more tool whorage
i have decided that i loathe my table saw. now that i'm working on some things that require very accurate cuts (like for the boxes that will hide the lights' junction boxes), and my crappy ryobi is failing miserably. the fence is wobbly, the miter gauge is wobbly, part of the crappy tabletop plastic cracked, there's very little table space in front of the blade, and so on and so on.
i have like 3 ridgid saws that i've been extremely happy with, so even though their table saws are a good bit more expensive than my ryobi, my experience with their other stuff says it's worth every penny. i was very tempted to get their stationary table saw, but it's just a bit more than i can afford right now. goddamn is it nice though. the rip fence is like buttah. i decided to go with the smaller portable table saw instead. a fair bit less table space, but still more than the ryobi and plenty enough for my needs. the rip fence and miter gauges are so much more reliable than what i have now, which are my biggest problems with the ryobi. i went back to home depot this evening to buy it, but it was way up on a shelf and they apparently didn't have any licensed forklift operators in the store. so i'll just go back tomorrow.
the green walls are all finished now. man they look awesome. i will put up pictures soon--i just need to get the right lighting in there first. the yellow/gold walls will be started in the next day or two.
disco came over tonight to help me run the mic and midi cabling. took longer than i thought, but we got quite a bit done. 2 of the 3 panels are completely wired up now and we're going to finish the last one tomorrow night.