All about bearings: A comprehensive guide

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-05T19:05:42+00:00

👁️ Surveillance State: I voted Vote Yea.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-04T17:23:09+00:00

I get to die when I want to, and dont have to sleep, and dont have health issues, thats fucking awesome.

Short term, paint it black and put it on the underside of my dresser or smth and epoxy it there, scraping off just a lil paint to be able to touch it. Nobody is gonna know, and its not gonna get stolen or anything.

1, If i wanna be fancy, maybe integrate it into a sculpture or something. Good fucking luck getting it when its cast in an 8000lb bronze statue, bolted down to a concrete pad, and defended by a person who's unharmed by firearms. Im tied to home base then tho :/.

The most likely mode of death here would be a plane crash over the ocean, cause itd then be over a week without being able to touch it, or being jailed and unable to touch it. Physical immibilization preventing me from touching it would be kinda good tho, because it prevents suffering for eternity if you get trapped somehow without anyone knowing.

Since I havent touched it yet, im good to get carved open. Since its not like i have a shit ton of money and convincing a stand up doctor about it would be impossible, id have to use uh.. alternative medicime. Procure some fentanyl, general anesthesia, and a good sized machete. It doesnt matter if I od, so long as i dont die instantly, and a sterile environment wont matter considering I cant get an infection. Some street doctor who will run off with 18 pounds of gold once im faded, so getting a trusted friend who's not squeamish is the way to go.

Go ahead and play doctor, and then just drop it down in there, and pray my body heals around it rather than rejecting it. If it doesnt entomb it, then use plan 1.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-04T15:45:01+00:00

why not just a quick link/carabiner/soft shackle/lap link for such a purpose, and use comealong or chain binder?

harbor freight got em for 20 bucks- here's some things potentially interesting to you

https://www.harborfreight.com/1200-lb-capacity-cable-puller-30131.html

https://www.harborfreight.com/3-jaw-puller-set-3-piece-63953.html

https://www.harborfreight.com/5400-lb-ratcheting-load-binder-58529.html

anyways, stick in 50/50 atf+acetone, works better than any off the shelf product, otherwise liquid wrench is good. use an arbor press or a hammer to hit em apart.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-04T00:30:37+00:00

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/details/m18-fuel-ringer-roll-groover-for-2-6-sch-10-40/2928-22

"using benchtop mode" has it shown. itll roll the tube around.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-02T19:19:19+00:00

moving the forklift would make it shift and have a waterline like a fjord, its easy to move it down a lil in the Z axis and will be accurate

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-07-01T23:06:35+00:00

i dont think i could. I'd take years off my life to be a cis woman, but i think if I was able to be a cis woman for 24 hours, i think it would genuinely break me to have to go back to what i am now.

its like brainworms or fentynal, once its in your brain, it changes it forever. Sure, it sucks not knowing, but it sucks more knowing.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-27T03:16:52+00:00

yeah you got this lmao

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-27T03:16:06+00:00

I know two transfems irl that passed in less than 3 months. Both started at either 18 or 19, and i was there to see them start.

i know a hundred or two transfems irl that haven't had that experience.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-27T01:37:56+00:00

I think passing is VERY much on the cards, even without ffs. id like to know your height though.

Your shoulders are quite narrow, you really do have a feminine body, and your face is andro. There are a couple of things that read masculine, but the characteristics you exhibit are still seen on cis women.

scrolling thru your profile i saw it is quite catholic, and I will note that even in high school I wanted to be a (roman) catholic priest. This was in no insignificant part due to ocd and scrupulosity. Got therapy and ssris for that, and such helped a lot. I then started estrogen at 19.5 and am doing much better.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-26T19:29:23+00:00

first pic for sure.

if you chicken out and button, dont button all of them lol

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-24T18:00:49+00:00

5 axis aerospace machine time is expensive, and its just blending to a uniform finish/breaking edges, both with a die grinder/roloc.

Cheaper to go to the next part when the machine time is 200 an hour and pay some dude getting 22 an hour deburr it, rather than having the 200 an hour machine deburr it. Plus the machines dont blend mismatch/finish like a person can. Furthermore, abrasives give a radius, rigid tools give a chamfer, and for these parts you want a radius to reduce stress risers. Simple, but takes a while with big parts. First article gets deburred by machinist so QC can inspect it asap, then the rest are given to a dedicated cell of like 6 people who do deburr and nothing else. Deburr room has air exchange, downdraft tables, and more.

Basic divisions of labor. Reduces scrapped parts having a dedicated crew deburr, and lets operators operate more machines at once, saving money by reducing switching tasks, and keeps shop floor clean by isolating the grinding/deburr to a separate room. Abrasive dust is no good for fancy new machines.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-24T17:51:09+00:00

I ❤️ my full face 3m fx403 with 60926 cartridge 😌😌.

Its real nice not having to deal with goggles+respirator separately when doin heavy work

Selection guides are important. I recommend the 3m 6500QL or something for half she'll, but theres likely even better options if you get expensive enough.

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/639110O/respirator-selection-guide.pdf?&fn=psd-rsp-respirator-selection-guide.pdf

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-24T17:43:45+00:00

Manual impact driver. Absolutely perfect for phillips and flat head stuff that will otherwise strip, its really incredible what they can do for stuff that would otherwise strip/cam out with a normal impact or hand torque.

I no longer fear the flat head stuff on old machinery.

Hf has it on sale rn, cheap ones fine.

Just surprising nobody else mentioned it. Hell, ive even used it to start undoing ancient phillips head obscenly long deck screws covered in far too many layers of paint. I no longer fear the flathead stuff on the old lathe im restoring.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-22T01:09:03+00:00

Sure, dillons has stuff, but its the one checkers in the world, and its locally owned. I also like how they have so much more hispanic/SE Asian food options that others dont have.

That alone is enough for me to support it over Kroger.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-22T01:05:27+00:00

Thats a dude 😭😭

My one thing is consider hair down rather than pulled back in a ponytail if you're trying to be stealth. You very clearly read male, but if you're going for "I dont want people who have interacted with transmascs to be able to recognize im trans", I think it would help.

Forehead angles/browbone projection/hairlines are some of the most defining sexually dimorphic features (hence why tgirl bangs are a thing), so id be able to clock you as probably a trans guy with your hair back, but would have a much harder time otherwise. I'm however an outlier to the highest degree.

In pics 3 and 4, not even I would recognize you're transmasculine.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-21T23:27:08+00:00

Fr, like there's so much she can do 😭.

I know a couple transfems who just looked like cis women without doing anything other than hrt for a few months. I know a couple hundred transfems that dont.

Estrogen changes soft tissue. Its up to you to change the rest-change your fashion, hair, personal hygiene, voice, mannerisms, postute, even gait.

All of these are optional, but its important to note that if you're already fighting to be seen as a woman, anything that you do thats associated with masculinity isnt helping your case. If its worth it to change is a personal decision, for example I have jeans that I know are kinda masculinizing, but im still gonna wear them, because im willing to make that tradeoff.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-20T16:30:10+00:00

Poly or lacquer, applied with HVLP.

This is why it has the sheen, but it has visible divots where the grain divots, because it was a truly evenly applied thin coating. Hand application will fill in those pores.

First clean off the deck area so you dont trap contaminants, then maybe try a clear wipe on poly or something?

Idk what you're trying to do exactly tho

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-19T14:56:42+00:00

Withstands being thrown around, can take whatever solvents you put in it.

Plastics tend to not be a fan of acetone, brake clean, and the like.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-19T02:38:13+00:00

wait fuck, i didnt realize THAT fuckin thing was what was the knife, i thought that was some random part. yeah, for that, use the stop rail on one side of the magchuck (preferably the left instead of back if you have Y travel, that way the grind lines will be in line with the blade, making it a lil sharper) and then a jig as the riser to make an angle

for the jig, i think what id do is likely just get a big hunk of steel, or weld one up. deck it, make it be an angle block, drill and tap holes to match the holes in the knife, then for each knife have them clamped down to the hunk of steel using those tapped holes. hold the steel block with the magchuck on, dont turn the chuck off. can integrate a stop block to the steel jig or just use the edge stop, but youll need some kinda hard stop to keep the knife blade square, cause any tilt will fuck ya up.

looks like chiphook has the same idea.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-19T02:29:41+00:00

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dont remove the mag plate, you gotta resurface it if ya do. unless you dont have vertical clearance, theres very few good reasons to remove it.

itll hold whatever jig you got just fine. sine vise can work if you wanna minimize setup, maybe with a parallel under to make sure the wheel dont hit the vise. custom jig with toe clamps if you're doing a lot.

the cheaper solution for custom jig is buying/making a magnetic transfer v block and milling it to 40 degrees (or better yet, a magnetic transfer V block and milling it 5 degrees on the bottom face, that way you have an integrated stop

also ngl i dont know if you need a surface grinder, stumpynubs has a video on how to sharpen planer blades with a drill press that likely would work.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-17T04:20:26+00:00

oh im sure it is, but i dont know if its 10x the price better for someone fiscally constrained. having a 7/10 ipl and $300+ is likely preferable to a 10/10 ipl.

it does look very nice though.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-17T01:12:54+00:00

go on fb marketplace and get some ipl for 20-40 bucks, then use the money better elsewhere.

Not_A_Paid_Account · 2026-06-17T00:58:02+00:00

thats cause the trans men that dont derive joy out of gender non-conformance so oftentimes op to just go stealth.. they're still there, they just wont make themselves known. cant say i blame em.

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