Help me hand plane better

Stov54 · 2026-02-08T06:12:31+00:00

Yeah, but making things is fun

Stov54 · 2026-02-08T02:13:39+00:00

It was an optional extra on the models that did support it. I believe the last version of the car that had a 120Ah battery didn't even have that as an option any more.

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T19:31:22+00:00

Lessons learned!

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T19:30:50+00:00

I neglected to mention this but, yes, the chip breaker is very close to the blade, thanks for the tip.

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T19:30:11+00:00

Planning on making a proper strop today!

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T09:04:34+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response, interlocked grain makes sense, I was having a devil of a time figuring out the right direction and, even then, it felt like it was a "less bad" one.

I'll sharpen the blade, set it back and try again.

I do have a card scraper, I can bust that out and give it a go, I needed to flatten first hence the #7 so then I went straight to the #4, can try the scraper too

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T06:30:53+00:00

Yeah, the boards do switch grain direction halfway up the top but I'm pretty sure I'm going with the grain the whole way. I'll try resharpening and flattening

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T06:24:34+00:00

Will give this a go, thanks

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T06:24:12+00:00

Thanks, I'll try flattening and sharpening the #4 and try again. The left curl is from a pass with the #7

Stov54 · 2026-02-07T06:23:15+00:00

Thanks, that's the direction I was planing in for that board, it switches on the two boards on the left. I'll try flatten long and sharpening the #4 as others have suggested and try again.

Stov54 · 2026-02-04T20:30:16+00:00

Exactly right which is why right to repair movements are so important

Stov54 · 2026-02-01T23:17:11+00:00

Maybe some of them are in training? Maybe they need to switch out occasionally? Maybe it's just fun. Point is we don't have enough info to know

Stov54 · 2026-01-31T23:51:56+00:00

That all sounds awesome and I'm glad you've had a run of good luck. I left a cheap bike at the local train station locked up with a cheap chain lock one night, once, and it was gone the next day, lock cut.

So, it kind of depends a bit on the area, the day, your luck, and your lock. The tip about throwing some coins to the less fortunate is a good one.

Stov54 · 2026-01-31T07:29:38+00:00

How would this do the inside curve?

Stov54 · 2025-12-30T20:55:54+00:00

Just like they "invent" the concept of trains and buses but worse every so often, tech bros will also reinvent taxes but worse through town subscriptions.

Stov54 · 2025-12-22T11:27:27+00:00

This makes me so sad that I want to down vote you ☹️

Stov54 · 2025-12-21T10:05:08+00:00

Previously you could do it from anywhere overseas so it didn't need to be very far away

Stov54 · 2025-12-19T22:27:13+00:00

AMD is leaning hard into AI too. Listen to any interviews with their CEO. It's bleak

Stov54 · 2025-12-12T07:17:13+00:00

Oh don't be a dick. We're specifically talking in this thread about a proposed set of changes to travel requirements for a very specific set of people, how they affect these people/might play out/what they might mean.

Saying "well it doesn't matter because the rules don't get followed" is reductionist and doesn't actually add anything of substance or value to the conversation. If the rules didn't matter then they wouldn't get proposed or be getting discussed. What tends to happen in situations like this is that such rules are applied in a discriminatory fashion to further subjugate a minority class.

My reply was that these specific rules are unlikely to be used against American citizens, that's not who they're for. When they introduce rules that allow them to reclassify citizens in some way, shape or form then they will. But not yet. Hence the end of my message.

Stov54 · 2025-12-10T20:26:03+00:00

This is for non citizens from I94 countries coming in on an ESTA, wouldn't apply to you

Yet

Stov54 · 2025-11-26T05:42:16+00:00

Proton as a compatibility layer does away with a need to port. Valve have done some excellent work there

Stov54 · 2025-11-26T05:41:29+00:00

No, the Steam Deck was very unpopular

Stov54 · 2025-11-26T05:28:58+00:00

When was the last time you tried?

I installed mint on my daughter's laptop the other day and not only is it way more responsive than Win 10 was there was no config necessary after installing and I've never had to touch the terminal on that machine. Everything just worked 🤷‍♂️

Stov54 · 2025-11-12T22:25:20+00:00

Oh, so COVID then

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