Fears And a Ten Inch Blade!

I've been thinking about building a practice amplifier for some time now. Something not too loud that I can use to practice guitar and/or bass guitar in my apartment without sending the neighbours into orbit. Something my tube amp certainly can do.

My dad and I build the little cabinet for it a few weekends ago. When I say my dad and I what I mean is he cut the pieces and I assembled and glued and stapled the thing. There is a reason my dad does the cutting when I have a little project like that. You see, a real man admits his fears, or so they say! I admit to being scared shitless of a simple shop tool called a table saw! Ya, you heard right, the table saw. How can this be, you ask. Here's a guy who works with gigantic metal cutting machine tools capable of ripping one's body in many little pieces yet the one he fears the most is a comparatively safe woodworking tool that has less than 1/10 the horsepower and only a 10" blade!!!!! Like most fears, this one is irrational. There's just something about a table saw that scares me and it goes back a long time ago. Anyway, I've started using it again a little bit. Still, if someone who knows how to operate it is close by at the time I much rather have them doing it than me. Maybe one day I'll overcome the fear, it's baby steps for now.

Then last weekend I installed the speaker onto the speaker board which involved making some little cleats. Thats what you're seeing in the middle photo. And I also got a pretty good buzz going while gluing the fabric covering over the speaker board. Something funny happens when I try to take a picture of the fabric. Somehow the picture always looks like shit. Maybe it has something to do with the pattern. I assure you it looks much nicer in person.