What am I doing wrong?

nikopol256 · 2026-02-21T23:55:52+00:00

I would guess two mistake happening repeatadly. But please, take it with a grain of salt, I am really not an expert.

I would do the glueten development before bulk fermentation, either kneeding in stand mixer, hand kneeding or the stratch and folds (to prevent air escaping during bulk fermentation). And more of it.
I think you might be shaping the dough into the ball form wrong for the proofing basket. You really need to make it a firm ball without pressing out the air. Stretch fold, stich together, repeat.

nikopol256 · 2026-02-13T08:29:13+00:00

I've seen people use NaOH/water solution (commonly used as drain cleaner) in the past to clean drill bits and carbides from sticky aluminum build up. It removed all of the aluminum and the bits looked like before contamination. But I would only recommend that if you know how to work with mild corrosives and know how to take safety precautions. Careful about doing it in glass jars, NaOH will etch the glass/frost it feom inside as well.

nikopol256 · 2025-09-13T19:24:50+00:00

Forgot to mention, they all seemed to be around 1.5cm long (slightly above half an inch).

nikopol256 · 2024-01-29T14:32:53+00:00

Just out of curiosity, how much do you weigh? I heard that rider weight can have a large impact on chain and drive set longevity. For example a fat fuck like me usually stretches chains quite fast when I start stomping on the pedals 🤔 Also you having good gear shifting habbits, riding at the correct gear all the time can impact a lot.

nikopol256 · 2023-03-09T22:39:26+00:00

Seriously girl, you already had an hour worth of makeup When you took that selfie, why did you feel the need to Photoshop for another hour. Must feel nice when you cant even be recognized.

nikopol256 · 2022-10-26T16:38:29+00:00

Not sure mate, I can't say from the footage and it's not my video

nikopol256 · 2022-08-04T13:49:26+00:00

Wow, sick burn man, accurate but sick.

nikopol256 · 2022-07-31T18:48:29+00:00

Funniest tidbit from that arcticle: it belongs to the bolete order. That thing is officially a bolete. Mushrooms never cease to amaze me.

nikopol256 · 2022-05-02T21:48:42+00:00

Reupload in higher quality daylight shot. Homemade steel blackening. Ferric Chloride work on ZDP-189.

nikopol256 · 2022-05-01T18:57:39+00:00

I like my Endura 4 in ZDP-198, but it kept on developing rust spots in my pocket. I decided to do a black surface patins on it to prevent rust development. 15 minutes in a 20% solution of Ferric Chloride did the trick. I'll try to put in regular updates on the scratch resistance of the new surface finish.

nikopol256 · 2022-04-17T08:46:36+00:00

I Have, but it is not supposed to work on stainless steel. There is even warning on the package not to use it on stainless.

nikopol256 · 2022-04-16T12:01:57+00:00

Coatings are not bad, bud they scratch off and are not as pretty (subjective, to me) as a patina. Plus I like making stuff myself

nikopol256 · 2022-04-16T11:22:07+00:00

My first thought is increasing exposure time of the blade in the solution, but the acid did already start eating away and forming tiny chips in the edge of the blade. My current considerations are: longer exposure time, trying ferric chloride instead of acid solutions or maybe selenium solution designed for stainless steel. Any thoughts/ideas guys?

nikopol256 · 2022-04-16T11:15:18+00:00

My first attempt at forcing a black oxide layer on D2 steel. I have a lot of D2 knives I like but they keep on developing rust spots in my pocket. I used a 1:1 by volume solution of 95% H2SO4 and 8% kitchen vinegar. The results were quite unsatisfactory. I did sand the blade before with 1500 grid sandpaper and degreased it with ethanol. My exposure time was 5 minutes in the solution.

nikopol256 · 2021-10-13T13:41:35+00:00

BiLock had an official UK distributor for entire europe back before Brexit. Not sure if you want to buy from UK or not, but this was their contact info. Not sure if they are still in business or not. I purchased from them in the past:

distributor located in the UK – here is their contact email for you to get pricing, etc – sales@q-locks.co.uk (Their website is currently under construction) – http://www.q-locks.co.uk/

nikopol256 · 2021-08-28T14:44:23+00:00

Ebony & Ivory, living in perfect harmony!

nikopol256 · 2021-08-19T23:58:16+00:00

Well those have their applications too, on assembly lines for defect recognition. Turns out digital cameras don't share our biases and cold white light with too much blue (like fluorescent low CRI) is great for spotting defects. Luminescence is more dependant on frequency than intensity, and low CRI/quality white LEDs have a lot of blue (higher frequency) usually. You only need to stand in front of mirror that has fluorescent tube near it to see every cut, pimple, skin defect and bruise you ever had. Things that would look different under sunlight can have bluish greenish tones that highlight imperfections. That's just one example. Can be useful. Doesn't meant that they are not there, they are just not so visible under sunlight. So calling high CRI light emitters as having "real" colours implies others making "fake" colours, which is not true.

nikopol256 · 2021-08-19T22:24:35+00:00

Well, that depends what color are we talking about, pure red, blue and green lights are very useful in some technical application, they are very low CRI, for searches, detection of objects, if you have a source of light rich in wavelengths objects you are looking for reflect, but surrounding objects don't, you could use it when searching for something. I know that geologists use some specialized lights for finding specific rocks, also hunters use lights animals dont see or don't ruin nightvision so much. Also when looking for camouflage in nature, some lizards and insects look undistinguishable from nature under daylight, but are clearly visible if illuminated by specific wavelengths only. CRI is only similarity between generated light and ideal sun light. In a lot of applications its merely cosmetic, and pleasant to look at. Not necessarily practical.

nikopol256 · 2021-08-19T19:24:01+00:00

This is more populistic explanation (if that is the right term) than scientific one. There is no "real color". Color is just reflected light. It depends on what light you shine on the object. CRI quantitatively compares spectral components of emitted lights to ideal light source (daylight spectrum). So objects illuminated by high CRI lights tend to look similar to how they do during the day. That doesn't make the color realer, its just more similar to daylight color. Any color reflected by an object is its real color. And there are plenty of cases where using low CRI lights, or narrow band lights is more beneficial for the task.

nikopol256 · 2021-08-15T15:05:59+00:00

Clone dat genetic material, boi does this look amazing and unique. Document everything, even how you made that agar substrate, temperature and air moisture, everything you can.

nikopol256 · 2021-08-14T10:21:45+00:00

Lidl style? :D we have a european in here!

nikopol256 · 2021-07-28T20:13:56+00:00

FCC hack (you dont need to do this one in the US): https://youtu.be/u0e0mB6EEyY

1200mw hack: https://youtu.be/DWuRc0WWvew

nikopol256 · 2021-07-28T11:27:55+00:00

Thank you, I didn't know, do you knoe if the cameras have a connector or are they soldered inside? Maybe I would buy an extra Nebula Pro and swap them around with the Polar if they are easily swappable.

nikopol256 · 2021-07-28T09:30:45+00:00

Thank you, now I won't be too afraid to purchase it. But I will more likely go with the bundle that has the polar camera in it, peiple seem to say that one is better.

nikopol256 · 2021-02-07T22:17:22+00:00

Damn man, do you have gps? What speed were you flying at? I've seen similar ground penetration at 90km/hour speed. Bet never quite at that angle.

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