We can Rebuild it, We can Make it Stronger

The major thing that occurred on Saturday was repairing my nieces guitar. The tail side straplock had broken free and the 1/4 inch jack retaining nut had fallen off so that the jack was recessed inside of the guitar.


We had to run to the hardware store. Here, I got a pack of locknuts, some wood putty, and a slightly larger screw to use on the straplock. The locknuts (even though they were the smallest size available) were just a bit too big. We put them under the retaining plate to set the depth, then used the internal locknut (what was originally used to set depth as the retaining nut.
Next, we filled the hole left by the straplock. It took about 5 applications of wood putty followed by setting it with the screw to fill in the hole. The new screw that I bought was also too large for the straplock button, so I had to use the original. During the middle of this process, we also decided to make Turkish coffee.

We did a couple of test runs of 4-5 beans to see how the fineness lined out, as we had been making pourover the previous couple of days. Here is the comparison that I set up. The bottom is about 3 clicks off of dead bottom. This was where we went with eventually. The top right is 6-7 clicks, and the top left is 0 clicks.  I let my sister and the kids have a go with the Porlex, mostly so I didn't have to grind up 50 grams @ powder fineness, but also so they could enjoy the fun.

Then we headed to the stove for the boil. Overall, was a decent cup of Turkish, but was a little bitter (needed slightly more coffee:water, probably 5 grams would have done it). The sister's family also wanted to run with splenda instead of sugar, so the head was a little flatter than I prefer, but over all, respectable cup. My niece helped with the boil pics.