Finally things are settling down. Christmas has been celebrated and I'm back from my trip to visit family in Germany. I have got to say this; everyone has heard of the bombing attempt of the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, right? We were in Schiphol, Amsterdams airport, at the very same day as the flight left for Detroit. We might even have seen the guy who did it!!

Now, beeing from a small town in Norway, I never thought I'd get this close to terrorism. But what can one do about it? Next time we go through security, I won't be surprised if I'm asked to dress butt naked..

Anyways, back to the garage, which today had a chilling -1 degree celsius (30.2 fahrenheit)

But considering the complete lack of insulation and the chilling outside temperatures, it's really not that bad!
(I wouldn't have known the outside temperature, if I hadn't been driving my mothers car. Which again was caused by me beeing an idiot and not having the proper amount of glycol in my Passat's coolant system. Let's just say I opened the hood, squeezed the radiator hose, and it was frozen solid.. Luckily, there seems to have been no damage

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PS: 10 invisible points to the person who guesses what car the picture was taken in!

Other good news... My chrismas gifts! You wouldn't believe my girlfirend, she went shopping with her father to the local high quality tool store, and they both bought me christmas presents there!

So I got three new lovely looking Domer drills! MK2 shank, same as the lathe tailstock, ofcourse!

A 10mm H7 reamer, 90 degree countersink and a pair of thin welding gloves for my TIG welder


Enough off topic..
Finally some pictures of my ball turner project, awaiting milling. This is the upside, and the big lump is going to be milled for the tool holder.

Downside


Happy new year to you all!
Jon