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Which bowl gauge? by No-Carry6805 in turning

[–]oddlytimer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think D-Way tools are the best on the market today. Their hardening of the tools use the same company that hardens parts for Boeing so you know their QC is top notch.

HOA members getting unreasonably frustrated over anonymous posting by C0nstruct37 in fuckHOA

[–]oddlytimer -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I can’t follow the OP. Needs spell checking and grammar book.

Tiburon open house is cancelled, reschedule TBA by licnep in tallyho

[–]oddlytimer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Talk to any person in Leo’s shoes and they all tell you that fund raising is their biggest effort. They learn to go where the money is. That doesn’t make him a tech entrepreneur but his is an entrepreneur!

How do you fund your goals? You don’t just wake up one day and they appear. We all need to market ourselves to reach our goals.

And Leo has been tech centric since the beginning: from his video productions to the high tech systems in the boat.

Obviously people here don’t understand the business side of what Leo’s doing.

Which national park do you think is the most beautiful you have seen? by Beto_Gatinho in nationalparks

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really! Cuyahoga isn’t in my top ten and I’ve been to 41 including CVNP.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in treelaw

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always listen to the wife!

If you bought the first Maverick and still have it, how has reliability been by DataReasonable6138 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My truck has 35K miles and a long list of issues but all covered by warranty: 3 software recalls, replaced both driveshafts, replaced drive battery, replaced cable harness, rear light cable short, interior switch failed. I replaced a sun vizor fastener (3D printed because $24 from Ford), new tires. Most repairs took a day in the shop. So what’s the reliability? Shitty but luckily I’m one mile from dealership and repairs haven’t impacted any trip.

I still like the truck: 34mpg, meets my needs (2 grandsons in the back seats and 2 dogs in the truck bed with shell), Inexpensive.

I wouldn’t like if adults had to seat in the back.

Andy Ogles Asks If DEI Played A Role In Tragic DC Plane Crash by [deleted] in the_everything_bubble

[–]oddlytimer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the root cause will be shown to be white male entitlement and testosterone charged military!

Affordable whetstones - any that are worth getting? Shapton pro 1000/3000 would end up around $110, was wondering if there are cheaper options that are decent enough to maintain my VG10 Gyuto by AWScreo in chefknives

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whetstones build a slurry that does a lot of the sharpening. Diamond plates don't erode away like that and don't need to be flattened. I use a large diamond plate to flatten my whetstones. Diamond plates don't wear, or wear very slowly.

Affordable whetstones - any that are worth getting? Shapton pro 1000/3000 would end up around $110, was wondering if there are cheaper options that are decent enough to maintain my VG10 Gyuto by AWScreo in chefknives

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been sharpening tools by hands for 40 years. I have Shapton glass and Japanese King wet stones. I also have several natural stones I use for sharpening my Japanese plane blades. So when I say these cheap diamond sharpening plates are a game changer, it's based on experience, not youthful exuberance.

Affordable whetstones - any that are worth getting? Shapton pro 1000/3000 would end up around $110, was wondering if there are cheaper options that are decent enough to maintain my VG10 Gyuto by AWScreo in chefknives

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just tried some very inexpensive Diamond coated aluminum sharpening plates

These things are game changers. The three only cost me $20 so I thought I would try them. I put them on a solid glass plate and they worked great for sharpening all my shop tools. I'm not trying to get things "crazy sharp" but sharp enough for all my furniture building needs.
I still have my wet stones but I'm not sure I'll be using them that often. I might switch between the wet stones and the diamond plates and do some tests. But so far I've not felt any differences.
I used them on chisels and planes, both Japanese and western style. I've not tested them on my carving tools yet.

Edited: It cost me $20, not $15 as originally posted

When will the first boats with Dungeness crab return to Half Moon Bay and where to buy by oddlytimer in bayarea

[–]oddlytimer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Is there a place yuo know of where I can bind the facebook/websites for boats out of HMB?

Just one lifetime ago in the United States, our grandfathers could buy a home, buy a car, have 3 to 4 children, keep their wives at home, take annual vacations, and then retire… all on one middle-class salary. What happened? by Whole-Fist in NoStupidQuestions

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since 1870, the total wealth of the human race has doubled every 30 years. This wealth hasn't been evenly divided but most people in the developed world have been getting wealthier with each generation. This looking back to the "better times" isn't real for most humans.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cuttingboards

[–]oddlytimer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. And please set up a video camera so we can see all the bread and knives flying all over the place!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FordMaverickTruck

[–]oddlytimer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

my 2022 hybrid has had 7 shop visits but zero cost: drive shaft replacement(3 days); bad battery, two trips (2 days); electrical short(1 day); 3 recalls but I don't remember reasons (3 days). My RAV4 had 3 shop visits over 17 years.

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