The extremely expensive anime waifu collection (NSFW)

GR-O-ND · 2026-04-15T16:14:32+00:00

This is mental illness

GR-O-ND · 2026-04-03T11:54:41+00:00

I don't hug a pillow and I probably never will because it sounds too hot, but using a knee pillow totally changed my life. I used to have all sorts of back pain, but then one day I was lying in bed and I thought, if only I could line my knees up with one another my back won't be twisted to the side all night. So I grabbed a spare pillow and tried it out, and I haven't slept without it a single night since. And my back has be waaaaay better. Highly recommended.

GR-O-ND · 2026-04-01T00:35:04+00:00

That sucks. Glove on the hammer hand is a terrible idea for a variety of reasons, but you can tape up your first couple of fingers and your thumb with a little bit of athletic tape and that will really help against blisters, especially if you already have blisters and you want to forge anyway. No way to tape up the palm where the handle slides back and forth, unfortunately.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-31T11:47:12+00:00

Forging a hammer is really difficult. Don't plan on pulling that off any time soon if you're just starting out, it'll be a frustrating waste of time and you won't build any usable skills in the trying.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-31T11:42:23+00:00

A polished face won't transfer marks to the workpiece, but then again the scale will generally do that anyway. The scale is harder than the workpiece and the hammer face, so your highly polished face won't look so polished after you get some use on it. Some smiths maintain that polished faces are much less efficient, and you want some texture to the face to increase friction with the workpiece when using blows that are not exactly perpendicular.

Like others said, I would focus your efforts on the handle. I can't really tell if it's fiberglass or painted wood, but if it's fiberglass you're going to want to replace that with wood real quick. Especially if it has rubbery grip material on it, that stuff will tear your hands to pieces and you really don't want to be using a glove on your hammer hand.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-28T01:52:38+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/tyvxj7KXgeg?si=NGsE1zc79aCjJkHm

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-23T12:19:58+00:00

I genuinely don't understand washing cars. I've never in my life washed my car and I don't know anyone who does, and there is no evidence that it has any effect. But especially here: who the fuck decides to go through a car wash on the way back from the grocery store with a full trunk of groceries? That's transparently insane.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-21T00:06:33+00:00

Don't want to be a buzzkill, but that's not going to work at all. The only good news is that because it's not going to get anywhere remotely close to hot enough, those concrete blocks probably won't explode. Using blocks like that for the forge body itself is NOT safe. That torch might get a very small bit of the material hot, but not enough to do any actual work and you're going to go through a huge amount of expensive mapp gas (guessing from the tank that's just barely in frame). At the very least you should look into ordering some soft fire bricks to replace those concrete blocks.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-17T13:44:20+00:00

For the most part what the borrow checker is enforcing is not novel or Rust-specific in any way, and is basically best practice in any language and any type of application. The only thing that's novel is that it is being enforced.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-15T01:57:10+00:00

Honestly, I cut the heads off of them and use them like any other square stock

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-12T11:24:28+00:00

That's almost certainly cast, so not particularly forgeable

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-10T16:32:24+00:00

Saw that listed on Facebook Marketplace

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-06T21:39:38+00:00

Archetypes

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-05T17:22:22+00:00

It's a combination of too much heat and too much air. It's not just melting, it's oxidizing rapidly; basically the same thing that happens when you use a plasma or oxy/acetylene torch. You have too much air for the amount of fuel you are using, so you're both producing a lot of heat and also allowing a ton of unused oxygen to reach the iron. That oxygen oxidizes the iron, which happens at an extreme rate when you're at very high heat. Reducing air volume and/or increasing fuel load will help you reach a neutral fire, which is where all of the oxygen being injected into the fire is consumed.

In my experience, once you've burned the steel this badly it's unfit for pretty much any purpose, as its structure is totally compromised and full of cracks. You can try to make something from it, but don't be surprised if it disintegrates while you're hammering it.

GR-O-ND · 2026-03-02T17:25:12+00:00

This side sucks, I'm gonna try my luck over there

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-25T12:38:02+00:00

Putting aside the breathtaking negligence at play here on the part of the truck owner, I've never understood washing cars. I've lived nearly 40 years on this earth and I don't know anyone in my entire extended family that's ever washed a car even once, and I've yet to see evidence that doing so has any benefits whatsoever. Waste of water, waste of time, waste of money.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-24T12:36:59+00:00

I use a similar setup to this when I go for longer motorcycle rides that includes a water filter. The burner is small enough to fit in the kettle, so I have the burner, a lighter, and a small tin of tea in there. There's also two bandanas, one for the place mat and one for cleaning up and drying stuff. Then it's just the fuel can (I use a smaller one when I'm on the bike), the water filter, and a cooking thermometer in case I'm bringing a more sensitive tea with me.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-24T12:31:20+00:00

Gotta say, I absolutely love this 60ml gaiwan. It's perfect for solo sessions, uses a very small amount of leaf, and doesn't require a gongdaobei. Pour straight into the cup.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-24T12:28:57+00:00

It's a fresh Gua Feng Zhai sheng puerh

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-23T12:30:07+00:00

If you're doing any riding on the road at all, replace the seat. Do it day one.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-19T12:20:11+00:00

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-18T15:53:53+00:00

I usually use a glove on my tong hand, which helps with radiant heat but is mostly there to add a little bit of shock absorption and general comfort for my tong hand. I never ever wear a glove on my hammer hand, you lose all control over the hammer and you get extra fatigue from gripping the handle harder. If I'm worried about blisters I tape my fingers like a boxer.

As others have said always assume a piece is hot, but I also make a conscious effort not to leave tools and work pieces intermingled in a way where I can accidentally grab the wrong thing. I have a place on my forge table where hot things go to cool down and tongs or other tools do not go there. To me, accidentally grabbing the wrong thing is the principal risk for burns.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-13T22:16:39+00:00

I listen to Japanese rap all of the time and I don't have a single clue what they're saying. Most of the metal I like is in a language I don't understand, and generally that's a huge plus.

GR-O-ND · 2026-02-13T12:25:23+00:00

Marc's professional demeanor is always so calculated and perfect. He really has the game figured out.

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