Man, that's the real stuff right there. It's all about stealing time to mess with the settings when no one's looking, honestly. You gotta ignore the clock for a minute and just play with one thing at a time, like he did with the rpm. Start with something simple like 1018 steel and really listen to how the sound changes when the feed is off by just a couple tenths. That noise gets in your bones after a while, and you'll just know when it's wrong on the next job, even if it's a different metal.

Honestly, I spent way too long trying to fake isometric dimensions by just rotating regular ones. My old drawings looked like a toddler tried to trace a blueprint. I finally found this old forum thread from like 2012 that explained aligned vs isometric dimensioning in plain English. It was some retired drafter's personal site, zero ads. Let me see if I can dig up the link.

Houston flood water is no joke, that stuff is corrosive. Getting a logic board to survive a full day in that is a genuine miracle. You really dodged a bullet there.

Glow worm backup light" is the perfect way to describe it.

Robin396 is totally right about them just drinking forever. I had that happen once and my whole kitchen smelled like wet cement. The thing nobody talks about is the heat level. If you have it at a full rolling boil the whole time, it breaks down the lentils way faster into that starchy paste. After you bring it up to a boil, try turning it down to the lowest simmer you can get. It takes longer but they hold their shape better and you get more of a soup than a porridge.