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thenewred

@ thenewred @lemmy.world

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  • BIFL Mechanical Pencil

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  • Working on it

  • Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality

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  • I've never seen audiophiles actually care about cables. The discussions are around speaker accuracy, room acoustics and treatment, listening position, and recording/mastering quality.

  • Put the shoes on

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  • This was not a paragraph post, it was definitely a stream of consciousness post

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • A lot of the dimensions came from the limitations of the material I had on hand. A friend gave me a stack of 2x4s, and I processed them to get the most I could out of the boards for the top. So the thickness, length, and width were mostly dictated by that. I tried to maximize the size of the bench since I often work with large material. Case in point, first project was some sound panels that were the same size or larger than the top.

    For the design, I watched a ton of videos and tried to pick out the best parts. It was important to me to have the legs flush with the edge of the top so I could work with material vertically ans clamp to the legs.

    The bracing I commented on elsewhere, but I wanted some extra structure, some extra weight, and dog holes on the working side.

    I didn't feel the need for fancy joinery, but I wanted the strength so I used half laps everywhere, which still turned out to be a challenge with the size of the parts.

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • Agreed, I learned a ton, took way longer than expected, but should last forever. Thank you!

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • Here are some pictures though since I know I won't get around to the writeup very soon

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • Yes I plan on uploading and sharing with a write up on this specifically

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • It probably is overkill structurally, but I had some other thoughts around this.

    For the face vise, I wanted some dog holes on the side of the bench so I can rest larger material on dogs and use the vise on the other end. The diagonal brace give me somewhat arbitrary positioning, increasing in height with length. I'll find out if this ends up being useful. So far I've only used the furthest and highest dog hole.

    As for storage, I left the other side open just for that. Not sure exactly what that will look like yet. I'll probably add some combination of frequent tools on the vise side and drawers on the open side.

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • It was a great learning experience! Almost all of my joints were too big for the power tools I have, so I got to learn some hand tool techniques. It did take way longer than any YouTube video would suggest.

    Holdfast https://taytools.com/narex-hot-forged-workbench-holdfast-for-3-4-inch-dog-holes?a_2=v_3504&cid=2587

    Bench dog screw clamp https://taytools.com/taytools-adjustable-workbench-bench-dog-screw-clamp-fits-3-4-dog-holes-full-5-1-2-travel?onsite=TT597

    Flip down casters https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08BR7R4WN

    I just got the same ones I got for my table saw a while back. They work fine once installed, but it's a royal pain to assemble them. I had to get clever with vise grips to tighten the nut.

    Adding the bar across is very nice, you get two wheels with one motion and don't need to squeeze behind the bench if it's against a wall. Making it longer than the width of the bench helps catch it with your foot, it can get a stuck flat against the bench when the wheels are disengaged.

  • Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

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  • Smooth curves in all the right places

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Benchwarming party is tomorrow!

  • Lenovo's latest rugged tablet does what most Android tablets won't: Removable battery

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  • Where in the video does it talk about this?

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  • I watched it recently. Pretty good. The most interesting part is that they had Brad drive a real F1 car to get the feel of it. There's a youtube video. That's a pretty incredible life experience that he found a cheat code for.

  • The dull photo turned out more interesting than I thought

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  • Anyone know what those big flashes are? The "stars" in the picture without trails. I saw one of them in the video as a bright flash.

  • FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler

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  • Same for me. I want to love it, but the usability is just not there. Moving/rotating the view feels unnatural no matter what settings I used. Not being able to extrude multiple things from one sketch was a big blocker. The external reference import for sketches on an existing surface was unintuitive, slow, and fragile.

  • [Article] In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud

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  • Fun experiment but not terribly surprising once you think about it. A signal is a signal, not matter what medium it passes through. If it's not distorted and no additional noise is introduced, it should be indistinguishable.

    The bigger impact would be from anything that interprets the signal, like and processing/crossover/speaker output.

  • VLAN’s and Subnets For Home Networks

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  • That's a fair point. I think home assistant initiates the connection, but I'm not sure how status updates work from the smart switch to home assistant. Could be home assistant polling, web sockets, or the switch broadcasting.

  • VLAN’s and Subnets For Home Networks

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  • I get the security aspect of it, but in my case I can't see a reason to go through the hassle. My smart switches talk to home assistant running on my server. I want new devices to be able to access the plex server without manual config. And my server is arguably the most sensitive machine on my network, so if I can't protect that, I don't think it's worth protecting anything.

  • Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

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  • So the exploit redirected update traffic. Does that mean anyone who ran updates in that time period could have downloaded a compromised version and their machine would be infected?

    Why isn't that covered in the post?

  • Clever Brit successfully repurposes telephone wiring for gigabit internet throughout his vintage home — Lad converts "incomprehensible mess of wires" into high-speed ethernet links

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  • Dull Brit successfully repurposes CAT5 wiring for ethernet throughout his vintage home

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Crispy

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Gotta know how to work the angles

  • Superbowl @lemmy.world
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    Shoco Owl, a burrowing owl endemic to Aruba

  • Home Improvement @lemmy.world
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    How I installed dimmable under cabinet lights during a remodel

    edmomot.github.io /under-cabinet-lights/
  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Noviy God, as is tradition

  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    Fourth smoked turkey this year

  • Coffee @lemmy.world
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    I have been dialing in espresso with a Vario grinder and wondering why I was getting such wildly inconsistent results. Turns out I mixed up the fine and coarse adjustment levers.

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Bagged milk memories

  • science @lemmy.world
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    Stephen Wolfram's Fundamental Theory of Physics is based on the idea that simple rules can cause complex patterns of our universe to emerge and elegantly explains relativity and quantum mechanics

    writings.stephenwolfram.com /2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/
  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Plant stand writeup and update: I added LED strips.

    edmomot.github.io /plant-stand-with-grow-lights/
  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Everything I need is still in in the old settings windows that haven't changed in 23 years

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    I added flip down caster wheels to my table saw. Cheaper than a mobile base.

    edmomot.github.io /caster-wheels-added-to-sawstop-contractor/
  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Steklovata - Novi God (New Year)

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    How I sealed my table saw for dust collection with a shop vac

    edmomot.github.io /How-I-sealed-a-sawstop-contractor-saw-for-dust-collection/
  • Climbing @lemmy.ml
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    Spent some time in Boulder CO for the first time and hopped on A Tall Cool One. Now that's the approach I'm looking for!

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    3D printed a featherboard

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Belt organizer

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Brackets to install garage lights

  • Woodworking @lemmy.ca
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    Wife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.