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12d ago
inHit 500 haircuts this week and I'm still shook about it
500 is no joke man, especially cutting out of a home shop where every single one is booked by word of mouth and repeat business. Most people don't get how much those first few hundred haircuts really test you, both in skill and in how you handle different hair types and requests. I kept a little notebook for my first thousand or so, just the date and a quick note on the cut, and it was wild looking back at the early entries where I was clearly still figuring out clipper-over-comb work. That moment when a regular brings their kid in because they trust you with the whole family is a bigger accomplishment than any certificate or social media following. Take the win and keep that book going, because in another year you'll probably double that number and it's cool to see the proof right there in front of you.
12d ago
inTook me 8 hours to trim out one cabinet door
Does anyone else keep a pile of those "test" pieces in the corner of the shop? I swear half my scrap bin is just practice runs from doing things the hard way first. Eventually you just learn to build the pattern bit template before you even start cutting.
13d ago
inI finally bought a $1,200 plasma cutter on a whim and it either saved me or screwed me depending on how you look at it
But what if it actually was necessary and you just haven't realized it yet? I mean, you used it twice and it saved you time on that refinery job, right? That time savings might have kept you from being late on a deadline or something, which could have cost you way more than $1,200 if you lost that client. And @cole994, your buddy's compressor story is different because he bought something that didn't really do anything his old one couldn't, but a plasma cutter cuts way faster and cleaner than oxy-fuel on thicker stuff, so it's not the same. The consumables cost is annoying, sure, but $60 is nothing compared to the money you probably made off that one job being done faster. Sometimes we're too quick to call something a mistake just because we didn't use it every day... tools like that are about having the capability when you need it, not using it constantly.
15d ago
inChanged my mind about free feeding my cat after vet visit last week
Nah, I kinda disagree. The 3am wakeup calls are annoying but my cat just switched her schedule. Now she starts the breakfast routine at 4am instead. Pacing, meowing, knocking stuff off the nightstand. Used to be I could sleep until 6 before the pawing. Now I'm up before 5 every day. At least with the midnight chaos I could roll over and ignore her.
16d ago
inJust found out chain wear indicators aren't as reliable as I thought
Saw a mechanic on YouTube test a bunch of chain checkers with a caliper and the Park Tool was one of the worst offenders, consistently reading way past 0.5% when it wasn't even close. Kinda made me question everything I thought I knew about chain wear.