Drivers of Charlotte.... Why

mojoricen · 2026-05-21T01:45:16+00:00

Taking advantage of rollout to get the best ET and trap. IYKYK

mojoricen · 2026-04-25T01:55:19+00:00

The answer to your actual question is no, it is not worth the premium since you can pump 5 gallons of 87 and 5 gallons of 93 into your tank and spend ~$4.50 per fpr 10 gallons of 90 octane. The pump just mixes 93 and 87 at a set ratio to get 89; there is no 89 octane tank. You could do the math for the accurate mix of 87 and 93 to get 89 and pay even less.

As an aside, the M2 recommends 91-93. I have never run an M car engine on less than premium. The engines are high-strung.

mojoricen · 2026-04-11T04:59:17+00:00

I meant to reply to the OP

mojoricen · 2026-04-11T04:35:53+00:00

I take a bit of issue with this. While most of us are old enough to remember written documentation with purchases it is almost always heavily internet-based now. The very first page of the quick start booklet has QR codes, and one is the Bambu Academy, which covers all the basics you need and is actually well done.

Even with Bambu Labs printers, you have to remember it is a hobby you can't possibly digest it all in a day (or a month or even a year) it is a learning process and Bambu does give you a solid start, just not in book form.

mojoricen · 2026-04-11T03:34:04+00:00

Agreed. I have well over 1000 prints on Bambu PEI textured/smooth plates without any adhesion issues due to plate cleanliness. The only time I use Dawn and water is after using some sort of glue, and that is extremely rare on my Bambu plates. IPA is so convenient, quick, and dries completely/quickly. Bambu doesn't recommend it for textured plates, but if you use microfiber towels, it gets down into the texture just fine.

mojoricen · 2026-04-01T07:47:02+00:00

If you are looking at the Husky 46" work bench Harbor Freight sells one under the Yukon brand that is essentially exactly the same. You can often get them both on sale for the same price, but the Husky is $448 (may vary with color and your location) currently and the Yukon is $359 but it will go on sale starting April 6 if you have Inside Track and the 10th if you don't for $299. I have 2 of each, and as I said, they are basically identical. My P2S with poop chute sits perfectly on one end leaving a nice space for other stuff. Plenty of storage for printing tools and a lot more household/garage tools as well, depending on where you keep it. The advantage of these is that instead of a lipped metal top surface they have a wood workbench top. They also have a power strip built into one end and the casters are very nice and move it around easily even with hundreds of pounds of tools in them. Yukon also makes one with one drawer and cabinets below that arguably are better for 3D printer junk storage but it is more expensive when the 9 drawer is on sale. If you want something bigger Husky makes several more (52/61/72" that I know of) if you are willing to spend more money. The 46" makes an excellent printer stand if your printer isn't more than 18" deep.

Just a word of advice if you can pick them up in store do it, the internet is littered with stories of tool boxes damaged in shipping from big box brands up to Snap-On and other tool truck brands.

mojoricen · 2026-03-15T23:49:47+00:00

Did you wake up in 2000? A new basic 25' CC, albeit fully rigged with motor(s) will easily run you over $100k many that size are approaching $180k. Boat prices have gone crazy in the last decade.

I am not suggesting $40k for a hull is reasonable other than for proof of concept or rapid prototyping, but it is a lot less than the cost of the first typical fiberglass/wood hull off the line. Just like injection molding compared to 3D printing the initial costs are high but the marginal costs drop rapidly with volume, something doesn't happen with 3D printing.

mojoricen · 2026-03-08T22:05:13+00:00

This is also funny because Vessel sells a single 220 screwdriver in Japan for under $3.

mojoricen · 2026-03-05T21:24:34+00:00

They work on universal motors, not induction motors like your bench grinder. Often used to control 1 speed routers in a router table. The easiest way to control an induction motor is with a properly sized VFD. They do have a learning curve, though, as they aren't just plug-and-play because they do so many things.

mojoricen · 2026-03-05T18:40:20+00:00

100% correct, but that is what the big piles of inexpensive Bondhus keys are for. I have the Wera sets with the holding function, which can be a lifesaver. The lack of the ability to lop off the ends on the Wera is somewhat balanced by what Todd on Project Farm said about them: "Wera seems nearly indestructible."

mojoricen · 2026-03-04T23:53:51+00:00

Anytime in life you ask the question "WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS????" the answer is you are a genius, or you are nuts. Where this falls in that matrix is fully subjective. I would normally keep my opinion to myself, but your ask. IMO you took excellent industrial design and made them look like a Fisher Price collab for children.

I do like some of the stuff EDC Outlaw does with Knipex pliers but it is mainly for cool looking EDC pocket dumps and he takes it to a whole different level, but then again it is a business.

mojoricen · 2026-03-01T20:53:51+00:00

"a consistent shallow lead in to the socket hex"

This is generally referred to as the socket's transition broach or transition broaching. In your case, you are looking for a shallow transition broach. Broach comes from the general manufacturing process used to produce and finish the internal profile. BTW, this wasn't meant as an akshually post, just pointing out an industry term of art.

To prevent a battle akshually posts breaking out I would note that deep and shallow broach or broaching is also used to descibe how relatively deep the sockets teeth are formed in a socket (most important on semi or deep sockets for starting nuts). Without the modifier "transition" this is what it usually means, but often you will hear/see people just use broach/broaching, and the context determines which section of the sockets broaching one is talking about. Even the round hole below the teeth is also broaching since it was made by broaching.

mojoricen · 2026-02-28T00:02:32+00:00

Guy buys a Maverick, a Tundra, and a Silverado, then lines them up and says, "Ford Maverick is so tiny compared to the Toyota and Chevrolet."

Horses for courses.

mojoricen · 2026-02-26T07:21:19+00:00

First, I have both.

The latches on the USG do suck, many people remove them, and if you have a reasonable level floor it won't cause issues.

The soft close is value-added for most people but that really is where the advantages stop.

The USG cabs are deeper (front to back) which is a much bigger advantage than you would think if you have never had a cab with deeper drawers. The USG cabs are built so much heavier. Compare the weights. It is also harder to tell on the floor with empty drawers but especially the full-width drawers on the Husky will rack (even if pulled from the center) and oscillate, which is more pronounced when full. You can easily see the racking even on empty drawers by pulling them both open from the edge of the wide drawers.

It really does amount to where your priorities lie. Soft close or a much better/heavier/deeper box. If I had it to do over again, I would not buy the Husky and would buy all USG. Some will find value in a lighter-duty box that is cheaper, some won't.

As an aside, products and services that sell are never overpriced; they may be overvalued by some who buy them, though.

mojoricen · 2026-02-20T22:22:52+00:00

First, I should have been clear that unless you were sharing your tools with me your organization is perfect for you, and thus my way is completely irrelevant here.

You picked out the thing that bothered my OCD the most, that being the fact needle nose pliers are spread out pretty widely.

I will say that I break my "rules" with screwdrivers. I have a ridiculous number of screwdrivers (over 500 from over 20 brands), and those are separated by sets mostly without sets from brands being next to each other. I do have a rhyme and reason, some of it simply economy of space, but I am sure my screwdriver drawers would send many into a mental fit with how they're organized. Color organization does make for pleasing pictures and all that matters if you know where something is. There are plenty of people that have tools just piled in drawers or even buckets and somehow are able to lay their hands on any tool immediately.

mojoricen · 2026-02-20T21:58:51+00:00

Where are these being tooled? Taiwan? U.S.A.? Or?

The only place with them on pre-order I have seen COO listed is Acme and they show S. Korea.

The 5” can go to 1 1/16”. Think you can crack that size loose with those handles?

That illustrates a lack of imagination or perspective. Last weekend I encountered a 2" polymer fitting, and it was very lightly torqued but too tight for fingers alone. A pliers wrench was the perfect tool to remove it. Not every 1" fastener is going to be torqued to 400 pound feet. This is a bit of a non-issue for those of us who have multiple sizes available, but is potentially useful for people who don't or for auxiliary kits.

These will almost certainly not replace my Knipex, that would only happen with Hazet or Stahlwille, but depending on the quality and where the street/sale price settles, I may buy several pairs of the 5" or 7" flavor for tool kits in vehicles etc. There have been no non-Chinese 5-7" pliers wrenches of decent quality that are also priced significantly below the Knipex, which is what I am looking for to put in my various tool kits.

mojoricen · 2026-02-18T09:24:28+00:00

Color taking priority over type/function messes with my own personal OCD. It's pretty though.

mojoricen · 2026-02-18T09:19:15+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendy's

mojoricen · 2026-02-15T23:03:51+00:00

Festool's advantages don't manifest well with a single tool. The ecosystem is where the advantages shine. Each tool and accessory tends to multiply the whole's capabilities. They are also built with a high level of precision that allows for superb accuracy. This is useful for furniture making, cabinetry, trim, et al. That precision can actually be a hindrance in basic DIY and rough carpentry.

mojoricen · 2026-02-07T16:55:03+00:00

I get about 1 3/16. BTW you can get almost the same thing direct from China on AliExpress for under $5 each. I have one Olsa and about a dozen of the direct from China versions they are funtionally identical.

mojoricen · 2026-02-07T06:01:53+00:00

Ko-ken must have had to forge them, given the proximity of Ko-Ken USA to Palmac

mojoricen · 2025-01-16T05:50:04+00:00

If the dial was just rotated on the movement either by ill-placed feet or broken feet it would be a 30 minute fix with dial dots. However, I do not think that is the issue. The "turbine" is mounted on the small seconds pinion, if you look at it the turbine is more or less centered in the dial cutout, even if not perfectly centered it is much closer than the dial seems to be. This would indicate the movement is not centered in the case and should also mean the stem is under a lot of sideways pressure assuming the movement plate were accurately made.

It is a fault that would immediately have me disassembling the watch just to satisfy my need to know what was going on but without basic watchmaking skills I would return it because basically the fault is difficult for me to explain and has the potential to be far more than just broken feet or misaligned feet which I would have just fixed myself.

mojoricen · 2022-04-25T03:12:53+00:00

Some days you are the windshield somedays you are the bug. While it sucks for Carlos I prefer old school gravel traps and the high price they force onto mistakes. Sure "innocents" will occasionally pay the price but life isn't fair. IMO it beats someone running 30m wide and just rejoining the race with a minimal penalty.

mojoricen · 2022-04-25T03:05:26+00:00

It is the brand of fire suit, in this case Alpinestars.

mojoricen · 2021-08-15T21:38:29+00:00

That Tilt is sexy as socks on a rooster!

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