PSA: I know everyone says to never quench a file, but I got a perfect chisel edge by dunking it in used motor oil after a 20 minute soak in my old forge.

I was trying to make a hardy tool last week and my normal brine quench cracked two blanks, so out of frustration I tried the motor oil trick on a Nicholson file I was reshaping and it came out with zero cracks and a solid bite, so has anyone else had luck with unconventional quenchants for tool steel?

Just realized I've sharpened my boning knife over 500 times in the last year...

That number hit me while I was cleaning up tonight, and it made me think about how much muscle memory and wear that single tool takes on.

Appreciation post: My mud consistency was a total mess for a year

Started using a 5-gallon bucket and a paddle mixer for 3 minutes instead of my old drill, and the difference on the wall is night and day. Anyone have a favorite brand of mud for taping versus finishing coats?

I was convinced my sourdough starter was fine in the fridge for a month, then a baker from Boise told me I was basically making zombie bread.

Just swapped from a dull 1/2 inch end mill to a fresh one on the old Haas. Went from a rough finish to a mirror shine in one pass.

My neighbor in apartment 4B always returns the shopping cart, and it got me thinking

I used to leave my cart in the lot near my car, figuring it was someone's job to get it. But seeing him walk it back every single time, even in the rain, made me try it for a week. The difference was just doing a small, right thing without anyone watching. How do you decide what small rules to follow when no one's around?

Just welded my 1,000th linear foot of 4-inch schedule 80 pipe this quarter. That's a LOT of rod.

Just noticed anime recommendation threads keep circling back to the same handful of shows. It's getting predictable.