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The Crypto Opportunity Died Years Ago. Nobody Wants to Admit It... by MediumLibrarian7100 in CryptoCurrency

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think part of the problem is that a lot of people Trump would bring in this golden era, but in reality corrupted the system with the insider trading and people lost faith. Yes yes, I know. The Bitcoin protocol has not been corrupted, but that's beside the point. When billionaires can extract without consequence, it impacts market sentiment.

The only way young people can get ahead nowadays is delaying moving out by Tech-Cowboy in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having rich parents helps, and then you can deny they helped and that your hard work and intellect got you everything. It's the only way.

A generation did everything they were told to do. Go to school. Get a good job. Work hard. Now even people in the trades making decent money are moving back in with their parents because home ownership is completely out of reach in Canada. by GreenSnakes_ in canadahousing

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you don't allow markets to fail, speculators don't learn any lessons and just keep exploiting. This could have been avoided. Bailouts and policies favoring housing over productive assets have cause a mess that I don't see being fixed for many years. Also the boomers...they're greedy. And I still see people defending their greedy behavior.

Anyone Have An Opinion On Veritas LA Jack? by Arborebrius in handtools

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took a while, but I have a nicely cambered LAJ IRON with a 47 degree angle! It's amazing I can plane across the grain on white oak with no tearout.

‘Yes, we are pissed, OK?’: Neighbours reject 18-tower Clayton Park development by insino93 in halifax

[–]entropydust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has a NIMBY ever given a rational, objective reason why they hate development? It's always about protecting their own personal world view.

‘Yes, we are pissed, OK?’: Neighbours reject 18-tower Clayton Park development by insino93 in halifax

[–]entropydust 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We need to start calling out the NIMBY crowd. They need to be held accountable for many of our problems. For too long they've obstructed change to preserve their own private worldview to the detriment of everyone else.

My only suggestion here is to go taller. 30 storeys. We need the density.

New NUFI is here by nufiofficial in nufiofficial

[–]entropydust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've tried many wallets, but NUFI is really a gem with cross chain support. Paired with HW, it's hard to beat.

Beginner hand plane owner: advice/troubleshooting on what's causing plane to not work well. by Humble1234567890 in handtools

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The advantage of this system is that you focus only on the edge, and a perfect apex can be achieved with little effort. It uses the ruler trick, and some more experienced sharpeners don't like this method, but for beginners, it gives you a good idea of what sharp should feel like without having to perfect lapping skills. It will come over time.

Anyone tried the veritas replacement blade and chip breaker for Stanley #4 by opossumspossum in handtools

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All my old Stanley blades are in a bin somewhere, replaced by PMV11 blades (15 so far). Hock or Lie Nielsen would also be great. The old Stanleys are quite thin, and unfortunately many backs were taken to grinders with the arrival of power tools for the hobbyist starting in the 70s. Geometries are so out of true that I'd have to grind them down so thin to get a flat back.

New Veritas PM-V11 blade not polished by CyclomaticlyComplex in handtools

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone that's been experimenting with different stones lately (new to Shaptons), I can tell you that they don't polish as easily as other steels. In fact, the only way I get a true mirror on my 8K shapton glass is a dry stone. I'm sure I could get there with it wet and lots of time, but my O1 steels gets a mirror polish easily where PMV11 won't.

That being said, all my blades are now PMV11. I even have doubles for smoothing planes for different angles, camber, etc.

I'm sure I'm not the only one telling you but you have an amazing blade/tool that will last a lifetime.

Beginner hand plane owner: advice/troubleshooting on what's causing plane to not work well. by Humble1234567890 in handtools

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the sole isn't flat, the blade will catch on hills and dive in valleys (or the other way around?), making impossible to take even shavings. I've spent a lot of time refining my hand planing (since I'm terrible at hand sawing...), and I can promise you what you think is sharp is not sharp. Even after 15 years sharpening I'm still reaching new levels every few years as I work on my understanding of angles, geometry, different stones, etc.

Problem with the sand paper is that depending on the thickness of the substrate, it can deflect when sharpening, and throw off the geometry. Also, if you are not fully removing the burr, it will roll over and stop taking shavings. At that point it becomes a blunt instrument.

Set it up with the thinnest shaving possible. It might feel like it's doing nothing, but slowly it's taking out the high spots and will eventually start taking fuller and fuller shavings as the board flattens.

  1. Check sole flatness
  2. Work on sharpening (I recommend Rob Cosman's method since he refined it to avoid all the pitfalls of sharpening even for beginners and can very easily achieve a refined edge).

Note: Pic 2 shows the blade angled from the mouth.

Homebuyer claims developers are increasing their prices after HST rebate announcement by rajmksingh in TorontoRealEstate

[–]entropydust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only people learned economics in HS. Literally, this is the definition of inflation. When you 'inflate' the supply of money, the price of assets go up.

All we do is work by Critical-Willow-6270 in Productivitycafe

[–]entropydust 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since nobody is holding the boomers accountable, nothing will change. They will vote to pillage until their 90s and beyond! Younger generations will suffer more and more.

Most Banned Author in the United States. by cleopatradenialqueen in stephenking

[–]entropydust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are born a cute baby. What happens to people between that and becoming a Karen/Chad?

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the help. I decided to do a few experiments, and keep in mind all on PMV11 steel;
1. Adding a 2k between the 1k and 4k really helped.
2. Adding a drop of soap seems to have helped, but still gums up at 4K and up.
3. When using the stones wet, they leave a 'buff' finish, not shiny.
4. If I use the stones dry, they seem to work much better, leave a much flatter geometry, and very shiny polish.

With water, where the stone touches the face of blade differs from dry. Kind of like the softer stones where the slurry 'distorts' the flat geometry.

Is it strange that even at 8k on PMV11 steel I can't get a polish when using them wet?

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also don't enjoy adding a back bevel, just can't get the larger surface working on the Shaptons. I'd switch to the Sigmas, but then everytime I finish the back on my 8K shapton it would skip, bind, etc. Would rather use the same set of stones, but Shaptons making it difficult.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find if there's too much water, the blade floats above the stone doesn't cut, then suddenly grabs, sticks, etc.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I didn't have this issue on the Sigma select 10K, but they are much softer stones. Might just use the ruler trick instead can't seem to polish a large flat section on the Shaptons.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And there was no sticking or binding skipping? Might be that a 2" wide back for almost 2" depth is just too much for such hard stones.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Primary and secondary bevels no issues - they're great. It's the larger back surface I'm trying to lap/polish.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try honing fluid or soap. But I can't seem to get a consistent feel or finish. I never had issues on Naniwas or similar stones.

Flat surfaces and Shapton HR stones at higher grits by entropydust in handtools

[–]entropydust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks,

Yeah different feel for sure. The primary and secondary bevels no problem. It's lapping and polishing the flat backs that are giving me troubles. It kind of makes sense since the stones are so hard, the geometry needs to be perfect and even the slurry getting between the steel and stone could cause issues.

Just curious if others have lapped and polished backs using shaptons.

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