in the path of the AC socket and mount it on the back. I'll probably get around to doing that someday soon... i've got a few switches laying around that would be perfect.

As Loren says, adding a switch to the rear is not overly difficult, if you want to power-cycle the player more often instead of just leaving it in standby.

At present, I am not offering this as a "factory option" though.

Cheers

I've added a new shop photo from today to the docks site.

And.. sent out five new "requests for payment". No, the new batch of 100+ docks is nowhere near ready for assembly, but now that the tops/bottoms have been completed, I was able to use a few of them together with some "leftover" sides/backs from the previous run to glue-up a few more docks.

These will be the final ones completed for several weeks, until the new side pieces, backs, and docking panels are cut and milled -- those are ALL very complex items and will take some time to make.

Cheers

I've added a new shop photo from today to the docks site.

<workshop envy> *DROOOL* </workshop envy>

I think the only thing he's missing in that shop is an empeg controlled milling machine...

..an empeg controlled milling machine...

Ooo.. with useful visuals!

Uh, oh. I shouldn'a said that 'til after I got my docks.

/me waits for the announcement in the Programming forum.

And yet another shop photo today, this time including the lovely and talented.. SWMBO!

Cheers

SWMBO!!! Nice glove! It is a good thing that you both share the same hobbies - that is probably one of the reasons why you (plural - both yourself and SWMBO) have such a great workshop!

So who took the photograph, then?

Camera on tripod w/self-timer!

Cheers

Why does it take my ISP's DNS servers so long to find your site? Does anyone else experience this?

Stu

Dunno. My site is self-hosting for DNS, with granitecanyon as the secondary. As long as the ADSL link is up, it ought to respond fairly rapidly. But the link has been up and down sporadically of late.

Cheers

Mark, you have a very nice shop. Mine is dual-purpose (garage/shop) but I would like to someday have a dedicated shop with dust collection, etc. Right now I have to sweep every week or so because the only tool I have dust collection on is my router table and that is only a shop-vac. I make sure and save all the dust hoods for my other tools, for the day I do get my own dedicated shop *dream*.

Nice router setup you have there! Wish I had space for a dedicated setup, in ADDITION to my saw-table mounted version! Lovely bench there as well.. S.Yellow Pine? Or Doug F. ?

The dust collection I have is essential for an in-home shop -- I cannot just open the garage door (there is none) to air things out like you. Most of the tool "hoods" are shop-built improvements over the manufacturer's parts (if any).

Cheers

Another day, another photo. And a status update as well.

http://rtr.ca/docks/

Cheers

I don't know why, but I checked earlier today and just now but I don't see any change in the photos that I saw last week.. I did a refresh too. [shrugs]

Try flushing your browser's cache.

If using Mozilla, "shift-reload" generally overrides most upstream caching as well.

Cheers

My bench is yellow pine, I just picked up some 2x4's at the lumber yard and put it together from those. Took me a while to find nice wood, but I just ran them through the jointer and I was good to go. It was the first thing I built when I moved here, because a workbench is so useful. Someday I'll build one out hardwood, but my budget was small for this bench.

I know what you mean with the dust hoods. A few of mine I can see would suck pretty hard (pun intended) when attached to a dust collection system. Machinery aside, I find some of the best tools you use you can make yourself (like your dust hoods).

I find some of the best tools you use you can make yourself (like your dust hoods).

I suspect that's because if you made it yourself, it's exactly what you want. Assuming, of course, that you can build exactly what you want, which I, sadly, cannot. Yet. I blame the lack of a workshop.