Personally I wouldn't consider that very good. My pair of Haix Airpower P3's lasted me close to 15 years and I've put them through hell.
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Around 300 euros and like 4 evenings. I'm going to do it again as I have a replacement door already waiting.
I had sanded it to 600 grit after primer but not since that. I might wet sand it with 2000 grit once it's fully cured and then polish it. It does look pretty good already though. It has evened out significantly while drying.
It wasn't quite that much but they aint cheap.
Way more than it needed to - but if I were to do it from scratch knowing what I know now, I’d say: 3 cans of primer, 5 cans of base coat, and 3 cans of clear coat. That’s 1 coat of primer, 3 coats of paint, and 2 coats of clear coat.
You're doing a lot of dodging here. The original comment you made wasn’t a neutral “observation” about AI’s impact on cognition - it was a blanket dismissal of people who criticize wokeness by claiming they're bots. That’s textbook ad hominem: attacking the people instead of engaging with what they're saying.
Since then, you’ve shifted the conversation multiple times - from AI and cognition, to whether “worldview” is the right word, to tone and intent - none of which address my original criticism: that dismissing someone as a bot simply for expressing a particular opinion is intellectually lazy and corrosive to actual discussion.
You can claim it's just “an observation” all you want, but the reality is that you made a personal attack in place of an argument. I'm not criticizing you for being mean - I'm criticizing you for sidestepping the discussion entirely.
If you think critics of wokeness are wrong, then show why. Don’t just insult them and pretend that counts as insight.
As far as I know, many of the judges Trump appointed during his first term are now making rulings against his interests - despite having been seen as “aligned” when appointed. So in other words: you can’t know. Just make sure they’re competent and fit for the task.
You can swap out "worldview" with any other term you like as that is neither relevant to the discussion. You're getting hung up on terms and completely ignoring the substance of my argument.
I used Wurth zinc primer, SprayMax Acrylic base coat mixed to match my truck's color and SprayMax Clear coat.
With the 2K clear coat you take the red cap and attach it to the bottom of the can. Once you press it down it breaks the hardener capsule inside the can.
I didn't realize to take one before I started sanding it but here's one from when I bought it. There was in total 4 dents on it and few stone chips that had started rusting.
There are a handful of dust specs embedded in the clear coat, but I consider that acceptable for an 18-year-old truck painted with rattle cans in an open, windy garage with a gravel floor.
I can hear a bad bearing again, but in my infinite wisdom, I didn’t bother to write down what types of bearings this motor uses the last time I had it disassembled. So here I am again, trying to breathe some new life into these rusty mofos - hopefully, by the time I need to do this a third time, I’ll have clean, new replacements ready for all of them.
Also, I have no idea what I’m doing here, so here’s to hoping all the parts find their way back to the right spots and I don’t break anything else in the process.
Also, note to self: just buy them damn lockring pliers.
EDIT: I didn't fuck it up.
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As someone who's been dealing with a lot of low mood lately, it really brightens my day to hear someone express gratitude for my anonymous, unauthorized trail maintenance.
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Nice to know I hadn't been saving all those different size keyrings for nothing. Fast fashion? Not on my watch.
It’s been a few years. I chuckled a bit at this - it looks like a couple of nests stacked on top of each other. Also, it makes me feel weirdly proud to see that birds have accepted my self-made houses for nesting.
I'm still not quite happy with my current toolbox, so I’ve decided to design my own. I intend to follow the “first order retrievability” principle, meaning every tool should be accessible with one hand, without having to move anything else out of the way. I’ve made fixed tool holders from PVC pipe before - it’s a familiar, readily available material for me.
I haven’t settled on the final design yet - this sketch is just to get the idea across. My main issue is figuring out how to secure the pipes to the plywood frame. I can screw the first row into the sides and central divider, but the next row would either need to be attached to the surrounding pipes or mounted from the bottom. I’ve used screws thru the base before, and while it works, it tends to deform the pipe. I’m wondering if there’s an alternative I’m overlooking - ideally something that can also be disassembled later, since the design will probably go through several iterations.
I’m also open to any tips or ideas on what else to incorporate into the design. I’m a general handyman, so I’m carrying most of the common hand tools to jobs. For power tools, I have a separate bag.
I can try to find a picture of my current tool bag so you’ll have a better idea of the setup I’m aiming for.
Who the heck would pay for someone to come shilling for a product on a platform this niche?