Same ole’ song; different verse... I guess it wouldn’t be a Bobcat project if everything went according to plan.[emoji1] I got my mounts painted and started to affix Velcro straps to the first one (that holds the Disk Drive Enclosure) with a staple gun, and I ran out of staples. No big deal... I have a box of staples, so I pull it out and open the box and then... CR@P!!!... the staples all pour out the bottom of the box onto the hardwood floor and the strips shatter into little pieces flying everywhere. So I crawl around on the floor collecting all the little pieces, trying to preserve the larger sections and discarding the single staples that separated from the strips. I think I got them all, but I’m sure I’ll know soon enough if I didn’t, because I’m usually barefoot when I walk around in the house.
So I get another box of staples out, and CAREFULLY open the box, making sure not to allow any of the strips to fall on the floor this time. I load the stapler, and... CR@P!!!... The staples won’t come out... until I fire it into the air, and then a single staple goes flying across the room and lands who knows where???... So after crawling around on the floor for five minutes looking for the misfired staple, I try to staple my Velcro strap on again... It works... sometimes. I check the box of staples to make sure they’re the right size... Yep... size is right for the staple gun. So I take the stapler apart to see if I can figure out what’s wrong with it. This is the same stapler I used when making my Facade, and it gave me no problems at all. Couldn’t find anything wrong with it, so I put it back together. Still only works intermittently. Guess I’ll buy a new staple gun today. Can’t complain about how long this one lasted... it has to be close to 40 years old.[emoji1]
It took a little time, but I was able to get the Disk Drive mount finished, as well as the mount for the Ethernet Switch and Controller Power Block. Can’t do the third mount (USB Hub and Sound Card mount) anyway, because I ordered a new USB Hub, which won’t be here until next week....
SOoooo....[emoji1] In the meantime, I figure I’ll work on the mobile platform for the DJ table... I got it glued and screwed together, and all that’s left to do is screw on the casters... WELL... if I can find the screws. I looked EVERYWHERE... but the STUPID box of screws is nowhere to be found. I ONLY have a few places it could be, and I checked them all about a dozen times before finally giving up. It makes me CRAZY when I can’t find something I KNOW (think) I have. So... looks like when I go to the hardware store to buy a new stapler, I’ll get a box of screws too.[emoji1]