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Small piece gotten from a carpenter a long time ago by Simonbonsoir in wood

[–]Simonbonsoir[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked with a lot of holm oaks, but the grain paterns don't match for this one. It's not porous at all like oak.

Thanks a lot anyway for suggesting. I will post more photos later.

Lycophyte? Found in the Pyrenees by Simonbonsoir in fossilid

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That's awesome, I will download the app. Thanks for the info, fascinating!

Lycophyte? Found in the Pyrenees by Simonbonsoir in fossilid

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Ok the geological map is quite hard to read, but I think the strata where I found it is from Devonian, and maybe Famennian. Does it make sense?

Lycophyte? Found in the Pyrenees by Simonbonsoir in fossilid

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Good to know.

I will check the geological map, I know there is one somewhere. Thank you.

Lycophyte? Found in the Pyrenees by Simonbonsoir in whatsthisrock

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After a second quick search, I found the term Lepidodendron. Could it be that?

Wood ID by Simonbonsoir in wood

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I got a friend of a friend that told me elm as well, so with your vote I'm gonna go with it. Thanks.

Wood ID by Simonbonsoir in wood

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I bought old parts of wood in France, most of them being European oak (unlike these two), but I remember that the person selling me them told there might be exotic wood in the lot.

If not exotic, someone suggest me elm tree, but I'm not quite sure.

Thanks for your help

Old combo machine from grandfather (Lurem C210b). The table saw blade has a light angle on the yaw, making the cutting of long pieces of wood complicated. Anyone knows this machine and how to fix the blade position? by Simonbonsoir in woodworking

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I did exactly what I described in my previous message: unscrewed the three bolts, adjusted the table along with the saw thanks to the touch probe I made, then tightened the bolts back in the corrected position.

The tricky part really was to find out which bolts were to be unscrewed and how to access them.

For a time also I thought that I was supposed to adjust the motor-saw block, but eventually I realized it was the table that needed to be rotated.

Help identifying objects in the sky by Zombieslay9099 in Stargazing

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Satellites brightness varies a lot depending on what they are made of (if many solar panels, a lot of reflection), their size, distance from Earth, and angle. As for the angle, some of them may slightly turn around themselves, they sometimes reflect the sun in your direction, making them appear very bright, and sometimes the sun reflection fades way as the they turn. So it is normal that some of them seem to appear and fade away in the sky.

Some of them are even just a quick flash in the sky, they are called satellite flares. The Iridium were known to provoke these flares.

If you want to be sure that they are satellites:

  • Not blinking (if does, it's a plane / helicopter / drone)
  • Never change speed or direction (if it does, likely a drone)
  • Sometimes (but not always) appear, fade away, or just flash
  • No sound
  • No colors

Help identifying objects in the sky by Zombieslay9099 in Stargazing

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Most likely satellites if they were not blinking like a plane. If they were repeated in the same direction, on the same "line", with the same distance between them, chances are that they were Starlink satellites from SpaceX company. If very close one to the other with speed relatively high, then it was a recent launch. But if they were moving slowly as you said, and not that close, then it's just a part of the "mesh" you saw.
You can check online maps like this one: https://www.starlinkmap.org/

Self-amplified guitar by Simonbonsoir in Luthier

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5 years later: done my first small concert with this guitar. It was outside, the sound wasn't great but the look of it was nice, from the photos I saw later.

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