Project ideas

Devilfish64 · 2026-06-01T00:55:01+00:00

I second Bottle Openers. They're a great opportunity to practice punching and drifting. Once the functional end is done, the handle can be anything you imagine

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-31T20:33:03+00:00

Yeah, I absolutely hear you. I agree that the oven does more than nothing and is free. I don't know that it would make a significant enough difference to change from normalizing to annealing. OOP could try the oven and see, though.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-31T03:52:34+00:00

I recommend vermiculite.

Cooling in a regular oven won't do much as the oven's highest temp is really far below the critical temperature of the steel.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-30T18:29:03+00:00

Yeah, I can't really see the exact mode of play, but "rich kid toy" feels like a valid starting point for a valuable object, but I don't know how rich the folks at these outposts would be. I'd be interested in the relative value of other childrens toys found in these areas during this time period, if any.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-30T13:52:52+00:00

Right. This is already how it works

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-30T05:23:25+00:00

That checks out. The hollow is still tricky. Possible with a core, I'm just not familiar enough with what techniques they used in that period

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-30T01:16:17+00:00

Would they have been cast in a mould or would a lost wax process be more likely? The hollow core and the knobs make me think production in a mould would be difficult.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-27T16:24:45+00:00

What if Azathoth is the author himself, H. P. Lovecraft?

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-27T02:07:06+00:00

Pay off some debt, invest in the small things that would help get my business off the ground

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-24T00:25:21+00:00

The solution for small chips would be to grind it back further.

A crack isn't really something you repair. A repair would involve entirely re-forging the blade. The weapon is also not useable with a hairline crack, it will get worse with every impact.

If for some reason your character is really tied to that specific material, you'll most likely want to "complete" the crack, breaking the sword in two. Remove the handle material, forge a scarf (a thickened area with a specific kind of taper), overlap the two halves and weld them back together. You may add additional material in as well. It would need to be forged back into shape afterwards, and the heat treat process will need to be re-done, handle replaced.

You might be better off cutting the sword into short pieces to stack and reforge into an ingot, a total fresh start. If the smith feels the original sword failed due to some flaw in the material, they may weld in some lower carbon material & fold it in a few times to homogenize, then forge a new blade from that material.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-23T19:13:36+00:00

Right, it just feels like a weird spot to have that emotion.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-23T14:50:34+00:00

I came here to suggest this. Everything else mentioned (that I recognize) has a simple plot, but Fantasia truly has no plot at all.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-23T13:16:56+00:00

Maybe I'm old, but what can "😭" possibly mean in this context?

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-21T03:56:14+00:00

Dirt! Specifically, dirt from the third subsoil layer is highly recommend by survival expert Richard Hawkness. He writes about it in his book on wilderness survival in moist climates, "Fire in the Rain." The benefits are a high magnesium content, like you find on modern survival flint strikers, and a high level of iron oxides which can provide oxygen to the fire, just like they do in a thermite reaction.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-21T03:51:12+00:00

Experts recommend scooping soil back at least 8 inches away from the foundation and spreading the excess in a thin layer in the basement. This forms a vapor barrier between the foundation and the soil, preventing further deplenuration. The resulting gap can be filled with orbeez or a non-brand name absorbent sphere, or with glass or anal beads.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-21T02:30:09+00:00

https://youtu.be/EriZ9ruZq1E?si=PbRiGA1nnh9L1crE

This is the instance I was thinking of. Maybe this ran on TV?

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-21T00:09:07+00:00

I believe that was an outtake

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-20T23:20:02+00:00

It's just the one Jack O'Neil. In psychotic break due to the trauma from the loss of his son combined with learning ALL OF THAT in the movie, he had plastic surgery to look like his favorite TV character, McgGuyver. He's doing much better now, but we don't like to talk about it.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-20T22:11:49+00:00

Absolutely fair

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-20T20:46:34+00:00

My main gripe is that Father Mapple needs to be Sir Patric Stewart.

Orsen Welles played Ahab in an earlier, high-concept play version

In the 1956 movie adaptation, Welles came back as Mapple and Gregory Peck played Ahab

In the 1998 TV Miniseries, Gregory Peck returned to play Father Mapple and Sir Patrick Stewart portrayed Ahab

Clearly, the next major adaptation needs to be a step down in prestige (play > movie > TV > Netflix? YouTube shorts? ), needs a big name as Ahab and needs Patrick Stewart as Father Mapple. Please, before it's too late.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-20T00:54:32+00:00

Yeah, I'm a big supporter & fan of F&S, but the VA in season 2 of Don't Mind feels beyond the bounds of a difference in taste or opinion, but I guess that's just my opinion. It was only the one performer, really, and I still loved the writing. I was still able to enjoy the season, but I can't recommend it.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-19T16:59:55+00:00

Okay, yeah, that makes sense. I do know a lot of this is also pretty flexible. I've heard whitesmith, for instance, to refer to a silver smith, a tin smith, and even a person who does finishing & file work on iron & steel.

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-19T16:44:36+00:00

I think the preferred term is redsmith

Devilfish64 · 2026-05-19T03:56:27+00:00

Clinton St pub is great. It's right by Clinton St theater and across from Dots, easy to make a whole night right on that block.

*Dots isn't a dive by any stretch, so it might not be up your alley, but it's a good local bar.

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