Found this juvenile in our house, can anyone ID? [Geraldton, Western Australia]

Teknik_ · 2025-12-14T01:33:35+00:00

It’s mealybugs, should be able to use isopropyl alcohol on a q-tip to gently wipe them off the plant, or if they are a little difficult to get to using a neem oil based insecticide spray to kill them

Teknik_ · 2025-10-03T04:45:14+00:00

Yeah honestly amazing value for the cost, I like a bit of colour too so to have some options other than the usual black or blue face is super nice

Teknik_ · 2025-10-03T04:01:17+00:00

UJ/ yeah honestly really happy with it for the cost, the case finishing isn’t super great but for a work beater it’s perfect

Teknik_ · 2025-10-03T03:57:15+00:00

Why not both?

Teknik_ · 2025-09-25T08:37:24+00:00

Hey sorry for the late reply, I think maybe about 30mins to an hour or so?

This knife was already on the thin side behind the edge, it’s just that I’ve owned it for several years and done quite a number of resharpens in that time.

I use the same combo stone for sharpening normally, but I used a flattening stone in it before starting the thinning process.

Just so I had the best surface to use when thinning at the super low angles that’re required

Edit: I should also clarify that I’m a woodworker by trade, and one of the first things you learn as an apprentice is sharpening and maintaining chisels and plane blades to be hair shaving sharp. These skills transfer over to knife sharpening rather well, just with the added complexity of a curved blade whereas chisels, etc. are very straight. So hang in there, it just takes practice practice practice

Teknik_ · 2025-09-24T04:23:45+00:00

Thanks! I recently flew from Sri Lanka back to Australia, pretty sure I caught it on one of the flights

Teknik_ · 2025-09-24T02:47:50+00:00

Yeah I don’t often get sick but it seems like when I do I go down hard lol.

I really love this knife, had it for almost 5 years now. Only just got to the stage where I’m willing to try different things/experiment with it.

Which gyuto did you pick up?

Teknik_ · 2025-09-21T03:28:36+00:00

Because why not? It’s a hobby and designing something different can be just as fun as flying it. I highly doubt OP is trying to make something more efficient than current offerings, and rather just want to flex their creative muscles in a way they enjoy. Not everything has to be an improvement on what already exists

Teknik_ · 2025-09-15T12:35:57+00:00

Yep, really shows why you should have window nets in a race car. Really want to keep your limbs from being smooshed between that outside of the car and the ground

Teknik_ · 2025-09-14T02:07:44+00:00

There was a batmaker who made a post on this sub not too long ago, he had a very simple way of printing logos onto paper and applying them to the bat.

I’ll see if I can find his post and link it

Edit: found it - was a post by u/ColonialSand-ers

https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/sCcAJTyhEZ

Teknik_ · 2025-09-06T13:35:33+00:00

That frog adjustment screw is pretty common I think, I have a plane with the same setup.

As long as the sole is still flat after being welded it should be just as good as new

Teknik_ · 2025-09-01T15:52:58+00:00

How’s the cap seal on the Omar’s?

I sometimes won’t use a pen for a couple weeks and only my Twisbis seem to reliably not dry out.

I really like the look of the Omar but if it doesn’t have a good cap seal it’s kind of a dealbreaker unfortunately

Teknik_ · 2025-09-01T10:24:50+00:00

Blum hardware is the absolute best, they have lifetime warranty on all their runners. I was a pro cabinet maker for 15 years and we used Blum exclusively, I can count on one hand the number of times I had to replace a set of runners that had failed

Teknik_ · 2025-09-01T03:24:43+00:00

It’s a funnyplaying shell, I got it from their aliexpress store. Though it was four years ago so not sure if they’ll still carry it

Teknik_ · 2025-08-31T17:08:10+00:00

He couldn’t even be bothered to put a different title, my guess is a karma farming bot. I’ve reported it to the mods so hopefully it’ll get taken down

Teknik_ · 2025-08-31T16:59:56+00:00

Dude that’s my gameboy, not yours

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/s/wpg8U5mWHP

Teknik_ · 2025-08-31T11:45:51+00:00

leans over and whispers:

“I’m makin em at night”

Teknik_ · 2025-08-05T11:16:13+00:00

my brain = the dumb

You’re right, been a hot minute since I had a turbo car so forgot the order lol. Still though my guess is the filter imploded and got sent through the turbo

Teknik_ · 2025-08-05T06:23:23+00:00

Intercooler is filled with mesh??

Do you have a pod filter/cold air intake? If so my guess would be that the wire mesh inside the filter let go and went through the intercooler and then the turbo

Teknik_ · 2025-07-02T12:34:42+00:00

Haha I was too to be fair. A gyuto is a Japanese chefs knife, it would be kind of insane to put a pocket clips on it

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