Merry Christmas and a productive New Year!

[JonMarsh]

Here's wishing all the Guide Guys and Gals, whether lurkers or Titans of DIY, the happiest of Holidays and a prosperous productive New Year, especially when it comes to new builds!

All the best for you and your families,

Jon

[cjd]

That goes all around from me as well.

I'll add, I hope work is fun and not a chore for us all this year too.

C

[sdl2112]

Here's wishing all the Guide Guys and Gals, whether lurkers or Titans of DIY, the happiest of Holidays and a prosperous productive New Year, especially when it comes to new builds!

All the best for you and your families,

Jon

Couldn't agree more :T

[NPE]

Here's wishing all the Guide Guys and Gals, whether lurkers or Titans of DIY, the happiest of Holidays and a prosperous productive New Year, especially when it comes to new builds!

All the best for you and your families,

Jon

Big thanks, to you too and ++!

Special thanks for all those designers who work so hard to give the community great designs and also to posters who so patiently helps newbs (such as myself) in their audio antics and aspirations!! ;x(

You guys are great! :T :B

[Renovator]

Big thanks, to you too and ++!

Special thanks for all those designers who work so hard to give the community great designs and also to posters who so patiently helps newbs (such as myself) in their audio antics and aspirations!! ;x(

You guys are great! :T :B

+1

This place works because of the generosity of those that share their talent and expertise.

[AdelaaR]

Thanks and the same for all from me.

As a first build ... I just added a new kid to the family this christmas
I"m talking about an actual little baby, btw

[dlneubec]

Here’s wishing a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Good luck in your DIY efforts. Do something new and challenging! :T

Congrats AdelaaR on the new addition!

[JonMarsh]

Thanks and the same for all from me.

As a first build ... I just added a new kid to the family this christmas
I"m talking about an actual little baby, btw

Congratulations! :T

That's the most important kind of "new build"! Best wishes to your growing family for the Holidays and New Year!

[kingpin]

Merry X-Mas my friends.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and get to finish some projects in the New Year. JonMarsh

:B

[wkhanna]

Great to hear from you, Mike!

Safe & peaceful holidays to you!

[jim1961]

Here's wishing all the Guide Guys and Gals, whether lurkers or Titans of DIY, the happiest of Holidays and a prosperous productive New Year, especially when it comes to new builds!

All the best for you and your families,

Jon

Thx Jon, to you as well.

[---k---]

Thanks Jon.

By the way, you got 5 days left in 2012 to finish your Isiris mLBL.
(refer to your signature)

[JonMarsh]

Thanks Jon.

By the way, you got 5 days left in 2012 to finish your Isiris mLBL.
(refer to your signature)

What do you think I'm working on right now? However, finish in 5 days.... mmm... one word: Crossovers.

I think there's a solid chance of having both cabinets structurally complete and having some measurements with drivers... any thing more is delusional on my part!

[Lex]

Hope you all had a nice Christmas, and I hope you have a sawdust filled new year!

[Johnloudb]

Oh, a bit late here, but hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish everyone a very Happy New Year filled with lots of great music. arty:

[JonMarsh]

Oh, a bit late here, but hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish everyone a very Happy New Year filled with lots of great music. arty:

Besides the sawdust (which we now valiantly try to minimize with the new dust collector Santa brought), the lots of great music is DEFINITELY the thing!

Hmmm, 8 new unopened SACD's await, but I promised not to touch them until I have measurement data from the new cabinets!

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, John!

[Johnloudb]

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, John!

Merry Xmas to you too Jon, and Happy New Year!!!

Hmmm, 8 new unopened SACD's await, but I promised not to touch them until I have measurement data from the new cabinets!

Well, that should provide you with some good motivation...not that you really need any more.

I decided I better get moving and took a couple new measurements. Got to try to keep up here.

[---k---]

What do you think I'm working on right now? However, finish in 5 days.... mmm... one word: Crossovers.

I think there's a solid chance of having both cabinets structurally complete and having some measurements with drivers... any thing more is delusional on my part!

Progress is progress. As long as you're having fun.

I got making 10# of sausage and some smoked cheese on my to-do list this weekend. Nice snowy day; should be perfect.

[JonMarsh]

Progress is progress. As long as you're having fun.

I got making 10# of sausage and some smoked cheese on my to-do list this weekend. Nice snowy day; should be perfect.

Sounds like a great way to spend some Holiday time off, K- will there be pictures? :W

And I am making progress- just haven't been taking time to post about it. Plus, a lot of it is fiddly bits- belongs in the "Official Build Thread", but maybe not in the Design Study.

[---k---]

Jon, you're welcome to come on over and sample it for yourself. But, photo, Here you go.


Summer Sausage on the left and Salami on the right. They will go on the smoker sometime this weekend. The 1" will probably smoke for 5 hours. The 2.5" will probably smoke for 10 hours.

[JonMarsh]

Ryan is definitely busy! Looks great! :T

[PMazz]

I've been smoking meat for going on 3 decades but have never tried sausage. Looks great!!!

[---k---]

Pete, you should give it a try. It is a great way to use all the trimmings from spare ribs, etc. All you need to start is a Kitchenaid grinder attachment - though if you like it, you'll want a real stuffer real fast. Fresh Polish and Italian are super simple.

[PMazz]

I have a Waring Pro meat grinder and I think it has a sausage stuffer tube but I never used it. Any good recipes for kielbasa?

[Hank]

Thanks Jon, and all the best to guys out there in DIY land! I'm hoping to structure my work to handle the new division without going 'completely' nuts and having a fun year.

[JonMarsh]

Thanks Jon, and all the best to guys out there in DIY land! I'm hoping to structure my work to handle the new division without going 'completely' nuts and having a fun year.

I hope you can successfully do that, Hank. We'd like to see more of you around here...

I've spent the last two hours working on a coordination and mentoring plan for people that don't report to me, but that my boss wants me to coach. In the long run, it should make everyone more productive, but I'm getting it off early to them so they can think about it a little bit before I officially get back to work on the 7th.

And I think I am considering having another mild mid life crisis, and getting back into music a bit- likely buying a new keyboard in the next month or so. We'll see....

But good progress on the current project, even though I haven't been taking time to post- that will go into the official build thread when I get it up and know that i'll have something to show for it all...

Happy New Years!

[cjd]

Ahh. What a start. Capped off the year with a unique dinner at Tru, a sparkling wine toast to start the new, and the best company around.

Plus's a free cheap plastic top hat.

[JonMarsh]

Sounds like a good time!

We went out to our favorite metro/fusion Chinese place in the area, had a great dinner, and some good Chandon in the evening- a nice cap to a remarkable year!

Now the challenges of finishing up stuff from the old year and getting off to a new start at work, too... it's likely to be an interesting year all around.

And back to the sanding dust (all nicely captured now) and finishing fumes today! getting closer to being able to mount drivers in one cabinet for test, maybe Wednesday or Thursday! :B

[---k---]

I have a Waring Pro meat grinder and I think it has a sausage stuffer tube but I never used it. Any good recipes for kielbasa?

I mostly use the recipes from this book. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Sausage-...7174691&sr=1-1 Typically very simple recipes.

This web vendor http://stuffers.com/ also a big pdf of different recipes. http://estores.wws5.com/stuffers.com...s/sausrecp.pdf

Stuffing using a meat grinder is possible. I've done it twice. But, it is a pain. It is good to try and see if you like making sausage, but then you'll want a real stuffer. let me know if you try something.

[PMazz]

Thanks! Will have to wait for warmer weather but in the meantime I now have some reading to do.