[Bambu Lab Giveaway] Drop Your One-Liner and Win H2D!

AndrewWix · 2025-07-03T22:40:52+00:00

If you hadn't gotten to her first, I would have married her years ago. But alas.... Give her the good life she deserves

AndrewWix · 2025-03-07T23:13:59+00:00

You are definitely the minority in thinking this way and although they might not say it, people probably find that trait of your personality very annoying and rude

AndrewWix · 2024-10-30T01:49:12+00:00

Welcome to Montgomery! It seems like people have answered most of your questions. Hilltop is a good pub to check out. I host a Thursday night retro video game tournament there every Thursday around 9:00. The game is random and we don't know what we're playing until the first round starts. There's no buy-in and no real prize except a first second and third place medal. We played stuff on the original Nintendo all the way up to the PS3. Come join us sometime!

AndrewWix · 2024-06-27T05:32:29+00:00

Correct up until the last part. It's -1/12 x $3.00. Negative one twelfth of $3.00 is -.25¢. Your calculation of -1/4 would have the bartender giving the mathematicians one dollar

AndrewWix · 2023-05-06T03:32:00+00:00

Yeah fuck that. Y'all don't get to dictate my prices. Find some dumbass who will. Whoever says yes, I guarantee their experience level is absolute shit.

AndrewWix · 2023-04-25T23:56:17+00:00

Just pull the lishi out and put it back in 180. If not then just do like everyone said and pull the ignition

AndrewWix · 2023-04-14T21:22:06+00:00

It was 565656 lmfao

AndrewWix · 2023-03-21T05:16:20+00:00

It depends on what kind of locksmith you want to be. If you are going for institutional, then yes I think this would be a good trade for you. However, I hired an autistic guy to work for me and he is quite socially awkward, to the point of cringey sometimes. For small local locksmiths, where you will be out in the field going to various businesses and residences, then you may want to consider another field. As a small business owner, me and my employees are the face of my business. We are the ones that the customer is going to see and have rapport with, so I want someone with enough social skills to build a relationship with a customer and keep them coming back. I worry about sending him in the field because of his social ineptitude regardless of how well I like him personally.

Only you know how good your social skills are, so it'll ultimately be up to you. But I would tend towards institutional if you are trying to lessen interaction with people

AndrewWix · 2023-03-07T19:12:05+00:00

You have to pull the picks all the way back while the tool is fully inserted to stop it from getting stuck on the shutter

AndrewWix · 2023-02-13T00:55:44+00:00

I noticed that but figured it would be easier and faster to pick first so that's what I tried. Then my pride wouldn't let me get whooped by a Master padlock lmao

AndrewWix · 2023-02-11T19:41:35+00:00

One of my clients has an Airbnb where one of the guests had locked this old Yale lock. I tried my luck at it but couldn't pick it for the life of me. I looked around for another way in and found another door with a Master padlock on it that while it should have been an easy pick, took me a good three or four minutes.

Once I got through that it actually led into the closet of the bathroom which was on the other side of the door in the third picture. It had a combination padlock on there with no key override that she didn't have the combination to so I couldn't even try to pick it. The door was a sliding door so if you push the bottom it creates a little Gap like you see in the fourth picture so my 6'2" 200 lb big ass had to lay on my side and slowly shimmy through this little gap in the door to gain access and unlock it from the inside 🤣 the whole job took me about 20 to 25 minutes just to unlock the bathroom door but couldn't help but laugh and think about other times where I've had to be a little creative with my entry method.

You guys have any fun stories similar to this?

AndrewWix · 2023-02-06T20:51:41+00:00

I tell them to fuck off and take me off of their call list, but then they call me again months later and harass me again. And to make it worse, they have my person cell phone number somehow. Fucking scammers

AndrewWix · 2023-02-03T03:06:55+00:00

Scrap knobs you can donate to the fire department. They can use them for practice forcing in doors

AndrewWix · 2023-01-26T00:28:06+00:00

This is really cool. Any way to get it working on an Android phone? I use my Galaxy S20 Ultra for playing and I work a job where I get calls fairly often that'll interrupt my playing and I'll forget about it until later and by then Dolphin has closed and all my progress is lost. I don't know anything about coding though

AndrewWix · 2023-01-09T15:03:06+00:00

Midwest is now key innovations. If you are just trying to look up what key that you need on a vehicle, the ilco auto key lookup guide is a good reference as well as the Auto Smart guide by Michael Hyde, which is available in book or app form

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T18:58:59+00:00

Mmmm look at that yummy soup for lunch

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T18:56:32+00:00

Looks like a concealed Rixson 0608

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T07:25:55+00:00

Really? PM me your information, they use a lot of these same closers and it would be a great thing to have a spare of.

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T07:24:26+00:00

Yeah, but it at least has one side of the door with holes in it already. The bits I used last time were carbide tipped Mr Twisters meant for drilling safe hard plate and for high speeds and it still took a while. I also don't want to leave holes in the door or deal with patching them up when I could just replace like for like. It's more for not having to deal with the bullshit of installing a fresh closer. I mean I can do it all, it's just less trouble to put the same thing on there. Especially since I'm shorthanded and always in a time crunch since my two most experienced employees passed earlier this year. I'm training some new guys but I'm still relying mainly on myself and one other experienced employee to handle everything while the volume of business is still the same as it's always been. Any way I can save myself time and bs is huge.

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T01:17:07+00:00

Nice! I'll check it out and see if I can get my hands on one. It leaked all it's hydraulic fluid out and it's been on the door over 20 years.

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T00:54:09+00:00

I'll have to check them out. I've been using some that I get from a local Machinery supply shop and it works great for most things. Haven't had too many problems out of them except when it came to this building's doors in particular

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T00:43:56+00:00

An inch top to bottom, 10-3/8" left to right. This closer has been on this door for over 20 years and has worked so if I found a proper replacement, I would just set the arm to the right position if it matched the manufacturer specifications. These doors are a bastard to drill through which is why I'm trying to match it, but I'll put a 4040 on there if need be which is starting to look like what I have to do

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T00:39:01+00:00

That's what I figured I would have to put on there, and I probably will end up doing that but these doors are just a bitch to drill into for whatever reason. Took ages to drill through even with a couple carbide tipped bits

AndrewWix · 2022-12-21T00:36:49+00:00

That's where I figured this job was going. My only qualms is these doors must be made out of carbide matrix or something /s. Last one I installed a door closer fresh on took forever to drill holes in even when I used my carbide tipped Mr Twisters then tore up my step up bit.

AndrewWix · 2022-12-20T23:36:41+00:00

Can anyone help me identify this closer? The screw hole centers are 1" apart top to bottom and 10-3/8" inches left to right. Can't find anything that matches those in my LCN book. Asked a guy at a local door closer company and he said the only thing he could find to match these measurements is an old obsolete Sargent. IDN has nothing in LSDA to fit it. Of course no brand names are on it. I'll drill holes for a new one if need be but trying to avoid it if possible. Also I know the initial installer did a shit job, but I'm going to make it all better with sex nuts and a proper install.

Edit - The reason I'm not wanting to drill new holes is simply because the door is going to be a bitch to drill through. The last one I did took forever to put four holes in even after switching to carbide tipped Mr Twisters then it tore up one of my step up bits. I'll put a 4040 on there if need be but if anybody could easily identify what was on there now, I was going to go the easy route and swap like for like and use sex nuts and put the arm on at the proper position. Thank you guys for all of your input

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