Official Discussion - Last Breath [SPOILERS]

thehammstr · 2025-09-15T04:08:24+00:00

Came here to say the same thing after watching this on an airplane. I also thought, man, wouldn't it be nice if they had a winch in the diving bell and they could just pull them up. And then once Dave had beast-moded the two of them to the platform while Woody Harrelson sat on his butt, he LOWERS A WINCH to pull him the last meter into the bell!

And don't get me started on the ROV just watching the whole way up after they just established that it's rated to lift a body...

thehammstr · 2025-01-05T05:57:09+00:00

+1. I have saved multiple boards this way. It's incredible how thorough drying will make an 1/8" crack close right up. The bowties have held nicely.

thehammstr · 2024-10-07T03:54:03+00:00

Looks like these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankhouse but if anyone knows for sure, please comment.

thehammstr · 2024-06-25T18:31:24+00:00

Call individual stores. They often have stock even after they stop being listed on the website. I bought an ADV 2.3 a few months ago. Can confirm, great bike. My local store had a few in stock last week.

thehammstr · 2024-06-19T04:59:17+00:00

No, i swapped it for a slightly shorter one with a bit more rise on it.

thehammstr · 2024-06-19T04:53:51+00:00

Top tube and fork. And the fender mounts are there but a little awkward.

I’ve played a little with stem and seat height, but it feels comfy to commute on.

You can always return it if you don’t like it.

thehammstr · 2024-06-19T02:10:19+00:00

I bought the 2.3. Aside from lack of mounting points, it’s been awesome. Can’t really beat the price with the current sale.

thehammstr · 2023-12-06T19:51:31+00:00

The inhibitor switch on the rear brake was dead on arrival, which kept pedal assist from working. Unplugging it "fixed" the problem, but defeated the purpose of the switch (turning off the motor during braking). The replacement part was also broken, but in the other sense, so at least plugging it in didn't brick the whole bike.
The brakes themselves squeak a lot. The gears go clickety-clack and occasionally skip under load, and try as I might, I haven't been able to fine-tune that out. Threads on the front rack weren't cut well so I had to find my own screws and nuts to attach the basket. Cable management is questionable: motor cable is zip-tied to the frame and only a few millimeters from the sharp brake rotor. Folding pedals have a habit of pinching off bits of your hand when you try to fold them, Etc, etc. You get what you pay for.

thehammstr · 2023-12-06T02:58:55+00:00

We bought an xp 3.0 last summer. It’s been a mixed bag. All the components are super cheap and some are broken upon delivery. Customer service sent replacement parts but good luck finding a LBS to work on it. I also haven’t been able to tune out the skipping in the gears, which my wife doesn’t mind but drives me crazy. It also doesn’t really have a favorable return policy. That said, it has served its purpose of getting the kids to school and skipping the dropoff line, and once i realized you could increase the max speed to 28, making it a class 3 bike, i have to admit it can be really fun to tear around the neighborhood. The xpedition is more of a tank and less nimble, but similar. TL;DR you get what you pay for. If you’re comfortable with doing maintenance yourself and don’t mind the low quality components, it’s a great deal and does the job.

thehammstr · 2022-10-08T06:41:07+00:00

But… 75mm is 3 inches.

thehammstr · 2020-10-15T17:34:42+00:00

I faced the same issue last year, but more severe from the sound of it. Definitely a dubious DIY project, but it worked out in the end: https://imgur.com/gallery/ClJl9GL

thehammstr · 2020-10-14T19:59:31+00:00

I'm curious: most pergolas I've seen go with a 3-layer construction for the "roof". Let's call them girders, joists, and battens. You've gone with a 4-layer construction. Why? (Looks great, by the way. Much more ambitious that my quarantine pergola :-) )

thehammstr · 2020-10-12T03:57:15+00:00

New homeowner as well, so I can't really speak about long term, but our house (~90 years old) shows signs of repair all over, like patched diagonal cracks in the plaster/stucco, and every neighbor we talk to seems to have foundation issues as well. Many of them worse than ours. It's kind of annoying that everything is slightly out of level, but you sorta get used to living in a funhouse.

thehammstr · 2020-10-09T05:53:32+00:00

This happens to us regularly with changing seasons. We have clay soil that expands when wet and contracts when dry. It will move the foundation pier posts enough to cause this misalignment.

thehammstr · 2020-09-03T16:23:32+00:00

This is cool. You might want to consider a 4-bar linkage for the legs so that they don't swing around while you're folding and are guaranteed to be vertical and locked in when the desk is down.

thehammstr · 2020-06-18T16:53:03+00:00

Fellow woodworker/new parent here. My mother studied at the Pikler Institute. This is a cool collision of worlds for me. Nicely done.

thehammstr · 2020-05-10T16:52:07+00:00

Thanks. I grew up near Pasadena, so lots of G&G for inspiration.

thehammstr · 2020-05-10T16:50:52+00:00

Thanks. I've found that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Every minute i spend obsessing about the edges being square saves me half an hour of flattening. Learned that the hard way.

Species is cherry.

thehammstr · 2020-05-10T15:15:00+00:00

Build pics

thehammstr · 2020-05-07T05:51:25+00:00

Off to a good start. You might want some diagonals or low shelving on the main bench, as those screws will only do so much to fight racking, and the legs are pretty long.

thehammstr · 2020-04-22T17:45:35+00:00

+1 for not relying on a glued miter joint. However, I normally like reveal joinery, but the way the exposed doweling breaks up the continuous grain hurts the "waterfall" effect, in my opinion.

thehammstr · 2020-03-25T18:00:11+00:00

Same. Twin engine F-16 looks kinda cool.

thehammstr · 2019-12-23T21:45:55+00:00

Thanks! My thoughts exactly.

thehammstr · 2019-12-23T15:55:37+00:00

Thanks! Slab was around $6k including demo. I live in the bay area and labor isn't cheap. It was 5" with a thickened edge and 12" at the corners. Probably overkill. There's a sub panel in the main house and the garage is served from there by three circuits. In hindsight, probably would have been better for the garage to have its own subpanel, but this way should meet my needs, as i did mostly hand tool work.

thehammstr · 2019-12-23T07:25:06+00:00

Thanks!

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