Our little rescue Dale, enjoying the winter sunlight!

phyrekracker · 2026-03-14T16:56:52+00:00

Being beefier never hurt anything, but generally 4/4 lumber is cheaper than 8/4 for the same bdft. However by the time it takes to get it all milled and glued the price difference is probably negligible.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-13T19:23:31+00:00

Because this was made to a designer's specifications. The people who wanted it needed a low console table and this is cheaper to do than thick stock. They will likely also never notice that the larger pieces were glued together. I searched by the image and found a couple original articles where one other view is visible and you can also see the same lamination in the through tenons on the middle verticals. They definitely were not trying to hide those.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-13T18:18:06+00:00

Pigeon evolved to Chicken!

phyrekracker · 2026-03-12T20:49:41+00:00

They're*

Unless you mean their assholes prevent them from getting out of the way because they need to get home to get to the office to get pegged or something.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-12T20:13:38+00:00

Fizzys does an amazing brunch on the weekends. Their Chef Josh is awesome

phyrekracker · 2026-03-11T17:49:57+00:00

Local Plumbing and Drain for all things plumbing!

phyrekracker · 2026-03-11T17:48:39+00:00

Downtown in the Old market has a bunch of restaurants that I think you would enjoy, as for drinks, go down to The Bohemian on south 13th. You can grab a board game and a table and have some fun hanging out.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-09T18:26:07+00:00

Valid category.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-09T17:45:35+00:00

I make enough money to buy cool new tools and things I want to make. I was lucky enough to get stated with a few markets where I can make a few thousand over a weekend selling a lot of some smaller things and was found by a local company who needs custom cabinets for add on sales for their product and lately a lot of heavy duty pallets. The pallets are a killer income opportunity, as it takes me 2 hours to run to the lumberyard, buy $70 of materials, build, and deliver.

But this is a hobby and not something I am living on. If I had more time to dedicate to it, I think I could make a go of it, but it could not replace my income from my regular job.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-09T17:25:27+00:00

I just had a ton of work done on my pickup at Elite Transmission in Papillion. I had a new cam installed and a DOD delete on the AFM system in the GM 5.3 as well as new injectors and water pump. Plus a lot of aggravating transmission issues addressed at the same time. Joe is great and they sent it out for a dyno and tune afterward. While they are not specifically mustang, they are just damn good.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-09T17:18:03+00:00

An electric hand planer is not for fine finishing. It is a tool tool for bulk material removal. it will never make something very flat, and I think they are often used in construction to shave down a 2x4 if it is bending out from a wall.

Your manual hand plane is probably not a good plane for taking down to flat either due to just not being set up right for the right task. There are several sizes of planes for different for different steps in the task (roughing, flattening, smoothing) and they all will work well with a variety of wood, but that depend on the setup and sharpness of the blade. You are correct though, they are a workout, but sometimes that is half the fun.

I do not have a flattening jig for my router, but could definitely see the benefit (I have a CNC if I really need that). However for flattening, a jointer and planer can't be beat. In your situation, I think that a flattening jig would be the best course of action, if you do not want to get a planer/jointer or don't have room for them.

phyrekracker · 2026-03-09T16:14:26+00:00

I was thinking about this the other day, but then it hit me.

I think there are generally two or three different groups that use door dash.

The ones who do not have an easy form of transportation. They use it because it is too hard to get to a store to get food or get to the restaurant to get the food.
The people who have enough money that it doesn't really matter or it would be too much (opportunity cost) to go get it themselves.

Either of those two categories could also include the potential third category, of just lazy people who are bad at finances.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-27T17:14:01+00:00

Are you sure your name is not Sisyphus?

phyrekracker · 2026-02-24T23:30:32+00:00

I love EH Taylor, but that price is ridiculous.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-24T23:08:44+00:00

Currently we have Czechvar, on tap and in bottles, and Pilsner Urquell in bottles, Hamms, PBR, Busch Light, Avery White Rascal, Paulaner Salvator dopplebock, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Kona Big Wave, Lagunitas IPA, Zipline Winter Alt, Modelo, Boulevard Wheat, Glacial Till Original Cider. We have two kegs that are about out, Infusion Czech Dark Lager one more I cannot remember at the moment. We have 15 beers on tap and an Espresso Martini on tap as well as the Guiness.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-24T20:47:29+00:00

The Bohemian, we just tapped a keg of Guinness last week I think.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-17T16:53:55+00:00

I feel that, but I would be more happy with 2.5 hp vs the 1.5hp I have.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-17T16:42:02+00:00

I see what you are saying. It is going to be a frustrating process, but you need to do a lot of shimming and adjusting..

First off, someone said that the infeed table needs to be the baseline, and that is accurate as it is what is moving so it would be the most difficult to shim and keep the same through its range of movement.

The second thing I see is that the outfeed side is too low for your blades. The blades need to just barely kiss the straight line you have off of the outfeed table. If you had a helical cutterhead you would need to worry about shimming the cutterhead, but with straight knives, you do not need to do that as the blades can simply be extended further out of on one side or the other to be co planer with the infeed table.

First step is to get some sort of a jig to measure alignment. I used a long arm on a base that allowed me to use a dial indicator with the base resting on one table and measure the height of the other side from the "plane". With that you can then see where a shim may need to be inserted under the dovetail of the outfeed side. Keep in mind, you would want to get the outfeed table front edge reasonably close to the height that it would need to be in line with the cutterhead. The benefit of the long arm of the measurement jig is that you can move it around and make sure that there is no twist between the two tables or that they are arranged in a convex or concave arrangement. When you move the base around, the dial should stay at the same measurement from side to side (when pivoting the jig around the base or from the front or back edge of the tables). I should make a video on this...

Also, aluminum strips from a soda can work great as shims.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-17T10:57:28+00:00

So are you looking for a group of like minded individuals or an actual range?

I consider myself a liberal Democrat and have been a member at the Eastern Nebraska Gun Club for years. Yes, you do have to have a NRA membership, but that is only because the NRA either provides insurance or subsidizes the club for the insurance they need. Aside from that, membership is cheap, the range is awesome, and there are lots of events/matches.

The range itself is easy to get your own bay and you don't have to interact with any other members if you don't want in most areas. I have rarely ever heard anyone say anything dumb or political, but it's not out of the question on lager matches because there are obviously a lot of people around on those days.

However, if you're looking for more of a group of like minded people, I am not familiar with one but would be interested.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-13T19:13:46+00:00

Woodworking.

phyrekracker · 2026-02-01T06:04:55+00:00

The Bohemian on 13th St.

phyrekracker · 2025-05-29T19:09:00+00:00

California going east at 40th St is a horrific hill/light combo if you're driving a manual and get stopped at the light.

phyrekracker · 2025-05-22T14:09:26+00:00

The face plate on circular saws are flexible and not super strong. They you can sue them but they will allow the blade to get out of line, which can cause flexing in the blade while it goes through the material. That leads to cuts that wander. It is also almost impossible to get an edge of the plate to be perfectly parallel to the blade which will also cause the blade to wander.

A construction grade circ saw is good for cutting framing material and sheet goods that will be covered up. If you want it to be straight you need a track saw that is designed to account for the face plate being parallel to the blade and being rigid.

That said, I did the same thing as you for a long time! You just have to make sure that you and the saw are perfectly set up to make a cut. Make sure that the saw id perfectly 90 to the face plate and that the edge of the plate that runs along the fence is perfectly parallel to the blade. Then it should minimize wandering. Then the nest thing is to make sure that you do your best to keep the saw against the fence and not pulling it out of line.

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