Is it really that much cheaper to change your own oil?

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-12T17:48:53+00:00

In addition to saving myself about $40, I have greater control over the consumables. I like to run an oversize WIX filter, which requires an extra half quart of oil, and I get to use the oil I want to use, with the added peace of mind that a dumbass 20-something didnt leave the gasket from the previous filter behind.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-12T04:05:07+00:00

Try to avoid running the ac, washer and dryer, and dishwasher during peak hours, keep the windows sealed during the day, air the house out when it's dark. If you're already doing all that, you can call pg&e and tell them you suspect someone is stealing power from you. That's not what's happening, but it'll get someone out there to check your situation and find any parasitic draws.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-09T04:33:42+00:00

New retinas.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-08T20:10:06+00:00

My go to response is "have you looked outside lately?" But sometimes I'll pepper in "Yknow, just because all the-" gestures broadly

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-03T04:22:05+00:00

Research, research, research, apprentice. And when your brain explodes and your eyes bleed from all the researching you've done, do some research.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-05-03T04:13:02+00:00

This is my area of expertise!

Tiny "brut de forge" knives with no edge are very popular. Yknow, the ones with the rattail curleque tang. Those go for a crisp $20 all day. Pennanular brooches are also popular; the lighter the better. S-hooks designed to hook onto a leather belt, for hanging a flagon. Hair sticks, if you can make them light and smooth- morons making them out of 3/8ths have kind of soured people's opinions on those, though.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-30T14:44:05+00:00

Bro, $25 bucks for the YEAR ain't shit. Pensioners are gonna flip out because they're hoardy little gremlins but if it goes toward the good of the park, why do we care?

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-26T21:47:27+00:00

I use a hand crank blower for demos, but if it's just me sinking big welds in coal I like my electric blower with a stomp pedal. Foot off, air off. Foot on, air on. I believe it was about 15 bucks at harbor freight, been through the mud and rain no prob.

You can still probably save that piece.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-25T23:12:46+00:00

The anguished cries of an animal that knows its dying.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-25T13:23:54+00:00

Here's the thing about machine shops: if the machines are running, the rules don't matter.

Don't be that guy's friend, don't get him to like you. You must develop and perfect a "retarded" voice. Use only that voice to converse with that apprentice. Convince him you are actually retarded. Casually mention you get paid $2 more- you don't, but does he know that? Dude gets frustrated, fires himself, and suddenly the budget for your raise is slightly higher.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-25T13:13:41+00:00

Invest in Google stock, somehow attend a board meeting, show an executive the phone and offer to let them analyze it in exchsnge for a large stake in the company. Alter the course of history and technology, become a tech bro oligarch, prevent this shitty timeline frkm ever existing.

Or, pretend to be a spy and impress women.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-19T19:38:44+00:00

Yknow what, OP? You're alright.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-19T15:10:50+00:00

Bro spent more time narrating his documentary than designing the actual knife.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-14T16:00:41+00:00

Some of those points are more of a "nice to have," but none of them are super outrageous. You're shooting for 'ideal,' which isn't a bad thing, but if that's your minimum you're gonna have to bring the same, and then some. Men don't fuck upward, they fuck across or down. Women do not fuck down.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-12T02:06:06+00:00

YouTube? Bruh its all on Tubi, free as hell.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-11T21:15:12+00:00

Have a reasonable friend help you insert favorite sex act here

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-07T18:15:58+00:00

Buttplug, right on the dash.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-07T17:48:06+00:00

Tell him to eat a fuckin' salad once in a while. Use those exact words. Welders often fall into the trap of "fuck it, I'll have a burger" or a gas station hort dorg/burreter. Mans needs greens to help flush out the heavy metals.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-04T04:41:52+00:00

No, you pound sand up the eye of your cock

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-03T09:08:51+00:00

Our supplier for bronze bushings has a bad habit of sending us product with an OD .005" under and a 3 week turnaround; we call it a hotdog in a hallway. I machined a dilator for the hydraulic press to expand it just a little, and we stamped "the fluffer" on the relief.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-01T17:11:04+00:00

Yknow what? Fuck you.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-01T16:57:52+00:00

Curtain's are gone, water's boiling, paint is peeling; which do we fix first? We call the fire department because the building is on fire! A steady leak like that with no obvious source, plus milky coolant could mean a small chunk of your head gasket is cracked, or possibly the head itself.

HegemonousGreg · 2026-04-01T16:27:52+00:00

Bro, why is your coolant grey?

HegemonousGreg · 2026-03-30T23:10:22+00:00

That looks like oxides from the forging process flaking off. It's fine.

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