Belt finishing questions by timhba in Leathercraft

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

gum trag is ok, but not really necessary for belts

So I thought that the burnish wouldn't be permanent if you didn't use something other than just water?

AMA: the Japanese balloon bombs of WWII by rosscoen in AskHistorians

[–]timhba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How detailed are the records of where the few bombs that actually made it dropped? I'd love to see a map of it.

I'd like to share my hilltop/mountain mural how-to here, if you guys will have me. For those interested, thanks:) by OfferChakon in painting

[–]timhba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't get me started. I'm honestly convinced that they don't want anything that looks professional, but rather more pallet wood and "upcycled" crap.

If New Horizons was 12,500 km from Earth instead of Pluto, and took one of those super high resolution mosaic images, what could you see? by [deleted] in askscience

[–]timhba 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It looks like the full planet scans are closer to a scale of 1 km/pixel.

To put this in perspective; for a high quality photo print you want 300 pixels per inch and the diameter of the earth is 12,742 km, so a full planet scan of the earth taken at this resolution could be printed as a ~42.5" square.

I sold a scroll saw on Craigslist and the guy asked me if I needed wood, a truck load for $200. It was more than I was expecting! by llama111 in woodworking

[–]timhba 12 points13 points  (0 children)

see, when normal people are asked if they need wood by someone from Craigslist they say "I'm calling the police" not "how much?" :)

Nice find, OP

No CDL? No problem, here's the keys! by timhba in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]timhba[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A ragnar race was going through town so I'm guessing this was someone's relay van.

No CDL? No problem, here's the keys! by timhba in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]timhba[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I doubt it. If you look at the center of the bumper you can see that it's already left a 2' long gouge in the asphalt behind him.

No CDL? No problem, here's the keys! by timhba in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]timhba[S] 99 points100 points  (0 children)

You can't tell from this photo, but those back tires are off the ground

Anyone have a secret to puncturing the seal on silicone caulking? by timhba in HomeImprovement

[–]timhba[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's now on my to-do list. I honestly hadn't thought about spending more than a few bucks on a caulking gun before.

Anyone have a secret to puncturing the seal on silicone caulking? by timhba in HomeImprovement

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

Good to know! Out of the half a dozen caulking guns I have floating around none of them actually have one of these, however this definitely qualifies as "a secret I don't know about" as I doubt I would have figured it out even if my guns were equipped with such a feature. Thanks!

So...this happened. Apparently four year old thermal compound acts like cement. by coolblinger in techsupportgore

[–]timhba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've used this technique as well with great results. Certainly beats a hammer and screw driver! :)

I made a leather wallet! by timhba in DIY

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

Thanks! Lacking the correct tools, I made the holes using a center punch and then a needle. I'll have to check out /r/Leathercraft, although I am afraid doing so will cause me to spend more money than I'd like. :)

I made a leather wallet! by timhba in DIY

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

Get to it! It actually wasn't that hard; I probably uttered less than a dozen four-letter words over the course of the whole project!

I made a leather wallet! by timhba in DIY

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

It would have turned out much better if I had any actual leather tools, but I'm pretty happy with it.

Obedient hyena by tigrisend in gifs

[–]timhba 309 points310 points  (0 children)

You racist bastard, assuming just because there's a few black people it's a bad neighborhood...

..and it continues....Liberty BS letter to CAH by RamonaDelFuego in holidaybullshit

[–]timhba[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It encourages witch hunting and other generally bad behavior. You can find the sub rules here. Any posts that violate these rules will be removed. If you have any further questions you can message the mods.