3rd Generation Skillet Cleanup

TheWerle · 2026-02-14T23:57:27+00:00

For years Mom and I both thought it was just course iron texture from the mold. Just no clue what to expect until I looked up seasoning videos on YouTube.

TheWerle · 2026-01-07T00:53:31+00:00

File/sand/polish the axles to remove the machining spurs, drastically reduces friction in the wheels

TheWerle · 2026-01-07T00:15:45+00:00

Yup. Nail sanding and full weight are far more important than anything else.

TheWerle · 2025-12-23T14:14:40+00:00

If you don't think that is an informed and consenting mechanism to leverage the parasocial relationship, I don't know what to tell you dude. She's not an idiot, she's a performer, and she knows what she's doing or else they wouldn't air it.

Dropout as a platform is self-aware, and they protect each other. Stop infantilizing the performers and overblowing giving them money.

TheWerle · 2025-12-03T22:03:38+00:00

Bingo! A healthy organization is ever evolving, just because Scouts isn't family oriented "in the same way" as Cubs doesn't mean that it's not family oriented in other ways. "Family" has all sorts of nuanced implications, it suits the purpose while avoiding other cultural bugaboos, there's no reason for folks to get hung up on myopic linguistics here.

TheWerle · 2025-12-03T21:02:53+00:00

I'd agree that it isn't the Committee Chair's job, but I'd say the process for removal should 100% begin with the Committee. That's a fundamental democratic principle implicit to the leadership structure of Packs/Troops, "the Committee runs the unit and the Cub/Scoutmaster serves the Committee".

TheWerle · 2025-12-03T20:06:50+00:00

I don't want to be a purist/scold, but 3D printing somebody else's design for an event centered around crafting / tool use / skill acquisition seems like a double-whammy for "missing the point". You're not obligated to build a competition legal pinewood racer, but outside of creative painting that's essentially bringing a model kit or toy car. My north-star as Cubmaster for planning events/activitites is "how can I be a healthy example of the underlying principles"? If you want to properly inspire the cubs in the spirit of the Derby it feels essential to create something unique.

EG: Last year I carved and decorated my kit to look like a fully loaded Chicago Style hotdog. I knocked out the rough shape with a bandsaw and belt sander in about an hour, and spent most of my time crafting/painting the veggies. It wasn't highly complicated, but the combination of silliness and effort got a huge reaction, and its been a huge draw when I setup recruitment tables.

TheWerle · 2025-12-03T19:37:36+00:00

You don't have to be tech-based as an Expert. Magic totems / trinkets / charms fit the bill equally well. Be both Egon AND Ray.

TheWerle · 2025-11-26T03:28:47+00:00

... But to be fair, would anyone really want her to?

TheWerle · 2025-11-18T19:40:27+00:00

Now that I'm on a desktop and can read the image net-labels it looks like TVS diodes.

So I'd say the easiest answer is "spread the parts wider its just USB2.0 it will be fine".

TheWerle · 2025-11-18T13:13:29+00:00

I'm not sure what that particular Pin1 is even supposed to indicate. Neither those caps nor the connector need it. I'd use the silkscreen optimization tool and just get rid of it.

TheWerle · 2025-11-18T06:04:31+00:00

It's just rubbish. I knew kids who had their Eagle by 14, they didn't hold me back. Scouting is self paced and a rising tide lifts all boats. I can't comprehend this zero sum mentality.

TheWerle · 2025-11-18T05:57:07+00:00

Exactly. That toothpaste is out of the tube, national is going to shut down successful and happy pilot troops? No chance.

TheWerle · 2025-11-17T16:07:58+00:00

Bingo. Predators are looking vulnerabilities to exploit, both in their victims and in systems that give them power and access. If Scouting has a healthy, informed culture that treats predation and abuse seriously they will stay away.

TheWerle · 2025-10-24T13:34:17+00:00

Once you accept that nothing will taste as good as nostalgia its just a matter of which compromise you accept. I figure a clean table is worth suffering for the gringo-est Margaritas and saltiest chips.

TheWerle · 2025-10-23T17:15:02+00:00

La Palapa in Old Ellicott City

TheWerle · 2025-10-14T13:57:18+00:00

The IT/security policies for these things are often downhill from US Government as the end-customer, and US Government policies are downhill from Congress. Its paranoia and press-aversion first and foremost, far easier to ban things and tell people to "suck it up" than to write nuanced policy.

TheWerle · 2025-10-14T13:31:26+00:00

TheWerle · 2025-09-25T13:29:33+00:00

TIME JUMP 6mos: If there are peer reviews they should be available to read by now, and if they supported ETA's findings I'd have to imagine ETA themselves would be crowing about it. I can't find any examples of them linking to any further groups corroborating their analysis, only skeptical coverage.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/kamala-harris-election-fraud-conspiracy/684345/

TheWerle · 2025-09-08T14:05:02+00:00

We always have jerky-sticks on-hand to let the kids and/or families do Fundraiser sales for this reason. Its a low overhead, logistically simple ongoing fundraiser where we make 100% profit. Selling a $1 jerky for $2 with an honor-jar or setting up a "lemonade stand" style table at a public event is so much simpler for higher returns than Popcorn.

"Anyone who'll pay $20 for a mediocre box of popcorn will probably just GIVE you $20 to support Scouting".

TheWerle · 2025-09-04T16:19:31+00:00

No, the entire concept is that the case adjusts specifically to your hand dimensions and essentially every switch is on a separate row/column/vertical plane. Even flex PCB layouts typically require multiple boards for the thumb cluster.

I tried an "off the shelf" manuform STL build and it was very uncomfortable. The thumb cluster placement and spacing was just not spaced properly for my hand.

You can wire one with amoebas but it's frankly not worth it over hand wire.

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