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ryan_stone45•5mo ago

Shoutout to a senior designer in a Seattle workshop who told me 'stop clicking the toolbar, your mouse is for coffee'

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c/foundry-workers•

ryan_stone45•5mo ago

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5mo ago

A trainer in Lexington pointed out my hoof angle was off by 5 degrees

Protractors save a lot of pride.

5mo ago

Heard a guy at the hardware store in Tacoma say he never checks the thermal fuse on dryers

Check it first, unless you enjoy throwing money away like my ex-wife's lawyer.

5mo ago

Had to pick between cedar and pressure-treated pine for a big backyard job in Boise

Read somewhere that good design is a silent salesman. Makes sense to me.

5mo ago

I thought the old guy's trick about using a frozen water bottle to smooth seams was total nonsense until I tried it on a hot Phoenix job and it worked perfectly.

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You guys are still debating bottle ridges? The cold is the whole point. It's not about the bottle shape, it's about the temperature shock making everything tight. A frozen can of soda works the same way.

5mo ago

I finally gave up on using a multimeter for every fridge compressor check

That stethoscope trick is solid. My buddy had the same thing with a GE unit, windings perfect but it sounded like a bag of marbles inside.

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Shoutout to a senior designer in a Seattle workshop who told me 'stop clicking the toolbar, your mouse is for coffee'

Choosing between a new ladle lining or a full rebuild on our old B&P furnace

My sourdough starter choice paid off big time

TIL that old-school agency pitches focused on trust over data

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