Ok, so here's some things that I do and do not like so far.

I've been playing a lot of funk, and funk inspired music on my kit lately and I really wanted a small muffling pillow for my drum.

I've tried just shoving a pillow in there, blankets, tape, foam and all the other random things. They all muffle the drum way too much! Clearly we need a custom solution, so that's what I've done.

I made some quite decent turning tools in the style of the Easy Wood Tools for less than 1/3 the price. I also think mine are much prettier.

I documented the process so perhaps you too can have some great turning tools at a low cost!

So I've been using Studio One for 5 days now. These are my impressions so far...

So I found out that you can download old versions of Studio One quite easily in your user account by clicking the "View Previous Versions" button right below the "Download Installer" button.

So now I'm going to run 3.2.0 unless I find out there's a solution to the bug I was dealing with. The bug I was dealing with is as follows:

I have a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 that is setup as part of my live rig. To change the master volume, it requires that I reach down and blindly grab the correct one of about 30 knobs. If you haven't guessed, I rarely get it.

The solution is simple. Make a bigger knob out of sapele, of course.

So I wrote a little bash script this morning to make creating a new jekyll post easy for my blog.

                      array=( $@ )
                        len=${#array[@]}
                        _first=$1
                        _last=${array[$len-1]}
                        _rest=${array[@]:1:$len-2}
                        _filename=$( printf "%s-%s" "$(date +%F)" "$_first" )
                        _postname=$( printf "%s %s" "$_first" "$_rest" )
                        echo $_rest
                        for var in $_rest
                        do
                        _filename+="-"
                        _filename+=$var
                        done
                        cat <<EOF > _posts/$_filename.md
                        ---
                        layout: post
                        title: $_postname
                        comments: true
                        date:   $(date +%F_%T)
                        categories: $_last
                        tags: ['']
                        image:
                        description:
                        ---
                      
                    

I got some cheap old hardware store plane from my Uncle, and I decided to to a partial restore and conversion to a scrub plane.

Hide glue is awesome stuff. I use Behlen Hide Glue and my glue pot setup is very cheap and very effective. For $15 you can have a fantastic hide glue setup...

I love my Bosch 4100 table saw. The gravity rise stand is amazing, it's compact, it's accurate, it's well-made.

The issue is that with how compact it is, you need some sort of extension wings to safely support your work as you cut it.

Like most people you could simply buy a TS1002 Outfeed Support Extension or a TS1016 Outfeed Support Assembly for outfeed support. You'll also need a TS1003 Left Side Support Table or a TS1008 Left Side Support Table for left side support.

Those damn things are too expensive, and we're workshop men! We can make our own things. Let me show you how I made mine

I have a 1965 Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum and when I purchased some new Puresound Custom Pro 20 Strand Snare Wires I had issues. Buzzing, slippage and inconsistent tension were plaguing me.

After searching the net for how to tie the snare strainer side, I realized there was no good info out there!

I tried dozens of methods, followed by lots of testing, and came up with what seems to be the best method...