Anybody else get 100+ emails from re:carry on the restock?

I made the mistake for saving 1 bag alert and boom, 100+ emails. They’re still coming!

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u/carsknivesbeer — 3 days ago

What material is this bowl?

Cast bowl. Modern. About 14cm x 3cm. Heavy for its size at 525g. Non-magnetic. The inside is machined. The exterior is blackened of some type and scratches to a brass-ish color. The interior looks very similar to other bronze patina objects.

Any definitive way to tell the material without sending a scraping away? Just curious mostly how the interior color is as done if it’s not natural.

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u/carsknivesbeer — 5 days ago

Trying to stretch the last few millimeters out of Kousaido Byakudan…

Looks terrible but it works, especially because it’s the short sticks. Thanks to a pro-tip on this sub, I’ve been saving my stubs to try to make my own left over stick but this one didn’t go in the pile.

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u/carsknivesbeer — 8 days ago

Round machined griddle ID?

The interior is circular machined really nicely but casting is fairly rough. Any idea on a maker? Seems like a great user though!

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u/carsknivesbeer — 10 days ago

Dialing in TWW

Splurged on a bag of SL9 and trying to mix up the routine with TWW. Trying half a pack instead of the whole pack to see how it goes.

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u/carsknivesbeer — 12 days ago
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Mystery Ranch UA21 Coated 500d?

Was there a coated version of the UA21? This version looks like it's very shiny and not a standard 500d.

u/carsknivesbeer — 26 days ago

Fl5009D 2700k dedomed measurements

Before dedoming, it had a nasty corona, with a different of .006 from the center to the outside of the edge. After dedoming, the dUV dropped to -.0147 with a CCT of 2210 (with an Opple 3). It is the pinkest emitter I have. Interestingly the NTG50

In the KR1AA is 4200k (measured at 3800k) and has a dUV of -.0128 but it looks like it has a substantial amount blue present in the beam in real life.

Dedoming was done with a broken safety razor, not a clean cut but good enough for now. Might take the board out and do it properly but waiting on some Convoy beaded TIRs. Looked terrible with the standard TIRs, not sure if it was the dedoming job or the gaps in the emitter cross that look bad.

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u/carsknivesbeer — 1 month ago

Any better straps than this for lighter carry sling?

Looking for a strap for lighter bags, with the gate clips (or easy to add on) and some padding for a simple sling. Nothing super bulky like the Greenroom136 for instance. This the best option or is there something else?

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u/carsknivesbeer — 2 months ago

Any maker ID for this one?

21cm and 2mm thick. No marks best I can tell until I get it cleaned up. Both handle and body are magnetic.

This might overthrow my De Buyer Omelette pan.

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u/carsknivesbeer — 2 months ago

As an experiment to see how much dUV is changed by one brand of AR coating. The light is a D1 with a dedomed 519a and a smooth lens. This was done with an Opple 3 and not professional equipment.

The green AR had a dUV of -.0059

No lens measured a dUV of -.0057

The Pink AR measured a dUV of .-0044

The same procedure was done with a DM11 with a B35am 4500k

Green -.0046

No lens -.0045

Pink AR -.0023

I will try to find any lights I have that are closer to the line to see if they have a large enough change to go from positive to negative dUV, but I probably would have swapped the lenses if it was easy. Two sc600 I have, one is very slightly positive and one is slightly negative I’ve and I’ll see if I can swap those out for some green lenses if they become available.

I have also experimented with the color of the body with TIR lights and green internal bodies tend to lead to a slightly greener cast. For example the L35 and the DM11. This is why I will not buy green single TIR lights in the future but I don’t have any measurements to back that claim up. I coat the inside with aluminum tape to kill the colored reflection and that seems to help.

u/carsknivesbeer — 2 months ago