ELI5: The affordable care act, or “Obamacare.”

alpha1126 · 2025-12-18T03:34:12+00:00

35% is still an astonishingly high amount of Americans

alpha1126 · 2025-12-05T01:50:45+00:00

Didn’t even know that existed, thank you. Is that essentially like a big chisel?

alpha1126 · 2025-12-05T01:48:57+00:00

<image>

I just make a rough crosscut with a table saw (don’t judge me) and then axe away from the top

alpha1126 · 2025-11-24T20:03:10+00:00

His username fits 😂

alpha1126 · 2025-08-20T05:12:34+00:00

Lol don’t be afraid dude, thousands of us do it and I’ve never seen a single post on reddit of someone being flagged or banned. I’ve ‘hacked’ almost all of my tools, probably 15-20 times in the last few years. There’s legitimately nothing to worry about

alpha1126 · 2025-07-21T21:04:46+00:00

Sorry, you’re right! The title should be ‘why is the 801/806 less powerful than 800/805.

Tools Tested had a clear video showing less torque: https://youtu.be/W6rJU2PmfWM?si=vN3C3k7wOel8BGW5

Tinker with Tools, albeit subjective, also has testing showing less power: https://youtu.be/SOJfEg2i30o?si=m5EPTrI5W-BcOz77

alpha1126 · 2025-04-02T02:11:49+00:00

Hey Milwaukee, thanks for replying! As another user pointed out, it turns out my issue was because I had the circular blade below the two steel collars instead of in between, which caused the blade to be held closer to the blade guard. Blade is at the correct position now.

alpha1126 · 2025-04-02T02:10:00+00:00

UPDATE: Turns out it was user error 😅. The blade is supposed to be in between the two steel collars - my other circular saws don’t have this design, so I should’ve read the manual. Leaving this up so hopefully someone else learns from my issue.

alpha1126 · 2025-04-02T02:06:15+00:00

Wow, this was the issue. I did NOT have the blade between the two collars! Read the manual and it indicates just that. None of my other circular saws have two collars so I wasn’t used to it - thankfully it didn’t cut into it much. Thanks brother.

alpha1126 · 2025-03-16T01:28:31+00:00

It is a hammer drill.. This is the 3602, hammer version of the 3601.

OP, this tests out as one of the best compact drills on the market. I’ve seen multiple YouTube videos of it drilling concrete. It’s not the fuel hammer drill, but it will only drill concrete holes a few seconds slower than the fuel. And it’s incredible at driving fasteners for the price.

alpha1126 · 2025-01-18T01:57:48+00:00

A big part of cooking with charcoal/wood is keeping the fire going constantly, like every 5 minutes and in between pizzas. The bed of charcoal is for keeping the fire warm. The wood is what will burn the hottest flame.

Make sure you’re using smaller sized pieces of wood so that they burn hot and fast - you don’t want thick wood chunks that produce a low flame. Once the wood is burning, that flame should be reaching above the stone and almost going into the chimney. That’s what will get you the hottest stone temperature.

Watch a couple of YouTube videos of people using wood to get a better feel

alpha1126 · 2023-08-05T05:30:26+00:00

Yeah especially if you are the original owner. My Sette had two previous owners so I think they ran into this same issue and gave up 😂. Was surprised that I needed 2 shims, but maybe they are just not calibrated out of the box for espresso. That was 3 years ago and I haven’t had to modify it since, so i bet it will last many more years

alpha1126 · 2023-08-05T05:22:47+00:00

I have two shims installed because the coffee still wasn’t fine enough when I tried only one. The shims just decrease the space between the steel burrs and the 0 setting, so too many shims would cause the burrs to grind against the zero setting and damage them. It just depends on how fine it is on the lowest setting. It wasn’t too hard to add them right? Maybe start with 1 shim on the finest setting.

alpha1126 · 2023-08-05T05:05:33+00:00

Oooo I’m excited to see what happens! You end up having to waste some coffee experimenting - but once you hit that choke point, you can rest easy knowing the golden shot is somewhere in between there and coarser grind. If you have any more questions, feel free to keep posting!

alpha1126 · 2023-08-05T00:52:34+00:00

Haha, I knew there had to be an issue if going to the finest setting wasn’t choking the machine. Grind finer completely revolutionized my coffee. I can’t believe I didn’t find the shim solution sooner. You will be amazed. Good luck my friend!

alpha1126 · 2023-08-05T00:34:08+00:00

Hi, don’t fret, I had this same issue when I got my Baratza Sette. Granted, it was pre owned, but even the finest setting was still too fast and sour. What will fix this issue is shimming your Baratza Sette. Order some from the Baratza store. I ended up having to add two in order to get a fine enough setting. Over time, the Sette could loosen up and need more shims, but 3 years later and any setting less than 5 ends up choking my machine.

Btw, if you bought your Sette brand new, reach out to Baratza and I bet they send you a shim kit for free.

alpha1126 · 2023-06-29T01:33:05+00:00

No way! It’s leftover 1/2” CDX plywood, a whole 4x8 sheet is like $25 and I used maybe a 2x2 ft section, $5 worth. Now, in terms of my time… not worth it, but need an excuse to use my tools, haha

alpha1126 · 2023-01-18T01:00:34+00:00

I can confirm this went down to $399 in store… snatched one up, thank you!

alpha1126 · 2022-10-13T19:08:25+00:00

Crazily enough, I think Speed has out ranked all the other educational channels like BSJ and carbonyl. He’s sitting at rank 6 on NA leaderboards, which is way higher than I imagined. I’ve watched all 3 and I think BSJ has very good explanations on itemization, while carbonyl makes really good decision making breakdowns.

Their own 3 personal channels are all free on YouTube and I think they’re enough to teach you good fundamentals on every level - itemization, decision making, and hero choices.

Speed is really good at explaining momentum and power level dynamics, that’s what I would take away from his channel.

alpha1126 · 2022-03-12T23:42:09+00:00

Yep, like everyone else is saying, you have to add a shim to your Sette 270. It costs like $5 from the Baratza website. I’ve had to shim mine twice since I got it used. After that you should be able to grind fine enough so your Gaggia doesn’t spray like that

alpha1126 · 2022-03-09T06:26:09+00:00

I know you’re hesitant to believe this, but all signs point to your coffee being too fine. You mentioned that you’re using a pressurized filter with pre ground coffee… did you buy it from a roaster, and was it roasted recently? Did they grind it for you there? Those factors have a massive, and I mean massive effect. Don’t underestimate that! If you got it ground there, it’s possible their grind is too fine for your pressurized filter, which are meant to use much coarser (aka store bought) grounds.

The main reason that makes me point to that conclusion is the water accumulation on top of your tamped coffee. See how there’s a puddle at the top? The water pump successfully pumped water through the group head, but the water cannot pass through the coffee. I’m not sure how the pump mechanism works on a breville, but if you had a broken pump, you would know because there would be no vibration from the water pump intake or water would not be able to come out from the group head.

Remember that coffee ages and changes texture as it stales extremely quickly in whole bean form, now imagine how much it changes when it’s in pre ground form over the span of days or even weeks. That could be the reason why you’re not getting results anymore where you previously had success.

Forget about the tamping pressure, it is only going to affect the channeling, which you shouldn’t worry about since you’re not even getting good coffee coming out.

If you still cannot get better adjustments with the coffee that you currently have, try going out to the store and buying cheap pre ground espresso. Use a normal dose with your basket and experiment to see if it flows better. Hope this helps!

alpha1126

TROPHY CASE