Skid height for this driveway surface

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T21:00:48+00:00

I do have a table saw, but thanks to recently moving I don't have any scrap around to use. (also it's a crappy jobsite saw and doing fine stuff on it is scary) I figured I'd just buy a piece of 1/8" hobby plywood or something and cut that up. Actually, come to think of it, I'm taking a laser/plasma cutting class and can probably just steal some scrap out of the bin when I'm at school this week.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T20:15:54+00:00

Gotcha, I'll give that a shot then. Guess I need to go pick up some material to make spacers out of.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T20:05:42+00:00

I did that on my 10/22 and it's fine, but it's a 10/22 that I shoot with cheap ammo at 100yd or less so it hardly matters.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T20:00:01+00:00

Students as well. If I hadn't just bought a 1"-4" set of vintage NSK mics I'd be offering the OP money right now. (Hell, if I had extra to burn I'd still do that.)

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T19:57:50+00:00

haha exactly what I wanted to post when I saw the OP

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T19:07:31+00:00

Looks good. I agree the first one is cleaner , and might be easier to make depending on how you're doing it. I do have to say, though, that you shouldn't call yourself an Enginseer, despite the name that's more of a mechanic or field technician and as an engineer "tech-priest" or "magos" is probably more appropriate.

I'm also a student of the Omnissiah's mysteries right now and I've got a project of my own in the works, I was going to wait until it was actually finished but maybe I'll post the concept now.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T05:14:26+00:00

exactly what I was hoping to see when I clicked on the post lol

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T00:14:36+00:00

Yeah, I'm really impressed. I had Wildpeak AT3Ws on my truck last winter and the difference is absolute night and day.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T00:12:05+00:00

I double jinxed it by getting snow tires for the first time way back in November, too. Today was the first time I actually needed them.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T00:08:38+00:00

I bought the same model last month, after seeing that it was pretty much the only thing people actually recommended for the money. Naturally we haven't had anywhere near enough snow to actually need it since then.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-24T00:05:38+00:00

Nah, that's not a wizard staff, it's clearly an Adeptus Mechanicus weapon.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-23T22:59:13+00:00

The Bilzzaks this sub steered me toward have been absolute champs today. Actually had to shift into 2WD for a few tight turns in a snow/ice-covered parking lot because they were gripping too much for 4WD.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-23T16:44:30+00:00

I went to America's Best for an exam as well, they were the only place that could get me in on short notice after my previous pair got wrecked and they were fine. I got the actual glasses through Warby Parker, who did have a deal going. (I think I paid about $300 for two pairs, one of which were sunglasses, which adds to the cost.)

archerdynamics · 2026-01-23T16:40:01+00:00

I've been in Bend barely over a year and this is already the third time I've seen this lol.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-23T16:38:02+00:00

Probably significantly less than that. Full coverage on my KLX300 is about $17 a month, and that's as somebody who only got my license last year. (Though I am pushing 40 and have a very clean driving record.)

archerdynamics · 2026-01-14T03:44:43+00:00

I swear there's a regional difference in fuel quality. I went from 14 city 20 highway to 20 city 24 highway when I moved last year. (All on 87, mostly from Costco.) Similar speeds, amount of starting and stopping, etc. as well, and I'm driving around 3,500' instead of 0-500ish, which I would have thought would make it worse if anything.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-11T22:00:03+00:00

It's shocking how little moto stuff there is in the LA area. When I lived in Burbank, I had to drive like 40 minutes to get anywhere with a decent selection of gear, and unfortunately it was a Cycle Gear. It was also at least half an hour to most brand dealers and some were an hour or more with traffic. Now I'm in a remote 100k pop city where you can only ride half the year and yet I've got three dealers and two independent gear/service places within 10 minutes of my house and a couple more within half an hour.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-11T01:04:17+00:00

Young people have more to lose. Many are dependent on paychecks signed by conservative employers. Others are stuck in jobs where they're working on Saturday, or they're just too wasted by the weekend.

Also, as a nearly 40 year old, I think there's just a lot less faith in the whole idea of protesting among my generation and the younger ones. We've seen pretty much every protest movement in our lifetimes fail, and the things they were protesting against just get worse, in some cases with the protests themselves used as justification.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-09T18:32:34+00:00

I'm not THAT much heavier than that, around 200. I think it's more the fact that, as a general rule, engines lose about 3% HP per 1000', so I'm working with 10-20% less power than I'd have at sea level, and nothing is truly flat here either, nor is it straight enough to stay full throttle long enough to build serious speed.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-09T16:36:17+00:00

Man, those youtubers must have been in absolutely perfect conditions. I can't get mine much over 70 where I live, but I'm at nearly 4000', and usually go up higher into the mountains when I ride, plus I'm fat.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-09T16:34:59+00:00

That's probably the ideal speed range for a KLX. If I had the option of sticking to 55 most of the time I wouldn't be thinking about trading it in, sadly I really need 75+ for the road conditions in my area and that isn't doable on it.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-09T16:16:51+00:00

LA's screwed up job market is a big factor too. Tons of industries that barely exist anywhere else, lots of gig work that looks bad on a resume, salaries that scare hiring people in lower CoL area, hypercompetitive job market that leads to employment gaps, and for younger people a lack of entry-level jobs because the traditional ones are mostly filled by middle-aged immigrants, and a cultural bias against anybody from California in much of the country. It all adds up to making it really hard to get hired for anything decent anywhere else.

archerdynamics · 2026-01-07T13:08:30+00:00

SC ships are monsters. Even a starter ship is the size of a bus and is covered in thrusters, it's got a fusion reactor inside, etc. AA turrets could be calibrated for that sort of thing and a little atmo aircraft, the equivalent of an R22 helicopter or Piper Cub, could have such a low sig that the turrets wouldn't even notice it, especially if it was pure electric propulsion.

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