Recent content by Chaotic42

Tried making methyl salicylate (wintergreen oil) from salicylic acid and methanol. I made some, but it's super water sensitive and I think my sulfuric acid was just too impure. When there's too much water, the reaction goes back the other way, so I ended up with a bunch of super-fine salicylic...

Mobile table saw table saw some action today after I put it together. Lines up with the big outfeed/general use table, but it can be removed when I'm not using it. Got some threaded inserts so I can have mounting points for my drill press and vices, but remove them when I need the space. Other...

Poor LGR. Hurricanes suck.

Only until she learned to behave.

I overbuild everything, so... many. One day I'll focus on making stuff look nice, but today is not that day.

OSB fans rejoice

I'm a tee-totaler, but yeah, definitely be careful. One horrifying story is a kid who tried to make a synthetic opioid, MPPP. Because he wasn't careful, he made some MPTP. MPTP turns into something called MPP+ in the body, and MPP+ destroys your dopamine receptors - it is Parkinsons disease in a...

When my gf comes over and looks at dresses and such on her phone, I will get ads for makeup and dresses on my unrelated Amazon and Facebook accounts soon after. The future is so great!

Just write up a quote for what he wants and email his boss telling them he requested it. Nature will... take its course after that.

Does it get me closer to "Pay $X per year and watch any game you want from your computer?". If so, then I'm good.

You guys are so high, *I'm* seeing things.

Just finishing up the one on the right. These are 9 foot ceilings, so I may have overdone it a bit...

Yeah, it's been seriously messing with our air quality down here - it finally cools down and in comes the smoke.