Freeky Geeky Board Meeting: August 2025 – RJ's Workshop Projects
RJ: Alright, Freeky Geeky crew, pull up a digital wrench. Pandora just finished her "Performance Data" report, proving, I suppose, that our online chaos is statistically quantifiable. Good for her. Now, for something a bit more... tangible. This is the Workshop Projects update. Glitch will be up next with his latest 'side quests,' Mopes will undoubtedly have thoughts on tidiness, and Phobos will give us the safety briefing we all secretly dread. But first, let's talk about what's actually getting built around here.
Trap Run: Section 2 Part 1 – The New Hotness (And My Photo Obsession)
RJ: First up, we're diving into the Trap Run, Section 2 Part 1. The material for this beauty is already on order, much anticipated, believe me. And you know me, I'll be taking enough photos to fill a small library. Seriously, I could have photos of dust bunnies having philosophical debates. I just like to capture life, you know? A single moment, caught in time, to be carried...
Pandora: (Dryly) Fascinating, RJ. I'll adjust the server space projections accordingly. Just try not to photograph your beard getting stuck in the plasma cutter again.
RJ: (Waving a hand dismissively) Details, Pandora, details. Anyway, this Section 2 Part 1 work should go pretty quickly. I'm already planning Section 2 Part 2 right now, actually. Getting a jump start on it. I've even got a full mental breakdown of all the other sections. Efficiency, folks.
Glitch: WOO-HOO! Trap run! Are we planning the turbo-glitter upgrade for the traps, RJ? Can they Trap Mopes's dust bunnies now?!
RJ: (Sighs) No, Glitch, no turbo-glitter. The traps are for ghosts, not dust, and we're sticking to the blueprints for now.
Quest Log Update: Still Plotting the XP Grind
RJ: So, next up, a quick update on our Quest Log. There are still more orders sitting there. More than Glitch has bad ideas, which, trust me, is a high bar. I'm still working on moving things over to the new digital screen, hoping I'll be able to work back in that quest tracking method I used to have, only upgraded, of course. How ever, there's still a hold up...
Mopes: (Slowly, raspily) Orders… they persist. Like dust… always returning. The endless task… a futile pursuit of order in a chaotic universe. This 'hold up' is merely entropy asserting its dominance.
RJ: (Rubbing his temples) It's a technical hold up, Mopes, not an existential crisis. I'm grinding through it. We'll get those quests logged and moving. It's a priority.
The CNC Mill: An Old Dog (Finally) Gets Its Due
RJ: And that brings me to our next, and last, shop project focus for this month: the CNC Mill maintenance and upgrade. This one is key for a lot of reasons, but most importantly, without my mill, it's kind of hard to do a lot of the parts I make. It's a vital piece of shop equipment. And I'm sorry to say it is one of the most neglected pieces in my shop. While over the years it has been given upgrades, the biggest flaw is that when I built the stand for it, it was never meant to last more than a year. It was supposed to be a stand just to get my back to work. Thirteen years later, it has held its own.
Phobos: (Jittery, voice quivering) Thirteen years?! On a temporary stand?! The vibrations! The structural integrity! It's a miracle it hasn't collapsed into a pile of twisted metal, burying us all under a cascade of... of parts! We're doomed!
RJ: (Calmly) It held, Phobos. It's fine. Honestly, I even started to build CNC Mill #2 due to all the issues I was having with it. But then I put on those beefy motors, and man, this thing has proven itself to be a mill I wanna keep around and run alongside Mill 2.
Pandora: So, you're finally addressing the long-term inefficiency of temporary solutions? Took you long enough. And the cost of materials for this upgrade, I assume it's justified?
RJ: (A wry smile) Always justified, Pandora. Especially when it means fewer leaks. The drain pan has a ton of leaks, so it's time to upgrade it to a metal drain pan. I also have not changed the ball screws in over 13 years... or the ball screw bearings. Look, I already said I neglected the maintenance this tool has gotten over the years, and that's why I'm gonna try and make it up to it by upgrading as much as I can, but not going overboard. My goal is still to get it back together ASAP and get it back to work. Faster mill, faster parts, maybe even... more time spent with Rue.
RJ's Closing Thoughts: Back to the Grind
RJ: So, that's the rundown from the workshop. Progress, a few ongoing headaches, and a serious commitment to making sure the old workhorse keeps spinning. We're moving forward.
I'm done here. Glitch, you're up. Try not to cause too much digital mayhem with your update.
Stay Freeky, Stay Geeky!
– RJ
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