David Croyle @ croyle @wandering.shop

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@scott @Geojoek In this specific case, a (one inch?) bar of mild steel cut to the right dimensions, bent and then with some small 'ears" beaten into it works just fine. I could have use spring steel but it's not necessary in this case, and then would have probably involved an extra step of some heat treating at the end.

Coil springs are fascinating. I've forged corkscrews but not coil springs... Although I've forged a nice table knife out of a broken & rusted piece of coil spring that I found.

@Geojoek@mastodon.hams.social I also have far too many hobbies but this one is fun and sometimes very useful!

"Specialization is for insects." - Heinlein

@mlanger@mastodon.world The viewpoint to the north is so wonderful. It's very close to the island and you often get the lovely blue-green color of the water around it. That's my favorite view.

@mlanger@mastodon.world The SW(?) road is lower than the usual rim that people visit on the north and west sides, so we were able to get to that angle pretty easily, then I forget if I hiked down lower or not. But yeah it's a location that most people never visit and it gives that very different view of the island.

@bootstrap@piefed.social Yes, we have them here although they're not as common as there. It's a 1992 80-series FJZ and it's LHD. It's got factory electronic lockers front and back.

@vbradio@mastodon.sdf.org Hahaha, yes! Like my whole vehicle is about to get abducted, or I'm going to be slashed to pieces by some sort of cryptid they don't show yet.

@fourwheeltravel@overland.social Go with friends so you can un-stuck each other if needed... But a good destination with lots to explore and see.

@Geojoek@mastodon.hams.social I think that's the park I want to spend some time hiking at. :) Pacific City has the nice view from the tiny beach. Pelican Pub has a location right there which is perfect. But Cannon Beach is the more famous place... The whole Oregon coast is a nice place to road trip. Just before my in-laws moved up there my wife and I did a road trip from SF up the coast of NorCal and all of Oregon until we hit WA, then came inland for the drive home. Good times! Any coast is usually good to visit.

@Geojoek Both have similar giant rocks just off the beach, but Cannon Beach is something like 50 miles north... No "handle" on the side of the Cannon Beach rock IIRC, but it is closer to the beach. There's been a mountain lion spotted climbing on it before!

@tamonten@mstdn.social I understand how it's created and all, but the fine ash pieces have an attraction to me well beyond the simple physics involved... I especially like when the stuff build up around my anvil. I have no idea why, but I do! :)

@scott@mastodon.clitheroe.ca 😂 Or maybe coughPEBKACcough... But seriously, I did get a lot of compliments on my audio with that mic. Much more so than my headphones with the slightly-tweaked "DX/pileup" element.

@kr1st@mastodon.radio Haha, makes sense! Now I'll think of that whenever I see your avatar... I like that my Heil headphone are mostly very long straight cord, but then there's one coiled section that just about a foot long as insurance vs. stretching, but it's not long enough to have the usual coil drawbacks.

@kr1st@mastodon.radio I used a boom mic when I was recording voice overs etc. for training videos when I worked at Apple. They do also take up less space on your desktop.... I think the audio is actually a little better from the speaker on my radio than on the Heil Pro-7 headset, but the headset has other options and my wife doesn't complain about me cranking up the volume to try to hear a low voice among the noise on SSB. 😂

@kr1st@mastodon.radio It's been both. Most recently I've not been using it in lieu of using headphones, so my wife doesn't have to hear the radio blasting at times. 😂 I also don't have a lot of room in front of my radio on the desk, I recently shifted some things to make more space, so it may make a return to regular use, which I'd like.

@otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com Good word, you should patent that. :)

@John @archaeology Approximately, or perhaps "coincidentally." :) Whichever was more fitting. Although I too strongly suspect the former.

@John@socks.masto.host @archaeology@mstdn.social Ah, the link was fixed... 1m is long, but not so unusual with the hilt and pommel included. Although it originally would have weighed a bit more, t's still quite light, likely due to distal taper.

@archaeology@mstdn.social I'll be very interested to read about the authentication of this piece... But sadly your link points to an altogether different article.

@Star12Mt The colors are quite mesmerizing! I can't take too many close-up photos though or my iPhone (or the case at least) starts to heat up and will want to melt if it is too close. 😅 At least I can stare at the photos I do get.

@OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world That's optimal.