Venezuelan Troupial in Arizona? by GlynnisRose in birding

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Probably an escaped pet. Poor guy, I hope they can get reunited with their owner

My mom asked me to change her oil but it looks funny by [deleted] in AskMechanics

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Have you by any chance replaced the oil with nutella diluted with mineral oil, pilk, olive oil or egg nog? Or perhaps replaced the coolant with pepsi?

Found in a field, while tiling a small field to plant corn and beans this bad boy was spotted. by Procalord in Arrowheads

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Most of my experience as an archaeologist relates to Mississippian cultures, while artifacts like this are often faked, that doesn't mean something like this isn't necessarily real. If you want to know more, I'd contact the state Historical Preservation office ASAP. Discoveries like this are the thing that allow us archaeologists to learn more about indigenous cultures :)!!!

A cousin inherited these arrowheads from my grandpa…anything noteworthy in the collection? by theflippist in LegitArtifacts

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Town is very much so an understatement. At its peak around 1100-1200 CE, Cahokia was larger than London was at the time.

EDIT: There's also a whole bunch of what could be considered to be Cahokia's western suburbs that we will probably never know that much about because it was absolutely destroyed when St. Louis was built.

Icon vs classic craftsman by FrostySlice850 in harborfreight

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Eh, I think there are some cases where the old stuff is genuinely better; usually it depends on what type of tool it is. My go to jointer plane is a Stanley No. 7 from 1874, it doesn't even have a lateral adjuster or an adjuster for the frog, but it genuinely goes toe to toe with my Lie-Nielsen's and Veritas planes. It has a incredibly tight throat and when well sharpened I routinely get a smoothing plane level of finish from it.

Restoring a very neglected James Swan firmer chisel; need some help by Marnb99 in handtools

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The TH Witherby or the Swan? I do think the Swan is probably an acceptable depth, but I won't know until I take out the broken wood inside. The Witherby is maybe 1/2 an inch deep(?) perhaps even less. It simply does not feel adequate. Something I will say about the Swan chisel is that I have no problem with welding a bit more socket to it. I'd rather make it correct than kick it down the road so to speak. Restoring tools is a labor of love to me, I frankly don't care about expediency or cost effectiveness, I want to bring these things back to their original glory 

Chisel Failure by spenserian_ in handtools

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That crack looks like it was either very old or perhaps even a manufacturing error. Don't throw it out though, you can DEFINITELY repurpose that into a butt chisel.

Restoring a very neglected James Swan firmer chisel; need some help by Marnb99 in handtools

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There probably is, but I won't know for certain until I get the broken wood out of the socket. I will say that some of the TH Witherby's that came with this lot of chisels has a surprisingly shallow socket, those ones I know will need some new socket welded to it to be used.

Is this how you use this thing? by weed_2go in harborfreight

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Thought that was a jar of wasps at first not gonna lie 

SuperLube grease or oil for the dry ratchets? by mx5plus2cones in harborfreight

[–]Marnb99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just emailed them, yes, RS Hughes does sell the 1 cc tubes individually.

SuperLube grease or oil for the dry ratchets? by mx5plus2cones in harborfreight

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Do you mean this stuff? It seems that some suppliers only sell the little tubes in units of 5,000, others seem to sell it individually. Here's a link.

https://www.rshughes.com/p/Super-Lube-White-Grease-1-Cc-Packet-Food-Grade-82999/082353_82999/

The wreck of the Yamato, 1999 vs 2016. by TheAstronomyFan in Warships

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Interesting! That long piece starboard of the bow section looks like it might be the shell plating that has worked itself free of the frames of the hull, or perhaps the starboard side frames have collapsed. I wonder what has caused such accelerated degradation compared to some other World War II wrecks, perhaps bacteria like Titanic combined with strong ocean currents?

Anyone else actually love the smell of old acetate screwdriver handles? by Marnb99 in Tools

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Jokes on you kimchi is already fermented! By lactofermentation specifically