Old tree or emerald ash borer?

Are you planning to air dry it? I believe the rule of thumb is 1 year per inch of thickness so you may have to wait a few extra years to get down to a reasonable moisture level unless you have access to a kiln or can build a solar kiln.

Other than that, I’m guessing it’ll be tough feeding it through a jointer or planer, so you’re probably better off using hand tools to flatten and true it. Chris Schwartz made a Roubo that way using 2 slabs of cherry.

Sounds like it’ll be a great bench in the end though. Best of luck

This and 8th MS Team on Toonami were my first intro to Gundam. I remember thinking Duo’s Deathscythe was the coolest

Love the lighting. Golden hour?

Yeah that is absolutely wild. That range means driving from San Diego to San Francisco on a single charge.

Skimmed through the article to try and find the cause. They’re still investigating but the driver’s theory is a piece of road debris punctured the battery.

Before anyone thinks EVs are more dangerous, the article states upfront that EVs are much less likely to catch on fire than ICE vehicles, according to KBB reports.

Excellent, thanks

I might try this. Normally would just pipe history into grep to search or scroll till I found the right command. Also smite is a great name for that function.

For fun to drive, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N won Car and Driver’s EV of the Year but it starts at $68K in the US. A lot of other EVs have scored highly as well, but offer different form factors, e.g. Rivian, ID.Buzz, etc.

Awesome work, digging the dimensionality of the leg offset down to the frame and panel doors. Those Blum hinges are expensive but the soft-close is pretty sweet.

♩I try to get the waiter’s attention by blinking in Morse code♩

Made some progress on the table and enclosure I’m building for my CNC. Hope to be able to fire it up this weekend for some test cuts.

Other than that, knocked out a small project, a picture frame made out of walnut to disguise our TV.

Had our Bolt EUV for going on 3 years and just convinced my relatives to get an Equinox. It’s been such a game changer that I’m prob not going to buy another ICE vehicle if I can help it.

Pros:

• Saves time - no more driving to gas stations and filling up, waiting for oil changes, smog checks, etc. Depending on your state you could also get toll road or car pool lane access to avoid traffic.
• Saves money - we have solar, so charging is essentially free. Also don’t have to shell out for consumables like belts, oil/fuel filters, spark plugs, etc. Also, avoid paying gas tax.
• Saves emissions - no more breathing in fumes on start up or while the car is idling. Avoids tons of CO2 from being released and all the negatives associated with extracting fossil fuels (though making batteries isn’t exactly clean either, it’s orders of magnitude less bad)

Cons:

• Some states jack up your registration fee to recapture the missed gas tax revenue.
• Not as convenient for long road trips, you’ll have to plan your charging stops.
• Before we got a level 2 charger at home, charging was a pain. So if you don’t have easy access to one, you might spend a decent chunk of time at public chargers or use a 120v charger overnight.
• Public charging infrastructure still needs to be built up in some areas, but seems to be getting better albeit slowly. YMMV, but sometimes you’ll pull up to a station only to find it’s in use, out of service, or blocked off.

Trailer was 🔥. Definitely going to check this one out, thanks for sharing

Impressive. In the age of CNC, it’s awesome to intricate handmade pieces. Hope to have his dexterity when I’m that old

Don’t know if it’s a holiday destination, but Dubai. Heat and shopping malls are two things I’d pay to get away from.

Been pretty busy at work so #3 looks about right

Appreciate the insights. The Ioniq 5 is a sweet car, probably my favorite looking EV with the retro-futuristic styling. The Bolt is a solid car and at the time we got ours, with all the incentives thrown in, was an insane value. 3 years in and still no complaints with our Bolt EUV, but when we eventually replace our aging Subaru, we’ll seriously consider Hyundai/Kia.

I thought they were all about states’ rights…funny how the party of small government wants to impose their ideology on everyone

Really nice shot!