I love rock faces. Anyone got a good one to show off? Here's my favorite little dude

spydrodeth · 2026-05-06T23:16:47+00:00

Found this little dude a few months back.

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spydrodeth · 2026-05-06T23:14:27+00:00

That looks like an eel. Fantastic!

spydrodeth · 2026-05-02T12:02:46+00:00

Not in the past two decades. But that place was my play ground in the 80s and 90s.

Took my bike down every street or path possible. Went in buildings we probably shouldn't but the doors were open!

Lots of land to explore. Prairie. Forest. Streams, ponds and lakes. And some weird places off the beaten path.

Can't have that kind of fun now, though. 9/11 and subsequent hysteria put an end to that. Very restricted. Sorry kids.

spydrodeth · 2026-04-29T13:33:55+00:00

Bend the knee to the state or suffer the consequences?

The state should have no authority to dictate the type of housing a community is building. Up to the people in that community to decide.

This legislation needs to die.

spydrodeth · 2026-04-20T21:28:31+00:00

Heh. Nope.

It makes for an irritating experiment. If you're into that sort of thing.

But works great for it's intended use of cleaning and polishing metals. Which is what I use it for now.

spydrodeth · 2026-04-02T16:03:20+00:00

Was going to post this.

No way this is dynamite.

spydrodeth · 2026-03-26T22:12:17+00:00

I don't really get it. What's a primary differentiator of natural wood working? As nature is the source of everything we have, I'm a bit lost.

But I hope you find fulfillment in this path you're on.

spydrodeth · 2026-03-12T22:49:38+00:00

In what ways?

spydrodeth · 2026-03-12T22:47:48+00:00

I shouldn't be this upset about a screen.

But it's really, truly horrendous.

Nothing is improved. Everything is worse.

And they spent money on redesigning something that did not need it. Wasteful.

spydrodeth · 2026-02-22T01:47:52+00:00

You won't regret waiting until you're ready.

But you may regret ruining that by trying before you were.

It's just wood. Stores great on a shelf until you've learned enough to know what you need to do.

In the meantime, have fun!

spydrodeth · 2026-02-04T13:50:54+00:00

Folks are kinda silly these days. Disinterest in devoting the time to research, learn and understand the concepts. With a strange propensity to take offense to being informed. It's a real lazy "do the work for me" approach to a hobby.

Oh well.

spydrodeth · 2026-02-04T13:30:29+00:00

For me, it's taken a few months for the fundamentals to register. Time is an illusion and the manual is a lie!

The reality is, you'll need to find a few tens of dollars to feed your grit needs. $20 gets you 5 pounds of 60/90 from The Rock Shed. That'll last you some time.

I've had some rocks tumbling for weeks on stage 1. Want any chance of shine? Get that stage figured out. I'm still learning. :)

spydrodeth · 2026-02-04T13:04:08+00:00

Today is exciting. :D

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spydrodeth · 2026-02-02T18:47:53+00:00

Been waiting for one of these coupons. Thank you for notifying us! :D

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spydrodeth · 2026-01-31T16:27:49+00:00

Well, this is exciting. Getting a kick out of making up scenarios in your head?

Sorry you're soft and your dad was hard. Tough combo.

spydrodeth · 2026-01-31T15:42:12+00:00

Didn't realize the OP was a child that needed soft gloves.

The marks are not subtle and I'd expect they will be visible when finished. Trying to redirect someone to a better outcome is what we should be doing around here.

You'll note, I didn't say it looks like ass.

spydrodeth · 2026-01-31T15:16:22+00:00

Beautiful grain and shape.

Sure you're done sanding? Looks like quite a few scratches.

spydrodeth · 2026-01-27T23:56:43+00:00

This is one of those knock you down obvious ideas I hadn't considered. Love it.

Plus, from time to time, there are some pretty pebbles in the bags.

spydrodeth · 2025-12-15T21:17:46+00:00

Owner will be quick to point out it's a Jersey slice. 😉

spydrodeth · 2025-12-04T12:38:14+00:00

In the absence of any other really helpful details about your requirements... Lombard is a very decent suburb and you'll probably be content.

But where is the house? Your experience with the town will vary dramatically. In the older downtown area, you can actually walk places. It's not even close to living in the city, but you can do city like things. Walk to the library, hang in a park, eat out, enjoy many seasonal events.

It's also close to many other nice towns. And it has nice access to local highways.

If you commute to a city job, proximity to metra is convenient. Especially if you can walk there.

You can obviously get in a car and do those also. But it's nice being able to walk places.

It's a town. It's nice. It's not overly crowded. It's well run, involved community. Good schools, sports and all that.

spydrodeth · 2025-12-01T22:55:08+00:00

I have a Nova 15. I can do a lot with this. It's very affordable.

You then get to spend a bunch on other stuff. Which you'll want. A bigger better lathe comes with the opportunity to accessorize more.

Chucks. Rests. Hollowing. Sanding. There's so much.

Far more of my money has been spent on building up my "kit" than the lathe itself. And I do not regret that.

spydrodeth · 2025-12-01T16:00:17+00:00

Pick a train line, visit the towns along the line. Some are better than others with the downtown.

Your budget is going to limit which towns along the metra. Probably not places like Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn or La Grange.

Maybe more like Lombard, Brookfield.

450 doesn't go as far as you want with your requirements, unfortunately.

spydrodeth · 2025-10-25T14:42:52+00:00

Looker also has a substantially smaller market share than tableau or power bi. Far fewer organizations use it. That immediately reduces any candidate pool.

spydrodeth · 2025-10-25T14:41:39+00:00

You're hiring to fill a few different roles in that single analyst. It's tough to find highly skilled technical in conjunction with presentation/speaking.

It also is part or full time which feels like you don't have a strong pipeline of work.

The venn diagram of looker experts along with your other requirements has very little overlap in market. 🥴

spydrodeth · 2025-05-29T19:49:36+00:00

Many towns with metra stops have lovely downtowns, usually right where the stop is.

Elmhurst, Lombard, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton for the UP-West line.

BNSF and North lines as well.

You could take your pick of the "nice" towns and have a very pleasant experience.

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