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	I'm working at a hip and trendy startup in San Francisco these days. Very avant-guard office in a warehouse. A few skylights on the tin roof and three or four 8 foot fluorescent fixtures for 2000 square feet. They're all young guys who stare at computers all day. I'm trying to debug tiny little circuit boards that I design. I feel like Helen Keller in the place, especially when I have to work at night. At my shop in Sunnyvale I have an 8 foot fixture every 200 square feet as well as halogen flood lights and these cheap spun clamp on fixtures with florescent bulbs that can be dropped without burning out like incandescent ones. If you can't see you can't see. Kind of obvious, but critical in workmanship cases like this. Light is your friend. Spend time with your friends.
	Now that I can see, I touch up a few more areas on the frame.
	The frame is done. Now I really lay into the bracket. My welder buddy Phil would talk about guys like me that did these splatter jobs and then bring them in asking him to "just touch them up". He had to explain that it takes way longer to grind out all their bad welds, bevel everything and clean everything so a decent weld can be made. Well, I did it to myself, but this time I hope to do a better job.

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