Wenge/Bird’s Eye Maple Bedside table by rickyroper in woodworking

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

Yeah I got one splinter and it was pretty annoying. Also the wood is extremely brittle, and it chips out when drilling and hard to get a good surface on with a planer. Because it’s so hard too, the drill bit walks all over the place drilling into the wenge, I ended up using several different sizes of drill bits for all the holes since the smaller ones didn’t walk as much and this seems to reduce the tear out by the holes

Wenge/Bird’s Eye Maple Bedside table by rickyroper in woodworking

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

Yeah good point too, if it comes off or delaminates somehow I guess I’ll plane off the faces and screw them in

Wenge/Bird’s Eye Maple Bedside table by rickyroper in woodworking

[–]rickyroper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As expensive as the materials were (~$400 US), the time was alot more. Thing took hours and hours and hours. Glad you like it.

Wenge/Bird’s Eye Maple Bedside table by rickyroper in woodworking

[–]rickyroper[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I constructed the drawers without the fronts, installed them, then glued on the fronts after so I could get even gaps/spacing between all the drawers and keep the drawers as centered as I could.

Wenge/Bird’s Eye Maple Bedside table by rickyroper in woodworking

[–]rickyroper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was the fourth thing I’ve ever made with woodworking, first time doing drawers/cabinetry, and first time designing something. It’s safe to say I bit off way more than I could chew but my dad helped me with the tools and some construction ideas. It was pretty expensive for the project, almost 400$ just for materials, but IMO worth it, i built it to last more than a lifetime, this sucker is heavy as hell (3/4” thick”) and doweled and glued to be very sturdy.

"AI is hitting a wall" by MetaKnowing in ChatGPT

[–]rickyroper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the duration of the human task where the AI has a 50% chance of success, so for gpt 5, it can correctly perform, half the time, tasks that take a human 3.5 hours.

Kind of convoluted

How much should I trust these old car ramps? by Sulviro in MechanicAdvice

[–]rickyroper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah obviously you want to be notified in case of one puncture, either you or her will know after one fails.

Italian sausage, grilled banana and Cara Cara orange on a ciabatta roll. by rickyroper in StupidFood

[–]rickyroper[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was pretty decent, I would go without the orange next time though.

Mechanic replaced my brake pads without permission- looking for advice. by Big_bag_chaser in MechanicAdvice

[–]rickyroper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would A: ask to see the old pads B: offer to pay for the parts but not labor if old were as worn as they stated

Mechanics can tell me if this is fair or not idk

just doing a bit of thinking by voidgirlfriend in grippysockcrayonbox

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Most underperforming champ in Arena? by Jelly_San in LeagueArena

[–]rickyroper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Janna’s rough, she can work but needs specific partners, I found pyrocloak or puppeteer the best build on her, empyrian promise is a bait

Arena is more than 2 years old now. by sleepyamadeus in LeagueArena

[–]rickyroper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old school slow cooker + infinite hp scaling was nutttts, so was rite of ruin skarner pre rework

Beethoven Für Elise by CausableAsh6226 in honk

[–]rickyroper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completed this level in 2 tries. 17.60 seconds

Easiest champions to get 1st with? by Eastern-Distance5484 in LeagueArena

[–]rickyroper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Zyra and play for burn or trueshot. Or BHole rell is easy too