In Real Life

Being out of touch with internet slang I had to go to google to learn the acronym IRL means "in real life." Fortunately I'm not far from ideal life or being "in" it, as I have my woodshop and tools to turn to, and I have little use for what they're selling. Most of that will be useless, broken or in the landfill because of diminishing interest in a matter of months. So paying for it will not fit your needs or mine despite how attractive and addictive it appears. 

Take this lesson to heart. The things you make exist as skills in your own heart, hands and mind and nearly all else is some corporation trying to take advantage of you and your resources.

Today I have planed the stock for the table aprons and begin forming tenons on the table saw. The first step is to cut the shoulders of the tenons using the table saw sled as shown. The stop block makes certain that each cut is the same distance from the end of the stock. This is not AI. It's real life, and join me in some. It's infinitely rewarding.

Make, fix and create...