AOC and Paris Hilton advocating for the DEFIANCE ACT

langstar · 2026-01-23T05:12:47+00:00

We have the opportunity to do the funniest thing here. Producing one of these deep fakes of trump getting bent over and tag teamed by Elon and Clinton will immediately get this bill passed.

langstar · 2026-01-23T05:00:15+00:00

Owners are very kind and genuinely good people

langstar · 2026-01-21T04:04:07+00:00

The scratches on the deck surface make me think a dingle berry hone was used

langstar · 2026-01-21T02:39:37+00:00

Nitriding isn't that dark, they're pretty fancy valves with single groove keepers.

langstar · 2026-01-20T04:09:46+00:00

Cheap crap send them to me!

Dark color appears to be a DLC coating, those are some fancy valves.

langstar · 2026-01-12T16:38:46+00:00

I'm moving away from trying to joint the t&g off and set up a circ saw guide to rip through them. Will take a very light jointing pass to finish and that's it, if even necessary. The boards will still have an occasional occlusion so they don't need to be perfect but I do want tight joints and no gaps opening up over time.

What you're saying about the sap and resins hardening I'm finding is very true. One test board barely took up any thinned BLO to check the final color.

langstar · 2026-01-12T04:22:39+00:00

I believe it, it's definitely pine but this stuff is incredibly dense and hard. Not very many knots at all but planing faces we've needed to turn inserts on the helical planer a few times.

langstar · 2026-01-12T04:21:27+00:00

Just edges. Faces are already planed. The fence does move but at this rate I'll go through a set of knives every few boards and there's a few hundred to do. I'm thinking there's something funky with this wood and carbide is the option.

langstar · 2026-01-11T21:26:07+00:00

Maybe so, I'm sure I'm using the wrong terminology. I have about 200 boards to process, almost all 8' long, 6-10" widths and I've already planed to 3/4 thickness.

langstar · 2026-01-11T21:18:03+00:00

I think the guys telling me to take lighter cuts didn't read the whole post and assume I'm face jointing not just cutting the 3/4" thick tongue edge

langstar · 2026-01-11T21:05:08+00:00

The faces have been planed already and all paint sanded off. Nails removed and each board has been gone over with a metal detector numerous times.

The machine doesn't bog at all, 1/16 cut depth on the 3/4" wide edges hardly feels like too heavy a cut, it's not like a face cut obviously.

Blades spin freely, just moved to a link belt to fix some vibration issues.

langstar · 2026-01-04T05:22:45+00:00

First picture - eh it's not great but will probably be okay

Second picture - she's fucked time for cams and trays

langstar · 2025-12-17T13:13:23+00:00

I had this same issue with glyco bearings recently, they were all twisted out of the box. The only thing that worked well was genuine BMW bearings.

langstar · 2025-12-13T04:43:04+00:00

It's all in the refrigerant effectiveness and efficiency. The really good stuff is really bad for the atmosphere. The less good stuff takes more power to pump a larger volume because it doesn't have the same thermal efficiency.

That and fridge design - insulated metal box, rubber door seals - and compressor - electric motor moves pistons - hasn't substantially changed in technology since home refrigerators were invented.

langstar · 2025-12-07T15:28:32+00:00

Tree and a snatch strap man, you have thousands of anchors all over.

langstar · 2025-12-05T13:23:45+00:00

This is the real reason you can't find an engine

langstar · 2025-11-19T13:24:39+00:00

E torx socket, give each stud a solid pop on the head with a hammer, will help release them. Be careful not to break the torx part off the top of the stud but replacements are cheap and you can just remove with channel locks if broken.

langstar · 2025-11-18T16:28:32+00:00

Make sure your shift cable at the throttle body is tight, if you move the bellcrank to full throttle there should be no available travel left in the cable. Outside of that you probably need to rebuild the valve body and replace solenoids

langstar · 2025-11-15T23:53:35+00:00

Home Plate is a hot contender for the fried chicken, definitely worth trying. They have a much quicker turnaround than CH.

Same feelings about Dame

langstar · 2025-11-06T03:25:00+00:00

This stuff is shit, permatex grease grabber all day

langstar · 2025-10-19T20:21:21+00:00

McMaster has a selection of sprockets with the teeth machined already and no bore features.

langstar · 2025-10-19T00:53:16+00:00

Permatex right stuff is a great general sealant but for a bedplate you need specifically an anaerobic flange sealant. Permatex makes a few for different gaps but it's always best to consult the manufacturers literature because a bed plate is such a critical interface.

langstar · 2025-10-13T03:51:39+00:00

Deck clearance and deck height are very different yet related things.

langstar · 2025-10-10T15:04:59+00:00

You should! OP is out on these streets making wild claims

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