Last night I attended Nova Labs "Metal Monday", which I do most weeks if robotics isn't too demanding. It's the metal shop's office hours. People can drop by (or, ideally, sign up in advance) to get advice, project help, or just chat. We almost always get a few people stopping by, with any variety of busted tools, interesting things they're working on, and ideas to discuss. One of these was how I got involved with the Hunter Ranch sign. ...
I didn't show any pictures last time of the newly vacated space. It's already looking incredibly improved, although of course if you didn't see it when it was crowded with all of SunDog's equipment you have nothing compare it to. Still, here are two shots from the center of the space, one facing each direction. There are a couple other, smaller spaces that I'll have to take pictures of some other day. ...
More work on the SunDog space renovation. Yesterday was mostly cleanup — a bunch of us going through what SunDog left behind and sorting it out. I spent most of the day driving the forklift, hauling some one big pieces of equipment over to the metal recycling dumpster. Only the one photo from the day, but I did get a bit of video (courtesy Heather, my forklift mentor) of the forklift in action moving a particularly large piece: ...