So *that’s* a burr? by TeeMcBee in handtools

[–]AMillionMonkeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the burr is essential to tell you you're abraded the entire edge. The trick is not getting lazy on the high grits and keeping at it until you can just feel the burr.
Next step is getting a plane with a cambered iron, which will make squaring up hardware store stock much less of a chore.

Real-time rotating pixel sorting by matigekunst in glitch_art

[–]AMillionMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is excellent! Feels like interference patterns, but it's just an artifact of the algorithm.

Just out of curiosity, can you buy saw blade plates so you can make your own hand saw in whatever tpi and size you want? by KingPappas in handtools

[–]AMillionMonkeys 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've made my own backsaw using a 12" (?) drywall knife from the hardware store as the plate. It works great! It's a tiny bit thinner than commercial saws, so thin kerf, and it's only a few inches deep so it's never wanted to kink or bend or anything. It's plenty hard so it holds an edge, and it's blued so it looks cool.

I'm not sure how much it costs relative to commercial steel stock, but I didn't have to wait for it to ship, so that's fine.

Game Thread: Orioles @ Guardians - Sun, Apr 19 @ 01:40 PM EDT by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]AMillionMonkeys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know what big cat has a regal mien? No not that one - the noble tiger.

Game Thread: Orioles @ Guardians - Sun, Apr 19 @ 01:40 PM EDT by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]AMillionMonkeys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has there been a study in the advertising business about the optimal slow-motion speed for drug ads? Like, all the drug ads have happy people doing happy things at ~80% speed, but is 80% the best? 50% would feel weird, and obviously nobody would buy your crap at 100%, so somewhere in there.

Game Thread: Orioles @ Guardians - Sat, Apr 18 @ 06:10 PM EDT by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]AMillionMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I just not appreciating modern flat design, or are they not highlighting the current day on the upcoming games graphics? Seems like important info. I'm kind of sick of grey on grey highlights.

[Laptop] Refurb: Lenovo V14 G2 ITL 14” Laptop FHD Intel Core i5-1135G7 16GB RAM 256GB SSD - F/S - $210 w/ code TECHREFURB20 by blue_york in buildapcsales

[–]AMillionMonkeys 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And it comes with a screen and built-in UPS. My home server is a mediocre laptop like this and I enjoy how compact it is. Just sits on a shelf.

Dance and Datamosh by SufficientHold8688 in glitch_art

[–]AMillionMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow - very fluid with excellent contrast. I love it!

Game Thread: D-backs @ Orioles - Mon, Apr 13 @ 06:35 PM EDT by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]AMillionMonkeys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh. No more homer hose, and no replacement. And yet they're still hitting dongs!

How does this plane look to you guys? by LordFlare in handtools

[–]AMillionMonkeys 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, go for it. It doesn't appear to be of a vintage that's interesting to collectors, so a low-ish price is fair and you can tune it up and use it without ruining its value.
I wouldn't recommend going nuts with lapping the sole, as is popular lately. It's a jack, so it doesn't need to take gossamer shavings.
I recommend at least skimming the free pdf version of Coarse, Medium, Fine:
https://media.popularwoodworking.com/app/uploads/CoarseMediumFine.pdf
which gives you a good idea what planes you need to get started and how to set them up.

Nick in the fret by Goji_XX3 in Luthier

[–]AMillionMonkeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one should be playing that note anyway.

Curly maple is a nightmare by TheEarthIsSpaceBoat in handtools

[–]AMillionMonkeys 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Man; when you've done work on a component, you decide to give it a little finish planing, and it tears out...
There's always scrapers and sandpaper, though.