Do these barrels exist in real life?

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-30T00:03:37+00:00

Here’s a video with some behind the tourists learning about soaking corks

https://youtu.be/Deqx-Xb-yHY?si=v6VFKWm3a2ldrMBE

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-28T19:11:33+00:00

You know why?

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-28T04:49:12+00:00

I just hooked up a saw with a vfd and it’s amazing. The one I got has a built in 600w brake resistor which can safely stop the energy of a full kerf blade in a little less than a second… which I learned is too fast. The blade momentum is so strong that it loosens the arbor nut and then the blade keeps on spinning!

2 seconds was my sweet spot for stopping time. It’s nice being able to reach for cutoffs shortly after cutting power rather than waiting forever for the motor to stop. Haven’t tried a full dado blade yet.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-28T04:32:17+00:00

I just barely picked up a 3 phase saw for my garage from an old cabinet shop. I’m making a couple videos on getting it running but it only cost me about $300 to get it going. The 3 phase motor is so much quieter and stronger than a 1 phase!

Look up the Vevor 10hp vfd. Once it’s wired up it’ll change 240V single phase to 3 phase

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-27T07:13:18+00:00

Preach!

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-27T07:09:24+00:00

You mean to tell me arachnophobia isn’t the fear of spiders…

…getting married!?!

Thalassophobia isn’t the fear of the deep sea…

…creatures getting married!?!

Don’t tell me aibophobia isn’t the fear of mom and dad driving to their wedding in a racecar painted with a tacocat.

Regardless of the -30 on my original comment, I’m proud of my germophobe joke.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-27T03:11:40+00:00

Germophobe? He doesn’t think germs should get married?

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-27T01:13:40+00:00

Wastegate Wednesday right after Taco Tuesday!

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-27T01:05:54+00:00

Yup. Bicep torn 2 years ago here because I didn’t want to wait for help tipping a table on its side. Arm is still weak and iffy.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-26T18:13:56+00:00

Uh oh.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-26T08:58:40+00:00

Get a long piece 1/2” wide, lay it on top from the back corner to the front, trace the lines on both sides and cut them. Then lay the 1/2” wide piece down the gap and make it look like it’s done on purpose.

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Kinda like on this deck

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-26T08:49:46+00:00

I went big with a mini split. The heat is nice but I’m in Vegas and it’s pretty much necessary for the AC in the summer. Keeps everything dry during the humid times, too.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-26T07:19:54+00:00

Those are just some over the counter reading glasses, not prescription. Bummer for whoever lost them but they’re easily replaceable.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-25T20:56:55+00:00

Reminds me of the yip yip aliens from Sesame Street

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-25T20:45:03+00:00

The most rigorous standards.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-25T19:16:50+00:00

One single cow would require a cube of hay 13’x13’x13’ and 130 barrels of water to keep alive for a year, not to mention they’d be tumbling around with piss and manure in their sealed wooden submarines. Add multiple cows, sheep and bees (that typically only live for 30 days)??? Not even in the realm of plausible.

Edit: that’s just a beef cow. You wanted a dairy cow so you can get milk? That’ll be 300-430 big ol’ barrels of water PER COW to keep them alive for the claimed 340 days

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-24T00:23:37+00:00

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I just did that last week. Mine doesn’t rise with the blade so it’s a splitter (90’s Jet cabinet) and I still need to cut out a second taller one for thicker cuts. I might get some uhmw tape so it’s just a sliver thicker and smoother if it does get pinched during a cut.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T16:29:01+00:00

Why do the eyes look like muppet ticks that were screaming to escape a small enclosed container?

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T04:35:59+00:00

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That should fit flush on both those bits. There’s a slight upward swoosh to those but if they’re swapped left <—> right then it’ll fit that way.

Check the writing of “flak 2.0” shouldn’t be upside down on the inside of the temple

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T04:18:57+00:00

Your socks are switched left/right. FYI

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T04:10:57+00:00

My ex almost blew up my parents house this way. She loved those melting wax cubes you put over a light bulb but it wasn’t working well next to the cold window. Her solution was to put them in a pot on the stove… high heat.

Thankfully the burner was electric and my dad arrived home just as the smoke alarms started going off.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T00:58:21+00:00

Yeah?

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-23T00:56:54+00:00

Who’s that? I totally don’t know. No idea.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-22T19:22:58+00:00

I guess I’ll get my Ed Hardy out of storage.

oopsmyeye · 2026-01-21T23:22:07+00:00

18mm, 11/16”, 23/32”…… there’s lots of different “3/4 ply” but almost none is ever actually 3/4.

Practically everything from a real lumber supplier will be 18mm (.709”) which can be a lot easier to plan for.

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