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My childhood “best” friend told me a number of times that I had an obsessive personality. He was referring to how when I’m interested in something I dig right in with hyper focus. Like when I was in karate, I practiced all the time at home. Or D&D, I crafted an entire campaign world from scratch (Parlanos) complete with a map of the continent, and the races inhabiting it and their relationships and economy. I would stay up til the wee hours doing this stuff. And then guitar. All these things by the time I was 19. He said it in a critical way though, as if being dedicated to something you love was a bad thing. I retrospect he and I did not have a healthy friendship, and we drifted apart, but not before my gung ho attempts to convince him to get into Hindu squats and Hindu push-ups with me when I discovered them, and then kettlebells. He was never interested and friction between us increased as did the different directions we took in life.
 
3V, wood & ‘carta.
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Little something I had uploading to the Vimeo while I had a shower and did laundry (which I have to do by hand now 'cause the machine is busted aka planned obsolescence :mad:)






And I just remembered I have another one to upload.... so that is coming next.......
 
This is from last week, in response to Andrew saying he wondered how a crowned spine is done. Okay, well, here is how I do them. This is a quick and dirty version. They get cleaned up more during finishing. I put the phone on a cinder block thinging it would soak up the vibrations. Ummmmmmmm no. 🤣

Good thing I'm a knife maker, not a filmmaker. 🤷‍♂️


I don't normally dremel them, but the Lucky Dog Sheephawks have a little indentation in the spine for your thumb or forefinger, and so the dremel helps to get those corners where the slack belt doesn't quite cut it.
 
David Mary said:
This track always makes me want to throw bombs. Comment if you think you know why.


Man I haven’t done that on video in a while. I look like a cat playing with string! 🤣
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ya made me laugh with that last comment....but ya know cats are super predators, can kill anything their size or smaller. a cat playing with string is really just honing up its killing skills......
 
David Mary said:
True but unlike a cat I’m all fluff and no bite.

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oh ill bet there's bite...ya just choose to keep your claws retracted when swatting at string.....🤣


I had a cat like that never bit or used claws on me. was a super sweet gal until I let her outside. then she was a true killer. was vicious to anything else though. if I let her outside for 20 minutes she's have least 1 dead something left for me at the door. I stopped letting her out as she was a true killing machine. birds, squirrels, citrus rats, lizards, snakes, moles ya name it.
 
jbmonkey said:
I had a cat like that never bit or used claws on me.
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This is Smokey towards me. I never give him a reason to feel threatened so he’s never done anything to me except made a feint nip a couple times when I tried to bathe him. It wasn’t until we’d been struggling with it for a few minutes, and even then he didn’t actually lay teeth on me. But I took the hint. I switched from bathing to wiping with wet rags and then dry rags. He tolerated that calmly.
 
So another set back..... I somewhat recently was turned on to F letter bits, which are a little larger than 1/4" bits. In my first three and a half years of knife making for a living, I just assumed if you have 1/4" pin stock, you use 1/4" drills, but was confounded when the pins almost never fit in the hole without me grinding them down slightly. This led me to update all my CAD files of my designs to have slightly larger pin holes, but apparently I did not go large enough on the Lucky Dogs. I spent much of my shop time today grinding 36 pin holes slightly larger with diamond bits in my dremel. The blades are 3V. Guess how fun this was.... Anyway, it's no big deal. I was hoping to have the scales all cut and drilled today, but I will start that tomorrow. It's a good thing I didn't actually say these would be ready to ship Friday.
 
Human "I made loafing with my barf swucket"

AI: "It sounds like you might be using some playful or creative language! If you meant to say you made something (like a loaf of bread) with a specific tool or container, I'd love to help you out. Could you provide a bit more context or clarify what you were trying to convey?"

Human "Use what I gave you"


AI: "Alright, I'll work with what you've given me! It seems you're using some inventive or playful language, so I'll do my best to interpret and respond in a similar spirit. "Loafing with my barf swucket" could be a creative way of describing a few possible scenarios:
Relaxing or being lazy ("loafing") while feeling ill ("barf") and using a special container ("swucket" - perhaps a combination of "sweat" and "bucket"?)
Making bread ("loafing" as in creating a loaf) using an unconventional method or container (the "barf swucket")
Engaging in a unique hobby or activity that involves these made-up terms
Expressing a surreal or absurdist idea for humorous effect
Without more context, it's hard to pinpoint the exact meaning, but it certainly sounds like you're being creative with language! If you'd like to elaborate or explain the intended meaning, I'd be happy to discuss further."
 
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