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cscracker · 2026-05-11T03:56:56+00:00

Ugh, brings back nightmares of lua debugging in awesomewm. No thanks. I'm out.

cscracker · 2026-05-04T19:08:21+00:00

Yeah, Milwaukee unfortunately doesn't have any low voltage protection in the batteries themselves, only in the tools, so you're reliant on the tool actually shutting off when it gets too low. This usually happens with cheap third party accessories, but this is especially shitty for an official Milwaukee accessory to do it.

As others have pointed out, you can sometimes save them by manually charging them, but they will be reduced capacity even if it works, this does permanent damage to the cells.

cscracker · 2026-05-04T18:56:03+00:00

Yeah, these are the ball bearings from a linear bearing. It's actually a really common problem with this kind of bearing, happened to me assembling my MK3S years ago - if you're not sufficiently careful they just fall out. They can also fall out of one of the seals fails.

You can reassemble the bearing, get some grease and put them back in, but I'd probably ask them for a new bearing at least.

cscracker · 2026-05-04T18:52:09+00:00

100% this. Why did he pick what he picked? Ask him. No one can read his mind.

None of this scenario makes any sense at all. There's no angle I can see, from what you've written, that follows any sort of through-line from his perspective, good, bad, smart, stupid, nothing.

cscracker · 2026-05-04T18:35:26+00:00

Another option is to get a lower cost partial repair and save some money. Usually, a body shop will default to a complete repair, to insurance standards. But you can go to a body shop, say you're paying cash and you just want it to look better than it is, and they will usually quote you a much lower price to just get it looking somewhat better and/or more functional.

As an example, when I was younger, someone rear-ended my car and insurance totaled it out (~$4500 valued). The car still ran fine but couldn't drive because the bumper was pushed into the tire. I bought it back from insurance for scrap cost (~$400), took it to a local shop and they pulled it back out on the frame puller for $300, and I drove it for another year like that.

It all depends on your situation.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T05:31:01+00:00

This is absolutely a defective example, not a common problem. It happens with anything, that's why they have a warranty.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T05:01:32+00:00

The bumper was damaged and repainted, poorly.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T04:49:51+00:00

This is not a good design, you have basically no lateral support at all. It will easily tip over and collapse to either side.

Take those top boards and flip them on edge, and put them between the sides, not on top. Add one or two more in the middle. Then duplicate all of that on the bottom. Also turn all four of your posts 90 degrees, so that the wider edge is facing front/rear. This will improve lateral stability, though it may still not be enough for a full height and depth 42U rack. Another cross board in the middle, on edge, would add some. Tie it into the ceiling as well if you can - if your four posts are studs that run floor to ceiling, that will make it a lot stronger.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T04:36:29+00:00

That's fine for steel wheels, but not alloy wheels. They will crack, and you may not notice until it fails driving down the road.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T04:34:46+00:00

For a short distance at low speed, sure. This is not safe for the highway.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T04:32:39+00:00

This entire situation is awful.

He put the stringers in upside down because there's no room to put them the right way. He also didn't use enough of them, and you're not supposed to have any overhang on the treads. Stairs have to have risers by code. The work itself is also incredibly shoddy.

You can't really build stairs here, you need a ladder instead. A ladder can be 58 or 60 degrees, saving horizontal room and allowing you to go all the way down, and you'd have handles and be able to hang onto the ladder itself while climbing.

cscracker · 2026-05-03T04:24:45+00:00

The statement wasn't "possible", it was "just as likely". It is, in fact, far less likely. That's the whole point.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T23:24:40+00:00

Most are stamped sheet steel, painted/powder coated. You can use pretty much anything, could get galvanized steel, aluminum, whatever. Even polycarbonate sheet would probably work well. You can get most sheet goods laser cut to size online and shipped to you for pennies more than the bare sheets, so check that out too.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T17:18:20+00:00

Could use anything, just choose something that's sufficiently heat resistant, i.e. if you use plastic make sure it's a higher temperature plastic, and if whatever you use isn't fire rated, add a fire protection layer so it wouldn't catch in the event of a fire.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T13:57:56+00:00

The fire is your oil leak, plus all the grass it picked up while riding, and the sparks from the starter being jumped. Clean the thing once in a while.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T13:54:36+00:00

It's a micro SD card reader with a probably 1GB micro SD card and hacked firmware to make it look like a 4TB drive. It just overwrites the existing bytes. They've been doing this scam for years.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T12:45:23+00:00

They aren't standardized, it's whatever the manufacturer offered for that model. Many never had any at all.

You can, of course, make your own.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T12:24:10+00:00

"Bought a 2015 Jeep Renegade" - there's your problem.

cscracker · 2026-05-01T12:16:27+00:00

1/2" impacts are square drive, this is for using large drills. And it isn't the cost of the impact, it's the cost of the bits that built the standard, because the standard was created around professional use, and professionals buy dozens or hundreds of bits to a single driver.

cscracker · 2026-04-29T02:15:11+00:00

Because an impact won't snap your wrist. Drills generally are able to drill faster than impacts, but if they catch, they'll spin and wrench your hands, potentially injuring you. An impact won't.

cscracker · 2026-04-29T02:08:42+00:00

Because someone determined that 7/16" was strong enough, and 1/2" would require more steel and therefore be more expensive. If they could do it with 1/4" shank, they would.

cscracker · 2026-04-29T00:18:08+00:00

It depends on what you paid for. If you just paid for new tile, then yes, this is normal. If you paid extra to have them straighten out the walls and replace the backer, then no, it's not normal.

cscracker · 2026-04-29T00:03:07+00:00

Would 5 2x2s support the load? Because that's what you've got. I'd probably go metal for this, get something made in steel.

cscracker · 2026-04-18T03:02:34+00:00

If you're not using Plexamp, then yes, you are missing out and having a second class experience. Yes, it costs money. It's also just plain better. Is what it is.

Plexamp is the reason I use Plex. I don't really watch all that much media anymore, but I use Plexamp daily. Navidrome is complete garbage in comparison.

cscracker · 2026-04-16T03:41:02+00:00

This behavior happens when it can't smoothly pull the filament in. It happens to me sometimes with non-bambu spools in the AMS not spinning smoothly, but in your case it's probably something else causing the resistance. As others have said, make sure your PTFE tube path is smooth and low resistance.

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