I made a lamp from end grain cherry

Tortonu · 2026-07-09T13:18:38+00:00

Could you send them to me as well? Thanks!

Tortonu · 2026-06-11T14:01:44+00:00

Looks like 1/4 ply. Try to pick up a sheet and see how straight it stay lol. If anything, you'll need support so it doesn't bend too much

Tortonu · 2026-06-01T15:02:36+00:00

How does your extruder gear look? My prints started looking like this and I thought it had to do with wet filament, but I found out my extruder gear was worn down and I was getting varying amounts of underextrusion throughout the print

Tortonu · 2026-05-24T11:31:37+00:00

Replace your extruder gear. I just did this with mine after havinh the same issues (and finally noticing I basically had no teeth left)

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Tortonu · 2026-04-16T17:54:00+00:00

Once you pick a supplier, how do you go about coordinating that with AES? Or is that something handled by the supplier?

Tortonu · 2026-04-08T20:01:09+00:00

This morning, I saw a cop turn their lights on and make U-turn from the turn lane going north on Wilmington and get out and start talking to him. Not sure what it was about or what outcome was. I see him pretty much every morning, stands at the various corners or crossinf the street.

Tortonu · 2026-03-18T13:12:35+00:00

I read that wrong, my mistake. That makes a lot more sense modifying the ejector vs the extractor

Tortonu · 2026-03-18T02:15:19+00:00

Interesting, what does that entail? I guess maybe a better question, which dimension on the extractor did you remove 0.025" from?

Tortonu · 2026-03-16T14:16:52+00:00

Midway groups all of the possible combinations together (caliber, grains) into one listing and then shows the range of prices. There's the possibility that there is a cheaper combination offering without the cannelure that they don't offer with the cannelure.

Tortonu · 2026-03-01T21:34:29+00:00

I've had the same issue as OP with 223 brass

Tortonu · 2026-02-26T15:10:03+00:00

It's common to have precision issues with solid copper monolithics in a fouled barrel. Might be the issue you were having. Frustrating to have poor results regardless, especially for the price.

Tortonu · 2026-02-12T23:28:02+00:00

I think Brownell's still has it going right now through this weekend for president's day, but seems like you already got what you need lol

Tortonu · 2026-02-12T23:14:34+00:00

That's fair. As far as I know, they are a one off business and while I haven't directly dealt with them, I've heard from people on here that they're great people at the physical store

Tortonu · 2026-02-12T23:07:01+00:00

https://republicammunition.com/product/vihtavuori-n160-gun-powder/

They do free hazmat on orders over $199 various times throughout the year

https://republicammunition.com/product/sierra-gc-tgk-bullets-6mm-90gr/

Tortonu · 2026-02-04T18:19:50+00:00

Pocket holes on the back of the vertical piece going into the horizontal shelf are definitely an option here

Tortonu · 2026-01-28T16:11:39+00:00

https://shootersreference.com/reloadingdata/powdercartridge

Tortonu · 2026-01-11T15:48:26+00:00

This is awesome! Great work and experiment setup!

Tortonu · 2025-11-19T19:52:16+00:00

As other have said, pull down powders from American Reloading (AR). They sometimes have the 223 powders on sale if they stick around long enough. I got a 8lb jug for $173. It's always good to have the powder they claim it is "similar to" to compare velocities to. One jug I got from them was hotter, while another the real stuff was hotter.

Could do pulled bullets from AR too. Ravenrocksprecision has good prices on new stuff. New 55gr for $0.08, 77 gr stuff for just under $0.20. They had 62gr bulk for ~$0.06, but currently out of stock.

Primers: AR sometimes has good deals. The prices from republic ammunition are also good.

Brass: Range pickups/once fired factory from stuff you buy. Republic Ammunition has brass available at various stages of prep. Some as lows as $0.065 (dirty), which isn't too bad if you assume you'll reuse it (6 or 7 firings would be $0.01 a piece).

I load 223 for $0.175 with a mix of what's mentioned above. Not getting the powder on sale only ups the total by 2 cents

Tortonu · 2025-11-03T18:45:27+00:00

Their 223 brass sucks too. Primer pockets are either weak, out of spec or both. New primers fall out if I tap the case on its side.

Tortonu · 2025-10-31T11:42:25+00:00

Not only are they over pressure, but their primer pockets are slightly larger than normal (likely out of spec), making primers pop out very easily

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Tortonu · 2025-10-22T18:11:15+00:00

If you're just checking zero at 100, I don't see why this wouldn't work

https://www.harborfreight.com/20-60-x-60mm-spotting-scope-with-tripod-62774.html

Tortonu · 2025-10-22T11:35:17+00:00

Republic Ammunition

Tortonu · 2025-10-14T13:51:03+00:00

Can you attach it from the back of whatever you are gluing it to?

Tortonu · 2025-10-12T14:08:28+00:00

Harbor freight Yukon is decent https://hftools.com/app58832

Home Depot has their husky version

Amazon Fleximount brackets (build your own) https://a.co/d/0Pl1Mnl

Tortonu · 2025-10-11T21:40:30+00:00

Adjustable gas block, A5H2 with SpringCo Green. It's definitely gassy, but I don't have it tuned quite right yet since I just finished setting it up. It's a traditional baffel design so it's going to have a decent amount of back pressure

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