@troy_murray8 sounds like you overcomplicate things, stocks go up and down.

Oh man, that gunshot sound is the worst. I had a 12/4 piece of cherry do the same thing once, split right down the middle while I was taking a coffee break. It was a 6 foot board I'd been saving for a headboard, and it just gave up after a week in my shop. Guess the wood gods wanted me to learn patience the hard way.

The exact thing happened to me with my drip brewer for years. It's wild how one tiny variable makes or breaks the whole thing. Makes you wonder how many other things in life we're overcomplicating when the answer is just backing off a little. Like with cooking or even just how tightly you grip a screwdriver when fixing stuff. Most problems come from trying too hard instead of letting things be simple.