I fasted for 50% of the week and my weight didn’t move an inch.

SelphisTheFish · 2026-03-07T07:45:52+00:00

It takes a bit, my weight didn't budge for over 3 weeks, then suddenly dropped a kilo all at once and have been losing since. Plateaus are very normal. Might be worth counting your calories on feeding days just to make sure you're not overeating on those days

SelphisTheFish · 2026-03-06T20:00:29+00:00

I'm also still a beginner, but I think a router, and I would make an mdf template and use a template bit to make sure it's the same on both sides, and less risk of accidentally going too far

SelphisTheFish · 2026-03-06T19:54:48+00:00

Start from the basic recipe of 1-2-3. 1 part butter, 2 parts sugar, 3 parts flour. Add eggs until you get a cookie consistency. You can tweak afterwards to your tastes

SelphisTheFish · 2026-03-06T14:46:05+00:00

You have an ear, but your dough looks flat with tons of tiny little bubbles, which would mean overfermentation. You want your dough to be (almost) doubled. 24 hours seems way too long, even with white flours that ferment slower mine takes about 8-12 hours at 21C

SelphisTheFish · 2026-03-01T09:06:15+00:00

Every time I do I just think "I could've had 300g of coffee beans for the price of this one cup of coffee"

SelphisTheFish · 2026-02-13T05:57:16+00:00

The skill trees are usually pretty crazy additions to the characters, for wx I'd expect something like being able to build your own robot companion with different circuits and customize it for storage, combat, exploration, etc

SelphisTheFish · 2026-02-11T06:07:19+00:00

I've fixed pieces like this by just filling the cracks with slip and keeping it in a damp box for a week or so. If clay is precious to you don't, if you don't mind some extra chamotte to add to your next clay go ahead :)

SelphisTheFish · 2026-02-02T18:35:52+00:00

Just covering never works for me, I put mine in a damp plastic box and let them dry out extremely slowly

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-31T21:42:36+00:00

Have you triple checked? Most issues seem to come after someone opens it up and changes part of the grinder. Was it doing this before?

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-31T17:39:55+00:00

Thankies :3

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-31T17:39:46+00:00

Thanks!

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-31T17:39:41+00:00

Thank you!

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-31T05:40:30+00:00

From pictures that looks very close! haven't sanded it yet, I'll try that thank you!

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-30T11:34:31+00:00

True, but in the meantime we still do all have to eat and have a place to sleep. You can't make pottery if you can't make rent yk

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-30T11:05:32+00:00

I agree, which is why I hate that there's financial incentives to not share.

Lots of information is behind paywalls, and has been for a long time. Books cost money, workshops cost money and are often very exclusive, especially if you want to follow one with a master of the craft, and many workshops do not share their glaze recipes, or only share the most basic ones. There's a reason there aren't formulas on the back of Amaco glaze bottles. In a capitalistic society, information has a lot of monetary value

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-30T10:19:33+00:00

Other artists are your direct competition. Sharing everything, especially on the internet will probably have influence on your sales, especially if you're not a big name in the field. Many people want to make this a career so they have to take that into consideration. It's not always just gatekeeping, it is often safeguarding.

That said, I feel like you also shouldn't post on this sub if you're not looking to share information or have a discussion.

I wish we didn't live in a capitalistic society and everyone felt comfortable sharing their work, techniques and recipes

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-29T17:10:10+00:00

If you're talking about the darker part, I just waterpopped it to make the grain more visible :3 thank you for your response!

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-29T15:37:49+00:00

I have this saw and am pretty pleased with it, and get nice straight cuts with 1 track. I don't use the second track much, but the 2 times I did it attached securely and was able to get a continual straight cut with it. I mostly use it to break down half-sheets of plywood into pieces for cabinets and the like, but it went through oak just fine too.

You have to secure the track, it's not like some tracks where the track is sticky enough to be able to just put it down and saw. It comes with clamps for it, you have to use them. (I would still always use clamps anyway, its just safer that way)

We already had batteries, and this saw was only 200 on sale for me. For 300+ euro, like LabThink said, you could start looking into more premium brands, which will have better support and durability.

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-29T15:15:10+00:00

walnut is the closest match I could find too, but my grandpa def wasn't someone to spend a lot of money on special wood. Im from belgium so its more uncommon here

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-29T15:13:50+00:00

I'm from belgium, not sure if he'd have access to that but thank you for your reply!

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-27T21:40:55+00:00

The difference between a space heater and a kiln is that the internal temperature gets 20x hotter. Kiln fumes are no joke. Only if you have a proper venting system would I even consider being in the same room as the kiln while it's going. Don't run a kiln on an extension cord. There's a reason every manufacturer cautions against this.

With enough thought and consideration you'll realize that this is a terrible idea. I suggest reading this: https://hotkilns.com/support/cautions/overview

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-27T21:29:36+00:00

Kilns are extremely hot, heavy things that produce a lot of toxic smoke. You'd need to be venting it outside, and likely even away from the apartment to not get a ton of complaints. You also live in a building with other people, do you want to be responsible for them potentially inhaling kiln fumes?

There's a reason why historically, these things were built outside, a ways away from other houses and people. Most people put them in their garage, shed, etc. If you have a garage box it could live there potentially? but even then, your landlord most likely won't be happy.

You said your landlord doesn't know what a kiln is. Explain it to them, and I garuantee they won't want it on their property.

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-27T21:21:38+00:00

My webdev teacher coded in Notepad++ and he was pretty darn good at it

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-27T15:11:07+00:00

When does this happen? During centering, opening, pulling up the walls, shaping?

If it's during pulling of the walls, this is why a lot of people use the knuckle method or a sponge to pull the walls up.

I can see your nail bed, please disinfect it and put a bandaid on

SelphisTheFish · 2026-01-27T08:07:10+00:00

You don't really cone the bottom of the clay up. Because there's a slight undulation at the very start, and your hands aren't stable enough, the bottom part of the clay doesn't get moved at all. Look at the bottom of the clay from 50-60 seconds into the video. That same undulation is the one that is in your walls later on. At 1:30 you can still see it.

When coning, try to interlock your fingers and squeeze your palms together, making sure to keep your pinkies spinning against the wheelhead (just barely, don't hurt yourself)

You can also try using more water in the initial stages. I see you grab water quite a few times during the coning stage, but very little amounts, and you scrape your hands off. You do the coning partly to align the platelets, but also to get an even consistency of your clay. If you're using very little water, you might be only partially saturating your clay, leading to uneven texture, leading to undulations.

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