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I just shoehorned a heatsink larger than my motherboard into my mini server It was a very tight fit

Amazon surprised me with a next day replacement for my hard drive, this time with a properly packaged drive. I'm happy

Sent my new 1.5tb drive back to amazon for an exchange. Another drive falls victim to the "frustration free" packaging; I thought it was retail packaging when I ordered so I guess it's my own fault there.

Happy Birthday Duggeh!

Glad to hear it went well and that you're not needing any of the heavy medication!

It was a gold box deal that has since expired; I believe you can get the 1tb for $77 from amazon now though, if that strikes your fancy.

WD 1.5Tb Green drive for $85 from Amazon's gold box. Amazon.com: Western Digital 1.5 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD15EARS: Electronics

I went for a Makita BDF452HW after reading Fine Woodworking's 18V roundup review: Tool Test: Compact 18-volt Cordless Drills - Fine Woodworking PDF Cover Page Li-Ion 18V so it's got a good amount of torque in a small package; I also found the LED light to be handy as well.

So many tooools......

The Shakti Stone: powered by ghosts.

You mean that Lessloss shit? Blackbody - $959.00 : LessLoss high end audio power cables, video power cables, audiophile power cables, audiophile cables

Are you planning on staying Friday + Saturday nights?

Still a decent deal! I'm going to have to browse thru their sale selection....

Definitely like the cherry gloss finish on the Quads! Never heard a Quad before, hopefully I'll get the chance to hear them someday

The Salamander Synergy stuff looks good and the rails on them definitely look like 8020 bars

The more I read about the 8020 stuff the more I'm interested. What kind of layout are you planning on using for an 8020 based rack? As for the circular columns, would this work perhaps? http://www.8020.net/Default.asp

It's my first rack, so I'm sticking to the road more commonly traveled Only have access to my power drill so I have to keep it simple. That 8020 stuff looks great! It's like an industrial lego set.

Figured cherry veneer for my soon to be flexy rack.

Thanks so much for the link and recommendation, I'm definitely picking up a set.

It takes a pro to swap out gear that you haven't even received!

Very cool! What magnification did you get for the optivisor?

Thanks for the link, my search-fu is weak.

Not quite a part for a project, but I'm looking for a good magnifying lamp. Anyone have recommendations? I know there was some discussion elsewhere on this board and I've searched but came up with nothing.

I just got a PanaVise with a few accessories. So far, it seems to work a lot better than the radioshack helping hand that I've used up till now.

Wow Nate, very nice