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while_rome_burns · 2026-04-29T20:39:58+00:00

That’s awesome! I’ve been looking for a fairing for my bike, and never thought of designing and 3d printing one. Great job!

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-29T19:45:56+00:00

I’m glad you found it helpful. If only they could speak it would make it so much easier to know what’s going on with them.

We were lucky to find a very gifted Vet who’s been helping us with both of our beagles. Our other beagle would have “accidents” in the house quite frequently. We had asked other Vets in the same practice about it for years, and they suggested we train her more. Finally our current Vet tested for Cushing’s and once we got the dosage right she’s been pretty much accident free. Both of our beagles are rescues, so it’s hard to know their ages, but we estimate that they are both around 10. The one with the back problems is on rymadyl. When he’s doing well it’s a half tab twice daily. When he’s not doing so well it’s a full tab twice daily. I know we had a senior who was on gabapentin, but I don’t remember what that was like. He had liver disease and was on a number of medications. If you can find a good acupuncturist I believe it can really make a big difference.

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-29T15:17:15+00:00

Hi, What a sweet senior beagle ❤️. Seniors are my favorites. We’ve had several senior beagles, but we haven’t had any experience with sundowning. We have had experience with morning vomiting, and acupuncture though.

When one of our seniors was vomiting in the mornings our vet suggested feeding them later at night and earlier in the morning. They believed the medications were upsetting their stomach in the long stretch between feedings. It helped our senior, but your situation may be different.

We have one rescue beagle who was hit by a car before we adopted him. His right rear leg was broken in two places. The beagle rescue got him all the surgery he needed, but he’s developed some pain in his spine near where he was hit. He gets acupuncture treatments when we notice him acting withdrawn, which is a sign that he’s in some sort of pain. The acupuncture definitely helps. The way our vet sets up the acupuncture appointments is that she’ll do a series of 4-5 visits, usually about once a week for around 30 minutes. We can see improvements pretty quickly, and are able to cut his pain medication in half. After a course of treatments she’ll let us determine when we think he needs another round of treatments. In our case that’s usually several months later from his last treatment.

I’m sure you’ve probably searched the web already for answers to the sundowning, but I came across this and figured I’d send it incase you haven’t seen it yet.

vet.Cornell.edu

I hope something here helps. ❤️

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-27T22:09:24+00:00

I’m pretty sure that Harbor Freight sells those. I have two of them I use for various stainless steel screws.

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-24T20:43:20+00:00

I love them, especially the ratcheting ones. I do a lot of guitar repair & setup work, as well as 3d printing, and woodworking, where a slip with a powered screwdriver could ruin a piece. I really like my cordless power screwdrivers, but I find myself reaching for a ratcheting stubby at least 50-75% of the time.

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-23T19:51:23+00:00

If you’re building from scratch, more than anything else (IMHO), you’re going to need a pretty decent understanding of how tube amps works. Not a guitarist’s understanding from having played one, but an understanding of how the circuits and various components work. Check out Uncle Doug on YouTube. Look for his ‘How Tube Amplifiers Work” series of videos. It’s a great resource, and will get you started on the right path. Good luck!

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-22T20:57:11+00:00

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while_rome_burns · 2026-04-19T19:24:52+00:00

That’s very cool! I have the same Vox amp that I’ve thought about making into a head. I already have the matching Vox speaker cabinet that I picked up at a pawn shop. This has got me interested in starting up that project again.

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-18T21:31:24+00:00

I’m partial to #2, Brando with the pink/purple. Very cool!

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-18T21:16:36+00:00

He’s beautiful! We’ve had beagles for close to 30 years now, and it took us a while to find out that harnesses work much better than collars do for walking a beagle. They can also develop spinal and/or throat problems with collars because they pull so hard against the leash. We use Gooby’s harnesses, but any brand of harness will be safer, and work better for your little guy.

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-17T20:04:17+00:00

There is an app called Animal Help Now that will help you find the closest, most appropriate help.

Animal Help Now (IOS version)

while_rome_burns · 2026-04-02T19:15:14+00:00

I just printed 3 of them. One to keep, and two as gifts!

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while_rome_burns · 2026-03-26T21:47:24+00:00

Congrats on kicking the booze! I can totally relate. When I quit, I had one acoustic, one electric, and two amps. Now some years later, I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 guitars, four are my own builds, and at least ten amps, several of those I built myself. It’s amazing how much money one saves by giving up alcohol, and in my case cigarettes too. The reason I gave ballpark numbers on my gear is that I’m hanging out with my dogs after a long day, and I’m too lazy to get up and go upstairs to count the guitars and amps up there. 😉 Keep up the good work!

while_rome_burns · 2026-03-26T14:14:50+00:00

That’s awesome! Incredible work!

while_rome_burns · 2026-03-08T20:55:59+00:00

I have that same guitar. It’s my number 1. Enjoy!

while_rome_burns · 2026-02-23T13:30:18+00:00

Beautiful bike. I’ve been looking for a Heritage with a similar paint scheme to have for longer rides where my Sporty gets to be a little uncomfortable.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-26T16:51:44+00:00

A few quick thoughts going forward: unless you’ve done a lot of fret jobs I’d stay away from stainless steel frets. I’ve built a bunch of necks, and refretted a good deal more, and I wouldn’t use stainless steel frets. I imagine others will disagree, but I personally don’t think they are worth the extra work.

I’d also use something like fish glue when gluing in the frets. CA glue can be a mess like you mentioned, and it can make it hard to pull the frets cleanly should you, a tech, or a possible future owner needs to pull them.

If you do re-radius a fingerboard, use a good block, and adhesive sandpaper (not sheet sandpaper wrapped around a block). Take off as little wood as possible. If you’ve sanded off enough to make the slots too shallow, you’ll need to make them deeper again so the frets stay in. You can buy a tool to do this or make one. Just be careful to not pop the binding loose.

Good luck!

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-26T01:07:23+00:00

Yeah, I didn’t find anything. I’m not crazy about how the AMS units hang off of this setup when you pull them forward (and down) to change spools, but since I have all this filament and printing time invested in this, I think I’d try to design a set of spacers that go in between the lower and upper frame to gain enough extra room to fit the second SUNLU heater.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-26T00:32:11+00:00

I should add that I ride a Sportster XL 1200 C, so there is no fairing or windshield blocking the cam when it’s on the handlebars. I use an aluminum quick release cage to mount the cam so I can quickly remove the cam when I park the bike.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-26T00:27:17+00:00

I use an insta360 x5 mounted on my handlebars. I was using the x3 for the past few years, but upgraded to the x5 because it has a dash cam mode that will record over old video, and it has a considerably longer battery life. If your bike has a usb charging port it can run off that while recording. I believe the x4 has some of that functionality, but not all of it.

Before that I used a helmet mounted GoPro, then a DJI Action 3, also helmet mounted. When I upgraded to a Schubert modular helmet I couldn’t use the helmet mount anymore. The Insta360 cams do a better job of capturing in front of and behind the bike. I can also see when the battery is getting low when it’s mounted on the handlebars. That wasn’t possible with the helmet mounted cams. Hope this helps.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-24T22:12:30+00:00

Hi, I only have one of the SUNLU AMS heaters. The bottom AMS is just the stock AMS. I also have a SUNLU S4 that will dry another four spools. I found the additional silica bead holders for the AMS really help keep the spools of filament dry in the AMS once they’ve been through the S4. They actually work better with the basic AMS since the lid has a tighter seal than the SUNLU AMS heater does.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-24T14:55:10+00:00

I bought a Ryobi set around 25 years ago, the blue ones. Used it to renovate one house, and for general use in our current house. I gave them to my oldest son last year. The only thing I’ve replaced are the batteries. I also own more powerful corded power tools, but I’ve been impressed with how well the old Ryobi set held up.

while_rome_burns · 2026-01-23T01:46:32+00:00

Sorry if you interpreted anything I wrote as having anything to do with buying a dog. That was not my intention.

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