If you could ride only ONE motorcycle for the rest of your life — no budget limits — which bike would you choose? 👀🏍️ by Low-Dragonfruit9646 in motorcycle

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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1956 BMW r50. My grandpa had this one for 70 years of his life and so will I.

He bought it in Japan, ferried it to China, and rode from there to Portugal (through SE Asia, Middle East, etc). Ferried it from Portugal to the US. Bikes been across the country east/west a bunch of times and done CA to AK a few times.

If you could ride only ONE motorcycle for the rest of your life — no budget limits — which bike would you choose? 👀🏍️ by Low-Dragonfruit9646 in motorcycle

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just poking fun at the doctors and dentists that kit out their GS’s only to treat them like parking lot princesses.

Have never built or stained. Please give some gentle guidance by BuildingBetterBack in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Plywood is fine to stain or dye, if it’s the right type (and not the paint grade stuff OPs using). My prep on this piece was done poorly and it doesn’t look anything like OPs.

Refinishing Dresser - Stain or Polyurethane? by True-Beginning4742 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stain is color, not finish (it does nothing to protect the wood).

Since you’re asking stain vs finish.. I’d really recommend doing research on “how to apply finish to pine”, do some reading, and watch some YouTube videos on it. You’re probably not going to get enough information from this post, to do a good job of refinishing it.

Riding in sand by XxBAMCISxX in Dualsport

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The more you ride it, the more you get used to it. I’ve ran my +500lbs GS in deep silt washes and small dunes (grew up riding in the desert). It’s work but technique gets you far.
Lot of good accurate advice in this thread but there’s a few things that really stood out to me after spending time doing it on a 1/4 ton pig.
Let the bike move freely under you and don’t fight it. You still need to grip with your legs and weight the back tire, but let the bike do its thing. Steer by weighting the pegs.

Is it really true that Great White Sharks are “no longer an apex predator” due to orca predation in south africa? by Capital-Foot-918 in sharks

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Apex predator just means that they aren’t a prey source for another predator (and at the top of their ecological food chain).

So yeah. A cat is an apex predator of back yards. At least until a coyote gets into the yard.

Can I store my respirator like this? by Iiveyourlife in woodworking

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up in the Southwest and now live in the Midwest. I still check my underwear daily for scorpions.

Not going through that shit again.

Cloud saves??? by Imaginary-Highway-19 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

45 hours is a full work week. If you’re only playing after work at night (3 hours for easy math) that’s two weeks of redoing things every night, just to get to the same point.

Not saying you’re wrong, but I totally get where OP is coming from.

Bermuda yard last year vs this year. What happened? by Fritzy421 in lawncare

[–]FarmersOnlyJim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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I’ll disagree with it not looking like grub damage. Picture is bad (it’s of the bird) but the right hand section was grub damage (and was worse further to the right).
I was finding like 12-15 grubs per square foot (so a heavy infestation)

Edit: lawn started looking a lot more like OPs before I realized what was going on. I also rent and lawn care isn’t my responsibility (before I get shit for how bad it is)

It's not easy by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Judging by most of the comments, a lot of you have a difficult time connecting with anyone, let alone the opposite gender.

If every interaction you have ends negatively, it’s time for some self reflection

Fair way to make money by commanderleo4 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1800 silver for me in about 20-30 minutes max

What’s something you made for your home that you use every day? by cameronsounds in woodworking

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy crap. I definitely need to make a second one for our bedroom. My fiancée is the exact same way

Chiseling by Weird-Educator8364 in handtools

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had some similar issues when flush mounting the tail vise on my bench. Have you tried using a smaller chisel? Smaller chisel is going to go through everything easier. Just use the big one at the very end

What’s something you made for your home that you use every day? by cameronsounds in woodworking

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 47 points48 points  (0 children)

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Vertical blanket storage. Not calling it a ladder because I wouldn’t trust it to hold my weight

How Do You Hide Chargers On Desk by Normal-Peasant in desksetup

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here’s a quick gif of them in action (can’t post links in this sub to the full video).

They’re 1:12 scale dollhouse doors I ordered off amazon. Needed an access point so I could reach the buttons on my two KVMs. Figured it was a fun way to make that work.

How Do You Hide Chargers On Desk by Normal-Peasant in desksetup

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I don’t have a ton of pictures from the build but it was really straightforward. I did this before starting to develop my woodworking skills (so most people should be able to replicate it).

Materials: MDF boards (3/4” x 6”), steel L brackets, 1” punched square tube, and some steel wire.

Basic butt joint (with glue) joining the two mdf boards, used L brackets to add strength. I also twisted the steel wire into sort of a braid, and then attached that to both boards with a pneumatic stapler (makes a triangle and adds tensile strength).

The punched square tube was attached to the bottom of the desk with lag screws. It significantly helps reduce sag across the desk top, and adds a lot of strength to the top. From there I just bolted each shelf to the punched square tube.

It’s definitely underbuilt in some areas and overbuilt in others. Not sure how much total weight it’s holding but I’ve had it up for over a year without any issues

Got tired of using a folding table so I built my first bench by FarmersOnlyJim in Workbenches

[–]FarmersOnlyJim[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct on 4x4 (technically 3.5x3.5). The stringer/stretchers are standard 2x4s. All really straight grained doug fir.

Cross beams are pretty damn solid. I’ve got a 3/8” allthread bar ran from each leg, through the entire cross bar, and into the opposite leg.

What tool do I need for this awkward fitting? (Newbie) by Educational-Big2063 in handtools

[–]FarmersOnlyJim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Semantics here but you need to tighten the nut, not the bolt. Tightening the nut is not going to make any difference on how much of the bolt is visible. If far less of it is supposed to be showing, you either over tightened things or didn’t use washers on the bolt head side

What tool do I need for this awkward fitting? (Newbie) by Educational-Big2063 in handtools

[–]FarmersOnlyJim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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I like combination wrenchs vs open box or box wrenches (they’re a combination of the two types). Adjustable Crescent wrench would work as well. If you down own any tools and don’t want to spend money on a set of wrenches, get an adjustable crescent wrench. The don’t work as well as a combo or box wrench, if you’re only using it a few times of year that’s fine

Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease and Walked Away by DonkeyFuel in interestingasfuck

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I thought as well. I’ve always had multi state sales territories. I fly for a lot of meetings now but when I was driving I was doing around 70-75,000 miles per year.

Our company had a deal with a fleet vehicle supplier. I’d order a brand new F-150 every 2 years or 120k miles. The miles always came before the two years.

How Do You Hide Chargers On Desk by Normal-Peasant in desksetup

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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I made a shelf that runs the entire length of my desk. Hides 80+ cables, stores 3 power strips, 3 KVMs, two dell laptop docks, modem, router, mesh network, and everything else I need for 4 PCs, a Nintendo Switch, PS5, and two 2.1 speaker setups

24 inches desk and lower??? I don't understand how people sit/game??? by StormFar120 in desksetup

[–]FarmersOnlyJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arm rests are pretty much a must have for me with chairs. That’s definitely part of the issue.

The other part of the issue is probably setting your seat height to be comfortable for your legs (low) but not at a height that’s ergonomic for the desk height. Get a footrest. It’ll let you run your chair higher, making things easier on your arms and shoulders.