Wendy Hall (u/the_wendy)

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Spent a full Friday trying to get a clean bead on a 2-inch schedule 80 elbow with my old Lincoln welder.

The joint kept cooling too fast until I finally tried a preheat with a rosebud tip, which worked perfectly, so what's your go-to method for tricky pipe welds?

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5h ago

An old plant swap note turned up in my junk drawer.

That "personal touch" is everything, and apps just feel so cold and corporate.

9h ago

That trick with the 12-gauge jumper wire on the door lock circuit backfired on me yesterday.

Use a test cord with a fuse in line.

1d ago

I saw a weird pattern in the bricks at an old fort in St. Augustine

That core sampling detail is so cool! I bet they were checking for salt damage or something, since coquina is so porous.

1d ago

I always used a metal spoon to test my caramel, but my cousin in Tampa said to use a wooden chopstick

Wait, you guys actually do the ice water thing?