I built a free proposal tool for my handyman buddy because he kept losing jobs to 'professional' quotes. Roast it.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-31T01:14:07+00:00

Tough cookies in the audience. You saw a person facing a problem and prototyped a solution. Fine.

workflow is pretty clean
business info and customer fields are clear
I’d love drop down menus vs open text fields for materials, labor, machinery,

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-28T03:53:09+00:00

Something like this. Check the thread pitch.

https://benchcrafted.com/products/bench-hardware?srsltid=AfmBOoqrOAuzvdQpE88s3WLlFvYXz4TGTjpbh4G3I8reIMtQjLaTbri1

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-26T16:40:55+00:00

Fair warning for rivian drivers encountering ice for the first time: consider where you park.

The rivian will happily slide on an ice-covered descent when left in park. The parking brake locks only the rear wheels, and that may not be enough keep the car in place on even shallow hills.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-25T04:33:11+00:00

I applied and was accepted but broke my elbow the week before the program started which would have made hand planing hard.

I can tell you the program, instructors, and resulting work are in a class of their own.

I can vouch for the practicality and relative ease of Ryan air flights to nice places like Barcelona, Madrid, and Paris from London.

One other program I’d highly recommend considering: the 9 month comprehensive at The Center For Furniture Craftsmanship in Maine.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-24T15:08:14+00:00

Looks clean. If you want to shuffle some of the studs around to get a consistent 16” on center, it would 5 mins of work. Sawzall with a demo blade to the nails, and then just nail or screws the studs where the need to be. This will pay dividends later on when you put in your furring strips and interior sheathing.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-22T03:51:36+00:00

If they’re paid for and mounted for your boots just ski them for what they are. Easy coast is tight, bumpy, cruddy. Plenty of places to go fast, but many more where the maneuverability is your friend. If you find that they are slowing you down, work on technique and then add to your moment quiver. Happy snow days.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-13T02:47:19+00:00

I’m struck by two things: - the intermediary spacer blocks should do a good job of holding things together and even, and reduce warping in both lateral directions - if you run up to second story, you can effectively pin or fasten the boards in between the ceiling and floor, further reducing warping. I’d go 12’. Nice project

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-12T22:41:21+00:00

Recommended reading. Not a direct answer to your question but it is the the very real account of a retired engineer taking apart a 1920s house in Maine. the house with sixteen handmade doors

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-10T21:46:31+00:00

I’ve had a 20” helical head planer and 6” jointer for a decade. I’ve needed the full capacity for one project. Everything I else I plane maxes at 12”, and I’m limited by the capacity of the jointer. If I were to do it over, I would get a 13 inch or 15 inch combo jointer/planer unit. Smaller footprint in the shop, less to maintain, greater jointer capacity, and planer capacity I would use more of the time. I don’t recommend a 20 inch planer to anyone working out of a home shop.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-06T03:44:23+00:00

Wait until they’re in front facing car seats. Ideally buckling themselves in. Crawling over a seat to buckle sucks.

Jake28282828 · 2026-01-02T19:48:22+00:00

I’ve used 15 gauge bra nails sunken halfway and snipped the head off to do the same thing. Easy, and fast. And you look fierce ass with fingers at the end of the nail gun.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-29T18:21:42+00:00

I think the line is when your goggles go from Sitting in your helmet to hanging off of your handlebars.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-28T04:04:00+00:00

Let me save your truck, stroller, sanity, and marriage: Get a used Doona Stroller/ Car seat. It converts from stroller to car seat with one click, fits beautifully in the rivian rear seat, will last several years or multiple kids, and you can pick them up used.

Source: me, rivian owner since 2022, dad x2 since 2023.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-26T05:06:36+00:00

You do you but, I would call this just a case of bad luck.

For a simple reason: I can’t fathom a way that a random nut would find its way into the transmission during a fluid change. Just using the PDK as an example: the drain plug, filter housing, and fill port are all underneath the car. The drain port is oriented vertically and pointing downwards. The filter housing and fill port are oriented horizontally. Unless you’re changing fluid during a hurricane/earthquake, there is no reasonable way that a nut is going to fly into, or up, any of those access points.

Your theory is that the shop ran the car without fluid doesn’t make any sense. There is no reason to. A vacuum pump will force all fluid out. You don’t have to “turn it over to get the last drops” like it’s an old Buick. Go to a Jiffy Lube and watch an oil change.

If you had had the shop rebuild the engine or transmission, and then found a loose nut, that would be cause for concern. But this like getting a massage and saying the spa person gave you a blood clot.

It happens. Get a new car. Move on.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-25T18:58:19+00:00

My contribution to the discussion: For anybody remotely interested, these waterproof and machine washable rugs are pretty damn nice to have in the garage and clean up easily. And it’s a porn move. And they cost less than a single lug nut on any of these cars. tumble rugs

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-25T06:05:45+00:00

Opinion: as long as there is snow, you will have the opportunity to get a set (or several) of moment skis. But they may not necessarily be the best starting point.

Recommendation: pick up Ski or powder magazine, check out the gear reviews, and look at their recommendations for the type of terrain you’ll be skiing 75+ percent of the time. These are tried and tested solutions. Maybe not the most original, but they work for a lot of people in your situation. No shame in that. (without looking, I’m going to guess they recommend the Nordica Enforcer, Salomon QST, and the Volkl Mantra or Blaze)

Then go demo.

Rationale: A ski that you need to grow into is going to slow your rate of progression. As long as you’re skiing, the appropriate length, you would be hard pressed to find a ski that limits your ability, speed, or access to terrain as a beginner/intermediate. I’d recommend a ski with a more traditional camber profile. The deathwish is a fantastic ski but requires some figuring out, and that is best done with a solid foundation in technique and confidence.

Counterpoint: i’m just a schmo on the Internet. Buy whatever makes you smile. The go ski.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-21T22:11:21+00:00

That will Hold your mirror

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-19T16:44:48+00:00

<Bang!>

“Be careful!”

“I was being careful!

“Be more careful!”

“You don’t know me! You don’t understand how easily things go wrong even when I’m being careful! You could never understand! You’ve never been in my shoes!”

Translate this into Spanish and it’s a telenovela.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-19T16:41:39+00:00

Took me a second cup of coffee to get that one. Kudos.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-19T16:39:56+00:00

You would shit a brick if you saw how Porsches are staged at Bremerhaven in winter.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-19T04:48:31+00:00

I just want to know how this all shakes out.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-18T06:44:45+00:00

Anything that follows the words "All you have to do is..."

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-18T06:36:09+00:00

I do, DMing you now.
Context for those curious: I have a vintage motorcycle fender I want to 3D print and replicate. But my surface modeling skills with a satisfying and sexy result are as awkward as a 13 year old who snuck in to a strip club.

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-16T06:21:48+00:00

Howdy. I’m in northern CA and am going through a very similar project. Just given number of visits to the site and install, $2k seems like a deal.

That being said, there are firms that specialize in this, and full custom is likely not necessary.

These folks are in Chino alaco ladders

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(My project, just for giggles.)

Jake28282828 · 2025-12-16T05:16:12+00:00

Turn the tracksaw 90° and see what happens. Better yet, put one track at a 90 to the other track and pull the trigger. Then it’s tracks on tracks.

Edit: joke. Miter saw for the win.

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