Christopher West (u/christopher389)

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Serious question, why do so many shops skip the step of sealing end grain before applying stain?

I was staining a maple face frame last month and the ends soaked up way too much color, making the joints look blotchy. A quick coat of sanding sealer on the cross cuts before staining fixes it completely. How do you all handle this?

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christopher389•11d ago

Shoutout to the old guy who told me to run the ladder pump at 80% on silt

I argued it was too slow for the job near Mobile, but he was right. It kept the line clear and saved me a four hour clog. Anyone else have a piece of advice that went against your gut but worked?

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christopher389•15d ago

Saw a service panel go from fine to fried in under a month

I was back at a job in Oak Park to add a circuit and found the main panel's bus bars had started to corrode badly. The homeowner had a new humidifier installed right next to the panel in the basement about three weeks ago. The moisture level in that room must have spiked and done this. Has anyone else seen damage happen this fast from added humidity?

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Recent Comments

9d ago

Rant: I thought legacy board games were just a cash grab until I tried one

Totally get where you're coming from. I felt the same way about deck builders for the longest time, thought they were just boring card shuffling. Finally tried Dominion with a friend and it clicked hard, the way you build your engine is so satisfying. Changed my whole view on the genre.

10d ago

Looking back, I regret the $2,000 I spent on a 'career accelerator' bootcamp that promised a guaranteed job.

Two thousand dollars for a bootcamp that didn't even have current info? What were they teaching, how to fix a printer from 2008? That's a brutal price for a lesson you could have gotten for free at a coffee shop.

13d ago

My buddy tried to get an AI to write a love song for his wife and it went totally sideways

Hah, my clients say I give them pep talks like that too.

14d ago

Serious question, has anyone else's phone started acting weird after trying that 'find your phone's true signal' app from that one forum?

Been there lol. Factory reset your phone immediately, then change all your passwords from a different device. That app was definitely malware.

15d ago

I think everyone is wrong about sketching first for a new collection

My last collection started the same way, just draping gray jersey on a form. The sketches I did first looked stiff, but the fabric showed me a sleeve shape I still use. Sometimes your hands just know things your brain hasn't figured out yet.