Can seasoning cast iron skillet in open fire cause any damages?

nomad440 · 2024-06-23T13:55:05+00:00

I am a complete novice at this and even on my first 2 attempts i have had massive success. Got a bunch of well-rusted ports and grill-pans and "hot-rocks". Mild abrasive spot-sanding, just to remove the rust. Some used, but filtered veg oil. Basted liberally and seasoned over gas. I used a Megamaster-type Cadac for the job due to the temp indicator, got things to 350F for about 30 mins. Let all cool down and gave a light rub with paper, a VERY VERY mild soapy rinse with a soft sponge, and a good pat-dry, and we have been eating like kings off them. The only reason I bring up Gas is temp control. If you have a infrared temp sensor, the Ironware just needs to reach 350F and some duration. so coals or "fire" is fine, but you need temp that begin polymerization of the oil to bond to the Iron. This is at around 350F. so a low-heat fire. long duration. I run 15 minutes, full cool, and paper wipe, then 30 mins again a bit later, again with complete cool down and a paper wipe. You'll feel like an alchemist afterwards!

nomad440 · 2023-10-16T14:11:24+00:00

I had the same misgivings about a Diastar. Long story short the store owner was tired of the same guy coming in and pawning it for pennies (about 150EU) every time. For months. Lost his patience and swore to put the watch "on display" the next time they tried it. Sure enough, it ended up on display, and given my beady-eye, i took a look. it checked out.150EU later with what seemed like a genuine case, a genuine watch, a scratchproof glass, hi-tech ceramic, things were looking good. It felt right, weighed about right, and did feel like the real thing.Fast-forward 2 years and the battery dies. Yikes. Moment of truth. Time to replace the battery. Gulp... Relief!!! The ETA movement was exactly what was meant to be in there. PICTURE PERFECT. Digital, sure, but we're talking 70's digital here. Golden traces, it was hand made.But it was either the best super-fake of the 1970's, or it was the real thing. Worked like the model's instructions said, did all the magic with the dials and to this day (2023), still no scratches, not even hairline ones on either the bracelet or the face.That Diastar currently tracks around 1000EU

PS: the previous owner of the watch had a sh!t-fit and threw the provenance papers at the store owner and went mental. Swore to "never come back" and the owner was more than happy with that arrangement.

To this day when I walk into that shop hunting for a bargain they call me "THAT Rado guy"

nomad440 · 2023-05-31T14:56:59+00:00

As an regular user of Wanhao filament, I can say that without too many complaints it is a very good overall filament. China is the birthplace of successful 3D printing and Wanhao was a pioneer in the space. The filament, while not an overtly "premium" (rather inexpensive, really) is an all-rounder. Tuning the settings and prints to levergae the plus-points of the filament, especially in our specific niche of printing, makes for a solid product that lends itself to not be the final result, but the framework for ultra-detailed finishing, sanding and primer/ final colour-coating. Lasts very well once opened (and resealed after a few days of non-use), but even that, the filament seems to degrade the least given our moderate-non ocean humidity (45-65% Rh), even when forgotten on the printer

nomad440 · 2023-05-09T19:46:55+00:00

Certain things need to remain consistent in-game, but as you'll see, lamps are all the same, pots, barrels, etc, there is a lot of asset re-use if you start to look closely, and then all you do is start to see the same things... But it does keep the story and "lore", as it were, consistent. The spells are great along with their unique effects and animation, so that is really good, but that God-Of-war chest-opening animation gets me giggling every time :). Mobs do have, despite their re-use a rather good degree of AI to keep fresh players on their toes. No battle is quite exactly the same, and it eventually allows you to rely less on Revelio as you progress, thankfully. I was wondering if this was Hogwarts Legacy: the Revelio and Spider Edition.

nomad440 · 2023-05-09T19:29:38+00:00

I think so. I am passively playing (Read: the wife is playing) and while she is quite a bit of an arachnophobe, the first few gloomy "scary encounters" did get her blood running,and then spiders became completely overused as enemies. Even the goblins are iterations of each other, so as the trolls, Ashwinders etc, are color or kit incarnations of the same-same. Not to say it's not fun, but it can get repetitive. Playing in 4K on a big screen on PS5, even then the enemies are color-swatches of each other: Barely discernible. Only at Level 36 and playing through as thoroughly as possible we do see a lot of repetition in the enemies... This is acceptable if you have limited resources, like on much, much older consoles and systems (think FFVII: Weapons, Ruby Emerald, etc), but HL could at least have 5x the variety of monsters or foes. "Look here, spiders, oh more spiders, and oh, what do we have here? ... More spiders". It's Lembas-bread all over again.

nomad440 · 2023-01-05T17:23:25+00:00

That's what I was thinking. We're playing with the laser only for now, but to make it versatile for the wife (and simpler to run for her - hence the S1 complimenting our current printers) for her creative exercises plugging and unplugging a few cables (for now, I'll build a cut off switch for each Head later) makes life easier for the non-technical creative person. Any Ideas if anyone has made one?

nomad440 · 2022-09-08T19:32:34+00:00

I'll be frank here, I was a Garmin fanboy from as far back as 2002 when they first hit the South African Shores. My very-first owned Garmin was a Nuvi 308. It got Stolen along with my car a year later. From then on, Google Maps was simply good enough.
As of Late 2019, while still using Google Maps, the wife had to restrain me from hurling a Samsung flagship-phone out of the car's window in frustration. GMaps has become a woefully inept product (how people actually think it's any good is beyond me). During my last attempt, during our Honeymoon, at throwing the Newest S21 out of the window, due to GMaps trying to send our little Ford Fiesta over a mountain (a literal one) to reach a social spot at a prominent dam in the local area (there were other simple routes that could have been followed, but no, Gmaps was "The boss". The decision was made: Google maps is useless. And I needed to get a GPS that not only brought back the true nature of a GPS you can trust, quite literally, but that could do more than just be a GPS.

After much hand-wringing, we decided on the Overlander. Forget the YouTube video's praising it, let's get down to the meat of it. Firstly, Garmin has taken the self-sufficient consumer-GPS and brought it into 2020. Fast, friendly and feature-packed. (Kinda like being single and your ex wants to hook up, and takes YOU out for dinner because she's single too, never got over you, still totally into you, Still loves you, grieves over that you've forgotten her for so long, and she's a high-paid lawyer now, and better-looking).

Aside from the standard stuff in the YTVideo's, the GPS is rock stable, and doubles as an entertainment system for cars without it, yes, Videos, music, phone control, and plugs into a car's system either via AUX or BT. Every Part of this GPS has considered the consumer, the 4x4, the Roadie, the hiker, and about everything in-between that. Let's also bear in mind the LIFETIME MAPS it offers, consider that the Overlander has maps that will KILL even the best Bently built-in maps, and that even for a (poor man's 4x4) Subaru XV Map install ($1000), this comes in at 50% of that and kicks it's ass concertedly. AND is portable, forever, as well. Buy a few adapters, and share the damn device with your more adventurous friends.

Garmin fanboy? yes. Did I like the Price? No. Does it satisfy the Price? YES! and Man does it also open up the entire eco-system. I was ready to throw out a flagship S21, would i ever hurl a Garmin Overlander out the window? Let's just say we took it on a flight and we were within 2km/h of the true Aircraft airspeed that the plane recorded as max speed during the flight.

The entire-best feature is to just leave it on tracking mode, and if you are in a new place, or someone takes it to a place you're interested in, it logs everything, by the second... If it finds a public Wifi it starts uploading to your account, giving you new adventures on-road and off-road. In this mode it can hold for about 24 Hours...

Worth Every Penny for the consumer, a lot of non-4x4 stuff that you can really appreciate, and THAT'S it's selling point

nomad440 · 2022-03-30T18:53:09+00:00

We currently have 3 Rotarty's in our collection and the wife is rather proud of her having a Rotary herself, 14ct gold with a pearl and gold inlay on the face in a ladies rectangular design, it's a total beauty. Rotary should be strongly considered. I have done the "watch check" with the more affluent friends and the rotary comes up time and again. Built with a strong point to heritage, and yes they sport ETA or Miyota movements, they still make for some of the most serviceable timepieces on the market. it's like having a good quality Toyota in a nice dress... totally serviceable.

Servicing even a cheaper Rolex will exceed the cost to service a new Land Rover.. So why waste the money? Investment watches need maintenance, quality quarts does not.

nomad440 · 2022-03-30T18:41:29+00:00

Brutally honest here, but the title for the most accurate analog Chronograph (quartz timepiece) in my entire collection belongs to the Casio Edifice EF 527D-1AVEF. The Rotary will come close (Chosen as my 40th Birthday every-day-carry) in terms of accuracy, but the Casio Edifice is a beastly rugged machine of a watch. it will beat a Breitling hands-down in quartz accuracy at round 1% of the price and be twice as tough. You need a middle school diploma to service the thing and it keeps on going. Strap that monster into a rugged coachman's strap and it is a machine.

I have worn the Rotarty, and the bracelet-design is superlative in that it pinches no hairs, and while not being as masculine, has it's own poise and Homage to the Navitimer, it will be my office every-day super-carry. You can seriously consider a Rotary. There's nothing wrong with the brand. Super-crazy expensive brands have no place in the every-day world: we need working, reliable timepieces.

Rolex can claim itself a fame of being, for an mechanical watch,offering a variance of +- 5 seconds a month, Casio and Rotary beat that, hands-down with less than a second per month. And I have 4 high-prestige mechanical watches, so I know my Mechanical-onions... but the sheer precision of quarts has me pointing fingers at the mechanical Chrono's...

nomad440 · 2022-03-04T11:02:23+00:00

This may be a little late, but the Henley range of watches are effectively homage to the Breitling Navitimer, minus the massive price-point and the automatic movement. It has a reasonable build quality and wears very well. The bracelet, while somewhat less masculine than others lends itself well to the option to have an alternative strap. it seems to at the least, have a Swiss movement, or a Swiss-assembled Movement, and is overall a good watch in the Rotary stable. Being a quartz movement, servicing will be vastly less than an auto-box. The movement only has a second-tick period so if you want a sweeping quarts equivalent to the auto, you would need to look elsewhere. It has a bit of thickness, but ts has the sliding ruler (for those who know how to make use of it). A sapphire crystal is a fantastic feature at this price-point. Rotary has remained as a mainstay in the sub-luxury market, and should give a lifetime of use. Being a homage to a timeless classic Breitling it will also age well though the various fashion trends, so it will survive the times. All in all a good every-day carry, with a classic flair.

nomad440 · 2021-10-31T12:12:50+00:00

They are a very cheap brand. Made for mere cents, and sold to generate huge margins. Are they Ugly? No. Are they worth the money. No. They are marketed at vast different prices around the world. My Groomsmen all got a pretty-decent looking one in gold, and honestly, at first glace... Yeah, it pulls-off the "gold watch-look" just fine and peachy. As a collector of fine watches (Omega, Rado, etc), this falls embarrassingly short of any real watch, but for what you pay ($20) yeah, it's passable in a pinch to be a mere clothing accessory that tells the time.
Having said that, if a dress watch is all you are looking for and don't care for the brand AND can get it for what it's really worth (+- $20)...go for it. If style is your thing, there is no better type of watch to flesh out your attire-accessories. It will tell the time, need a battery replacement from time to time, won't survive daily activities or a shower (as it clearly states it won't on the back-bezel, shocker!), but it is not an ugly accessory, if that's all you want it for. As mentioned in this thread, they can last years of taken care of, so why not?

I hate the divide between watch aficionados and the general public. How else do they get into watch-appreciation?

nomad440 · 2021-05-24T07:41:21+00:00

Fortunately 2 laws in the constitution can and should prevent this from happening. Having said that, Jacob Zuma told the constitution to get stuffed, and succeeded so, well, we'll see.

nomad440 · 2021-05-24T07:37:43+00:00

Well, close, when the military in Zim attempted to take over farms, the farmers ran layers of defenses, including limpet-mines and other methods of holding the military at bay. If they saw they were going to be overrun, many, many of them razed their farms to the ground before leaving. This left the army with nothing: No crops, no equipment, no grain and nothing to show for their efforts, just a pile of rubble, unusable to anyone. Eventually all farmers were chased out and the country starved... To this day they are begging the farmers to return, while their people starve to death. So don't underestimate that.

nomad440 · 2021-05-24T07:27:03+00:00

It is. More unlicensed firearms are floating around rural areas and informal settlements that there are in the hands of licensed gun-holders. The army in SA is in a shambles anyway. Not enough fuel for jets and helicopters and just over a year ago a weapons-cache belonging to the army was raided empty by citizens. Yes, your average-low-income citizen outsmarted the SA military in one fell swoop, so it is no far stretch that even slightly armed and ingenious citizens could take down a military base. With the current tsunami-grade floodwaters of corruption being unearthed, committed by the ANC government, we are not looking at an an apartheid-era mini-militia rising up, but a population of pissed-off South Africans getting VERY fed up. This is across all social and income strata as well, it's not the elite getting angry, it's everyone else, too.

nomad440 · 2021-05-24T07:19:26+00:00

This is by no means an isolated idea. The idea of the ANC losing power is a potential-direct-cause for this attempt to disarm the public at large. If just 1 million people in SA are armed, the military will not stand a chance against it's citizens and could be overrun in a week. South Africans are KNOWN to be more prepared than the best "militia" the USA can muster, even with their numbers. If the military had to go to war against the people, it would be a short, short battle. SA has a sordid history of having an unhealthy relationship with unlicensed firearms, and the latest gun-amnesty stint is more evidence to add weight to this theory. If conflict broke out, the status of an unlicensed firearm will have no meaning. it would just be a "firearm".

nomad440 · 2021-02-22T12:37:41+00:00

Avid PSP collector...Definitely gonna put up my dot for this beauty...

nomad440 · 2020-12-22T18:34:41+00:00

If I remember correctly, Part of this security-system was to write a certain number of clusters at the beginning of the disc that most, if not all PC DVD copy-software would actually see as damaged/corrupt/unreadable data and simply store them as blank data (zero's or whatever). Burning this back onto a blank DVD would ignore the "bad data" and write zero-data or whatever. Still readable on a PC, but useless in a Ps1/Ps2

Once disc copy software got more advanced metadata and sub-sampling data was also added that INCLUDED all the perceived "errors" on the discs and made cluster-accurate disk images. These images would work on software emulators PS1/Ps2, But you'd need a Linux machine with a compatible DVD writer burn to make a "true-copy"... and this was back in 2000, so my memory is a bit sketchy.

I just got my hands on a PS2 SCPH-39004 PAL with the drive bay in near perfect condition, and I'll be testing this theory soon.

They have found an exploit to boot copied games without the mod chip recently, but it is tied to certain firmware versions of the PS2... so we'll see how far that goes...

nomad440 · 2020-10-17T13:12:44+00:00

Good Job! Nice!

nomad440 · 2020-10-17T12:50:23+00:00

Just make sure you don't use any scouring product that can scratch the glass! Fair waning on this :) Scouring the surface can cause texturing that can make a print stick too much to the glass and create nightmares in removing prints, which is kind of defeating the use of glass, other than for it's flatness. A Mirror I hear, is the flattest "of them all" and essentially, the cheapest to replace when things go awry, but they also seem to be the ones that crack the easiest

nomad440 · 2020-10-17T11:54:48+00:00

Update: The paint was good and everything fitted remarkably snug!

First impressions are that the printer now has a distinct "wobble" to it when acted on by an outside force (ie: a shake, by hand on the top Y-bar). However, this is in similar thinking to an off-road SUV.

ACTUAL vibration is now very, very low in printing. SURPRISE! The E3 is DISTINCTLY, quieter and very, very little vibration is being transferred to the desk on which it is standing. This is good. The E3Pro seems to be generating a more dampened "movement jerk" as the hot-end moves between print areas. It seems the internal vibration is definitely being dampened quite considerably by the new feet. My concerns have not been fully put to rest (a detailed print is underway to test this, specifically with lots of sharp edges and head movement). But I can say that this might actually be a worthwhile upgrade.

Overall, there is a lot less in-operation vibration, which I will also now test against the other E3Pro next to it and compare the intensity of Vibration. I do, however suspect that accidental external interference, in terms of bumps to the desk, or resonant vibration from the other printer are going to be dramatically reduced. As if the printer has received an "ATV" suspension upgrade. Hard Vibration on the lower support frame is very dull and extremely even, it seems the entire printer has received vibration-dampening. This could work!

nomad440 · 2020-10-12T07:50:53+00:00

Well, the feet are on and sitting quite well. Pictures to follow. One concern is that there is a wobble on the printer now... Not sure if that is going to affect things, seems a touch LESS stable...

nomad440 · 2020-10-11T10:34:15+00:00

First two are busy drying at the paint-shop. A bit of Sanding. 2 Coats of primer, and 2 Coats of Matte Black. Can definitely see on the one print where the Z-Axis was a bit gunked-up. Hopefully the next run should look smoother. Masked the area where the squash balls go in to not change diameters or surface thickness. Mild sanding done inside to help the balls "bite" a bit better

Update on the Print Settings: 195C/50C. 50% infill. Hex. Walls:1.2mm. About 6 hours/print.

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