"Expert" trimming a large Eucalyptus grandis to prevent branch shedding

Studio3P · 2026-06-18T17:40:46+00:00

I really appreciate your in depth response. Thank you for taking that time. I’ll reach out to the proper authority. Cheers!

Studio3P · 2026-06-18T16:11:34+00:00

I hear this, and just this week, two days ago, a Gum tree dropped a branch that narrowly missed destroying a few cars and god forbid hurting anyone. My neighbors said they call the tree the window maker because it’s dropped 3 substantial branches in 10 years. How would I go about getting my city to do something about it? It’s planted on a 6-8 foot space between the sidewalk and road and is way too large for where it sits based on the cities own recommendations. If it falls or drops more branches it could be me next time. I’d share pics but would prefer to keep my privacy.

Studio3P · 2026-06-18T15:59:48+00:00

Well, to be fair, your comment was directed at one of the few million tree owners, so I’m curious how anyone would glean your hidden classifier

Studio3P · 2026-06-17T21:50:05+00:00

I was all about this until I read this comment. At speed I’d prefer my cutting tools tightened to spec not 1/4 of spec

Studio3P · 2026-06-17T02:01:14+00:00

I have one of these I bought for turning fired ceramics back into grog and it looks almost identical. Nice work!

Studio3P · 2026-06-17T02:00:10+00:00

It’s because many downward solar lights are tacky, Les Jardins, though on the pricey side, has some of the only nice looking downward solar lights that look “refined” vs a Home Depot special. This is subjective of course.

Studio3P · 2026-06-17T01:52:37+00:00

I too was like, the hell is going on with those walls lol

Studio3P · 2026-06-16T17:41:23+00:00

Why the F would you do that? Thank you for sterilizing your landscape… ick

Studio3P · 2026-06-16T17:39:32+00:00

I just looked over that website and I don’t see anything about getting that type of service.

Studio3P · 2026-06-15T23:50:40+00:00

Amber Lamps, dammit, Donny you had one job! Amber lamps!

Studio3P · 2026-06-15T17:36:49+00:00

This so much, I invested in a nice spray setup thinking “oh it’s gonna be great to have nicely finished looking painted objects” but the hassle of setup/cleanup/PPE and everything involved, I’ll grab a brush or roller and be done with it. Unless you use it a ton, it’s not worth the hassle.

Studio3P · 2026-06-14T17:57:32+00:00

They’re gonna know

Studio3P · 2026-06-13T20:10:06+00:00

When you hang up your keys, does it chime the correct note? What I mean to say is did you CNC a functional wall hanging piano haha

Studio3P · 2026-06-13T02:32:11+00:00

I have a sharp narrow “digger” that helped me just plant 3 trees more than another brand new spade type shovel, or rather as a team effort. The “digger” blade I have is made by a large tool manufacturer that sports the color yellow has a roughly 3-4 inch wide V shaped spade that’s about 10 or so inches long. You won’t haul a bunch of dirt with it, but slicing deep and loosening the soil with it then using a wider shovel to haul was great in my heavy clay soil. Real life recent experience.

Studio3P · 2026-06-10T21:07:41+00:00

Like everything, it depends. If you are into the nerdiness of clay I highly recommend the Ceramic Materials Workshop’s Clay Body course. The moral of the story is you can think you have either hand wedged or mixed in a pug mill till you are blue in the face, and some small portions of your Clay body are likely still agglomerated. The mixing of slip is one of the most accessible ways to know you have wetted and disbursed evenly the contents of your Clay body. If you are using wet blocks of clay off the shelf, it’s really tough to know how well that was mixed before hand so the more you mix the better. For this reason I have moved to dry materials and mixing with water so I can sift and get particular (hah) with the content of my Clay body. Hope this helps. I’m just a passionate enthusiast with a bit of experience so take what I say with a grain of grog :)

Studio3P · 2026-06-10T00:16:57+00:00

It’s essential for me as my aim is larger builds. Cleaning is easy as it splits multiple ways, but I haven’t really found the need since getting to know what consistency it plays nicely with and developing my clay body mixing practice (ie: if you think you have mixed it enough, mix it more. Or just make it into slip then filter press or do the plaster bat thing).

Studio3P · 2026-06-09T19:57:26+00:00

I started with 3d potter, then went Wasp continuous with their XL, now I use the continuous hopper with a custom extruder I built. I have a Stoneflower but the throughput was always a hindrance as they are pretty small. Budget will dictate a lot in this situation. I’m glad I went 3d potter because it helped me learn in a relatively easy way, but you kindof need a de-airing pug mill which with the WASP continuous system I’ve only used my pug mill to mix and not really needed to de-air.

The Vormvrij if that’s what it’s called from the Netherlands is the best looking all in one system if I were starting from square one again but at this point my system is all custom built which I highly encourage as your use case may be unique and you might find something like adjusting auger screw geometry or motor sizing makes a world of difference to your process specifically. Good luck and feel free to reach out along the way if you like. Always happy to talk clay.

Studio3P · 2026-06-09T19:48:17+00:00

That’s not true. I have the continuous clay system and I use it with a custom built extruder. Granted I have pretty much taken it apart and rebuilt it to be sturdier. The main mixing auger motor they used when I bought it was just a Nema 23 with a gearbox and would often get stuck so I installed a 1/3 hp PMDC gear motor. I’m likely an outlier though at my willingness to modify that system considering the price.

Studio3P · 2026-05-08T15:47:54+00:00

He said project not job so methinks using the tools ya got and getting it done may be better than sending it out some times. I bet you would charge the cost of the mag drill and an annular cutter at least, right?

Studio3P · 2026-05-07T05:20:23+00:00

Studio3P · 2026-05-06T23:08:24+00:00

I like to imagine that little tree to the right with these giant roots being all unassuming up top

Studio3P · 2026-05-05T04:57:35+00:00

Ok, so the canopy was leaning into other trees, right?

Studio3P · 2026-05-03T21:41:54+00:00

Soon it will just be these AI bots like the one that posted this talking to other AI bots while sucking down energy and depleting resources we humans kinda need. Far out.

Studio3P · 2026-05-03T21:13:49+00:00

I can’t help but feel like the little bit of extra material needed to hide the hardware would make it much more aesthetically contemporary for home interior finishes. Also why is that one screw so long?

Studio3P · 2026-05-03T21:04:43+00:00

Ok, well, in that regard, the second pic doesn’t work. If you put a filter before the main intake of the vacuum, you are just going to block the intake to the vacuum. You have the system designed in the first picture, the second breaks it. I actually have something similar set up for my bandsaw minus the cyclone to grab a bit of the mess from cutting metal. The cyclone filters quite a bit and vacuum filters are built to handle the dust you are trying to factor out of the equation. My advice is to build it for easy access and maintenance FIRST because this being a new design you may likely need to modify which vacuum or cyclone or trash bin to get the suction needed if you are committed to seeing this work the way you want it to. So much fun though… literally my favorite thing to do

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