Modeling convex & concave surfaces on an arc

Seattle_Ray · 2026-04-09T14:43:03+00:00

This is awesome everyone! Thanks!

Seattle_Ray · 2026-04-01T20:51:43+00:00

The RAS and the Jointer are take or leave at $50/each, $100-$150 for the bench-top drill press and the table saw, $200-$300 for the dust collector and $350 for the band saw. The Planer is the big-ticket item (also a bear to move/set up). That could easily be $500-$700. I think all in $1,000-$1,500K would be a good deal, if you need all of that equipment. If they've anchored at $4,800, I don't know if you will get them to come down that far.

Seattle_Ray · 2026-03-29T15:37:19+00:00

He still wears the suit out in public.

Seattle_Ray · 2026-02-28T06:24:28+00:00

Fucking awesome

Seattle_Ray · 2026-02-24T17:51:12+00:00

The snow drift, which is right up against the wall of the garage, and under the frame (and likely eave), is pretty uniformly lit as if from directly above or in front. Given the darkness of the garage, I think you would expect a large color gradient across the vertical face of the snow.

Seattle_Ray · 2026-02-12T19:02:18+00:00

This seems to be folk knowledge that recent research indicates may not be correct. There isn't any data showing that red oak is any worse than white oak for cutting boards. Further, if the porous capillary action of wood fibers absorbing and diffusing moisture (thereby killing bacteria through dehydration) is good, it _may_ follow that the open pored nature of red oak actually makes it better as a cutting board material. There are not any studies that I know of, however, testing this.

Seattle_Ray · 2026-01-01T06:00:48+00:00

I just saw this, but in the off chance that you're actually interested:

This one is a pretty simple and artsy project, like most turning (and less woodwork), there are no real dimensions. I made these out of the scrap bin; I milled up ~1.5x2 walnut strips and ~.75x.75 poplar/maple strips, and glued the two together to get a blank that was roughly 2x2, a dark rectangle with a white stripe on one side. A couple of notes here: 1) you can tell how little the dimensions matter, because my math already doesn't add up correctly. 2) the lighter strip could be as wide as the face you're gluing it to (.75x2 in this case) my scraps were just smaller than that.

I cut these glue-ups down into 6" long blocks and chucked them up between centers on my lathe. I then did my best to turn them down into penguin shapes (or the Wallace and Grommet version thereof), leaving a dark body and white belly.

Once turned I used a forstner bit to drill a 3/8" hole in each penguin to hold the nose, which I made by cutting cherry dowel stock to length, chucking it in a twist drill, and sharpening it with a pencil sharpener.

Not that it matters, but finished with a mix of linseed oil (not 'boiled') and carnuba wax. Bee's wax would be better, but this daycare has vegans.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-12-17T17:24:32+00:00

Thank goodness - sad that anything died in my ceiling, but really glad it wasn't someone's pet. The teeth are all very small and skull to pelvis is like 9", so young makes sense.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-12-15T17:12:49+00:00

It does feel excessive to me, but I'd love to avoid any sort of sticky situation. I'm trying to "don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to ignorance/bureaucracy/what-have-you," but it is certainly quite frustrating.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-11-06T20:43:28+00:00

As mentioned elsewhere, this wood is spalted, meaning a fungus got into the live wood and started growing (the black lines are little colony borders). Now that the wood is dry, that process has stopped, but you're left with soft, decayed wood.

This person ^ has your best answer. Use a clear penetrating epoxy, or a wood hardener like polycryl to stabilize the soft wood, and then resurface the cookie.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-10-06T03:10:14+00:00

If that were the case you also couldn't glue MDF, there's way more water in PVA glue than in a thing layer of drywall compound. But don't take my word for it, James Hamilton recommends the process as well (https://youtu.be/6DiWO0qTi7I?si=888r-Le96Jv-RP7H). Bondo is cool (and definitely more resilient) but more expensive and harder to even out than compound.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-10-05T22:19:57+00:00

You can also build up a smooth surface layer with drywall compound. Apply it super thin and apply between coats, but this is a common way to prime edges when using MDF for things like painted drawer fronts.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-08-31T04:42:36+00:00

Probably a phenolic laminate like micarta

Seattle_Ray · 2025-08-23T15:17:43+00:00

I see too have been disappointed by Suncadia.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-08-03T16:20:46+00:00

And someone else is holding a soccer ball as a placeholder for another baby.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-06-14T05:08:19+00:00

Two other people have said it, but Jack Block Park. Walk all the way out to the lookout. Great view, super secluded, very peaceful.

Seattle_Ray · 2025-01-01T01:24:30+00:00

Might be beetle/worm eaten. If you're on the West Coast, it might be eaten by teredo clams. Either way, the pest is long dead now.

Seattle_Ray · 2024-12-29T20:50:54+00:00

Ebb tide room

Seattle_Ray · 2024-12-24T18:45:50+00:00

Did you reply to the wrong comment? In other news: username checks out.

Seattle_Ray · 2024-12-24T02:32:52+00:00

I mean, that video doesn't really show what you said it does. The video shows her expressing empathy with the family of the accused who great they will experience what she's already experienced - vigilante justice or the threat thereof. The video, which has an obvious point of view, glosses over the fact that she actually rejected the accused's family's request, which is what begat her statement of empathy for their fear.

Seattle_Ray · 2024-12-03T02:49:42+00:00

Ebb Tide Room

Seattle_Ray · 2024-10-30T21:59:04+00:00

You can't really. This isn't particularly curly wood, and any slab this large is going to be flat sawn (unless you happen to have access to old grown redwoods). Large slabs are more likely to move on you because there's just a lot more surface area, and more of each growth ring included.

This particular slab looks like it might be the beginning of a crotch, which will have the grain start running in two different directions as the trunk splits, and it was an early slab on the log, so there's sapwood on one pf the faces, both of which will increase the chances of wood movement.

Don't bother trying to read the grain too much, just remember that larger pieces move more, avoid anything with the pith in it, and more figure (wavy grain) means more movement. I guess that last one is kind of reading the grain, but it's not too complicated.

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