Posts by alcade@clubcyberia.co
(DIR) Post #B7ph4pOgvxdEi0Jt9E by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski yikes be careful
(DIR) Post #B7sNQ1YEAcVsfxpGNs by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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I took a pre-employment screening test once that said I wasn't suited to be a wind turbine technician, but would be better as a salesman. I've always been curious about that and how well I fare as a car salesman or something.
(DIR) Post #B7sVkMExkzfSGe1PNI by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski hmm so a Subaru dealer then.
(DIR) Post #B7sZZeDCzvsSdYLkB6 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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Here is the unfinished herb chopper I made my wife for our anniversary. I still need to finish grinding in the bevel and then sharpening it, but the forging work is complete. I do plan to leave the top half as a forged finish, and then having the bottom half polished mirror smooth. I used a piece of 3/16" x 1½" 1095 for the parent stock, which should be an excellent simple steel for edge retention and ease of sharpening. I was very happy with the way the blade turned out with some extra heft towards the end, but I'm not sure I like the twist in the handle and I felt the scrollwork at the end looked a little crude. That being said, a little file work to soften the edges will alleviate a lot of that and I did compare it to other forgings online and it really isn't too far off. I often lose sight of the fact that handmade items won't always look perfect but the only one who usually notices that is the craftsman. The next step is finish grinding in the bevel, then heat treat, and finally hand sharpening on the stones and buffing. This is about 5" long and despite my misgivings about the looks of the handle, it's very comfortable in the palm so overall I'm very pleased with the ergonomics.
(DIR) Post #B80j4Wuyk2uaIvEKO0 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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Dad got rid of his old Massey-Ferguson No. 3 baler. It was beyond repair and he was going to scrap it out but he gave it to me for project metal instead. Looks like there will be a lot of good material to scavenge.There's a local ag auction house and I'm wondering if I shouldn't bring some of the parts there if I can't use them or if selling them would be better than using it for a project. But usually you spend several hours preparing the stuff for a hundred bucks or whatever and in the end it isn't worth the time and effort.
(DIR) Post #B80nm47La9ebXV1vbU by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski that's a very fair point and in all honesty I don't have enough knowledge of vintage farm machinery to judge for myself. I will say the previous owner considered it beyond repair and my dad bought it and with many hours and a little money he got it working. He told me he enjoyed baling hay and the machine itself but it's been a money pit since he got it and he said (among other problems) that a lot of the internal parts were worn out and it suffered from severe overheating. The clutch is out and the knotting mechanism is too worn to work. I'll look around a bit before I begin disassembling it but not sure I'll have much luck.
(DIR) Post #B86imZxNs2TNSsYTQm by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@subnetter no one cares, the era of white guilt is over
(DIR) Post #B86jaiSMXjyKIyx6DQ by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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Me watching my wife through the kitchen window to see if she's used her herb chopper yet.
(DIR) Post #B86jksR4IPGu9PBxfE by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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My son got a bow and arrow set and we grabbed an extra straw bale and set up a target. I'm a pretty decent shot with a firearm so I was surprised at how terrible I was with a bow. Can't have everything I guess.
(DIR) Post #B86k7fgrqeUPHaS1xo by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski I don't really like bow shooting enough to invest in one.
(DIR) Post #B86w6V7WrPtJf2883c by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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I've got some nice fairy rings growing in the yard.
(DIR) Post #B86wAxnECNEzkHlKN6 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@Death @f0x yes the mirror polish turned out nicely. I'm happy I got a buffer set up. I no longer have hair on my left arm from testing the edge.
(DIR) Post #B86z31XKhCIitzEWKe by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@grizzlednewty my kids like to take markers out and draw little windows and doors on the mushrooms so they are fairy villages. They usually beg me to leave them up until they're shriveled.
(DIR) Post #B871fNPa0t8let1Sl6 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@ceo_of_monoeye_dating if you break up with her now what will you do if she is pregnant? Then there will be little hope of reconciliation and your child will likely grow up with a single mother. I would suggest patience.
(DIR) Post #B8KiuBTXBf8vKsOEpE by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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"Sounds like you need more guns so that doesn't happen."
(DIR) Post #B8Ksg4xrb2rwd8UNvc by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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I let the kids shoot the AR for the first time yesterday. It's definitely still too big for my daughter but my son hit the gong every time.
(DIR) Post #B8M8NEZ1TVvBKBrkAK by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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Tonight's beef stew was amazing btw
(DIR) Post #B8ZSS5uXb7z84f0MTI by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski I used to work in an aluminum extrusion plant and we'd sell it for under a dollar a foot and still lose customers to China for pennies. Those were complicated extrusions too - nothing easy like angle. Aluminum extrusion is very energy intensive but I still can't imagine that's anywhere close reasonable even with the spike in pricing.
(DIR) Post #B8Zufri9zCZ2nzZJo0 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@Jdogg247 Aurelia Velvet? Never heard of him.
(DIR) Post #B8aA8PcgzkSNOy57Ee by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski @Jdogg247 she was on both.