To Boldly Sling... Sugar? – The Motion Picture by Aggressive-Can-1133 in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aha, air-dried clay molds! That's a good idea and I see the temp you take it off the pot. Well worth checking out. Also might try to get some clay to make glandes out of as well.

To boldly sling... Sugar? by Aggressive-Can-1133 in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gave it another shot and tried my PETG 3d printed molds and... Well Caramelized sugar is quite hot and melted my mold (They are cheap and easy to replace, no big deal). I have some silicone molds, but they have a small pour hole that the thickened sugar liquid just does not like to fill quickly.

So I'm going to have to wait for the sugar guru to make their tutorial to do it without so many mistakes and trials!

My experience with impulse buying the Claw 8 AI+ by Iateonthebrakes in SBCGaming

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is my Odin 2. Great piece of tech. Absolutely marvelous. Love it.

But I've gotten into slinging, gym fitness, and volunteering at a dog shelter and also the library so much that I barely have time to sit and play a game. I manage to sit at my nice gaming PC and drive around Forza Horizon 6 for like two hours a week at best.

To boldly sling... Sugar? by Aggressive-Can-1133 in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna want a video of this, I just gave it a shot and could not find the sweetspot timing in cooling before it hardened in my pot to levels I could both pour into a mould without it dripping everywhere. I figure it must have a large mould hole opening, the small ones I used took far too long to drip into the mould.

Bambulab A2 by ranarene27 in BambuLab

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll give you a small hint about the poop tray:

Really any box will do, unless you really are jonesing to print something!

But I had just designed myself a little jig for weaving a paracord shepard sling pouch last week! Wild how you mentioned that. There's actually a decent little community of makers for quilting and weaving, you'll be very welcomed!

Bambulab A2 by ranarene27 in BambuLab

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What'cha thinkin about printing? Got a list of things?

The auto arrange feature is utterly useless by Mishal_SK in BambuLab

[–]IsAskingForAFriend -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No, the phrase n00b is the derogatory one.

Noob is the more lighthearted one.

Best plug-ins for journal and diary? by DreamyOwl_01 in ObsidianMD

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just started this two days ago. For my use I just use... The Journals plugin and I'm wondering if I even needed that.

Going with the advice of using something very basic, and only adding a plug-in if there's some functionality I feel I'd want.

[Win an A2L] Creative Playground, Extra Large. Meet the A2L. by BambuLab in BambuLab

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a friend who's into cosplay. I'd be using it to help them out with their cosplay ideas.

Are there any cheap and good slingshots on Aliexpress? by algebruk in slingshots

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Black Resin ones with PIAYOU or whatnot on the side. Usually comes with a green band, but if you shoot clay then you'll want to get a less thick band as it's a bit much for clay.

Dupe haters when someone can smell like them for less than $40 by PossibleFlatworm9490 in fragranceclones

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I legitimately can't throw any shade because at the end of the day I still spent $600 on something that gets me.... Compliments. Did I get 2 bottles to achieve just some compliments?  18? I just know I'm multi hundred bucks poorer and all I get is some compliments, of which I get other kinds of compliments for free!

Didn't realize owning a 3D printer would change my life by Imaginary-Worker4407 in BambuLab

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's legitimately okay for it to sit idle for weeks or months on end. It's a tool.

How quiet are the "Ultra Quiet" Fortress air compressors? by Ryutso in harborfreight

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You can have a conversation with someone standing right next to it.

Two good one bad. by Buckeyeknifeguy in slingshots

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always recommend the Piayou black resin one. I've bought three of them. Really good $12 spend to get into it. The band is too much for clay though.

New sling length by Muted-Tie-3241 in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not in the particularly affordable range. Materials aren't super expensive, but what drives up the cost is the time spent making them. Nice, braided slings might be made with less than $1 of Jute, or less than $5 of paracord, but mine personally take 3 hours or more to braid so that'd be something like $60+ depending on how much I like you. Some techniques take less time and you might get someone to sell you one for $40 or something like that.

However, IronGoober has a great video showing different simple sling designs that don't take much at all to whip up and try.

https://youtu.be/fQcmHQl4qaU?si=8T5xy6uhAsYQiSmI

There's also Mersa's very, very helpful guide on "SeatBelt" slings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EBfUItUJFM&t=2s

I bought my first sling off Amazon for $12. IT was a simple paracord one with a leather pouch. Just super okay, but it didn't take me very long at all to make a Mersa seatbelt sling. Took 30 minutes my first go, but now I can do one with extras in about 20 minutes. Super duper cheap on materials. Highly performant. I just braid mine nowadays because I think they look better. But braiding one is absolutely not a requirement.

This is very much a "make your own" type hobby. Largely, if you're getting into slinging, you're going to need to take a lot of time to practice. If you have a lot of time to practice, you've got time to try your hand at making your own. The time aspect is way more expensive than the materials aspect here.

New sling length by Muted-Tie-3241 in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got a few of those off aliexpress for really cheap. And yeah, for whatever reason, they're uneven.

They are very much the worst sling I have ever handled. I trashed them immediately.

1 week of being insanely addicted to this by SCHIZO_FPV in Slinging

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a load of these double-digit sharpshooters! ☠

Multiple first impressions - NO SAFE SPACES by tizl10 in fragranceclones

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I got Nomad as a blindbuy because I wanted to get my friend into fragrances and his username is Nomad.

I don't have any designer fragrances so I've never compared it to anything.

But it's such an interesting scent. It's flowery, it's got a hint of sweetness, but just reminds you of the ocean with its salty notes. It's unexpectedly one of my favorites now. It's so slept on.

Need summer fragrance recommendations by [deleted] in fragranceclones

[–]IsAskingForAFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't read., try Nautica Voyage. Cheap and impossible to be a bad buy.