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16d ago
inTIL a $3 tube of caulk saved my $1,200 bathroom tile job in Boise
Ever wonder if the cracks come back because of house settling rather than the grout itself? Boise has that clay soil that moves a ton with the seasons, so even caulk can only stretch so far before something gives.
21d ago
inSpent 11 hours tracking a bad pin connection, it was a cracked backshell the whole time
I mean, 11 hours stings but I'd push back on the idea that you should've just trusted your eyes from the start. A hairline crack in the backshell is basically invisible unless you already know to look there, and a jeweler's loupe isn't exactly standard kit on a line call. The multimeter told you the truth, all 17 pins passed cold, the problem was it can't see vibration and flex, so that's not you trusting a tool over your eyes, that's the tool having a real limit. Honestly the guys who skip the meter and just start eyeballing parts are the ones who throw a connector at it, call it fixed, and the plane comes back a week later with the same squawk. Intermittent stuff is a bear, and testing cold then reseating is the right order, you just needed a third data point before the loupe made sense.
21d ago
inDropped $180 on a Silky Sugoi handsaw and I'm not going back to my old Fanno
Sat here for a second thinking a handsaw is just a handsaw, which is exactly the dumb thought that had me running a rusty big box special for way too long. Mine was so dull I basically sawed with my shoulder and then complained about my back all weekend like it was some kind of mystery. The cheap one still lives in the truck for roots and dirt and the occasional cut near fencing, because I am not dragging a nice saw through that mess. Sharp teeth just eat through green wood instead of skating on top of it, and that part alone sold me.