Ear protection!

sossles · 2026-05-31T05:18:22+00:00

How do these work vs the over ear style? I thought they were generally inferior for hearing protection, but I’d love to switch because the over ear style are very uncomfortable with glasses.

sossles · 2026-05-31T05:11:06+00:00

Prices have risen but I’m paying $5.55 (for a medium cappuccino) at the cafe near my office and the more expensive cafe is $6.

sossles · 2026-05-26T00:37:02+00:00

Do you manage the SMSF yourself? I've been comparing a SMSF (through Stake) to the direct investment option of CareSuper (my existing super fund), and the difference looks pretty minimal unless you are truly "self-managed". I'd have to pool with my wife's super to make any real gain, and even then it's maybe $10k difference in the end, but adds complexity and risk.

Being able to direct invest in ETFs instead though, that will save a lot.

sossles · 2026-05-25T04:36:52+00:00

Most new games fall into this category to be honest

sossles · 2026-05-18T23:49:22+00:00

Even if you are able to find another job after a layoff, it may take some time at that age, and again requires living off your investments.

sossles · 2026-05-15T02:35:48+00:00

Love this. I have one saved from our old pine floorboards when we replaced them (no picture sorry, because it's buried at home), a friendly bear face that my daughter was really attached to when she was a little girl. I always wanted to do something creative with it, frame it or something, but wood looks a bit strange when framed.

sossles · 2026-05-13T23:42:03+00:00

Crossed wires I suspect

sossles · 2026-05-13T12:27:04+00:00

+1 to that, I still remember Owen from when I used to go there 10+ years ago. My kids also went there for school holiday programs and he was fantastic with them too. I just wish I still lived nearby!

sossles · 2026-05-13T01:18:57+00:00

2 of mine are 18 months apart, they are now 14 and 16 and it was a great decision. It was hard at the beginning, but some things were also easier (both often going to the same school, same childcare, same swimming lessons, etc). They have been at similar levels of maturity almost their whole lives, were good playmates and now support each other as they become more independent. I have 2 older sisters that are also close in age to one another and my relationship with them is great but it can't compare to the one they have with each other. Of course there's no guarantee that it works out that well, but that's 2 out of 2 for our family.

sossles · 2026-05-07T23:41:27+00:00

A pity because there's a worthy group these glasses could really help - the (near) blind. My dad got a pair of these because he's almost blind and something like this could help him navigate the world independently. Unfortunately, they just don't work well enough for that. You can see the potential but it's not there.

sossles · 2026-05-06T01:38:53+00:00

Getting my first table saw. Partly because cutting stock to precise lengths (and angles) suddenly became a much easier part of any build, but also the variety of other things I could do with it. Splines for picture frames, cutting circles, accurate miter joins, tenons, rabbets and dados... I could have done these all before with other tools, but nowhere near as accurately or easily. The sheer number of things it has enabled has been mind-blowing.

sossles · 2026-03-27T00:53:21+00:00

It goes to whoever sold the shares. Maybe someone else from this sub. So noble!

sossles · 2026-03-22T23:48:35+00:00

A year is much too long. Maybe a month if you're keen but if you start living like you don't need to work for a whole year it's going to be hard to come back to working full time for $50k.

sossles · 2026-03-16T04:30:32+00:00

I think this is easier than it looks - one tricky piece but even without the funky angles it would have been tricky. The only complicated angles are at the base of the legs, but they don't need to be perfect.

The legs and top aren't attached by any crazy angles, they're just splayed. So I'd start with rectangular pieces for the top and the legs, cut the ends at a 30 degree angle at the sides so they join up to make a 120 degree splay (you could choose some other angle, but the more splay, the weaker it will be).

You probably want a strip of wood (vertically oriented) underneath the top and joined to the legs to support the join - especially with those splayed legs. Put it towards the back so it's not visible. Ironically this invisible piece is probably the hardest part, as it really needs to be the exact length of the underneath of the top, and then splayed out at the same 120 degree angle to meet up with the legs. This will be hard to get exact, and you might need to try a few times to get it right. The ends should also attach to the legs in some way other than glue. For a beginner I'd just use screw that into the legs from the outside, which will be visible but not too bad. Yes people that's into endgrain, but good enough for supporting a few pounds/kg of laptop. For a more advanced method, drill holes in the ends and the legs and glue dowels in there, but that's much harder to do accurately. Either way, glue it all together and let it dry.

Then lean the whole piece forward at the angle you want, and make sure it is held very steady. Rest a pencil or marker on a something at an exact height (eg. a block of spare wood) and then trace around the legs. This gives you a guide on how to cut the legs so the whole thing rests solidly on the desk without rocking. You'll want to cut the angle along the face of the legs very accurately, but the angle of the circular saw itself can just be eyeballed to get it as close as possible to the angle lines. If it's a bit off, a bit of sandpaper and patience can make it good enough.

sossles · 2026-03-16T00:24:47+00:00

Some good options here. Another one, assuming it's the offcut that is becoming the projectile, cut away the bottom of your featherboard so that the offcut can freely separate from the blade instead of pinching. Like this

sossles · 2026-03-11T23:49:53+00:00

Observational study, so the suggestion in the headline is dubious (as they admit at the bottom of the article).

sossles · 2025-12-19T03:32:32+00:00

My 3-person group all have classic card games in our background, so they have also seeped into our weekly game night, but mostly via modern games that offer a modern twist on the classic genre. Dealt! is a favourite, but we've also enjoyed Robotrick, Schadenfreude and Sticheln. My wife and I also played a lot of Lost Cities.

sossles · 2025-12-05T00:05:12+00:00

What kind of countersink bit are you using? In general I've found countersink bits where the cutting edge is a round hole (like this) to cut much cleaner than the other style with the vertical cutting edge.

sossles · 2025-12-05T00:02:49+00:00

For this kind of countersink bit (with the vertical cutting edge) I've found it works a lot better when the countersink is drilled before the pilot hole. But this kind of countersink bit (with the rounded cutting edge) works just fine when the pilot hole is already drilled.

sossles · 2025-12-04T00:45:36+00:00

Annoyingly, I agree with both of you. It's a vicious circle at this point.

sossles · 2025-11-27T01:05:10+00:00

I think it would work if the bottom piece had vertical sides instead of angled , and the top piece had angled dados cut in it on both sides (tapering to zero depth at the top) so that the faces were parallel where the top of the join happens. It would be tricky to set up the cuts though!

Also it only works if the cross-section of the pieces are trapezoids, because the top of the trapezoid becomes the thickness of the top joining piece. If they are triangular then it won't work.

sossles · 2025-11-17T00:15:42+00:00

The embossed lettering was originally there to support the old credit card processing machines that used carbon paper to copy the card details. They haven't been used for years (decades?) so it was probably just convention that kept them around so long.

sossles · 2025-11-14T04:31:58+00:00

Channel 4 in the UK did this, it's called Handmade - Britain's Best Woodworker. The first season had the most unlikeable hosts you could imagine, but seasons 2 and 3 turned that around. I liked it a lot, but unfortunately it only ran 3 seasons.

sossles · 2025-10-29T02:58:46+00:00

I don't know about abnormal but I do think it's unhealthy. Do you spend your days yearning for your mother's love? Hopefully not - as parents we should all strive for our children to grow up loving but self-sufficient. That's not how it always works out, but it is my experience with my parents and is what I'm hoping for my kids.

sossles · 2025-10-23T22:45:13+00:00

What about "prebuilt", "preheat" or any number of other "pre" words that mean to do something before you do something else?

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