Learned this one from Frank Strazza, you can make handplaning easier by spraying a mixture of 50/50 water and alcohol to raise the grain and soften the fibers. I’ve seen Japanese woodworkers do something similar when paring endgrain but just with water
That would be cool. I use linux as my daily driver, but occasionally switch to windows for certain programs like SketchUp. It would be nice to not have to switch
🔥. Looks refreshing
Those are rookie numbers, gotta pump those up. First world ballers are working 140+ hours/week. /s
Pre-pandemic, Lie-Nielsen chisels were $55 and now they’re about $95. Kicking myself for not buying more sizes back then! Still worth it though, I reach for them more than any of my other chisels
If you see yourself doing a lot of resawing, a larger bandsaw would allow you to run a wider blade which, coupled with extra hp, helps make pushing larger boards through easier.
I have a 14" Laguna and rarely miss the extra capacity. I don’t do a whole lot of resawing and when I do I’ll use a 1/2" woodslicer blade which handles everything I throw at it. Otherwise, I mostly keep a 3/8" blade on it.
If you’re ok buying used, a vintage 14" Rockwell Delta is a great saw for the money.
Also, Alex Snodgrass on YouTube is a great resource for all things bandsaw.
The one dealership that didn’t have a markup near us sold out immediately and we ended paying a slight markup at another place, but after all the incentives and trade-in it was a steal.
We love our EUV, I don’t think I’ll go back to an ICE car after seeing how convenient home charging is and one-pedal driving is great.
That’s a bummer. Was interested to see what a Honda EV with ultium cells would be like. A sub-$30k EV is what a lot of people are looking for, judging from my experience buying a Bolt. Hope they can figure out the unit-economics
Terrible. Getting caught up in a geopolitical fight while you’re just trying to eke out a living. Hope their families find peace.
The area has witnessed increasingly frequent run-ins between Philippine vessels and tiny wooden fishing boats against much larger Chinese coast guard ships and what Manila says are shadowy Chinese “maritime militia” fishing vessels.
Wooden fishing boats vs. steel hull ships tells you everything about who’s the aggressor. Hope they find a resolution.
Not surprising. Everyone should be wary of what they share online and not expect that companies will respect their privacy. That said, I wish it weren’t so and training AI with our data seems dystopian
Very cool, I appreciate the effort and response! I’m starting with a few basic patterns like asa-no-ha to get the hang of it and always like seeing other ones for inspiration.
Very nice, love me some kumiko. Do you happen to know what the pattern is called?
Hakko or Weller are usually well recommended
CTA buses have those bike racks in the front. I think you can bring them on the L except during rush hour
https://www.transitchicago.com/howto/bring-your-bike-train/.
The 606/Bloomington trail is nice
Good reminder to do this for my personal sites. Wonder if they’re scraping the fediverse for data to train on now that reddit started to clamp down on its API
Some interesting/random tidbits from the paper:
The effect of coffee extract was remarkable: even in the presence of low quantities of the mixture, the formation of long fibrils was compromised and only few short fibrils were visible (Figure 4B,C). The coffee extract at high concentrations strongly interfered with fibril formation
The espresso coffee extract was obtained from 15 g of powder using a two-cups coffee machine (Gaggia espresso machine
A moderate espresso coffee consumption of 2/3 cups per day (40 mL/cup) provides about 250 mg of caffeine and 25 μg of genistein, in addition to numerous other bioactive compounds. (7,20) Many of these compounds, including caffeine and genistein, can cross the blood–brain barrier via different mechanisms (55,56) and exert neuroprotective effects. (6)
Guess I’ll have to keep drinking espresso just in case
Awesome setup! Dig the wood accents, especially the walnut on black.
That looks clean! Been impressed with their transparency throughout the process. I’m thinking of jumping on batch 2, so reviews like this are helpful.
That’s a great idea. If I recall, there’s a similar type of finish in Japanese woodworking called shou sugi ban and it looks stunning.
Great point. The jointer is another one that benefits from a bit of paste wax on the cast iron bed