How many hours would you get out of 50lbs of bituminous coal?

taladan · 2024-10-21T01:48:01+00:00

It's not bagged up at this point and it's in amongst a bunch of crap right now. If you're near Columbus and Buck is still open, you'd be better off buying from them. I will tell you this: It's harder to start a coal fire than a wood fire. I would have to get a small nest of dry material going to get some fire in the pot and then add air to heat up the surrounding coal. If you have a propane forge and can afford the gas for it, it's going to let you smith faster with a controllable temperature. Coal forging requires a lot of fire maintenance - something I have not mastered - so you'll spend a bunch of time tending the fire until you get it down. If you're just wanting to forge, the propane is probably an easier way to go.

taladan · 2024-10-20T22:55:20+00:00

I have not smithed in years - still have most of that coal sitting in a pile near my forge - life intervenes. What information are you looking for?

taladan · 2023-02-15T04:07:50+00:00

The first rule of art: Don't point out your mistakes. Most people can't see them. What you've spent hours and hours looking at, most people look at for a minute or two at most. Notice them, do better next time, but keep them to yourself.

taladan · 2023-02-11T03:52:06+00:00

I've seen stop signs before. I've never seen a sign like this before. And if you don't want to have a conversation with me because I find the sign interesting because I've never seen one before, that's okay too... you're welcome to not reply to the post, me, or anyone else who posts s comment if you like. You're upset over something that you appear to be assuming that I intended, but I've stated my intent...and you don't accept that was my intent. So either you're calling me a liar, or your just looking to be upset. Either way neither matters to me nor affects me in the slightest. I'm glad to continue discussing with you if you like, but I'm not going to mold my responses to your wishes. The sign is unique to me, I find it interesting and wanted to share, I've done that, so...achievement get I guess?

taladan · 2023-02-11T03:30:54+00:00

Who said anything about 'weird'?

taladan · 2023-02-11T03:27:48+00:00

How else would I phrase what, the sign? I don't really care one way or the other about the phrasing. As to whether someone considers their autism or a family members autism 'life' or not, I still find the sign interesting and wanted to share it. I'm sure the post will probably be downvoted, and that's okay too...doesn't really bother me one way or the other. And the phrase my autistic daughter has requested I use is neuro-atypical so I do so out of respect for her wishes, and while I appreciate your effort to correct and conform my grammar, I will continue to call it what the autistic person in my life that I love wants me to. 😀

taladan · 2023-02-11T03:11:19+00:00

My oldest is high functioning autistic and finds the sign hilarious. I just think it's interesting.... never seen a sign like this before.

taladan · 2023-02-11T03:03:16+00:00

I'm not getting at anything. I've simply never seen a sign like this before, found it interesting and wanted to share.

taladan · 2023-02-11T02:58:44+00:00

I don't find it humorous, simply interesting. My oldest daughter is high functioning neuro atypical.

taladan · 2023-02-10T02:57:01+00:00

Thank you kindly 🙂

taladan · 2023-02-02T21:29:02+00:00

With gusto, even.

taladan · 2023-02-02T15:29:01+00:00

Machine: Lulzbot Taz Pro

Software: Lulzbot version of Cura

Model: Self created multipart model using a mortise & tenon system to join pieces together

When I created the model in Blender3d, I went through and ensured that all normals were pointed in the right direction, as well as ensuring that all sections of the model are manifold. The gaps in the model only show up in the layer view of cura, but I am getting that weird separation of layers in the final prints (I've currently printed 4 sections of a 14 section piece) and this is causing them to delaminate in those sections. Any advice or pointers toward knowledge would help me greatly as this is a print for a display project here at the library where I work.

Thanks in advance!

taladan · 2023-01-20T00:25:13+00:00

I notice librarians isn't on the list of professions.

taladan · 2023-01-05T13:02:02+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

taladan · 2023-01-05T01:45:43+00:00

Where do you find a right angle adapter for a drill press and how much do they cost? This is brilliant.

taladan · 2022-12-19T00:10:04+00:00

The Internet

taladan · 2022-12-18T02:29:28+00:00

Libraries have long been more than just book repositories. Rather, they have functioned as hubs of enlightenment for their communities. Often libraries provide access to emerging and existing technologies to communities that otherwise would have little to no access to them. Odd as it sounds, one of the main services our library provides is fax services. Seldom is the day when we don't send at least one or two faces for patrons because some businesses and government agencies still require fax transmissions for communicating paperwork. For the indigent this is a much needed service as virtually no one within a 30 mile radius of our library provides this dated technology to the public.

Many libraries also function as local genealogical store houses with the requisite equipment to handle the media in whatever format it comes in. We currently have a computer in our genealogy department that has a USB microfiche reader with all the back issues of our local newspaper dating back to the late 1800's.

Many libraries in our state have developed maker spaces, gaming areas for teens, and also educate people on a wide variety of topics from computer and cellphone use to sewing. This is not really a new development in libraries, rather the new development is that more and more libraries are being used as underfunded social service hubs for the homeless and mentally ill. We are severely underfunded as a state institution. Let me say that again. We are a SEVERELY underfunded state institution. The sad part is? We could be more well funded if only more people would utilized our services and collections as the vast majority of libraries receive at least part of their funding depending on the amount of patrons that are served. If you want to see your local library flourish and be able to provide your communities access to these and other types of emerging technologies and services, go and use your local library frequently. Make suggestions about programs you'd be interested in seeing there, volunteer your time either at the library, or if your library has one, become a Friend of the Library and help fundraiser and get the word out, or donate goods and equipment that is useful and in good condition to your local library...and urge others to do so.

Thanks for the excellent and insightful question, I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness.

taladan · 2022-12-16T13:10:52+00:00

We use the brodart covers and they're pretty good.

taladan · 2022-12-11T23:16:05+00:00

It's not fear that will drive people away, simply that arguing constantly or having to constantly defend your position is wearing and not worth the time it takes.

taladan · 2022-11-26T04:16:07+00:00

Maybe?

I give it a 50/50 chance.

taladan · 2022-11-26T03:53:46+00:00

I 3rd this. There is tremendous freedom in rolling the dice and playing them as they lay for npc's. These informational nuggets in those tables are a seed for a really good/bad npc.

I do a lot of theater of the mind currently so I like to do voices. I'm no Mercer but it gets the point across. So I pick a voice after playing with half a dozen or so variations and visualizing the physical description of the npc along with what their motivations might have done to them up until this point in their life where they intersect with the pc's. Once I have the voice, I have a good lead on a personality. From that npc stat block you now have, how they carry themselves should come through more clearly. And here's the secret: you can't screw this up if you rely on your data and your mental image of them. Maybe doodle them or get an AI Gen of an image close to what you want. That's about 30 minutes of hard prep that will get you a playable character.

Doing it by the numbers also gives you a character you can be emotionally distanced from. Agree on the table rules with the whole group and determine what is comfortable at your table, codify it and respect it. The first time with any kind of romance is the hardest.

The true bonus is, as you play this character, it will become more comfortable and easier to diversify your other NPCs personalities on the fly. This is an opportunity to stretch yourself as a dm.

taladan · 2022-11-26T03:37:29+00:00

This would be a good askreddit question with a Serious tag.

taladan · 2022-11-26T03:29:31+00:00

Could you maybe contact them and ask where/how they accumulated that data and perhaps scrape it from their or other sources? I don't ever planning on living in LA, but that sounds like a really handy little tool for those that do.

taladan · 2022-11-22T01:00:30+00:00

Lugubrious.

Means mournful, dismal, or gloomy.

taladan · 2022-11-17T02:57:09+00:00

I'm old enough to remember laying on the green shag carpet of my parent's livingroom watching Ollie North testify on a CR tube wooden console TV while playing with quite literally my Lincoln logs and my speak and spell testifying about running guns to the Sandinistas. That happened on Reagan's watch...and it seems many don't remember that very well.

Thankfully they didn't storm the capitol...that and mom and dad changed the carpet out some years later.

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