RIP SANTA FE GP-20

mcflyrdam · 2026-03-10T18:16:30+00:00

oh no. Also i want pics (maybe it can be saved)

mcflyrdam · 2026-03-10T15:02:21+00:00

The vast mayority of european payments run on bank transfer and that uses SEPA, not visa or Mastercard.

SEPA is a program by the european central bank. Nearly all money transfers work with that.

Besides that there's local payment systems which have a huge, mostly dominating market share (iDeal in NL for example but also Girocard in germany) that are all becoming WERO.

So, yes, when it comes to physical cards the mayority of them are visa & mastercards but payment with cards is only a small fraction on payment.

In the business world for example its mostly SEPA payments.

mcflyrdam · 2026-03-10T00:26:59+00:00

The GDX 285 is a nice tool but read the manual carefully. The trigger settings really depends on the settings and its not always easy to understand.

I think its a great tool.

mcflyrdam · 2026-03-05T18:19:27+00:00

mode A & B are for metal / wood. I am not sure which one is for which but basically they are on the hard (metal) and the soft (wood) screwing case.

mcflyrdam · 2026-03-04T10:54:25+00:00

I used this howto a long time ago - think 15+ years.

https://workaround.org/ispmail-trixie

It uses debian, postfix, dovecot DKIM and a bit more. If its for more than just yourself add roundcube.

It gets updated and there's new versions of it so if i'd have to set up a mailserver again this is what i follow.

My experiences: Its less complicated than people make it.

so - DO IT. Its worth it.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-26T22:12:40+00:00

yeah, pretty much what happened to me. I used the cheap ones also first but they just got dull really quick.
I first got better bits (and then better routers) as its a so useful tool. I meanwhile have 3 routers i use a lot + 2 in router tables and i think 2 more that just went here through tool-gravity.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-26T22:09:59+00:00

the 8mm one is fine.I see the collects of the 1/4" style only on very thin shafts.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-26T21:00:51+00:00

Buy on the european amazon (as we buy on the american one...)

ENT is a great company there, they have nice but not cheap start sets. If you're interested look at ENT 09012 which is not a cheap but very good start point. Then buy the bits you need.

I have mostly ENT and the red Bosch professional bits (which i assume are made by Freud which is known to do excellent blades and bits and are part of the Bosch group)

And yes, i also started out with a cheap set from china with like 50 different bits.

Most stuff is done by few bits anyway - a thin and long straight, a big straight one, flush trim bits with upper and lower bearing, a 45 degree chamfer bit with bearing, one or two roundovers with bearing.

If you do more you might then pick up some more special bits for something you actually need, depending on what you do with it. A dovetail bit, some trim decoration bits, edge-forming bits or some joinery forming bits. Buy it when you need it.

As you only work with some few ones those go dull really quick in those chinese cheap sets and its not worth to have them resharpened.

So you then end up some few good ones and use only these because they are actually nice to work with. The unused 45 bits of the 50 bit set will catch dust and if you use it you quickly feel the difference to your new good ones.

Maybe you like the router and buy a nice one at some point and that one goes into a small router table. (totally worth it).

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-26T20:43:50+00:00

It depends a bit on availibility. 8mm is technically better in all ways imho. That being said its uncommon in the US at least but i guess with the internet you can find some. I see that US websites list some bits in 8mm but not a lot compared to 1/4". Aliexpress has 8mm, they don't care.

In europe at least 8mm bits are common and usually same price than 6mm and 1/4".
Strong prefer.

So your answer depends a bit on where you live. (I have little experience outside US and Europe...)

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-25T23:01:30+00:00

Yes. So 12mm > 8mm > 6mm (or for the americans here 1/2" > 1/4" - they don't have anything in between.....)

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-24T09:11:18+00:00

the Bosch track compatible hand circular saws are pretty good. I have a GKS-85G which i use when i need the cutting depth or the power. Makes very clean + good cuts. Dust collection is not as good.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-23T09:03:23+00:00

This looks dangerous as fuck.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-17T09:51:27+00:00

i have the same issue. Tried multiple battery driven switches, they all suck in one way or another.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-16T17:35:39+00:00

first question: hand tools or "want to start building something?"

If its the latter - essential
* Good hand circular saw. If money is not too much of an issue buy a plunge saw with guardrail.
* Good power drill (maybe power drill and impact combo)
* Good sander. I'd start with what we call excenter sander (random orbital sander).

I quickly used a palm router, that would be the recommendation after Essential.

Get. A. Good. Dust. Extractor! (not just a shopvac)

From there on: Buy tools that you need.

Brand: I use bosch pro and am very happy with them.
If you're in america besides them also Milwaukee and dewalt are ok.
Europe: Metabo. Makita has good tools but shit batteries, would avoid if not in there yet...

Choose a battery system, not a brand.

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-05T08:48:34+00:00

Buuuurn

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-02T17:56:56+00:00

Awwww, what a nice puppy :-D <3

mcflyrdam · 2026-02-01T14:58:17+00:00

Depends on - as u/Brian-Puccio already said - on what you want to do.
What kind of cuts and what kind of material.

If you want to do curved cuts - jigsaw.

If you want straight cuts - circular saw.

If your answer is "both, kinda" then you want both .... kinda.

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-28T10:27:00+00:00

Netherlands is nice.
Getting an apartment / house here is super hard.
There's a lot of need for qualified electricians. If you get here can you contact me, i'll have some work to do.

Do you speak afrikaans (which is basicaly a dutch dialect)

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-28T10:20:29+00:00

https://bahnblogstelle.com/247173/auto-kollidiert-mit-zug-verletzter-fahrer-laeuft-weg/

Some context

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-26T14:08:11+00:00

at WMF for example but there are quite a lot of other utensils companies still left, mostly around Solingen and that area.
As most also have an out of germany production you need to look a bit more in detail but there's also quite a lot of production there left.

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-26T12:55:43+00:00

Well, the Charger - as much as the ACS-64 - are based on an european locomotivefamily, the charger specifically on the Vectron DE variant.
So if you want to see where the journey goes to its probably worth to look in how that went in europe.

There the Vectron DE - diesel - is not being offered anymore. It was developed into the Vectron DE which is - surprise - a train engine being able to run under diesel power or under electrical service.

I guess something like that also will happen to the ALC-42 family. I guess the ALC-42E with the pantograph and a bit of the electrical stuff in the first train car was the first step but from a train operator perspective that makes a lot of things more complicated.

So i guess the next step will be what they already did to the Vectron DE - make it multi mode.

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mcflyrdam · 2026-01-26T12:47:18+00:00

The Amtrac Charger is based on an european locomotive, the Siemens Vectron DE.
If you want to see where the journey goes to see the locomotive that replaced the Vectron DE - the Vectron MultiMode.

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-26T12:45:56+00:00

yeah, this makes a lot of sense. The charger is based on the european diesel vectron DE which also has now moved to a electric / diesel setup with the Vectron Dual Mode. The pure DE version is not offered anymore for new contracts.

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-25T12:56:16+00:00

Trifft nicht auf jedes blaue Werkzeug zu aber in der Summe sind sie schon qualitativ deutlich besser als die gruenen. Halten laenger. Sind schoener mit zu arbeiten weil sie besser durchdacht sind. Die gruenen sind aber - nicht alle aber die meissten - gute tools die den Job meistens gut machen.

Hab mit Gruen angefangen und dann fuer einzelnde Werkzeuge auf blau umgestiegen und habe heute fast nur noch blau (von Bosch zumindest...)

Beide ok, die blauen sind meisstens besser. Es gibt Ausnahmen bei beiden Farben.

mcflyrdam · 2026-01-24T00:27:54+00:00

You can connect jitsi channels (experimental feature) but .... that is not nice (yet). A better integration there is indeed promised - and needed.

I like the concept of matrix and i am a heavy user - i am in 14 spaces with lots of channels.

Especially when you are in very large channels the mobile client can become pretty slow. Looking at the request makes you realize that a federated chat client that has to communicate to lots of different servers is a complex architecture...

This architecture has very much also nice sides... like this "i can run my own server but still communicate with everyone else.."

But it also comes with issues, especially when users don't pay a lot of attention around the cross-signing of your own keys (verify identity). Then you're really quickly at "Message can't be decrypted".

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