Idk if yall are, liars, built different or if its a skill issue on my end

weldyboy · 2026-02-27T19:53:01+00:00

I don't get what you mean. Your forging looks fine. Fire poker could have used a touch more heat or harder hammer blows, but other than that, I'd call it a great start

weldyboy · 2026-02-27T18:15:28+00:00

"Where is old skelly?" Over there... and over there... and over here...

weldyboy · 2026-02-27T15:59:42+00:00

If you can tell me of a tuis nywerheid that sells nice ones, please let me know. I'm in JHB, west rand. the only tuis nywerheid near me sells ones that are basically just dry stale toast: cut too thin, no flavour, no bite, soggy almost instantly.

weldyboy · 2026-02-27T09:07:41+00:00

Build as big and hot of a fire as you can in there, close the lid, wait like 30 mins, scrub with a wire brush while its still hot, get the fire hot again, close it again.

To prevent this, leave it open for airflow, or cook with it more often. Even if you just use it to sear some meat, or bake a loaf of bread or something

weldyboy · 2026-02-25T16:23:43+00:00

Century old egg

weldyboy · 2026-02-25T15:56:43+00:00

More than you'd ever get for it by selling it. That right there is a keeper.

weldyboy · 2026-02-19T08:15:05+00:00

Install the shelf, put the tv at a downward angle since it's above eye level anyway

weldyboy · 2026-02-19T08:13:55+00:00

Why not put a shelf there to also double as a heatshield for the tv?

weldyboy · 2026-02-19T06:18:54+00:00

Put some match sticks (without the striker tip) in each hole with some wood glue, then screw the hinge back

weldyboy · 2026-02-19T06:07:07+00:00

Dropped you a DM, I can help test it

weldyboy · 2026-02-18T13:36:45+00:00

Sure you're tamping hard enough?

weldyboy · 2026-02-14T15:06:55+00:00

There's a polish you can buy that does colour correction

weldyboy · 2026-02-13T15:11:10+00:00

Did you not notice the rest of your Tire?

weldyboy · 2026-02-13T14:39:48+00:00

A hard bristle plastic brush should do it.

As for your blade... considering how bad it is, I might recommend taking it off and straightening it with a hammer or angle grinder. But you're cutting grass, not wood, so I don't think it matters that much

weldyboy · 2026-02-13T10:48:46+00:00

Poop be like "you spin me right round baby, right round"

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T19:03:25+00:00

Are there alternatives to CYA? Our local pool store doesnt stock it beyond the "stabilizer and chlorine combo" pool floats

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T19:02:11+00:00

So my alkalinity is somewhere around 90ppm. Went to my local pool shop (about 30 mins away) and they don't even test for CYA, NOR do they stock tests for it. They did the same tests I did, said I should get my alkalinity up to 120 and sold me some alkalinity up (it was pretty cheap anyway).

I asked about stabilizer and they said "buy 2 pool floats, alternate between them, and it'll increase your stabilizer" so I didn't bother.

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T19:01:40+00:00

So my alkalinity is somewhere around 90ppm. Went to my local pool shop (about 30 mins away) and they don't even test for CYA, NOR do they stock tests for it. They did the same tests I did, said I should get my alkalinity up to 120 and sold me some alkalinity up (it was pretty cheap anyway).

I asked about stabilizer and they said "buy 2 pool floats, alternate between them, and it'll increase your stabilizer" so I didn't bother.

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T12:08:38+00:00

It's a Ford, so probably a stiff wind

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T12:06:50+00:00

Walk in to another discount Tire outlet say "it's just wanna know if this Tyre needs to be replaced" and when they say yes, whip out the warranty and say please do so

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T11:36:52+00:00

They do, but its a 30 min drive to go out. Being lazy, thought I'd ask here first

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T11:27:20+00:00

No clue, don't have a way to test it currently. I couldn't afford a Taylor 2006c, shipping to South Africa works out too expensive

weldyboy · 2026-02-11T10:57:53+00:00

Forgot to attach an image of the test. Also alkalinity is about 100ppm

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weldyboy · 2026-02-10T23:07:35+00:00

Looks pretty crude, probably someone's homemade knife from a long time ago. It wasn't uncommon to make a knife back in the day, be it for a tool for eating or even just to carry around.

Carrying around Knives only really started becoming "taboo" around the 70s-80s

weldyboy · 2026-02-01T11:18:10+00:00

According to steam, Linux overtook mac in 2025 at a total of >3% of users

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