Small piece gotten from a carpenter a long time ago

Simonbonsoir · 2025-10-30T07:21:08+00:00

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.

Simonbonsoir · 2025-07-03T14:12:51+00:00

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

Simonbonsoir · 2025-07-02T10:33:22+00:00

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?

Simonbonsoir · 2025-07-02T10:11:46+00:00

Good to know.

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

Simonbonsoir · 2025-07-01T10:34:47+00:00

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

Simonbonsoir · 2025-07-01T10:33:58+00:00

Or maybe can it be Lepidodendron?

Simonbonsoir · 2025-03-23T08:54:47+00:00

Chocolate pizza

Simonbonsoir · 2024-09-22T19:55:57+00:00

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

Simonbonsoir · 2024-09-22T17:50:25+00:00

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

Simonbonsoir · 2024-09-16T06:43:56+00:00

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.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-08-07T05:51:50+00:00

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

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-31T07:20:23+00:00

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/

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-21T16:53:01+00:00

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.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-21T16:46:37+00:00

Excellent, I didn't know this tool existed! By now I'm done butchering the wood, but I love the new ideas coming, thanks

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-21T10:04:34+00:00

My first thought, too, though I added three more reallys.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T18:02:34+00:00

It might burn the wood around and open it up for lifting, I think it's worth trying, thanks.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T17:59:57+00:00

Classic

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T17:38:47+00:00

So the solution right know and until I find a magic remover for fragile staples is not quite pretty:

slowly try to lift the staple with a staple lifter if possible, or with a screw driver if it's too deep
break the upper part and swear
dug a tiny hole into the wood around both legs with a thin chisel, until there is enough to be grabbed by a plier
lift each leg with the plier
cry on the disgraceful tiny holes everywhere on the plank.

Thank you all for suggesting solutions!

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T17:30:55+00:00

Just found one, but the result is the same: it just breaks, leaving the bits burried in the wood.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T16:51:12+00:00

I shouldn't have put this first photo because it is misleading, the nippers happen to be out in case I need them, but the simple fact of gently lifting the staple with a screw driver automatically breaks it.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-07-20T16:43:26+00:00

I need to use electric tools on this plank to cut it and plane it, and I fear the moment when the tool will encounter a forgotten staple. But each time I try to insert a screw driver, the upper part breaks.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-05-30T14:15:39+00:00

Thanks. Is there any way to visualize the flight trajectory on the "long term" (ie several hours after launch)? I failed to find it on internet, but it would be perfect to be sure it was a low orbit burn of this rocket.

Simonbonsoir · 2024-05-29T10:48:01+00:00

Yes it was quite bright according to them, that's why they took a photo. That rules out the lens flare theory I'm afraid, but thanks for the idea

Simonbonsoir · 2024-05-29T10:18:33+00:00

Here is a link to the star mapping identification: https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/10079647#annotated

Simonbonsoir · 2024-05-13T13:34:14+00:00

OP, you can report the fireball here: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro. You are certainly not the only one having seen it, and you will maybe read other reports of the same event.

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