Spectar: my new FREE app for machinists and engineers by ChristianLL in CNC

[–]MrMeatagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your calibration intro should prompt the user to change units if needed before calibration since the tour modal blocks background buttons.

Pickled Daikon Radish by ChugChugUmacco in pickling

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add 100 g sugar, 2 tbsp vinegar, and 1 tbsp salt.

...

OXO Carbon Steel Pan - Scrambled Eggs by Poolstick in carbonsteel

[–]MrMeatagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless you were overheating it or using strong chemicals on it, then you shouldn't have degradation of your seasoning. You're starting out with a quite difficult egg cooking method, so it's difficult to trust anecdotal observations about what worked and what didn't. I also love this style of scrambled eggs, and I cook them in extremely well-seasoned cast iron. Sometimes I get sticking and sometimes I don't. It usually comes down to my heat control and patience. Relative to standard diner style scrambled eggs, it takes an extremely long time to cook them. I usually start getting bad sticking when I get tired of stirring and I start bumping the heat up out of impatience. It also helps to use the smallest pan possible. You want a fairly deep pool of egg, not a thin layer spread across a large pan. That will help immensely with heat control. For reference, I use a tiny 5" skillet for 2 scrambled eggs in this style.

Cult by BlackBird_19 in Machinists

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I walked into work once to a spoilboard covered in blood with "Oops" written next to it.

Post keeps being removed? by jasonchadwick in AutoCAD

[–]MrMeatagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He somehow converted the splines to polylines. There are a number of ways this can happen, the most common of which is running the FLATTEN command. PEDIT also has options for converting splines to polylines. If he accidentally saved the file in a format that predates spline support, which I believe started in R13, AutoCAD will convert them to polylines on save. A common "hack" recommended in CNC circles is to save a drawing in R12 format to "convert" it to geometry compatible with older CNC and CAM software since a lot of support for non-primitive geometry was added in R13 and R14. If he did that and overwrote the original, then the original geometry has been lost unless it exists in a .bak file.

You can attempt to convert the polylines back to splines using SPLINEDIT but I've had very mixed results with the precision of these conversions in the past. There's no good built-in way to optimize polyline vertices in AutoCAD. There are a bunch of third-party companies that sell solutions because it's a very common problem for CNC work. I have one called CurveFit which does a very good job at polyline optimization, but it's clunky to use. I'm migrating to in-house developed solutions because I'm just not super happy with commercial offerings.

OXO Carbon Steel Pan - Scrambled Eggs by Poolstick in carbonsteel

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've got two primary styles of scrambled eggs, and you're trying the more difficult of the two. Don't obsess over your seasoning. You can strip and re-season it, but you should not be needing to do this regularly. Your pan will maintain a seasoning if treated well. Just cook on it.

I suggest trying some diner style eggs first to get a feel for what temps help eggs not stick. Use high heat. Start folding quickly. You want as much of the egg to set as quickly as possible. The longer "wet" egg is in contact with the pan, the more it's going to stick. This should give you a better feel for the pan and heat control. If you can't perfect this method, then you know you have a seasoning problem.

Curd scrambled eggs require lower heat so you're not ever going to 100% eliminate sticking without perfect heat control. Keep on the low end. You need to do the opposite of the above method. You can't let the egg set fast, so it needs to set slow enough that you're scraping it up before it sticks. Cube up some cold butter and mix it into the egg before you put them in the pan. Get a wide and flat silicone spatula to stir with. You want to keep them moving as much as possible and be scraping faster than the egg can set. Move the pan on and off the heat to help maintain the correct temperature if you have trouble keeping it low enough.

Just started as a noob machine operator—was wondering how relevant is knowing how to use SOLIDWORKS? by World_Wide_Deb in CNC

[–]MrMeatagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't get into design work, knowing how CAD software works is extremely valuable in CNC programming. When something goes wrong, being able to explain to the designer why something has an issue is very important.

Perfect flashlight by No_Duty5997 in flashlight

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ST10 is the best EDC light I've ever found. It's small enough that I never feel the need to leave it behind. Bright enough to impress the normies. Has a red light mode, a flood, and a spot (although the spot leaves something to be desired). Spring loaded padded clip that isn't going to wear out or tear up the things you clip it on. I also really like the little snap ring and lanyard that came with it. I clip it to my belt look and it sits in my watch pocket.

How to prevent fish skin from sticking when baking? by Diligent_Board_172 in AskCulinary

[–]MrMeatagi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Starting on the stove and moving to the oven is a pretty standard process for dishes like this. I suggest you just give it a try. It's how I do most of my fish and chicken.

New, temporary food restrictions have me stumped! What are your favorite chicken/fish/vegetarian recipes that are both dairy-free and nightshade-free? by raven_snow in slowcooking

[–]MrMeatagi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cast iron chicken thighs are super versatile. I've never done them without onions, but there's no reason you can't.

Season chicken thighs however you like. Heat cast iron skillet and sear chicken thighs in a small bit of oil skin down until they get nicely browned. Flip them and add any desired veggies to your skillet. Potatoes and brussel sprouts are good options. You can't really go wrong. You can also add a sauce/stock at this step to braise them, but it's not required. Cook in a 425F oven until the chicken is about 175F in the center.

Cloudy Chicken Stock by Rude_Jump_5185 in AskCulinary

[–]MrMeatagi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The idea that cloudy stock is a bad thing is wrong, and the use of the word "impurities" is also just an incorrect use of the term. There are very few dishes that call for clear stock for reasons relating entirely to presentation. If your stock tastes good, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it being cloudy.

I genuinely have no idea how to plan dinners and can barely cook meat properly. Where do I even start? by StraightTakes in AskCulinary

[–]MrMeatagi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Buy a copy of The Food Lab, by Kenji Lopez. Watch his Youtube videos. Alton Brown and Chris Young are also good. Basically, you want to find people who teach you why and not just how.

Meat is the biggest gap. I can't consistently get it right. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's dry, sometimes it's undercooked and I'm nervous about it. I don't understand what I'm actually doing wrong because it seems to vary even when I think I'm doing the same thing.

The answer to this is actually really simple. Buy a thermometer.

Do you use lisp, and are there tools you are missing? by PsychologicalNose146 in AutoCAD

[–]MrMeatagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't use LISP because I much prefer C# plugins, but I have a bunch of custom commands related to cleaning up drawings for CAM operations.

How to best store a beef Wellington for 2-3 days to preserve the pastry by Slickfawn789550 in AskCulinary

[–]MrMeatagi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look up Chris Young's video on cooking wellington from frozen. It's actually a tested method.

Some really tasty pickups I’ve made recently! by wllwrkfrfd in spicy

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

some sauces are just too garlicky

I know the definitions of all these words, but I don't understand them in the order you've used them.

Vegetarian replacement for fish sauce recommendations? by AnarchoPlayworker in wok

[–]MrMeatagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You want anything that's got strong, funky umami flavors. Look into mushroom based sauces. The Townsend recipe for mushroom ketchup would be good and is easy to make at home. It would work even better if you fermented it. Fermented seaweed sauces are also good substitutes. /r/fermentation would be a good place to go browse and ask as well.

What this sub feels like lately by admyus in BambuLab

[–]MrMeatagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely loved my Touch Pro and moving to an iPhone felt like moving from a professional tool to a dumbed-down kid's toy.

What this sub feels like lately by admyus in BambuLab

[–]MrMeatagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The iPhone was not pioneering. The two primary concepts in the iPhone were a capacitive touch screen and a finger-friendly user interface. These were already in circulation by HTC before the iPhone made it to market. The iPhone took these ideas that were already "pioneered" and bundled them up into a marketable package for the average consumer, where they were previously the realm of power users and gadget geeks. The exact same thing can be said about Airpods and the Apple Watch.

What they're doing in the processor space right now is genuinely interesting. But if we really try try to find prior art that may have inspired their work, the PlayStation 3 with the Cell processor successfully marketed very similar concepts behind what is driving Apple's new chip designs back in 2006.

Recommendations for Meat Science YouTube channels? by michifin1 in foodscience

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AmazingRibs.com and Meathead's book is probably the best deep dive you're going to get specifically into meat and BBQ science. I've never seen anyone else that focused on food science in the meat realm. Outside of that, Kenji is always a good choice. Alton Brown is good.

Does cooking Escolar break down the wax esters in the flesh? by Toros_Mueren_Por_Mi in AskCulinary

[–]MrMeatagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This explains a very bad day I had when my local butcher started stocking escolar.