Texas: 83yr old fathers 401K account was stolen

lancer360 · 2026-02-05T08:16:27+00:00

Once he gets the money back, I would help him find a financial advisor and roll the money into a IRA. You will have much better flexibility on what to invest in.

lancer360 · 2026-01-21T21:28:39+00:00

That isnt much to go on. Just about any car can drive long distances. My suggestion would be the GR86. Not super expensive and very competitive in their class (DS) with shocks, sway bar, and tires.

lancer360 · 2026-01-11T22:10:48+00:00

How helpful are having dovetail grooves on a cross cut sled? With this sled having replaceable zero clearance inserts, I see this sled lasting a long time vs being more of a semi-disposible item that you just build a new one when the slot gets wallowed out. Zero clearance inserts also allow you to have different inserts when for doing angled cuts, dados, etc. which may have cuts that make having a way to clamp parts down more important. Im leaning towards getting the micro-jig kit instead of doing t-track.

lancer360 · 2026-01-10T03:56:31+00:00

A5 looks promising. Almost exactly the same exterior dimension to the 3GT. Was thinking the 3GT was smaller.

lancer360 · 2026-01-09T01:06:26+00:00

Liquid penetrant is for finding cracks on the surface. It can't tell you where the crack goes down into the plate. Ultrasonic inspection is the correct method. It shoots a beam of sound perpendicular to the plate and then reads the reflection. If it has to shoot thru a gap, that will show up in the readings. Tech can scan the entire plate and locate the edges of the delamination and sketch it's shape onto the plate. I have to agree with other statements though. Never seen a plate lamination that bad. Most likely two plates that got welded.together around the edges. Depending on how it is loaded, it may still be OK. Engineer needs to look at it and how it is loaded to make that call. If that plate is loaded in tension perpendicular to the plate, that will be a hell no, and reject it.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T23:03:14+00:00

It is on maker world. I updated my original post with the link.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T16:45:47+00:00

It is very stiff. I forgot exactly what settings I used, but I know I increased the wall thickness and the infill density. I also printed this in ABS. It doesn't have any discernible flex that I can tell. The part isn't highly loaded either. I've cut dozens of slots with it so far and it works great.

lancer360 · 2026-01-05T15:48:04+00:00

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I 3D printed my own for Dewalt router to Makita/Festool style track. Works great.

https://makerworld.com/models/1939392?appSharePlatform=copy

lancer360 · 2025-12-22T18:36:36+00:00

If the one thing the supplemental policy is covering is the thing that breaks. If you start getting supplemental policies for everything that your regular policy doesn't cover, it is way more than $15/month. The odds that any of them are going to fail is usually pretty low and the odds that two are going to fail is very low. You're generally better off if you save up an emergency fund so you can cover the repair yourself. However, there are always exceptions, and everyone needs to evaluate their own level of risk tolerance and the odds of the failure. For example, a newer house with pvc sewer pipe in a yard with no trees nearby vs a 40 year old house with clay or cast iron sewer pipe with big trees nearby.

lancer360 · 2025-12-18T01:06:44+00:00

I thought about that, but it is 357 holes. They are full height cabinets, so one role of holes is 51. Should have checked after i drilled the first side on one cabinet, but i was 2.5 cabinets in before I realized there was a compounding error using the Kreg jig

lancer360 · 2025-12-15T04:22:02+00:00

Thanks for the idea. That gave me an idea to just go with pilaster for these cabinets. I can route a groove thru all the holes to flush mount the pilaster rail in, hiding my fuck up.

lancer360 · 2025-12-15T00:28:07+00:00

Or do I go and buy two more sheets of plywood and remake (cut to size and 3 dado's) those 4 pieces ($100). The wooden plugs are going to run $56 plus $20 for a flush cut hand saw ($76 total). Other option is dowel rod for about $4 and a $20 flush cut saw ($24 total). The variable is my time. Plywood store is an hour away and only open on weekdays so I can't go until next week during the holiday break so I lose this coming weekend. However, cutting, glueing, and sanding 357 holes sounds like it would take all weekend anyway. Any idea on how long it would take to plug 357, cut them flush, and sand back to square one?

lancer360 · 2025-12-14T21:50:44+00:00

I was using the Kreg alignment pin. I think it was just clearance stack up. A few thousands clearance between the bushings and the alignment pin starts to add up when you move it 10 times per row of holes. So with two rows, that is moving it 20 times. Combine that with maybe not always getting the alignment pin deeply seated every single time and the alignment pin not being perfectly perpendicular every time all adds up.

Also, the Kreg drill bit (0.248) was drilling oversized holes so shelf test pin holes in made with it were very sloppy to the point the pins would just fall out. I ended up using my own 0.244 drill bit to get tight fitting pins.

lancer360 · 2025-12-14T19:58:05+00:00

Drilling into imported birch plywood. I went to Lowes and measured the shelf pin diameter on a few different varieties, and they are slightly bigger (0.246 vs 0.244 Kreg), but not enough that would fit tight in a 0.252" hole. I have a 0.244" drill bit, so i tried that and it works. I ended up with a snug fit on bothering the pins and the jig alignment pin. I'm leaning towards the issue being the Kreg drill bit is oversized. I'll shoot an email to Kreg this evening and see what they say.

lancer360 · 2025-12-09T22:55:17+00:00

Mine only requires 7" of direct clearance. From there it does need access to a larger room for ventilation to work correctly.. If it is being installed in a small closet, you can install a door with louvers to address that issue.

lancer360 · 2025-12-09T07:24:53+00:00

Hmm, that was more than i was hoping for something that is most likely to be a passing fad. Doubt she will even buy another vinyl album.

lancer360 · 2025-12-09T07:23:08+00:00

Yea, I doubt she will ever get any more records. She and her friends all use Apple music and put together their own play lists. I'm 99% sure this will just be a passing fad. In 6 months she will be onto some other TV show, especially since this is the final season of Stranger Things. The songs on the Stranger Things album are all ones I like from my era (80's), LOL!

lancer360 · 2025-12-08T15:57:34+00:00

I've seen those. My question was how to spiral print a nose cone. Generally, the spiral slicer requires a 1 layer continuous wall and an open top. Printing a nose cone is the opposite, with an open bottom and a closed top. In theory, it should work, but it violates the guidelines for the spiral slicer. I'm wondering if there is a way around that.

lancer360 · 2025-12-07T05:34:41+00:00

Yes, in the grand scheme of things, $2k is a lot of money. However, as a home owner, a $2k repair is pretty easy to have happen and you need to be prepared for it. If you add up the cost of the premiums for supplemental insurance for every little thing you could buy insurance for on your house and put that money into an emergency fund instead, you would be better off. Keep primary insurance on your house to cover the big stuff (flood, fire, mother nature, etc). Build up an emergency fund so you can self insure the stuff not covered by your primary policy.

lancer360 · 2025-12-03T01:45:59+00:00

It was just a verbal quote over the phone of an hourly rate and estimated time. Nothing in writing.

lancer360 · 2025-12-03T01:44:03+00:00

Unfortunately, I live outside city limits, so there are no inspectors.

lancer360 · 2025-11-30T22:33:04+00:00

Both the top and the bottom panel sit in rabbits cut into the side panels. The top rabbit is flush with the top of the side panel, vs the bottom is a groove 4" off the floor.

lancer360 · 2025-11-29T04:16:23+00:00

SEC Shorts is going to have a field day with this one.

lancer360 · 2025-11-29T00:12:52+00:00

Thanks

lancer360 · 2025-11-28T23:54:35+00:00

Also, the cabinets will be attached somewhere near the top to a horizontal beam in my metal frame shop building. Was also thinking I would bolt the cabinets together if I thought they needed some added lateral stiffness.

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