I’m a bit afraid right now.<\/p>\n
The milling machine’s been delayed another month. ETA is now early December. But I’m not complaining. Technically I don’t have enough money for it anymore. Once it arrives I’ll have at most a fortnight to pay the rest of the outstanding balance.<\/p>\n
Since the \u00a3700 set aside for it was going to be sitting in my bank account for some 3 (now 6) months longer than expected, I decided to try and grow the money a bit before it went finally into low-fluidity material goods.<\/p>\n
I’ve been spending a lot of money this week. A lot of it either on repairing or replacing tools, but mostly on these horns I’ve won on ebay tonight and the upright rotary table for the 4-axis mill project.
\nAnd I’ll be spending more once the horns arrive. I’ll be casting a lot, painting, trying out foam-rubber casts, mostly in the hope of getting enough wonderful quality items ready that I’ll be able to storm both Etsy and MCM Expo with them.<\/p>\n
I think I can do it. But I’m still gambling again. And to be honest with myself, my previous gambles haven’t had very good returns.<\/p>\n
It’s a supportive routine though. Waiting for supplies and parts to arrive sets me up with a waiting list in my mind, so I get on with immediate jobs a lot faster.<\/p>\n
All I do is talk about what I do now. I’m sorry it’s likely not a very interesting subject to most.<\/p>\n
Backlog\/owed items are almost all done. Legacy projects are either scrapped or progressing. Things are generally improving. Life’s clearing out the chaff.<\/p>\n
Will try and get back on Skype in the workshop again tomorrow. Talking while I work may help further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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