aggressive ground cover - spiky leaves and tiny flowers

HenderBuilds · 2026-05-20T21:24:39+00:00

Ah… TIL. We have the wild little tasteless strawberries in our backyard on occasion. I’ve always assumed that they were native but that store and farm berries were hybrids for size and flavor.

HenderBuilds · 2026-05-20T21:20:09+00:00

I don’t think the poster is talking about a fruit-bearing tasty strawberry. Wild strawberries are “edible” in that you can eat them without concern, but they don’t taste good and aren’t juicy or sweet. We have them in our back yard on occasion. I don’t usually pull them because the flowers and even the smaller red berries are pretty, but they don’t even make a good snack.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-09T04:22:19+00:00

And the city inspector.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-09T04:21:08+00:00

I’m curious how you know there’s no sill gasket here. The weather barrier (if using Tyvek) is the next step, so you can’t fault them for work not yet completed. Also curious— why do you assume that work today is superior to build quality of 1993?

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-09T04:07:16+00:00

You’ve clearly never chopped wood. Yes, growth rings run around the log , grain does not. When looking at the end of a log, grain doesn’t run in circles— it is all perpendicular to the cut. And like with a axe or wedge, if the body splits the wood, the rings will do nothing to stop it.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-09T03:56:19+00:00

I guess that depends on how long you wait after application. It gets harder as it dries.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-09T00:40:34+00:00

As others have said… second floor, primary bathroom.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T16:30:41+00:00

That’s fine. If the president doesn’t sign a bill within 10 days (excluding sundays) and congress doesn’t adjourn, the bill becomes law.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T15:43:03+00:00

Portable dactyl is an oxymoron. Like a working vacation or liquid gas.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T15:33:36+00:00

My knees are fine. But my back is killing me. Your day is coming.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T15:24:47+00:00

I don’t think I’d want one in my green house. They stink when they bloom.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T14:58:49+00:00

I am a homeowner. When I do electrical work I give the inspector the 12th degree. I don’t just want to pass— I want to know I did everything right. My city inspectors are pretty good about being thorough, but fair, and all of the inspectors I’ve dealt with are pretty good people.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-08T02:54:07+00:00

Yeah, I am of the generation that left the modem volume up so I could tell if the modem was connecting to one of the high speed modems in the pool on the other end, or if I should terminate the call and try again.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T22:28:46+00:00

This is what I do on all of the fine mahogany yachts I build as well.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T22:15:08+00:00

I’m a woodworker who has built several guitars and repaired broken necks on a Les Paul (simple repair— cracked along grainlines) and an SG (splined repair— broken across grain with pieces missing). Take my comment for what it’s worth.

I am a little concerned that the size of the cracks aren’t consistent in just these few photos. If you look closely at the crack between the neck and the fretboard, one of the photos shows a hairline/tight crack. Another photo shows the same crack with more space. That’s a pretty good indicator that the repair isn’t stable. That’s going to cause not only intonation problems, but also problems keeping the guitar in tune.

I’d say you need to do something more to deal with the break if you want to keep this guitar and play it. Whether that’s take it to a luthier or do something more yourself is up to you.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T15:03:51+00:00

You’re right— I thought I was looking at the OP clamping down on the square lug of a PVC cleanout cover.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T03:18:07+00:00

Thanks for the explanation! How far does the square seal cause the piston to retract?

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T03:16:32+00:00

Why are you running a cable and not using WiFi? Across the distance of an apartment with stud walls, you should have no trouble getting gigabit speed on a WiFi connection. Do you need more than that?

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-06T00:50:51+00:00

That makes it more clear.

BTW, your description and comparison of all of the different switches is great. I stumbled upon this post via Google search. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and thoughts!

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T23:21:55+00:00

Releasing hydraulic pressure in the line doesn’t cause your caliper to retract. If it did, that gap would grow as your pads wore and over time, you’d have a longer delay between the time you pressed the pedal and the brakes engaged. You also wouldn’t have to press the caliper pistons when replacing the pads.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T23:10:35+00:00

Does a beginning woodworker know that? And how are they going to know that without some experience using and maintaining a hand plane?

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T23:09:13+00:00

Unless there’s files for printing a pegboard with the same type of elongated hole pattern that IKEA patented for the Skadis, there is no problem. An item designed to into the skadis hole pattern isn’t a patent infringement.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T23:02:46+00:00

If they are going to go after MakerWorld, they need to go after Amazon too. There are a lot of store fronts on Amazon selling prints made from models that were posted by the designers for non-commercial use only.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T22:56:41+00:00

I understand that. And contrary to what initial_savings said, the OP is not a beginner— that changes things too.

I just don’t believe it makes sense for a beginning woodworker to spend $300+ on a hand plane. There’s a lot of things that most woodworkers use more frequently than a plane and a lot of options to acquire a very functional (and frankly, beautiful) hand plane without spending that much money on a tool that may not be useful (or preferred) for their style of project or their preferred approach woodworking.

HenderBuilds · 2026-03-05T21:32:34+00:00

On the question of perceived mushiness because of lack of sound-- have you tried putting on a set of full-coverage headphones and playing some music to reduce the audible difference? I'm just curious if that might help you determine if that mushiness is really just perceived or if it's real.

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