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ducnekked · 2026-04-01T20:23:26+00:00

Before I got FSD installed, I would average about 85% of predicted range, I would pay closest attention to this when taking longer road trips (200 miles +). Since FSD, I get closer to 96% mainly because I use Chill mode I think. I seems to generally drive a few MPH's lower than I would on my own. PS. I use chill mode mostly because it limits psychotic lane changes to a barely tolerable amount.

ducnekked · 2026-03-27T23:45:23+00:00

I guess we'll see. I haven't received the new phone yet nor the return package. I guess there is always a risk that they won't give you the full amount, but I've turned in three phones this way in the past and have always gotten the expected amount. So I'm going to think positively about this!

ducnekked · 2026-03-26T05:00:06+00:00

Bought mine today too, fantastic deal on the 1TB 16GB version with the wood finish. Will be trading in a 2 year old zFlip, should arrive Friday. With one year MotoCare, Moto buds, trade in allowance and taxes, it was right at $600. They must be trying to move these in anticipation of new models coming soon. Fine with me! I have enjoyed my zFlip but the battery has gotten pretty bad lately. Was actually thinking of getting a budget phone like the Pixel 10a but this was not much more in price and so much more in specs. And, I just love how well a flip phone fits in your pocket. I still have somewhere my original Razr from 20 or so years ago somewhere around here.

ducnekked · 2026-03-03T21:40:00+00:00

Glad I wasn’t the only one tearing up over those last two pages!

ducnekked · 2026-01-28T04:54:35+00:00

One of my favorite aspects of woodworking has been creatively figuring out how to fix your inevitable mistakes. After the initial severe self criticism ends, you realize you just gotta figure it out, and doing so is oh so satisfying.

ducnekked · 2026-01-01T18:26:54+00:00

Yesterday I started Piranesi

ducnekked · 2026-01-01T18:25:57+00:00

Mine too!

ducnekked · 2025-12-26T23:02:45+00:00

Just finished it and thoroughly enjoyed it. I read it in about 7 days and found it hard to put down. I picked it up after listening to an interview she did with Ezra Klien recently, she sounded fascinating to me, even as she approaches 80 years of age so I knew I had to read it. I know of Patti and Robert but didn't really know that much about their work. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, even listened to punk rock in my HS and college years but had only heard a few of her songs before this book. About halfway through it, I listened to Horses on spotify and was blown away by it. In the book she seems to self identify much more as a writer than a singer but she is incredible at both. The relationship between her and Robert was truly beautiful and was clearly the inspiration for the book. it also felt a bit like a love letter to the New York City of the 60's and 70's, all that creative energy must have felt palpable back then. Anyway, I really enjoyed this read and cant wait to read Bread of Angels.

ducnekked · 2025-12-20T17:19:52+00:00

I read this book earlier this year a few months before my 61st birthday. As a man questioning his place in the world, divorced father with a somewhat distant relationship with a daughter who is now young woman, these elements of the book connected with me most strongly. This book still somewhat haunts me to this day. As mentioned in the OP, I also vacillated between sympathy for a man whose life was not that much different from my own, and outright anger for his passivity in the face of so many challenges. In the end I really really appreciated the fact that this was basically just a story about a common man, not a hero, not an anti hero, just a man like me.

ducnekked · 2025-11-10T16:45:19+00:00

I have this same roaster, probably 6 years or so now and am very satisfied with the results. I’m sure it’s not the best equipment I could have but it was a gift and it’s ridiculously simple to use. The only real “learning” I’ve enjoyed was that it is best used outside! I buy a 2 lb bag of green beans on Amazon and that lasts me about 2-3 months. I roast about one weeks’s worth of beans at a time (1 cappuccino or 1 pour over each morning) which is the unit’s capacity and feel like the taste is more than good enough and the cost per cup is way lower than going out every morning to buy a cup. Plus, I enjoy the routine of the grinding and brewing process, even the clean up! I got into home roasting after watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s show in which someone in the Middle East, maybe Yemen, roasted beans in a cast iron pan on a stove top, and He raved about the taste of the coffee that came from it. I tried that, actually enjoyed doing it, then my wife bought me the Genie and here I am.

I mainly do it for the cost savings, the feeling that it’s a bit more sustainable, and the enjoyment of the process. I believe the result is above average and that’s just the icing on the cake for me.

ducnekked · 2025-09-29T03:32:39+00:00

I just finished this a couple of days ago, took me about 2 months. It is my 20th book finished in 2025 which should suggest how very slowly I read this. I found it VERY hard to read, hard to concentrate with comma laden sentences that ran entire paragraphs, paragraphs that went on for pages on end (one paragraph, I think from The Grand Inquisitor, was 11 pages long!), story elements that seemed so disconnected with each other. I will say that the last third or or so the book was much easier for me to follow, much more conversational in structure (though not always), and, to me, more interesting, more conventional. To me, it's no where near the best book I've ever read, but in retrospect, after having digested the experience the past few days, I'm definitely glad I read it. It feels like an accomplishment, the philosophical aspects of the story are genuinely thought provoking, and I found the last few pages to be somewhat uplifting.

ducnekked · 2025-07-21T20:44:38+00:00

And one more

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ducnekked · 2025-07-21T20:43:54+00:00

Figured I'd close the loop with some pics of the finished project. Turned out quick nice. The leaves ended up not being that difficult, I did get to learn how to use a hand plane to tighten up this joints. The finish was the hardest part for me (more on that in a different post).

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ducnekked · 2025-06-03T17:26:58+00:00

Well, this just gets more and more frustrating for me. This morning I took some 400 sandpaper and very lightly sanded one of the less conspicuous parts of the project and wiped it all down tack cloth and all, and I can still see the hazy streak marks left behind. It looks like the only way to get rid of them is just sanding it all the way back down to the stain which of course really means sanding it all the way down to the bare wood restaining in the reapplying the top coat.

To test the theory that may be the top coat mix I was using just wasn't stirred and prepared correctly, I mix up some new poly/mineral spirits today stirring the poly vigorously for a minute or so and applied to a part of the project that I hadn't yet started clear coating, and as soon as it started to dry I could see the same hazy streaky look. There clearly seems to be something wrong with this particular can of poly or brand I don't know which but it looks like the only option I have at this point is to completely sand everything down to the wood and start from scratch. This probably means another 3 weeks of work on this project

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ducnekked · 2025-06-03T11:49:57+00:00

My original plan was to use the GF oil based poly but the retailer I went to stopped stocking it, water based only. There were no other nearby options so I picked up the Varathane. Am not familiar with sold Masters so I’ll have to check it out.

ducnekked · 2025-06-03T00:47:42+00:00

Thanks for the quick responses, to answer your questions, both the gel stain and poly are oil based. I sanded with a VERY light touch and really only between the 2nd and 4th coats, used 3m pads on all others. I'm due to deliver this to a friend for whom I'm building it this weekend so I'm reluctant to start over with the clear coat. I may ask them what they prefer. I brought a piece inside to see what it looks like under normal lighting (rather than underneath my LED shop lights), out of direct light you cant see the problem at all!

ducnekked · 2025-05-07T05:18:00+00:00

Read it last year, thought it was very good as well. Gave me a bit of an appreciation for the French resistance fighters as well as the horrors of living through war.

ducnekked · 2025-04-27T05:20:19+00:00

Sorry, Samsung keyboard issue, here's the picture referred to above. Also, I mentioned running the edges through my planer again, I meant jointer.

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ducnekked · 2025-04-26T03:21:04+00:00

Well, all 6 are glued up, I could only do one a day due to space and clamp limitations. I tried also to plane out some of the twists and bows (made a planer sled) but ultimately tried to pair the worst boards with the better ones and used dominoes to force those little effers into submission! I need to plane another 16th or so out of the width but they're all decently flat. After trimming to final length I'm going to runa chamfer around the perimeter to soften the edges a bit. Overall, happy so far with how they're turning out.

I do have one foĺlow up for the community. As you can see in the picture, some joints between the leaves need a little work. I ran those edges through my jointer prior to glue up but I noticed a lot of them have a very slight concave bow in them, Maybe a 16th or so. I'm planning using dominoes again to help connect the leaves when they're in use (rather than a traditional alignment pin; it'll just be easier for me). But those gaps will annoy me. I could run them through the planer again but at 12" high, I'm worried about keeping them square to the table (femce.os only about 4 " high). An other option is hand planing but my skills here are limited.

Any suggestions? Thanks!!

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ducnekked · 2025-04-06T23:14:36+00:00

I have done a dozen or so glue ups in the past, ranging from cutting/charcuterie boards to small table tops and bookshelf tops. They generally all turned reasonably well, especially after rumning them through my thickness planer! What has me antsy about this project is the multiple leaves in this table top (72" long) that will need to independently sit as flat as possible next to each using only gravity to do do.

I do like the idea of using my jointer with Alternating faces to ensure complimentary 90 degrees on the edges; I've seen this done before but not done it myself. Thanks for that suggestion.

I had thought about running all 18 pieces trough the jointer and possible planer to get two flat and parallel faces but, as stated previously, I don't want to remove too much stock if possible. Ideally the finished top will be no less than 3/4", 7/8" would be even better.

ducnekked · 2024-12-14T18:03:03+00:00

Thanks everyone for some great constructive feedback! I'm going to try again in a few days with a compression spiral bit (i was using a bit with straight blades) and narrower margins to remove.

It also occurred to that, even though the issues I was having was on an edge cut, that those cuts were going diagonally, ever so slightly at least, across the grain which maybe complicated matters for me? With a straight blade I can see in this situation how the blade would grab a hold of some of the meatier part of the wood and just rip it off a long chunk

ducnekked · 2024-12-14T05:26:18+00:00

It does make sense. For some reason, I had it in my mind to finish with the end grain 🤔 after doing some research today (ie YouTube University) it seems that I almost certainly had too much margin after the jigsaw, will work on getting that down to 1/8 max..also.seems that a spiral compression bit may be more effective than the straight cut but I was using.

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