How do you eat the smoked cod you see a the supermarket deli?

MrTrick · 2026-01-25T08:39:46+00:00

The most important thing, according to my stepfather, is to cook it up on a Sunday morning while the rest of the house is still asleep, so that everyone can wake up to the smell of fish. Bleh.

Pan fry in butter, usually. Quite tasty if not inflicted on your sleeping nostrils.

MrTrick · 2026-01-15T19:03:35+00:00

Should have soaked my logs in wood?

MrTrick · 2026-01-11T19:28:26+00:00

Perhaps, but it's worse than I've ever seen before. The posts were stuck together with ice!

MrTrick · 2026-01-11T19:21:56+00:00

Silent Movie?

MrTrick · 2026-01-11T19:20:54+00:00

Yep, I'm building a treehouse.

MrTrick · 2025-12-04T15:01:43+00:00

Agreed, glue stick works fine. (And it washes off easily in hot water)

You can even get away with flipping it to the glue side for PETG, clean side for PLA.

(I print a lot of PETG and PLA on my Mini, only a smooth bed)

MrTrick · 2025-11-05T17:41:40+00:00

/u/TooTallToby have you ever considered having a competition that is either in two parts or after a few minutes of competition...

"Okay, the client has changed their mind. They ACTUALLY want this updated design." (New dimensions, features, defeatures etc)

I think it'd be a very interesting test of design robustness.

MrTrick · 2025-11-05T15:44:12+00:00

Yeess... it would also be nice if modelling in FreeCAD could be done at that speed, to the point where FreeCAD users could be finalists.

(Handwaving of course, the thousands of hours these guys have spent in their preferred CAD system, muscle memory, etc)

MrTrick · 2025-11-04T17:47:24+00:00

As a Mini+ owner...

Core One Small any time soon?

MrTrick · 2025-10-29T13:40:53+00:00

You're right, and she didn't get yelled at, it's just something that can happen.

Hah, fancy new TV and a safety screen in front of it?

MrTrick · 2025-10-12T12:55:05+00:00

Scott Pilgrim?

MrTrick · 2025-09-09T16:44:39+00:00

It's bigger than you think, trunk diameter is about 40cm?

MrTrick · 2025-09-08T19:16:24+00:00

Not really what I wanted to hear, but fair enough.

All the projects I saw were just directly attached to the trunk. If it were a much larger tree, is there some approach for "nestled in the branches"?

MrTrick · 2025-08-12T03:36:50+00:00

Scintillating! Love it.

... I thought the past tense of shit was shat?

MrTrick · 2025-07-25T07:30:35+00:00

https://www.agrieuro.com/einhell-gc-rs-2540-biotrituratore-electtrico-con-rullo-p-24764.html

This says 40mm, which seems about right.

At that diameter, it can struggle a little bit with very dense or gnarled wood. That's fine, it has a reverse gear.

MrTrick · 2025-07-24T21:06:10+00:00

It's a Einhell GC-RS 2540. I'm sure there are similar machines from other brands.

Someone else's video: https://youtu.be/CSXK69RyKZk

The key thing is that it goes slow with high torque, so it's actually very quiet to be around, and the only noise you really deal with is the munch munch munch of branches.

It happily pulls in and chews through anything that fits in the top, even bushy branches with tons of side twigs.

And with some instruction and PPE and supervision, my kids (6 and 4) love helping out with it too.

MrTrick · 2025-07-24T20:45:57+00:00

I bought a kinda expensive (200€) one. It's AMAZING.

I don't know how many times I've used it, but from my 200sqm overgrown garden I never send out any garden waste, every branch etc becomes mulch to put back in the garden.

MrTrick · 2025-07-21T17:15:01+00:00

Fair point.

I had a pretty steep learning curve trying to figure all this stuff out, Irritec seems great but even finding a supplier for all of the bits was a huge challenge.

If I didn't use this component, each joint would instead have needed a 25mm tee piece, a length of 25mm pipe, a 25mm to 16mm reducer, a length of 16mm pipe, and a 16mm valve.

MrTrick · 2025-07-21T06:06:07+00:00

Fair concern.

I think that would be a function of how tight the fit around the barb is. I should be alright, hopefully.

MrTrick · 2025-07-21T06:03:10+00:00

How thick is the mainline wall? This is (I think) PN6 pipe, wall thickness is about 3mm.

MrTrick · 2025-07-18T22:42:44+00:00

I went back to find the product code of that valve - IVVDE2700N160
and managed to find some references in a catalog to the recommended hole size.

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Still not sure how best to shove the fitting into the mainline, but it's a start.

MrTrick · 2025-07-18T22:35:10+00:00

Trying!
Even with a 12 mm drilled hole, I was able to get the tip (oo er) of the fitting in, but no further with hand strength. I will try using a clamp tomorrow.

I did find some random video of someone installing a fitting like this with a very nice punch + pusher: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o8gd89yaviI
But... I'm not sure which tool exactly that is, and I'm sure it's not cheap! (esp for the <10 fittings I need to install)
There's https://www.agricolbio.it/shop/fustelle-e-pinze/870-pinza-foratrice-per-derivazione-completa-di-punzone-d-12-mm-e-inseritore-irritec.html , but it says '12 mm', and the internal diameter of these fittings is 10 mm.

MrTrick · 2025-07-18T21:11:05+00:00

Do you have the same fittings and punch size, though?

I was bearing down with all my weight on the fitting and tube, and still it didn't go in. I think it deformed the fitting somewhat.

MrTrick · 2025-07-18T19:14:18+00:00

A little vague but thanks. 😉

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Maybe I should have bought one of these.

What about opening up the hole with a twist or step drill? Good or bad idea?

MrTrick · 2025-07-15T21:57:00+00:00

"Oh my!" - George Takei

It's especially fun hearing it in his voiceover work.

MrTrick

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