▲ 14 r/Tools
I made a simple alignment shim for my saw tracks
Sharing the here in case it helps someone else. I have these powertec tracks for my DeWalt track saw that are two pieces. It was always a pain to get them aligned properly so the saw didn’t catch.
I cut out two strips from a blister pack and sanded one side of each for better adhesion. I colored one of the sanded sides in with a red sharpie, then super glued them together. The red is so that I don’t accidentally throw it away by looking like scrap plastic trash. Sharpie is on the inside so it doesn’t rub off, didn’t seem like it affected the bond. I cut off a little notch in the middle so it can straddle the joining piece.
This works surprisingly well. It’s almost exactly the recommended 1/32”. It handles the rotational alignment so I can focus on just the linear alignment. It also seems to reduce linear misalignment, there’s still some manual adjustment but not much.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 7 days ago
▲ 0 r/321
Need recommendations for lawn care
I’m looking to setup lawn service at my property in Melbourne, Sarno/Apollo area. Prefer to hire individuals but Google just takes me to bigger companies. Need twice monthly mowing, 0.15 acre lot.
If you mow lawns or have a good recommendation let me know.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 8 days ago
▲ 13 r/ClaudeAI
Claude’s em dash addiction routinely breaks powershell scripts
This is more of a vent, I know I can fix this with better prompts. But why Claude? WHY?!
Why do you insist on shipping powershell scripts that use em dashes in the comments, when they break them every single time? I swear if I get a non-ASCII encoding error one more time.. I will do nothing because you’re an LLM and can’t be punished. I will however remain angry.
Will I fix my prompts? Also no. I guarantee I will forget next time I ask for a script.
Maybe this will get enough comments that the Claude mod can answer for itself, but I’m not holding my breath.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 27 days ago
▲ 264 r/Tools
I blue myself
Anyone else blue their tools? Rust hits me right in the autism I can’t stand it.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 2 months ago
▲ 117 r/AskElectricians
First time bending conduit did I do ok?
Not pictured is the pile of shame. I achieved an impressive nearly 100% fuckup to good bend ratio.
I also designed and printed bend marking jigs bc I cannot eyeball it for shit. Every bend I tried without marking ended up doglegged. One at each end then at my bend points let me set a reference mark that was always consistent. They also are the right length for marking 3/8” offsets.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/AskEngineers
Urethane or standard enamel coating for soldering/fabrication table?
I have a small electronics startup and am fitting out our lab. I also have an interest in woodworking and am making some custom tables for soldering, assembly, and general desk work. Asking this here and not in paint or other trade forums because I’m an engineer and am approaching this as a materials selection problem not a painting project.
I was planning to coat them in Sherwin Williams Industrial Urethane Enamel but when I stopped in the SW Industrial store today the guy there said for what I need that standard oil based enamel (sold at regular SW stores) would be adequate and sold in qt sizes. Wondering if this is the case? It needs to handle heat, flux, and IPA along with mechanical wear and tear from daily use.
I don’t want to do all this work to spray this thing only to need to redo it later, but he had me second guessing my decision. Mostly it came down to the urethane only coming in gallon sizes which is way more than I need.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 2 months ago
▲ 26 r/Tools
I put my chineseium laser level on a c. 1945 pan-and-tilt mechanism
I got a little impulsive on eBay. This Bolex pan-and-tilt mechanism was originally used on film cameras to achieve smooth motion. I use it for making fine adjustments to align the laser. I should probably get a better laser level now.
It cost me $35 and the vertical adjustment knob was snapped off when I got it (hence being cheap). I drilled out an aluminum potentiometer knob to the right size and filed part of the shaft flat to give the set screw something to engage with since it takes a bit of force to turn.
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 2 months ago
▲ 25 r/evolution
I was using a coke freestyle machine tonight and it got me wondering why most reptiles (including birds) and amphibians have a cloaca while we have them separated. Is this a trait common to all synapsids or only mammals?
u/Ok-Breakfast-990 — 2 months ago