I was running demos at the Midwest Manufacturing Expo in Cleveland last Tuesday when the spindle on that brand new VF-2 started screaming at 8k rpm. Turns out the coolant nozzle was aimed wrong and the tool holder was heating up bad, but nobody caught it until I shut the whole thing down. Has anyone else dealt with factory setups that are just way off right out of the crate?
I bought a 3-pack of silicone liners on Amazon for 8 bucks. Last night I made chicken wings at 400 degrees and when I opened it up, the liner was smoking and starting to bubble. I tossed them all in the trash and went back to just spraying the basket directly with oil. Has anyone else had those cheap liners melt on them?
I was at Anime Expo in LA last June and saw two separate Star Lord cosplays. One guy spent like $80 on new fabric and patterns. The other girl found an old leather jacket at Goodwill for $12 and modified it. Her jacket actually looked more screen accurate. Now I'm stuck wondering if I should keep hitting up thrift stores or stick with sales at Joann. What's your take does hunting through racks of used clothes save enough cash to make up for the extra time? Has anyone else had better luck with one method over the other at a big con?
Picked up a copy of Stephen King's The Stand from a church rummage sale in Akron for 50 cents. When I got it home half the pages were literally stuck together with old gum, like someone chewed it and stuffed it in there. I spent an hour carefully peeling them apart with a butter knife and now it's one of my favorite weird finds. Anyone else run into strange stuff left inside old books?
I was struggling with x-ray results until the old timer running the test showed me how 7018 gives you way better fusion on thick plate, and now I won't go back for root passes on pressure vessels; has anyone else had better luck with 7018 over 6010 on heavy wall pipe?
I was at a writers meetup in Austin last spring and someone gave us a prompt about a character finding a mysterious key. My first draft came out so generic I almost scrapped the whole thing. Has anyone else had a prompt that sounded good but made your story feel flat?
I was at the Denver Botanic Gardens last spring, and this older guy stopped me while I was admiring a patch of lupines. He told me I was wasting my time with native plants and should just grow whatever looks good, because nature doesn't care about our labels. But then another visitor jumped in and said native plants are the only way to support local insects and birds. So which is it - are we overthinking this or is there a real divide between keeping things natural and just enjoying pretty flowers? Has anyone else run into this argument at a garden or nursery?
I kept comparing all those 5 star reviews and picking the highest rated broker. Then last month I saw this one review on a forum that mentioned a broker had great scores but zero communication when a trade went sideways. That's when it hit me - I was only looking at the star ratings and not reading what people actually said about customer service. Now I search for keyword phrases like "withdrew funds" and "support response time" instead. Anyone else find hidden issues in reviews that totally changed which broker you picked?
Switched to canola oil heated to 130 degrees after he insisted cold oil was causing microcracks, and the edge held up through three test chops on an oak log without chipping - anyone else saw a big jump switching to warm oil for high carbon steel?
I picked up a used copy of 'The World Atlas of Coffee' at a garage sale in Tacoma. It said a standard espresso shot uses about 7 grams of coffee, but a French press for the same strength needs about 15 grams. I always just eyeballed it, so seeing the actual difference written down was a shock. It made me realize I was probably using way too little coffee in my press pot for years. Has anyone else had a moment like that with a basic coffee fact they got wrong?