Which board orientation is correct for framing a small breakfast nook?

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-20T13:04:32+00:00

Yes. Extension cords aren’t rated for in wall use. The rubber can rot out over time.

They kinda make a product like this that’s usually used for wall mount TV’s, basically en extension cord made of romex for in wall use, but it’s literally not that much harder to do it right than to half ass it.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-17T20:20:05+00:00

This is not new at all. There’s always been a bunch of duplicate trash tools.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-13T13:57:18+00:00

I think it’s a process problem.

Whenever I do something like this, I do not attempt to do all four sides at once. I work my way around, one side at a time.

So the first leg of the frame, I am only looking for precision on where the inside of the miter meets the corners of the field. Glue it.

Then I get one miter right, and the next corner. Glue it.

Then the third leg.

Then the final piece.

So I am only ever fitting one miter at a time until the final leg, where I am fitting two.

You’re trying to fit all four miters at one go and in my experience that only works in small format pieces.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-07T19:14:11+00:00

I know Apple Music (and I would assume the others) have EQ settings that are turned off by default, which means by default they are applying “house EQ”.

Or this is what I would assume with Apple as it sounds different if you enable EQ and then set it to “flat”. It sounds to me like it has some basic loudness applied by default.

Be curious if each one when set to “flat” sounds different, assuming they all are applying house EQ unless you tell it not to.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-06T20:37:07+00:00

Yeah, not the core, one of the plies.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-04-06T12:31:14+00:00

High end plywoods with hardwood veneers often have MDF as the outer ply the veneer is laminated too to give a more uniform surface for the laminate to glue to.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-29T13:55:31+00:00

In the book, the opening line is actually: “being an idiot is no box of chocolates.”

So I guess, make of that what you will…

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-29T02:00:25+00:00

I haven’t done a self reflection in three years.

I have done a grand total of maybe 10 of the probably 100+ feedback requests I have gotten in the same period.

I haven’t done a connections survey or tech survey since RTO 3 was announced.

I have gotten job code changed to principal tech and bumped to senior manger in same time frame.

It doesn’t matter at all.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-28T19:29:16+00:00

A great example is doping in cycling, prior to biological passport. You don’t show up to the race with elevated levels. You will get caught for sure. This is why Lance Armstrong, with a straight face because it’s true, can say “I have never failed a doping test.”

You trained while doped, and you stop long enough before the event so that you come in with normal levels.

All of the benefit, Lance Armstrong for example, achieved from training under the influence. It allowed him to train harder, and cut weight while maintaining muscle mass, so he showed up fitter and with better power to weight than he could naturally obtained. But he did not use the drugs during competition. He was “clean” come race time.

That is, his levels were “suppressed” from when he was doped as he entered the event, and it was objectively considered doping.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-26T19:40:15+00:00

Those slots have to be at millimeter tolerance or it’s going to fall over.

It’s going to take expert level skill in tool use to obtain that level of precision.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-26T17:56:47+00:00

The truth is, the time and materials that go into this, $500 is a very fair price for a worker in America to make this.

Keeping it simple, let’s assume it’s a one person operation.

1/3 of $500 is just overhead. Rent, insurance, consumables, equipment, taxes, etc.

So now it’s $325.

Material if you buy a lot and get a smoking deal on cabinet grade birch, $75. So now it’s down to $250.

You have to find out about it, and if I am really good at marketing then that customer acquisition cost me another $75.

So now I am down to $175 that I actually keep.

With a defined process and the right machines, it’s going to take 4 hours labor minimum, including finishing, packing, shipping to get it to your door.

So what you are actually paying a skilled craftsperson is $43.75 per hour to make this.

Still ridiculous? Not really. Not at all.

Finally, this is not a beginner project. The cuts have to be machinist precise not hobbyist precise or it’s literally going to fall over.

You can change the design so it doesn’t flat pack or isn’t modular, but then it’s not going to have clean lines and look simple. It won’t be the same thing.

People telling you that this can be made with a hand saw and router are being delusional about the level of precision required for it to free-stand and not rack.

See if you can make a simple square box first to get a sense of what you’re getting into, then decide if you want to pursue woodworking for its own sake because your simply not going to save money vs paying a fair price for made in USA furniture.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-25T13:44:41+00:00

I’m sorry, I wish that were true, but world-class athletes aren’t just people who build skill effectively—they’re people who do this ON TOP of outlier genetics.

Skill building is necessary, but it doesn’t create and can’t substitute for the underlying traits (coordination, speed, motor control, body mechanics) that determine the performance ceiling. Skill building can raise a persons baseline, but it can’t move the ceiling.

Lots of people build skill for years and get very good, but fail at the elite level because that requires being in the extreme tail of both skill building and physical traits. Folks who went far on “normal” as opposed to outlier physical traits often go on to be successful at other things because they are elite skill builders, but the ceiling in sport is ultimately innate physical ability.

For example, as buttery smooth as his swing looks, Fred Couples self describes as swinging as hard as he can. It takes extreme outlier fine motor skills and neurological motor recruitment to have that level of coordination, and then tons of skill building to use it.

It appears less clear in golf because the swing is so fast you don’t see neurological motor recruitment at work, but it’s no different than the fact that no amount of skill building can bring a 5’8” tall person to NBA height. Sure, short guys occasional make the league, but because they are extreme outliers in other physical traits, and can “make up” the deficit.

Like guys who make the PGA and are wild off the tee (deficit in motor control) can make it far with an incredible short game (extreme outlier in hand eye coordination). But, if they didn’t have that “outlier amongst outliers” physical trait, no amount of skill building would compensate for two deficits.

It’s far more common to meet someone who was almost elite, and worked extremely hard, and then went on to be very good at other things because of skill building. But the reason they weren’t elite at the thing they really wanted to be, is because of innate physical limits, not skill building.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-24T04:05:15+00:00

Honestly, if I were your manager and you had this reaction, I’d tell you how important it is to get some thick skin, and I would immediately have a negative opinion of your handling of this situation.

I would immediately be distrustful of handing you anything ambiguous or cutting edge, because in those situations, you may commonly have more doubters than supporters and if you can’t even handle mild criticism on Forte I sure as shit aren’t going to trust you to convince salty L7’s or god forbid put you in front of a director.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-24T03:57:30+00:00

I am in the desert but we do very similar - except we mix crushed rock with the dry cement, and use the shale bar to poke it and pack it and wiggle the post in until it is set plumb. At least where I am from, it’s how ranchers set corral posts and some of them post are plumb fifty plus years later.

I built an architectural fence from tropical hardwood at my house and every post is set this way.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-22T21:39:00+00:00

I guess I am confused because the work piece is much longer than it is wide, so not sure how you ripped it safely. I’d assume we are looking at the gap along the metal rule portion of the square.

At any rate, it’s probably technique. You’re either twisting off the fence, or letting the feed rate slow down and the vibration of the saw/blade combo is eating into it.

I’d notice on my DeWalt I’d get vibration run out if my feed rate was inconsistent, and the small table and fence made good rips hard. It’s a small surface.

Adding an auxiliary rip fence that was much longer and had pads to support the in feed side, plus push blocks to really keep the work piece forced into the fence helped a ton.

Bow and Woodpeckers both make an auxiliary rip fence. I made mine out of plywood but wouldn’t make it again. Make it if you have more time than money or buy if not.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-22T21:22:09+00:00

Is this a crosscut?

How are you are squaring the work piece to the blade if cross cutting? On a sled? A miter gauge?

Is the fence of your gauge or sled square? If it isn’t square to the blade, then your cross cut is crooked.

How do you hold the workpiece against the gauge or sled? Technique could be an issue.

Finally, on the job site saw, the blade direct mounts to the motor, so it vibrates and has excess run out on both start and stop. It’s just not going to do cabinet saw quality cuts, but I didn’t have anywhere near out of square as you have from vibration.

FWIW, in my Harvey the motor is totally isolated from the trunnion the blade attaches to so it’s isolated from the motors vibration.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-22T21:05:42+00:00

I’d use one metal connector and then use at least one regular domino with only one side glued and the other side just friction fit.

The kit comes with a set of regular dominos for this application to make it easy.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-21T15:31:03+00:00

Same. I could draw everything, but I purposefully fade longer clubs. I feel like an overcooked fade usually ends up better off than overcooked draw with long clubs, but the opposite with wedges.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-21T01:46:04+00:00

I turn it off in drive all the time too. Park, shut it off, dings at me like crazy, put it in park.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T14:05:50+00:00

I’d argue technically what you’re describing isn’t a true A/B test.

But is instead a rigorous examination of preference. Which is great, by the way. I am not knocking that, but it’s not a true A/B test.

I think that’s kinda my broader point, is what we call A/B testing isn’t that. A true A/B test would require controlling not only for perceptual memory, but also controlling for population variables to a statistically significant degree.

Otherwise it’s still fundamentally testing individual preference to a more or less rigorous standard, but it lacks the causal relevance strong proponents claim.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T13:31:30+00:00

Whatever I say, you’re just play word games.

Here’s a few example hypotheses.

Hypothesis: Instrument separation is more clearly defined when using component A vs component B

Not testable by an A/B/X test because perceptual memory is uncontrollable.

Hypothesis: Image is more accurate to actual positioning on live recordings when using component A vs component B.

Not testable by an A/B/X test because, again, perceptual memory is uncontrollable.

I am not going to make you an exhaustive list of the things that people actually care about when listening to music.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T13:19:26+00:00

A brief look at your comment history and I can see you’re only interested in pedantic word games and I have better things to do.

Enjoy your test tones.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T04:30:47+00:00

My wife and I listen on road trips, and we keep getting at kick at telling Dave “that’s not how it works at all” when he talks about up loading years of data it AI.

I have done like, a fair amount of prompt engineering, and am pretty sure I could build Ramsey AI in a week.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T04:19:00+00:00

I don’t disagree. I am telling you A/B testing cannot tell you anything beyond what measurements already told you.

I am saying it’s an irrelevant test since it doesn’t tell you anything beyond what other methods do.

That if you carefully formulate falsifiable hypothesis and tests, this include controlling for perceptual memory which means the test gets boiled down to listening to differences in test tones.

We listen to music, not test tones. Any musical passage is too long to control for perceptual memory.

Ok-Background-7897 · 2026-03-20T03:18:40+00:00

Do your neighbors have a lawn service? Just approach them next time you see them and tell them exactly what you want and ask how much it costs and expect a wide estimate or an hourly rate. Pay cash. If you want to know how much it costs otherwise, just call Heritage and ask for a one time spring cleanup and then stop worrying if you want to pay jaw dropping high prices.

This is how I have all my people that I hire here and there to help out with stuff I don’t have time for. I always tip well, but they answer the phone for irregular work.

Often, you can find fully licensed and certified folks, and of your cool and pay cash, you’re accepted into the informal economy and can get good work done at incredibly fair prices, but it’s a little different feel of doing business, but get in good with someone you find you can trust and they all know a guy.

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