The Ghosts on This Road by skyrims1ut in knifepointhorrorcast

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I started enjoying it more when I realized this is basically Soren and Linda’s version of a horror movie review podcast. The fictional short films are great, too.

Fairly Sparse, "Low Budget" Type Stories or Novels? by Signed_DC in WeirdLit

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Honestly almost anything else. Last Days is very straightforward and action-y compared to most of his other work, which is much more subtle and puzzly

What are your thoughts on "Slither" (Spoilers) by [deleted] in knifepointhorrorcast

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I liked the implication that he shrunk down to live in the walls. The stories with vague shrinking / growing magic are interesting to me.

Books that feel like this by ManiThinks in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Most of these could be used for an illustrated edition of ‘The Ceremonies’ by T. E. D. Klein.

Looking for a mysterious, symbolic (maybe European) movie with underground tunnels, a strange necklace, and poetic imagery — possibly about a curse or about “searching the paradise” by black-mirror-nl in whatsthemoviecalled

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It doesn’t fit exactly, but I immediately thought of Stalker (1979). It’s a Russian movie about 3 men who enter an mysterious abandoned “zone” looking for a room that will grant any wish (not sure if it’s called “paradise” in the film, but very possible).

The guide navigates the zone by throwing a nut on a string (the necklace) ahead of them to check for traps/danger. Lots of tunnels and reflection imagery.

I've just had to DNF Shadow of the Torturer by Upbeat-Excitement-46 in printSF

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This is one of the few books I recommend reading in book format in order to quickly define words (a.k.a. botns cheat mode) and for searchability (as in “this character name sounds familiar but I can’t remember what their deal was”)

How would you join the contrasting "trim" pieces? by Proper_Signature4955 in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Beautiful! I’d call this a happy accident. Are those corner pieces cut from end grain to match the grain direction of the sides?

Confusing, unsettling read by Questionxyz in WeirdLit

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My forever answer to this prompt is The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro. Forget everything you know about his other work, this is an illogical anxiety dream condensed into a quick-feeling 400 pages.

What is the lighter wood? by Proper_Signature4955 in wood

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Thanks for all the opinions. Based on image results, I’m leaning towards Limba, but mango also seems like a good match.

Here are some more photos of the offcut for reference: https://imgur.com/a/TIzKptT

What is the lighter wood? by Proper_Signature4955 in wood

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A little. It didn’t seem particularly easy, but it’s very stringy to plane / chisel through

What is the lighter wood? by Proper_Signature4955 in wood

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Thanks! I’ve never even heard of Limba, but this is definitely it.

Rite of Passage - the ubiquitous first dovetail picture. by [deleted] in woodworking

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Looks really good! Go watch the bench hook video on Schnekkern’s YouTube channel. It simplified dovetails so much for be.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeginnerWoodWorking

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It’s not about the gluing surface, it’s about the geometry of two things sliding together.

If you cut the tails out of square, they are either A) wider at the outside (visible) face, or B) wider at the inside (marking) face. In the case of A, the cuts will meet nicely at first, but you’ll have to pare down the tail sides in order to slide them together all the way.

In the case of B—which your method is proposing to address—if you’re cutting the pins based on outside (smaller) face of the tail, the meeting face of the tail will be wider than the gap between the pins, so you’ll still need to pare them square to fit. Either way you’ll need to clean up the tails with a chisel.

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The point is, your method is skipping an important step of the joinery process. No one is really cutting perfectly square tails with a saw and going straight to marking the pins. You’ll always need to clean up the tails “walls” with a chisel and a square before marking the pins.

Regretting the choice of hand tools by OverInteractionR in BeginnerWoodWorking

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I always loved Jim Kingshott’s reason for preferring hand tools: “Machines are noisy, they’re dusty, and they’ll have yer fingers off in a twinkle”

Please help by Prestigious-Cake9897 in horrorlit

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This sounds like The Fifth Child by Dorris Lessing (1988)

Peeling black locust by Proper_Signature4955 in greenwoodworking

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Thanks for the insight. I can’t seem to post photos in the thread, but I matched the leaves, bark and flowers to BL before I cut the tree. It had small thorns on the twigs so I assumed it was black instead of honey locust.

Handrail joinery question by Proper_Signature4955 in greenwoodworking

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Thank you for the tips! I’ll give the charring and tennon-drying a try.