I know it has been quiet for a couple of weeks but we took a holiday to get some sunshine, some golf, some snorkeling, some eating and sleeping. Much enjoyed but I am starting to twitch now and need to get back into the workshop. Still it has given me time to think about the next project and I have had time to book for the NYC CNC Open House in Chicago in September.
I got a Dell XPS13 from EuroPC just before we left home which I have been playing with under the guise of sitting ‘relaxing’ on a lounger. I am impressed with it as a machine. Nice screen, decent battery life and quick to boot. It came with Win10 Pro which I had never ventured into and while it has some nice touches I still prefer Win 7. I managed to download all the apps I needed at the airport lounge before we left (including Fusion …) so it has been fun to play but you need a real job to do in order for things to sink in and to learn. Incidentally I did a speed test at the airport and was staggered to see 100Mbps download and upload speeds with a few ms ping time so clearly on fibre.
I also downloaded a load of books onto the Kindle to keep me occupied and was impressed by Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon which is a ‘who done it’ woven around the Manhattan Project. This lead me to Wiki to refresh me on the background on Trinity etc. Incredible engineering and if I have my dates correct, no CNC systems to manufacture the parts.
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