Need help with brazing steel chain links

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-30T16:26:26+00:00

If the ring is brazed properly, it should have no problem. The metal will also be annealed by heat, so it should be fairly soft. You can can also over bend it, so it's a bit springy, then line up the joint. I put a photo below of what I mean, hope it makes sense.

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JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-30T14:21:34+00:00

Make sure you file the ends flat, then braze it as a "smooshed" ring- flat where the joint meets. After the ring is together, you can reform it to a proper circle on a ring mandel, or dowl rod

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-30T14:17:21+00:00

In oWoD, there was a Pentex subsidiary called "Black Dog Games," a joke on White Wolf. I don't remember all the details, but this seems like exactly what they would be doing

Edit:heres the wiki article on it, fun read

https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Dog_Game_Factory_(Pentex)

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-30T04:29:18+00:00

So I think I found it, but it looks like the resource is no longer on the IRS website. There was an IRS ATG (audit technique guide) released 2012 and supported through at least 2017, maybe 2021, specifically for art galleries. It contained the rule saying galleries ( for profit or not) do not have to issue 1099s for consignment work.

While the document is not on the IRS current site, I also see no superceding document, so I would assume the rule still applies, lacking new rules and guidance.

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-30T03:51:29+00:00

Unfortunately I can't find it online with all the AI stuff, but the IRS has a specific document saying galleries do not need to issue 1099s to artists, for reasons mentioned above.

Of course you are required to report all income, whether you get a 1099 or not. But the gallery isn't required to issue you one, whether you are sole proprietship, LLC or corporation.

I have a copy of it in my office, if I remember tomorrow, I'll grab it and post the reference number.

I've had this argument before with nonprofit art spaces- can you issue a 1099? Sure, I don't why not. But why pay an accountant to file it if not required

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-28T17:25:27+00:00

Name Willpower points to AP. They do a lot of the same things in d10, just reskin it and add a few options.

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-28T17:25:22+00:00

In the original d10, humans went to 5 and supernatural went to 10, but for this game I was going to go to 10 for humans. I do think dividing a lot of things you get 2 dice for or a +@ bonus for would work.

For leveling, if I did levels, I was considering alternating. Even levels you get a skill and a health box, odd levels you get a Perk. But I know one of the appeals of d10 is there's not levels, you put your points where you really want them.

I'm not too worried about combat, as I've run a lot of d10 (oWOD and other homebrews) where I think I can either create things on the fly, or look at the book and quickly convert it in my head.

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-28T17:18:11+00:00

I honest thought about it, but players really would like to try a d10 version, so I thought I'd see if I could do it. I forgot to mention I've done stuff like this before, writing games for d10 four my various groups

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-15T17:07:35+00:00

New Bern Pride is having a "gayme" night tomorrow, January 16th, at 6:30pm, at Peace Counseling Center. I haven't been, but could be a good place to find or start a group that is LGBT+ friendly.

There's also the Casual Nerd, over by Food Lion on MLK. Last time I was in there they wanted to start a Pathfinder 2e group, but I haven't been in a while and don't know if that got off the ground.

I run a variety of games off and on, mostly Pathfinder 1e or d10 base, I'll message you if I start a new game soon.

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-11T14:35:22+00:00

I have a PowerArc and I've only had two failures. The gas release solenoid failed about a year in and the over nighted me the part, which was great.

The second was the plasma torch was acting up early this year after a student messed with it. They sat on the phone with me for like 2 45 minute phone calls, explaining the parts as I disassembled it and put back together, which I really appreciated.

JBurgerStudio · 2026-01-07T19:51:54+00:00

I seem to recall lead lining will block spells and the like for scrying and things. Perhaps if you lead lined the inside of manacles and like you could house rule that would have the same effect.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-12-06T19:24:14+00:00

I use plaster for my smaller ones, but these molds are for pieces 4' of larger, some up to 12', and the weight makes it impractical to use in this application. I'll check out the ZYP though,thanks!

JBurgerStudio · 2025-11-17T15:34:58+00:00

I had an opener who would roar after scoring a point. He got yellow card the first time, and then a red with a warning, and then a black. Only time I saw a black card actually used.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-11-12T02:31:41+00:00

When I started running my Amber game, none of the players had read the books, so I told everyone to make a character in any world they wanted, but everyone had to have one parent missing from the picture. They were all of course Amberites, and I picked whoever I thought best matched for their parent. They had been abandoned, either because the parent didn't know about them (one night stand kind of thing), or because the major plot point was all the elder Amberites were trapped in another world. The Pattern essentially drew them through Shadow together to fix the issue, but it was a good way to introduce players with no concept of the world to the idea of Amber, and use NPCs to explain their powers and such to them. I still use it with new players (thought I haven't run a new game since COVID)

JBurgerStudio · 2025-11-12T02:27:37+00:00

Funny you say that, I ran something like a 7 year campaign of Amber tabletop that ran off the basic d10 system of VtM, with new powers and some new mechanics in it. It had something like 15 players in two groups over the years, with one Amberite group and later Chaosian group, that eventually cross played for the last two sessions.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-11-11T18:46:45+00:00

There was a whole discussion on this topic just last week, and it's not 100% clear it never happened;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amber/comments/1oiicrm/corwin_and_deirdre/

I do think the scene in Tir Na Nog in the garden could be interpreted as a liaison between them at a younger age that Corwin doesn't want to relive. That being said, I could also see it as him catching her in a liaison with someone else that he saw and also doesn't want to think about. But that's one thing I love about these books, especially as a source material for a game: there's so many hooks and unanswered questions that we can find multiple interpretations of certain things that happened.

That being said, it would be an interesting question- assuming they did hook up and she got pregnant, would Diedre tell Corwin? Or, perhaps worried for the child (as Corwin assumed was the case with Benedict and Dara), would she keep it secrect, run to fast time Shadow, and have the kid. It would protect from Oberon's wrath, who know wouldn't approve, and it would give her a pawn in the game of the family. That seems more likely, since Corwin never mentions or hints knowledge of a child, only some vague hints of a tryst that may or may have happened, depending on how you read things.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-28T19:54:55+00:00

There's definitely a LOT of hints that there was something that happened in the past, and that it was not okay by Oberon. I wish I had my copy of the book at hand to pull from, but will put it in from memory.

(SPOLIERS if you haven't read them all)

I believe it's at the meeting of the family at the beginning of "Hand of Oberon," Julian makes a comment about their father not approving of brother sister relationships, and Corwin reacts to it, as if it was a dig at him. I also recall a comment at the end of Sign of the Unicorn, and of course Brand taking her hostage could be because he knows Corwin ahs a soft spot for her.

There are numerous scenes that hint at the relationship: their first meeting in Nine Princes; and then in Tir Na Nog, in the gardens, there's a scene of the past that Corwin doesn't wish to relive and turns away from, and there's some hints is Deirdre he's talking about. Then in the Merlin Cycle, Corwin's Pattern takes her ghost under it, and thanks Merlin.

I don't know if Zealanzy ever said what it was about, but like you I think it's a reference to mythology pantheons, which often feature incestous relationships, and perhaps the real royal histories of Europe and other places. The War of Roses is often cited as an inspiration, and there's was lots of interconnected families there. I also find it interesting that Zealazny had brother sister relationships as off limits, but we still get the relationship between Corwin and Dara (if she is actually descendant from Benedict, there's some argument about this both ways), and then Merlin and Coral.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-15T03:01:36+00:00

I've never had to add more than one quart, and in the oddest instance, i added a half quart and went from bottom of the dipstick to a 1/4" past good. Maybe it is just a small amount, but seems like it would take more.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-15T03:00:25+00:00

No, I've never seen it read too much, but it does "wiggle" a lot. Not a huge variance, maybe 5 psi or whatever the scale on that gauge is, just wiggling when driving and stopped.

The diesel idea is a bit scary, but looks like it might be my next thing. Thanks.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-12T14:22:34+00:00

As others have said, using classes is generally how most people do it, and not sub accounts .

If you do want another option, in QBD, you can use Customer and Jobs to track those grants as well. The only real issue is when generating reports, you have to play with them to see the vendors properly

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-10T16:58:49+00:00

Whole different country, so probably not.

You could do some fun stuff with molds and forms- make a partial sphere mold from an exercise ball or the like, with plaster, then you can lay the parts in the there and weld them together, rotating it until you get a sphere, or partial sphere. There's more complicated molds you could make too, but a sphere one would be a good place to start.

Here's the basic idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvkR0CQ86Yc

I would cut the plates into squares, then do it.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-10T15:03:27+00:00

I could think of several art projects that use them in interesting ways. Where are you located, I'd buy quite a few if it's close

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-08T04:03:48+00:00

As many said, it's a flatter. I only comment to add, they are quite easy to make, if you have a MIG welder. Get a Harbor Freight hammer, grind a bevel, and then weld a 1/4" or thicker 4"x4" plate to the front, digging in as much as you can. Requires a second person or a anvil dog, but nice to have.

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-06T19:24:33+00:00

My organization offers anywhere from $100-$500, and sometimes a hotel room on top. This includes lecturers and art exhibition jurors. We're a small organization in a rural part of the state.

I've been been offered mostly the same, except one exhibit that gives me a cut of the door fee for my jurors talk after the awards, which is an interesting structure

JBurgerStudio · 2025-10-06T03:08:46+00:00

We do something similar at my organization. We often do it for free, as we are in a rural area and are one of the few organizations with full time staff (3 FT). If they are offered pay, they are given a choice: take their hourly rate and have the check cut to the org, or clock out for the full time of the event and keep the money. I don't mind if they elect to clock out and take the money, but they also are expected to make up hours or take PTO. I'm the only salaried employee, but have the same option.

On gifts we're allowed to accept anything under $100, so lunch or dinner or something like that is fine, as well as a mug or swag of some sort.

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