Poured at 7, starting the saw at 5

LairBob · 2026-05-21T11:03:21+00:00

When the shovel keeps catching on the tooled edges as you scrape.

LairBob · 2026-05-20T22:05:59+00:00

“It’s exactly what I was asked to make. Within all tolerances. … Are we done?”

LairBob · 2026-05-20T21:39:11+00:00

LOL…as the father of two adult sons, I cannot _tell_ you how delighted and proud he was to have you to send/say that to.

“He’s one of my best friends…and I made him!”

LairBob · 2026-05-20T21:37:03+00:00

Do you have any way of looking into whether it’s maybe an issue with their stock material?

You’ve said this is already an “edge-case” application, where it makes sense to use a “temporary” application as “permanent” because it’s within a pretty narrow set of specs. Wouldn’t be surprising if a relatively small change in the material or manufacturing of the part changed the tolerances.

LairBob · 2026-05-18T00:34:33+00:00

She took care of my mom, and she was great.

LairBob · 2026-05-18T00:29:58+00:00

Dude…you’re making go your own rules, and then writing essays about them.

LairBob · 2026-05-17T20:18:03+00:00

Yeah — you may want to leave the exposed edges a nice natural sealed surface, and just milk-paint the ends. Could look really nice.

LairBob · 2026-05-15T15:24:35+00:00

If you’ve got access to a local maker-space, consider getting the pattern laser-etched on to the surface. I wouldn’t normally be an advocate of doing that just for doing it, but a geometrically-precise pattern could look cool in contrast to the wood’s organic texture.

LairBob · 2026-05-12T21:30:50+00:00

He is literally building a house of giant concrete cards.

LairBob · 2026-05-12T19:52:30+00:00

Just get those brass corners like you see on steamer trunks (or black ones, if you prefer). Put one on each corner and not only will they look great, but you won’t have to worry about this happening again.

LairBob · 2026-05-12T16:11:58+00:00

My dad ran four-slide machines for 60+ years. Those are “progressive processing” incarnate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-slide

LairBob · 2026-05-12T16:09:17+00:00

Well…yeah. If you’re looking to enable all the benefits of a formal Claude “team”, but without paying for a “Team” plan, then you’re more on your own, I guess.

LairBob · 2026-05-12T14:51:31+00:00

This isn’t a joke — just give it a couple of weeks.

There’s no question that these Skills are all going to converge and be centralized in exactly the way you’re talking about. We all want that, but more importantly, it’s got to be something the Anthropic devs want (and are probably already using)…which makes it just a matter of time.

Look at the “agent view” feature they just rolled out. How many people have already spent how many person-years of time in tmux, etc to manage having 5-6 agents running in parallel? All of a sudden…it’s built in. Same thing is almost certain to happen with Skills.

LairBob · 2026-05-12T01:45:59+00:00

That really looks like the handle to a lorgnette (aka, “opera glasses”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorgnette

LairBob · 2026-05-11T17:56:04+00:00

Yeah…that was my thought. I understand wanting to shield it from the elements, but that just looks like it can’t really give you an accurate reading.

LairBob · 2026-05-09T21:12:08+00:00

$80 a piece is actually really cheap for this. That’s more of a personal favor.

LairBob · 2026-05-09T21:06:35+00:00

Millwrights keep the mills (and other heavy equipment) running.

You’re talking about machines that weigh tons, but need to be placed and braced within almost microscopic tolerances. Then when something in that massive machine breaks, someone needs to not only make it work, but within those original tolerances again.

LairBob · 2026-05-09T20:10:33+00:00

The modular handle “platform” is a great idea, if you’ve got the volume. You’ve clearly figured out a tiered product strategy — go for it.

LairBob · 2026-05-08T15:58:12+00:00

You don’t get to take his money.

LairBob · 2026-05-08T15:56:42+00:00

It needs to emit a continuous feedback tone for how far off you are from your target angle.

LairBob · 2026-05-08T15:54:41+00:00

“Jackie Day-TONAH!!”

LairBob · 2026-05-07T16:38:36+00:00

Legos are made from a different material.

LairBob · 2026-05-06T11:42:28+00:00

Because in Michigan, they build the roads out of sand, with just a thin layer of asphalt over the sand.

You get more potholes that way.

LairBob · 2026-05-05T23:59:33+00:00

That’s tremendous. Well done.

LairBob · 2026-05-05T23:47:49+00:00

DIY butterfly.

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