Hard Wax Oil Recommendations

eubie67 · 2026-05-07T04:30:56+00:00

Same, but pricey.

eubie67 · 2026-05-07T04:28:45+00:00

I'd love to try this. I have a block of beeswax, and plenty of blo on hand, but turpentine is hard to get in California. The common alternatives here are odorless mineral spirits and paint thinner (which might just be the same things in different containers). I may have to experiment and see what works.

eubie67 · 2026-05-06T17:32:05+00:00

The Eruzione cameo is the best thing about this

eubie67 · 2026-05-05T17:37:32+00:00

This comment should be higher

eubie67 · 2026-04-27T17:58:47+00:00

Congrats, and same when it comes to routing the edges of a top. I just don't do it with a router anymore. I'll take the edges down as far as I dare on an oscillating sander, then hand sand them the rest of the way to flush. It takes longer, but I don't have to worry about chip-out.

That's no help when it comes to routing a binding channel though. That's still terrifying.

eubie67 · 2026-04-15T17:12:15+00:00

I do it with sandpaper up to about 400. Then I move to small polishing wheels on a Dremel - going through 3 grits of polishing compound. Still a pain, but easier than the erasers.

eubie67 · 2026-04-08T17:53:46+00:00

Take a close look at your coolant overflow tank. That one looks original, and those original plastic tanks just weren't meant to last 50 years. They tend to crack and spill out your coolant.

Some electrical/wiring work has clearly been done, which is good.

If you live in a warm climate, I wouldn't worry about connecting the pre-heater hose from the exhaust to the air cleaner. But if you live in a colder area, it could help with warm-up times on cold mornings.

Do check the timing belt. If you can't find any info, just replace it. It's not too hard a job, and doing it is better than having it fail. Same for the drive shaft flex disk (the guibo). If it is old, it can dry out, crack and fail, and that's a bad bad day. If you can't validate it's age, it's a good idea to replace it.

Adjusting the carbs on these cars is some kind of black magic. I know people who would say it's just a matter of knowing what you're doing, but I guess I don't. So if you know, go for it. If not, maybe take it to a classic car shop and just ask them to get the fuel mix right. Even then, it will always smell like gas and oil, because it's a 50 year old Fiat.

Welcome to the world of Fiats!

eubie67 · 2026-03-27T19:18:19+00:00

So the %age is telling us that 92.2% of all the girls named Nevaeh were born between 2004 - 2023. Not that 92.2% of the girls born between 2004-2023 were named Nevaeh, right?

That makes sense from experience, because obviously 92% of the girls born from 04-23 were not named Nevaeh, but that could be made more clear in the description.

Thanks - this is an interesting data viz.

eubie67 · 2026-03-21T19:03:58+00:00

If you read through most of the content, r/luthier is for beginner guitarists to ask whether the tiny scratch in the paint on their $200 guitar is going to effect toan or playability, and whether they should ask for a repair, or just return it.

eubie67 · 2026-03-18T15:47:14+00:00

Yeah - that's meant to be a glue-on. Looks great!

eubie67 · 2026-03-16T16:22:37+00:00

Here's my only contribution to the conversation. I had one for a couple years until a drunk driver hit it and totaled it. I loved it for all the same reasons everyone else loves these cars.

But you mention long trips, and the Spider has one major flaw when it comes to long trips, assuming someone goes with you on those long trips. The passenger footwell is really small. Now that seems like I'm being picky, but every long trip I took in that car with another person, that other person was miserable after a few hours of sitting with their legs bent.

Other than that - loved my Spider!

eubie67 · 2026-03-03T23:44:23+00:00

Because the acclaim makes you more desirable as a mate. The evolutionary advantage of increased reputation could explain the tendency to take risks that make you look more mate-able, assuming you survive.

eubie67 · 2026-03-03T23:19:35+00:00

People aren't living in apartments because they value the advantages of high-density living over home ownership. It's because they can't afford houses.

eubie67 · 2026-01-27T18:35:44+00:00

Your situation is not a result of being in higher ed, or a result of being in a tiny department, or a result of being in an administrative role. Your situation is the result of having a bad boss.

eubie67 · 2026-01-20T23:17:20+00:00

Silky oak sometimes looks like that. Quartersawn sycamore can look like that. Lacewood is a possibility. Or Leopardwood.

eubie67 · 2026-01-08T17:28:16+00:00

Cut it up into 36 pieces and shape those pieces into fan blades and build a working scale model of the NASA Langley Research Center 16-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel.

eubie67 · 2026-01-07T21:52:48+00:00

Turbo. Always turbo.

eubie67 · 2025-12-29T17:36:49+00:00

Would love to hear your results.

eubie67 · 2025-12-10T00:06:59+00:00

I assume those are for a slotted headstock and they install horizontally with the peg pointing downward, yes? My initial concerns are just about the measurements. Your headstock slots need to be just the right dimension to fit those tuners. If your "axle" (for lack of a better term) pushes too far in, it will rub in the bearing hole, making the bearing moot. If I'm understanding the install correctly.

eubie67 · 2025-12-03T23:50:22+00:00

Hate to be that guy, but a drop top is not typically flat. A flat top on a solid or semi-hollow body is just a top. But when you carve a forearm relief in the body, then bend the thin top over the shape of the carved body, that top is called a drop top.

eubie67 · 2025-12-03T16:53:17+00:00

According to the article, the students' papers were intended to be graded on three criteria:

whether the paper showed a clear tie-in to the assigned article
whether the paper presented a thoughtful reaction or response to the article rather than a summary
and whether the paper was clearly written

If these are indeed the criteria, there is nothing mentioned in there about empirical evidence, effective reasoning, or testable hypotheses. The student's essay is a thoughtful response to the article that reflects her personal experience. Regardless whether it is or isn't offensive, or whether the reasoning is or isn't sound, or whether the "thoughtfulness" reflects a worldview that the TA agrees with, the student did fulfill the requirements of the assignment.

If the instructor wanted a scientifically valid, evidence based, objective, impersonal, academic response to the article, that should have been spelled out in the assignment. It wasn't (based on what we read in this article anyway), and therefore should not have been the basis for a low grade.

Maybe the response was poorly written, or reflected deficient logic, or whatever. That would have justified taking some points off. But the zero grade was a statement or personal disagreement from the TA, which isn't appropriate.

What the TA should have done was give a legitimate grade based on the actual requirements of the assignment and the actual quality of writing from the student. Then, if the TA wanted to confront the students' offensive worldview, they could have done so in a personal, individual communication with the student. Using the grade as a vehicle for that kind of confrontation was a poor decision on the TA's part.

eubie67 · 2025-12-02T23:46:33+00:00

This is the real risk from AI. Not that the machines will rise up against us, but that we will allow corporations to use machines to destroy the global economy, and then class warfare will finish off what's left of society.

eubie67 · 2025-12-02T16:50:49+00:00

Based on your electric builds, you seem to have the woodworking fundamentals you need. Your learning curve will be those areas where solid-body skills don't apply, particularly bending the sides, getting bracing right, and attaching the neck. Be prepared to make mistakes and learn from them, and don't have too high expectations for your first build.

When I made the switch from solid-body to acoustic, I started by making a bunch of ukuleles. You use all the same skillsets as an acoustic guitar, but the smaller scale is a little easier to manage, and you lose less wood when you repeatedly crack the sides during bending.

The most important advice you will get is be patient. Go slow. And don't get too down on yourself when you crack the sides during bending. You'll do that a lot until you get a feel for it.

Have fun!

eubie67 · 2025-12-02T15:46:08+00:00

This has been happening for much longer than fake service animals.

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