What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

lousubcap

@fishlessman - the prior door was solid wood and needed the springs for any movement.  One of the springs failed in place (no shattered metal bits flying around).  Replaced the door with a lightweight sandwiched composite door. Good insulation properties and much less demand on any springs.  

fishlessman

lousubcap said:

@fishlessman - the prior door was solid wood and needed the springs for any movement.  One of the springs failed in place (no shattered metal bits flying around).  Replaced the door with a lightweight sandwiched composite door. Good insulation properties and much less demand on any springs.  

Mine are about 24 foot high and about 16 feet wide😁

lousubcap

But surely not at the camp..

fishlessman

lousubcap said:

But surely not at the camp..

Those are tiny, disconnected the openers on those. I leave them open when there

DoubleEgger

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Botch

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Can you steam clothes to take out wrinkles?

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Can you steam clothes to take out wrinkles?

I'm retired; who cares about wrinkles?
Or clothes?

JohnInCarolina

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Can you steam clothes to take out wrinkles?

I'm retired; who cares about wrinkles?
Or clothes?

I’m actually kind of surprised you care about shower walls or toilets, lol.

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

This is great.  I have a slicer and one of the reasons I don’t use it much is because it’s a pain in the tuckus to clean.

paqman

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Can you steam clothes to take out wrinkles?

I'm retired; who cares about wrinkles?
Or clothes?

I like how you roll!

Canugghead

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

DoubleEgger said:

This steamer makes cleaning the meat slicer easy. 

Oooh, how does it work on shower walls and toilets??  

Can you steam clothes to take out wrinkles?

I'm retired; who cares about wrinkles?
Or clothes?

Bao puffs up when steamed, you get the idea.

fishlessman

fishlessman said:

lousubcap said:

@fishlessman - the prior door was solid wood and needed the springs for any movement.  One of the springs failed in place (no shattered metal bits flying around).  Replaced the door with a lightweight sandwiched composite door. Good insulation properties and much less demand on any springs.  

Mine are about 24 foot high and about 16 feet wide😁

piece of the last one i broke, a treasure of heat treatable steel

TechsasJim

Very trivial, I get it, but more Zebra pens.  G-750 is the best pen I’ve ever used.   Have the F-701 and the G-450 and F-301.   I buy the brass series with gel ink and give them away at business meetings, etc.   Something so mundane can make a big impact.   

paqman

TechsasJim said:

Very trivial, I get it, but more Zebra pens.  G-750 is the best pen I’ve ever used.   Have the F-701 and the G-450 and F-301.   I buy the brass series with gel ink and give them away at business meetings, etc.   Something so mundane can make a big impact.   

Interesting, I’m not familiar with that brand.  Just added an X-701 to my cart.

Earlier today, I got a set of wet erase pens.  The goal is to use them with laminated Rocketbook pages, we’ll see if it works!

TechsasJim

paqman said:

TechsasJim said:

Very trivial, I get it, but more Zebra pens.  G-750 is the best pen I’ve ever used.   Have the F-701 and the G-450 and F-301.   I buy the brass series with gel ink and give them away at business meetings, etc.   Something so mundane can make a big impact.   

Interesting, I’m not familiar with that brand.  Just added an X-701 to my cart.

Earlier today, I got a set of wet erase pens.  The goal is to use them with laminated Rocketbook pages, we’ll see if it works!

I finally got around to looking into the Rocketbook notebooks.   Thanks for introducing me to this!    I regularly meet with customers/clients make old fashioned notes on traditional notepads, then scan them in so I can always access from my phone.    This would eliminate a step.  

GrateEggspectations

The Zebras are nice. They feel like quality. 

paqman

TechsasJim said:

paqman said:

TechsasJim said:

Very trivial, I get it, but more Zebra pens.  G-750 is the best pen I’ve ever used.   Have the F-701 and the G-450 and F-301.   I buy the brass series with gel ink and give them away at business meetings, etc.   Something so mundane can make a big impact.   

Interesting, I’m not familiar with that brand.  Just added an X-701 to my cart.

Earlier today, I got a set of wet erase pens.  The goal is to use them with laminated Rocketbook pages, we’ll see if it works!

I finally got around to looking into the Rocketbook notebooks.   Thanks for introducing me to this!    I regularly meet with customers/clients make old fashioned notes on traditional notepads, then scan them in so I can always access from my phone.    This would eliminate a step.  

Rocketbook has some free sample templates (PDF) that you can print yourself if you want to give it a try before purchasing a notebook.  The pens above are meant to write on laminated templates, I am not sure if they would work in actual RocketBooks.

https://getrocketbook.com/blogs/news/5-sane-rational-and-practical-reasons-why-we-offer-free-rocketbook-pages

JohnInCarolina

Looking at purchasing a dash cam for my car.  I feel like this is a rabbit hole I could lose several days to...

ColbyLang

JohnInCarolina said:

Looking at purchasing a dash cam for my car.  I feel like this is a rabbit hole I could lose several days to...

I want some for the moronic drivers and all too common road rage. I’ll be shopping soon as well

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

Looking at purchasing a dash cam for my car.  I feel like this is a rabbit hole I could lose several days to...

I think you mean “crash cam”.

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Looking at purchasing a dash cam for my car.  I feel like this is a rabbit hole I could lose several days to...

I think you mean “crash cam”.

Absolutely, it seems clear they can be super helpful if you’re ever involved in a crash.  Well, at least assuming you’re not the one at fault…

GrateEggspectations

So, I wasn’t really searching for a new knife, but one kind of crept up on me. I already owned a smaller 210mm size of the Denka No Hoto line (“treasured family sword”), but was so pleased with it that I couldn't resist buying the 240mm as well when presented with the opportunity. Got it brand new for 50% retail (note that one, @Canugghead!). Fujiwara-san also makes a 270mm gyuto in this line and I held it today, but for me, it was almost unwieldy. Hard to imagine needing a sabre of that size in a home kitchen. 

The blacksmith has a long, multi-generational history of sword-forging and is getting on in years, so I am happy to pick up what I can at present. There is also currently a very long wait for orders. 

Like I’ve said before, nothing brings me more joy in the kitchen than these blades. If you get the chance to pick one up, my recommendation is not to think twice!

(Had to demote a few blades to fit it on there. 🙂)

zaphod

I like the holder, the magnetic ones where there is metal on blade contact bother me. The wood encased magnetics are so much better.

GrateEggspectations

zaphod said:

I like the holder, the magnetic ones where there is metal on blade contact bother me. The wood encased magnetics are so much better.

Yes, totally agree. Who wants metal surfaces scratching finely polished blades?! My wife bought me that holder last year. I wax it a few times a year. Hardly seems big enough, but it is the biggest one KnifeWear.com carries. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Damn, didn’t realize we have two of these threads!

Those knifes are gorgeous!  Funny talking about a knife, measured in teeny-tiny “mm” as being unwieldy.  270mm is like 3 inches or something, according to my US education.