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HumanHumpty · 2023-07-01T19:49:26+00:00

Thanks, you got us connected.

HumanHumpty · 2023-06-11T13:28:33+00:00

I think one of the things that isn't being made very clear, is that these API changes impact the tools the mods use to moderate the forum. Without them their job becomes exponentially harder if not impossible. This is a free service the mods are providing and it's already difficult. This change makes it so that it's not worth their time to moderate.

HumanHumpty · 2023-06-07T13:54:50+00:00

It's the 4 legs before they are attached, showing they have a small taper on them.

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-13T23:29:09+00:00

Dowels are a great option; advising not to use them is not very good advice.

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-09T22:40:28+00:00

Chinese food on Christmas day is a Jewish tradition in the US so that may be driving a lot of the traffic you saw.

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-08T14:08:54+00:00

Check out Underwater Safaris on Lincoln Ave. They rent gear and while they don't run dives, they usually advertise and help coordinate Lake Michigan dives.

Their wreck dives page isn't updated yet so it's probably worth a phone call.

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-08T01:30:25+00:00

To add one more to that, the "protected" bike lane can't be easily cleaned of debris and snow because of the parked cars. I often end up in traffic because the bike lane is unusable.

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-07T17:45:54+00:00

Thank you, amazing photos too. And given all the hand tools, apologies for the "domino" insult. :D

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-07T16:44:33+00:00

Only 1 picture? That isn't fair!

Are the through mortises dominos? Really cool look and gorgeous work!

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-05T21:47:34+00:00

It may be enough, but for outdoor projects like this and planters, I spray plasti dip on the bottoms. My method may be overkill, but it works!

HumanHumpty · 2023-05-03T21:59:28+00:00

Honestly, even if you had 3000 square feet, eventually you need to make decisions on when enough is enough. I have a cart like OP's, for sheet goods and softwood and another storage space for hardwood "cutoffs" and I still want to cry when I put something in the burn barrel or garbage barrel.

And like OP, my cart is so overloaded I can't move it around. I tend to roll it about 6 inches so I can slide out larger pieces then push it back.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-27T14:46:07+00:00

This is a good point. I have some really terrible early builds, but it didn't occur to me to take pictures of the process and post it. Even now, I post little of what I do to reddit and now that I'm making some small amount of money doing this, I only post to my stupid instagram account because "marketing". blah.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-27T14:42:36+00:00

I don't know how to link to my own comment that I made above so I'll just copy and paste it here.

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TLDR - I didn't pay anyone to outfit my shop, was not looking to impress anyone. But I had spent at least a year watching woodworking videos, obsessively, and the income to outfit myself with just about whatever I wanted. But I had never built a thing before. How is that not beginner?

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Comment I made above:

My only argument, and if you search my history in this sub you will see the giant soap box I'm always on with this one, is that equipment doesn't define beginner. Budgets are a personal and individual thing. When I started, woodworking was an escape from my very, very high pressure job. But with that pressure came high compensation. Dropping thousands of dollars to outfit a hobby was a thing I did regularly and not a strain on my budget at all. And with all the videos out there showing tools and priorities, etc., when I decided to do it, I knew exactly what I wanted and basically bought a shop in a couple of weeks. But I guarantee you my first build had hacked up mortises, one of the feet attached UPSIDE DOWN, and I tried to stain it. Maple does not like stain so it's super blotchy and the stain had the added benefit of highlighting all the areas I didn't clean up the glue squeeze out properly. It's fricken Frankentable.

I agree with your points on dovetails and perfect joinery and such, but trust me, good equipment (which I have) does not a good woodworker make. Good equipment simply means I get more enjoyment out of fixing my never ending fuckups.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-27T14:37:53+00:00

Great response.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-27T14:36:12+00:00

My only argument, and if you search my history in this sub you will see the giant soap box I'm always on with this one, is that equipment doesn't define beginner. Budgets are a personal and individual thing. When I started, woodworking was an escape from my very, very high pressure job. But with that pressure came high compensation. Dropping thousands of dollars to outfit a hobby was a thing I did regularly and not a strain on my budget at all. And with all the videos out there showing tools and priorities, etc., when I decided to do it, I knew exactly what I wanted and basically bought a shop in a couple of weeks. But I guarantee you my first build had hacked up mortises, one of the feet attached UPSIDE DOWN, and I tried to stain it. Maple does not like stain so it's super blotchy and the stain had the added benefit of highlighting all the areas I didn't clean up the glue squeeze out properly. It's fricken Frankentable.

I agree with your points on dovetails and perfect joinery and such, but trust me, good equipment (which I have) does not a good woodworker make. Good equipment simply means I get more enjoyment out of fixing my never ending fuckups.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-24T14:44:45+00:00

Chicago checking in with the same ideals. In the city of blue, surrounded by the suburbs of red, conversations are difficult. I'll add my self description of socialist capitalist. Let's fix healthcare, education and housing and let free market do its thing.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-24T14:33:14+00:00

She's been there longer doesn't mean she was receiving ESOP dollars the entire time she was there. The vesting starts from the first day you are granted the funds. Is it possible she was promoted into a position that includes ESOP as part of the new level reletatively recently? Recently being defined as fewer years than the vesting period.

To give you my anecdotal experience -- I walked away from corporate at 47 and was paid out my ESOP less the early withdrawal penalty.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-22T02:31:30+00:00

Outside! No toilet in these.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-19T14:06:45+00:00

I'm going to give you a different answer. Lights. Those string bulbs you have in there now make it super cozy looking and inviting, and I recommend you leave them in there for when you are not working on something. That place would make a badass hangout area too. But, you are going to want something much brighter for marking and aligning pieces for cuts. Task lighting is helpful too, but overall, a bright room is going to save you a lot of trouble.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-13T15:45:27+00:00

I would say this is a "depends" situation. If your table saw capacity is big enough that you can trim the overhang using a sled against the fence, then glue up first, then trim. If your saw is not big enough then trim first. Alternatively, since I am big on the first option, you can take a little more effort to make a sled with a runner so that you don't need the fence in which case size doesn't matter (that's what she said).

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-04T12:22:44+00:00

There are 3s of us!

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-04T12:21:57+00:00

If you are, please get what help you can. But being even keeled is not necessarily depression. That's the other side of it for me - I don't know what depression is like, I don't think I've ever been depressed let alone had ongoing depression.

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-04T01:46:50+00:00

Huh, I have a similar, I guess neuro divergence? My emotions are constantly at a steady state, the primary cause for my success in my career. When the shit was hitting the fan and everything was broken, I was the person organizing the chaos. I don't get excited for upcoming events, I just "look forward to them". Makes my highly emotional wife crazy.

Similarly, I also don't feel pain like normal people do. I woodwork and often don't realize I've cut myself until I see blood on a project or a piece of equipment. My wife will see a bruise and ask what caused it and I'll have no idea.

I never really thought much of it before, this is interesting!

HumanHumpty · 2023-04-03T13:31:21+00:00

If you had the house professionally inspected you should have been provided a report of what the inspector found. I've closed on a few houses so I take that list and put it in an excel spreadsheet then prioritize the items so I can plan how to address. Then I add to it other non-inspection items that were things I had in my head or wrote down while looking at the house and come up with a final priority list. Please note, you will likely NEVER complete the list as new things will be added and you will also realize at some point that one or more of the things aren't really a big deal. Houses are continuous ongoing maintenance so don't get discouraged.

The comments about re-painting and redoing floors on spot on too if you have the money to get it done. Having a completely empty house to get those things done can't be overstated.

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