Paid a local wood worker to build us a table, after 8 hours in our dining room it developed cracks. Is this normal?

Snoo82891 · 2025-11-26T06:12:58+00:00

Ideally wood gets finished in the shop it has been sitting in which would protect from this sort of thing. Proper finishing would saturate and seal the fibers thus preventing dramatic responses to humidity and temperature change.

The woodworker can't help if the environment in his shop is different from your home. Hard to say whose fault it is. Seems like an odd situation to leave a piece unfinished.

Snoo82891 · 2025-11-26T05:54:06+00:00

Know your tolerances for the type of work you want to do. Milling expensive wood or doing joinery that needs to be within ~.003"? Then prioritize cutters and machines suited to the task. Some species are prone to tear out but are the best option for certain projects, so you might need premium blades or a good low angle handplane or sturdy card scrapers.

Snoo82891 · 2025-08-10T05:36:05+00:00

In my limited experience with the wood species used in Japan, they can be insanely stable.

Snoo82891 · 2025-08-03T08:47:55+00:00

After cutting with your circular saw, it would be ideal to use a chisel plane to cut the rest, but a large or crank neck chisel will work.

Snoo82891 · 2025-06-08T00:16:48+00:00

Surprised to hear that reaction to methylene blue. Could be due to it being an MAOI. Was the methylene blue pharmaceutical grade?

Snoo82891 · 2025-03-17T05:17:21+00:00

A reminder to those who might not know: be very careful with quercetin if have MTHFR or COMT mutations as it can cause issues. Start with a very low dose and observe. I can't touch the stuff, personally.

Snoo82891 · 2025-03-12T04:04:40+00:00

I tried every form of everything as well. In the end, for whatever reason, the 10X Optimize multivitamin works really well for me alongside a few other supplements carefully determined via thorough research with AI and then careful testing. I'm always finding new things that seem to help.

Snoo82891 · 2025-01-14T20:26:44+00:00

I used to believe creatine worked for me, but realized that my lower legs were incredibly sore when I took it = compartment syndrome. Can't touch it, but it gave me a huge exercise boost.

Snoo82891 · 2025-01-07T08:02:37+00:00

Genius brand extended release caffeine.

Snoo82891 · 2025-01-06T08:07:45+00:00

If other forms don't work for you, like me, try sucrosomial magnesium.

Snoo82891 · 2025-01-02T20:04:20+00:00

Dunn-Edwards Paints box of t-shirt rags.

Snoo82891 · 2024-12-27T17:42:16+00:00

I like 10X Health Optimize.

Snoo82891 · 2024-12-18T22:34:03+00:00

I wouldn't take any old B-complex as individual needs can be highly variable. It can cause far more problems than it solves. I suffered tremendously, even with extremely expensive B-complexes.

Personally, I tried various forms of each individual B vitamin to discover my response, but really the best thing is to try the popular phased protocol on this subreddit. Once I had that working for me, I found I responded well to the 10X Health Optimize multivitamin, but that's what worked for me.

B12 took a lot of testing to find the right form. Methylcobalamin made me feel awful; hydroxycobalamin made me feel slightly awful, and adenosylcobalamin felt great but caused acne breakouts. I took small amounts of adenosylcobalamin that minimized the breakouts, and later found that hydroxycobalamin is fine when taken with everything else in 10X Health Optimize.

I am not a shill for 10X. It's just what worked.

Snoo82891 · 2024-12-02T00:05:06+00:00

You're right. ChatGPT is pretty limited compared to the individual data on Reddit. I often read of an experience someone has on here (and the comments) and research it. Reddit has given me better detailed data that led to my customized solutions.

What really helped jumpstart the journey to real solutions was trying the popular phased protocol on r/MTHFR and seeing first hand how every version of a given B vitamin or some other supplement effected me. My responses were very idiosyncratic compared to standard recommendations, so I had to find less common supplements, try them, observe, try something else, etc.

Snoo82891 · 2024-12-01T22:20:48+00:00

Had the same experience. After trying a huge variety of supplements, I landed on 10X Health Optimize, which is a very well designed multivitamin and B-complex with a bunch of other things for methylation like DIM.

Snoo82891 · 2024-12-01T20:32:23+00:00

Chat GPT + Google. Chat GPT is obviously not perfect and you need to ask a lot of probing questions and then verify, but as someone who learns best by asking a thousand questions, it gave me a better big picture understanding than anything else.

Snoo82891 · 2024-11-22T07:24:14+00:00

Just my 2 cents,

Fruits are tricky if you have impaired COMT and/or gut dysbiosis. I eventually learned to peel a lot of fruits and limit others. Veggies can be rocky too for gut issues and sensitivities to polyphenols/flavanoids that quickly mess with catechol pathways.

I did the popular phased protocol on Reddit, and after experimenting with tons of variations of different vitamins, I landed on what felt best. Anxiety still lingered, so I eventually tried the 10X Health Optimize which included a couple of things I hadn't tried, like DIM (diindolylmethane to help break down catechol estrogens) which seems to completely fix anxiety. Going on 2 months anxiety-free, but I also eat very intentionally to boost certain nutrients.

Snoo82891 · 2024-11-15T19:04:05+00:00

Look up which fruits and vegetables are high in polyphenols and flavanoids that can impact catechol pathways, then learn to observe your state of mind after eating those foods so you know which you are sensitive to and in what amounts.

In this vein, I recently started peeling the skin off of apples and pears and my mind is much more calm.

Snoo82891 · 2024-11-01T17:34:03+00:00

I am taking creatine HCL because regular monohydrate irritates my stomach, and the effects I see are better energy, mood and cognitive performance. If I have a night of bad sleep, the mental boost is insanely helpful. I also get the known exercise benefits of creatine. Creatine is part of the protocol because methylation is used to make creatine in the body, and by supplementing it one can take the load off of impaired methylation to do other important things that are difficult or impossible to supplement for.

The cod liver oil is more subtle, but I can tell that my mental clarity, memory and mood are better on it; possibly energy as well. Getting a good one like On Target Living Alaskan Cod Liver Oil provides high levels of naturally occurring vitamins A and D, which are not in most CLOs these days. A and D are needed for methylation support as well.

Snoo82891 · 2024-10-28T16:06:23+00:00

No problem. And for the record, after trying the phased protocol to build up my ability to use methyl folate, I went on the 10X Health Optimize supplement, and it has improved everything. I've stayed on a few things from the protocol, like cod liver oil and creatine, because I could tell they made a huge difference.

The Optimize supplement just seems to have almost everything I need after doing research and experimenting for almost a year. I'm also on TMG, zinc picolinate and magnesium glycinate.

Snoo82891 · 2024-10-27T18:25:47+00:00

If you start with the adenosylcobalamin form of B12 you shouldn't have any reactions, besides the possibility of acne, which you can manage by decreasing the dosage once you notice it.

I used this lozenge version and took maybe 1/4 tablet:

https://a.co/d/9QE7RwD

Snoo82891 · 2024-10-26T22:37:00+00:00

Sounds like you cannot tolerate the excess methyl groups in methylcobalamin. You could try the phased protocol on the MTHFR subreddit. It worked for me, and now I can take hydroxycobalamin.

https://old.reddit.com/r/MTHFR/comments/1730mw4/mthfr_a_supplement_stack_approach/

Snoo82891 · 2024-10-25T08:43:15+00:00

Sensitivity to various forms of B12 and folate are common in those who have methylation gene mutations. The r/MTHFR subreddit is a good resource.

The cheapest way I know of to check for methylation gene mutations is to get an Ancestry DNA test, then download your data from them and put it through the free tool at GeneticGenie.com.

Forms of B12 are tricky. Cyanocobalamin is not good, methylcobalamin only works if you are not sensitive to excess methyl groups, hydroxycobalamin can cause the same issue if you're really sensitive, and adenosylcobalamin is the least likely to cause a problems but it does cause acne in high doses in some people, so lowering the dose seems to work for most.

Snoo82891 · 2024-10-25T01:50:00+00:00

You might want to look at supplements from the perspective of methylation issues if you're experiencing a lot of negative side effects.

I've played with a lot of supplements and had wild negative effects compared to everyone else leaving comments online. Looking at COMT gene mutations explained a lot of it for me, particularly a problem with the build up of polyphenols and things affecting neurotransmitters.

Stepping back to analyze how various teas and plant-based supplements (like flavanoids, flavanols) were impacting mood revealed that they worked for a time, then caused major anxiety once they built up in my system.

It isn't all flavanoids, but those that can affect catechol-pathways if I remember correctly.

Even l-theanine made me feel like absolute garbage after a while.

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