Sep 28 2008

New Table Saw Extension

Category: WoodworkingPhil @ 8:37 am

The Powermatic tool company started adding solid (laminated) extension tables to their table saws a couple of years ago. I thought they looked so cool, that I had to have one!  My dad and I planed down a bunch of oak boards and glued up two 14x48x2″ slabs of oak. Fortunately, he has a 20″ spiral head planer to smooth it all out. We biscutted and glued the two pieces together and cut them to size. Having a 8″ long bed jointer sure was nice… It did not even notice that big piece of oak, neither did the table saw for that matter!  Getting that huge piece of oak to line up with the cast iron wings was easier than I thought. We then made some cool adjustable legs for the unsupported end of the table.  Overall, I think it came out really cool. (and looks just as good as the Powermatic version, and mine was free! Thanks Dad!)

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Sep 28 2008

Unit Testing is Dumb….

Category: JavaPhil @ 6:53 am

I was surfing for something last night and happened to run across this blog on unit testing.  Apparently, encouraging unit testing has turned into one of my personal missions. I don’t think testing is second nature to most developers. For me, the very first thing I do when starting a project is making sure that jUnit works. I also try very hard to write the test first, followed by the code… this is a much harder habit to develop!

There were two points that seemed to resonate with me that I seem to experience every day…

  • The difference between thinking code works and knowing it works with
    a mountain of evidence to back you up.
  • Reproducing a customer problem in minutes by extending an existing
    test and fixing the problem.

Important or not? They work for me!  Anyway, the two related post were entitled “Easy 2 Test == Less Reason to Test” and “Unit Testing is dumb

I really recommend reading the first one, as it makes some very good “Random Observations”.  Additionally, I really like this guy’s site, the graphics are really unique. (He must have an Apple!)

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