Month: June 2010

Castings in progress

The new work order sheet is helping hugely. I’ve got them listed by resin type, rather than by order. I start at the top, then look at the list to see what moulds are still free that there’s an entry for, then do that.
Makes for some odd bed-fellows, but with the FAR shorter degassing times the bench-top de-gasser’s giving me, it’s easy to manage interleaving the different mixes.

Mondays castings:

Tuesdays castings:

Yes that’s an anvil. I thought it was overkill last time, but since they last couple haven’t bonded to the velcro right without it, it’s in play again.

At this rate, all orders should be complete and shipped at the latest, Monday. Phew.

Please keep an eye on the Twitter feed for up-to-the-minute updates if you’re concerned about your order.

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Up the road from my house, the same place where I got the mechanical bed, is a pile of debris taller than I am. It appeared today while I was in the city. It seems to contain a lot of household items, bits of furniture, appliances and lots of wood and metal.

It’s raining outside. I’ve just taken a leisurely walk in it. It makes everything calm.

The chip and ply in that pile probably won’t make it through the night, and the proper wood will not likely fair well in the high humidity and warm atmosphere. On a colder night it would absorb less.
I already have the OK to take things from the pile, but at gone midnight it’s not the best of times. Still, there should be something worth salvaging tomorrow.

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UKFur Lanyards back in stock!

UKFur lanyards have arrived! Just in time for tomorrows meet.

Awesome. <3

Will be flogging them off for £3.50 each. It’s a bit of a price hike from what they used to be, but these ones have a safety release and I suspect they’ll be a long-tail item (an initial surge followed by a long period of occasional sales), and I need to cover my investment in them ASAP.

Considering generic lanyards cost £3-4 in shops, I’d say it’s still a bargain. And people have been craving them since I first bought the store!

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