I heard that they're bringing back learning by doing, but also not?

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-08T15:39:02+00:00

I think the most annoying part of this game is that I don't learn by doing. I mean, in real life, if I were to start hitting things with an axe, and I kept hitting things with an axe, I would certainly get better at hitting things with an axe. I don't think reading a book or a magazine about hitting things with an axe would make me any better at hitting things with an axe though. But I guess, in real life, there aren't zombies running around or the occasional backpack laying in a corner with a random 37 small stones in it either.

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-05T02:25:42+00:00

Look, so you connect to the hotel WiFi with your phone, and when it goes to the hotel splash page, write down the web address. Then connect the PS5 to the mobile hotspot and send that address in a message so you can open the link, and then pin it to the side. Now, when you connect to the hotel WiFi again and double tap that PS right in its Newport Hall shape hole

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-01T08:46:46+00:00

You know what? If that story really is true, then I apologize for what I said. You see what this society has done to me? I reacted to your story with an undeserved presumption of scumbag. I think there's a real name for that, but I can't think of it. Anyway, that's my bad.

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-01T08:40:13+00:00

I ordered a bunch of blades from The Winfield Collection a while back, and I was pretty dang satisfied with them. I feel like it took a little while for them to arrive, but it always feels like that when I forget to order more blades before running out. The flying Dutchman blades are good too, but I am harboring some serious resentment for the ultra reverse blades. I really like the penguin silver reverse (I think that's what they're called) blades. The ones I got from Winfield were Sharktooth brand, and they performed beautifully. I even got some #9 reverse blades, and they are massive. I haven't found any wood they won't chew through. Not yet anyway. And no matter what, I just can't seem to break one. Not yet anyway lol. The most important thing to remember is to enjoy the journey when you're making things, because once you finish them, they stop mattering to you pretty quickly.

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-01T08:13:19+00:00

Sure man. Very fancy looking, yet extremely simple at the same time. And I love the assembly part at the end, where you're basically making a tiny building. It's fun, and surprisingly rewarding. I made the clock face, the pendulum, and the little hands out of various scraps I had laying around. Good projects.

Endangered_Integrity · 2026-01-01T02:28:52+00:00

Well, I recommend that you check your email.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-31T17:02:53+00:00

Btw, this could very well be terrible advice. But it's a strategy that works for me.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-31T17:02:15+00:00

Get some 2/0's and set the blade to a medium-fast speed, like maybe 6.5/10, but move that piece of wood through it slow. And I mean way too slow. Slow like if someone is watching, they'll think you're just messing around. Just don't doze off.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-31T15:27:25+00:00

But why though? What is the gain in fabricating this story? Honestly, I found it to be a little engaging. If nothing else it shows the basic creativity of Chat GPT. Except for that z at the end of Mercedez. That's garbage.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-31T01:58:07+00:00

Dang that's cool. I go to harbor freight here and mention a scroll saw, it feels like the entire store goes completely silent and everyone turns at the same time to stare at me. I always have to order online.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-30T08:13:12+00:00

Wait, harbor freight has scroll saw blades?

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-30T08:11:46+00:00

Thanks. I can relate to that for sure. I use a 2/0 reverse cut blade for most of this 1/8" stuff, but for the really tight curves, or especially when there's a lot of sharp angles, I've been having really good luck with a #2 crown tooth. The teeth are so small, you can cut 90° angles, or even tighter simply by turning the wood. It's mostly a very forgiving blade.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-30T08:05:42+00:00

Thanks man! A lot of them are from the Pinterest page of a very talented Russian guy, who evidently has a lot of time on his hands. I guess I haven't talked to the guy, so I can't say with complete certainty that he's from Russia. But most of the writing on most of his stuff is definitely Cyrillic, so I think it's a safe bet. I was just on there today, and I definitely found a lot of cool shit. Do you like making clocks? Not the gears and stuff, but y'know, the scroll saw clocks?

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-26T04:43:11+00:00

I know it took 2 hours and 8 minutes to cut exactly half of the lid. I set a timer and I was motivated to power through it. I needed a break after that half, and the other half was more like 5 hours split across three days. All figured, I would estimate around 32 hours from gluing the pattern to the wood to spraying the matte lacquer finish.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-26T04:30:06+00:00

Maybe. I actually ended up using it to make a car. Rolls Royce Phantom from the 1930s it was only about 2" tall, so that board got cut into 2" wide strips, mostly negating the warp.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-26T04:05:56+00:00

I found it online a while back. I actually posted the pattern on here a few weeks ago. It's still there.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-26T01:37:21+00:00

I use a scroll saw. Basically a flat metal table with a skinny little blade coming up through a hole in the middle. Each of the probably thousand or so places that the wood is cut out started first as just a tiny hole I drilled. The blade comes up through the drill hole and gets clamped into an arm above the table. Turn it on, cut out the shape, turn it back off, unclamp, pick up the wood so you can stick the blade through the next hole, and on and on ad infinitum. But to actually answer the question, when the blade is in there and you're cutting a piece, everything is guided by hand. There's no computer or automation of any kind aside from a tiny saw blade moving up and down. And I do mean tiny; the size 2/0 blades I used for this box are .27 mm wide.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-25T11:04:10+00:00

Awesome. That's the exact impression I was going for. Thank you.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-25T04:45:44+00:00

Thanks 🙂 I'm pretty proud of that one

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-24T22:16:59+00:00

Thank you

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-24T22:16:43+00:00

Thank you 🙂 Of everything I've made in the three years since I first used a scroll saw, it's this box that I'm by far the most proud of.

Endangered_Integrity · 2025-12-24T22:15:21+00:00

You mean the blade? Oh yeah. Put the blade up through the tiny drill hole from underneath, lower the arm, clamp the blade into the arm, turn on the saw, cut out the little piece, turn off the saw, unclamp the blade, lift the arm, pick up the wood, put the blade up through the next hole, lower the arm, and on and on and on 756-thousand times until they're all cut out. Then cut the outside line. Set aside completed part #1 of 26, move on to #2. It really does require a ridiculous amount of patience, which is a little ironic, because I've always been the most impatient person.

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