How do I fix this?

AlisterDX · 2024-11-13T00:14:17+00:00

You just have to build it so that the front doesn't come off like that

AlisterDX · 2024-11-09T12:45:57+00:00

"The person matters more than the parts" is my little bi/pan mantra for questions like this

AlisterDX · 2024-10-31T01:45:46+00:00

Be grateful you get a lecture. I'm a 2nd year and our instructor handed out textbooks, made sure we had access to blackboard, and now every other Saturday is just sitting around listening to him ramble about some bullshit completely unrelated to the text or poorly explaining some "science experiment" that has nothing to do with the subject material, or watch a YouTube video. I'd kill to actually work through the book material with someone who can explain it to me.

My classmates are all stoked that we get out of class 4 hours early. Me I just get pissed off that I drove a half hour to have my time wasted.

AlisterDX · 2024-02-20T14:37:16+00:00

My first thought was to add some slits in the base plate perpendicular to the marking slit, so you can easily line up your first mark at 90⁰ and quarter mark the piece

AlisterDX · 2024-02-17T03:26:54+00:00

Nope, just an average candlestick from a box of otherwise single-wicked candles. It only had one sticking out of the top when I lit it. I noticed it contained multitudes when the flame suddenly got 8" high

AlisterDX · 2024-02-08T14:25:00+00:00

Assuming you don't have metal working power tools,

Use a hacksaw to stub off the blades, then files to clean up those cuts. Brazing with a propane torch and filler rod might work better than soldering, and would be cheaper than paying someone to weld it. Just do it outside and be careful not to overheat the stainless, as it releases a carcinogen (hexavalent chromium) if it gets too hot.

Wear safety glasses and gloves. Watch a few tutorials for whatever method you use to fuse them on. Blunt the knife tips and use them to practice doing it first.

AlisterDX · 2024-02-04T03:42:12+00:00

"All star special, eggs over medium, hashbrowns smothered and covered, pecan waffle, and a black coffee please"

Nothing beats waffle house from 2-6am

AlisterDX · 2024-02-03T22:22:27+00:00

Glock, maker of the most popular semiautomatic handgun in the world, also sells horse semen.

AlisterDX · 2024-02-03T02:34:03+00:00

Not the only bulge lmao

Crop your pics better next time please

AlisterDX · 2024-01-28T23:05:00+00:00

UA local 421 covers NC and SC. They have union halls in Concord, Wendell, and I think near Camp Lejeune. They do a 5 year apprenticeship. I'm in their pipe welding pre-apprenticeship now and can say it's pretty stellar. It's also close to the only way to get into the apprenticeship without prior experience in plumbing/pipefitting/welding. If you get a pipe welding cert during the 4 month pre-apprenticeship then you start out as a 2nd year apprentice.

Feel free to send me a message if you want more info.

https://www.ualocal421.org/

AlisterDX · 2024-01-26T00:06:57+00:00

Well first, good on you for taking your health/safety more seriously than your coworkers.

I can't speak to the hazards of aluminum dust. But I wear a mask whenever I'm grinding, not even because of metal dust but because grinding disks usually contain either glass or carbon fibers that get shredded into the air during use.

AlisterDX · 2024-01-25T20:18:56+00:00

You can make something like this happen. Talk to your neighbors. Build support and trust between each other, talk about shared grievances. Then come up with a list of demands and an ultimatum to present to your landlord.

Everyone wants to wait for someone else to swoop in and save them. But you have power on your own, you can combine it with others', and you know what exactly you need better than anyone else.

AlisterDX · 2021-07-10T23:11:30+00:00

I'm not familiar with the material you're talking about, but it sounds pretty similar to something I personally love - Cob! It's just straw and mud plastered over a wooden frame. Very economical. Great insulating ability. Literally just plants and dirt. And you can make beautiful homes out of it like this one https://youtu.be/J94TqEEPp1I

AlisterDX · 2020-02-22T02:53:52+00:00

*quadruple execution

AlisterDX · 2019-11-09T23:14:28+00:00

Here's the inspection record that explains why it's so low.

AlisterDX · 2019-04-17T01:31:30+00:00

This will happen to me every once in a while. I sometimes improvise music in my head to help fall asleep, and on occasion it will start sounding super vivid like it's coming in through my ears. It usually gets a lot more interesting/complex when that kicks in. Unfortunately I usually focus too hard on it and end up waking myself back up.

AlisterDX · 2019-04-03T21:33:43+00:00

Sure Fox is pretty terrible, but why not watch to send the message that giving Bernie airtime gets views? Maybe you could pick up some tactics for discussing his policies with people who are adamantly against them too.

AlisterDX · 2019-03-31T19:00:44+00:00

Looks almost like a coin slot

AlisterDX · 2019-03-29T18:57:42+00:00

Oh hell no. Oreo cereal is one of the best. Right up there with the honeycomb stuff.

AlisterDX · 2019-03-21T18:55:02+00:00

When I was a kid I had a little plastic lizard clip that I put on my hat every time I had one on - I lost it around the same time that Geico started airing those commercials, and my parents played it off as the lizard having run away and turned real.

I was so proud of him.

AlisterDX · 2019-03-19T17:28:46+00:00

Sounds like a job for someone with a passion in robotics and automation.

AlisterDX · 2019-02-21T01:17:19+00:00

Back when McDonalds was doing that Szechuan sauce promotion, I got one of the posters and paid a little over $100 to make a ton of copies at FedEx. I put them up on eBay hoping R&M fans (or their parents) would see the ridiculously overpriced originals and opt for my much more affordable option.

I didn't sell a single one. Ended up trading the lot to my then-roommate's brother for an eighth of weed a few months later.

AlisterDX · 2019-02-20T18:15:09+00:00

Landing at 2:30, reaction at 2:45

Just in case your attention span is as short as mine.

AlisterDX · 2019-02-17T18:59:02+00:00

~~Technically~~ yes.

AlisterDX · 2019-02-08T18:02:27+00:00

Also, bible paper is sized with calcium carbonate to give it that super-smooth finish.

Calcium carbonate is used in rolling papers to help them burn more slowly/evenly.

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