Bloody hell RC, do you actually do any faceting these days or are you having too much fun with the electronics!? I will expect scores of >98 in any future competitions.
Not quite as much faceting as I have done at certain times in the past. I get bogged down with many stones, being too much of a perfectionist maybe. I get halfway through a stone, notice something I think that needs fixing, then go back several facet tiers. The cycle repeats and it takes ages to finish a stone, assuming that I don't lose interest.
It has surprised me how much I have enjoyed working with microcontrollers since MB showed me how. I have worked as an application programmer in the past, but programming a physical device is way more interesting imo.
I also believe that faceting is an example of a rare hobby where you *can* actually blame your tools! This means any devices that promise to improve precision and repeatability will get my attention - encoders fit into this category.
RC
