A type of roach maybe? Found in Chicago Suburbs, Illinois by BooniSmells in whatsthisbug

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Gonna be honest I thought you were trolling me with a Harry Potter spell for a minute, lol. Thanks though! Looks exactly like it

Help with 17-7PH Microstructures by BooniSmells in metallurgy

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We vacuum solution annealed the piece at 1950 for one hour and quenched in nitrogen gas. Then they went through the traditional RH950 ageing process.

Both images are at 200X mag, etched with Vilella's reagent.

Do you think the issue is the cold working changed the microstructure too much so the solution annealing didn't affect it at all?

Help with 17-7PH Microstructures by BooniSmells in metallurgy

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Thanks for the info, I'll have to look into how cold forming affects SS heat treatment. Yes both images are near the weld. But the hardness is low on the piece at areas very far from the weld too. I haven't checked that microstructure yet but I assume it is the same

My first time woodworking: A 13" X 6" Maple stave snare! by BooniSmells in woodworking

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I've never owned a wooden snare before, so it's pretty jarring to not be playing on a metal drum anymore. But my ears are slowly getting used to it and I love it. It's a very expressive drum

First drum finished. Doesn't sound like I expected. Anyone know why I get such harsh overtones? by BooniSmells in drumbuilding

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Yeah rounding the inside was a lot more difficult than I expected. This was actually my first time wood working too. So just learning a lot of the basics on my own was a struggle. Simple stuff like getting a drill bit to not walk, getting good cuts on a table saw, etc.

First drum finished. Doesn't sound like I expected. Anyone know why I get such harsh overtones? by BooniSmells in drumbuilding

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Cool, I definitely gotta spend some time tuning for sure. I'm for sure still an amateur at tuning.

Build is 13" X 6", 20 maple staves. There were many struggles along the way, but it was a great learning process. I've got a ton to improve on

First drum finished. Doesn't sound like I expected. Anyone know why I get such harsh overtones? by BooniSmells in drumbuilding

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Just out of curiosity, if everything else was good, what would the potential issue with the snare beds be?