A tidy workbench

I very nearly forgot to post the most exciting part of yesterday's progress: a clean workbench!

Now everything is in its place. Even the floor is clean, and some of the secondary tables are looking pretty organised too. I've even found a cubbyhole for my project trays.

As for the meths, that is for the shellac. Rachel was curious how I, a mere guy, had managed to get shellac, supposedly the greatest thing in fingernail technology ever seen and therefore far too cool for me. I explained that I made it, from female lac beetle secretion, mixed with meths. That is the last time Rachel ever wears shellac nail polish!

The tube contraption on the desk is a slice of mailing tube with a base stuck on, ready to become my paintbrush holder. I dipped both ends in shellac to stop them fraying up; this morning once the shellac had set they sanded up very nicely.