Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[TheMightyMollusk]

This CPAP machine is gonna take some getting used to.

[Larirawiel]

Cheers

[Darkobra]

I LITERALLY just got an i9 and 4090 and now Crysis 3?

Which reminds me. A guy was trying to convince me I didn't need a 4090 and i9. He was like "What, do you video edit and do graphics?! You're using an i9 for FF14?!"
"Actually, I do all of those things. AND I game on much more demanding games."

Like I can't love games from the 90s AND games from 2020s... Man, I'm still playing the original Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy. It doesn't suddenly become redundant and I'm swapping out my processor chip every 5 minutes.

And yes, I create and edit videos. Because the WHOLE PURPOSE was to have a PC that CAN do it all so I'm not bouncing between machines!

[Local_Custard]

I was working on making a bell in class- thought to share the process.

I started by making a template. Created in ProCreate. I printed it out to be a little less than 4" x 4"


next I begin sawing it out. I thought segmenting the sawing would make things easier. By the very least I could pick one of eight segments to work on and take breaks if needed.


once cut out I can work on drilling the hole. I beveled it using a bur. I then proceeded to begin filing.


sanded up to 1K grit.


I also went ahead and made two halves of a brass bead (the bell is made of copper). I included a notch for each one so that it will not explode while I solder it. It'll be the charm that goes inside.


This is as far I could get before I had to go home and eat. I plan to make more bells- right now this is a prototype to see how small it'll end up.

[Boblawblah]

I was working on making a bell in class- thought to share the process.

I started by making a template. Created in ProCreate. I printed it out to be a little less than 4" x 4"


next I begin sawing it out. I thought segmenting the sawing would make things easier. By the very least I could pick one of eight segments to work on and take breaks if needed.


once cut out I can work on drilling the hole. I beveled it using a bur. I then proceeded to begin filing.


sanded up to 1K grit.


I also went ahead and made two halves of a brass bead (the bell is made of copper). I included a notch for each one so that it will not explode while I solder it. It'll be the charm that goes inside.


This is as far I could get before I had to go home and eat. I plan to make more bells- right now this is a prototype to see how small it'll end up.

Okay, so, I'm ignorant of Bell making. That looks like a ninja star. Do the ends fold up or something? btw, this looks really cool either way!

[Local_Custard]

Okay, so, I'm ignorant of Bell making. That looks like a ninja star. Do the ends fold up or something? btw, this looks really cool either way!

yee! I'll need to curl it in and anneal the metal. This will be a longer process. There is another variant of that kind of bell I plan to try that has a rim. it uses a similar process to the bead making.

[Local_Custard]

I was working on making a bell in class- thought to share the process.

I started by making a template. Created in ProCreate. I printed it out to be a little less than 4" x 4"


next I begin sawing it out. I thought segmenting the sawing would make things easier. By the very least I could pick one of eight segments to work on and take breaks if needed.


once cut out I can work on drilling the hole. I beveled it using a bur. I then proceeded to begin filing.


sanded up to 1K grit.


I also went ahead and made two halves of a brass bead (the bell is made of copper). I included a notch for each one so that it will not explode while I solder it. It'll be the charm that goes inside.


This is as far I could get before I had to go home and eat. I plan to make more bells- right now this is a prototype to see how small it'll end up.

I put the bead together by soldering it and then polished it. Polishing a sphere can be challenging. It isn't like polishing a flat surface at all. After that I worked on pounding the bell net into shape (with multiple sessions of annealing). I had to sweat solder on the little loop on top before I put in the bead as it would undo all of my polishing. The loop soldering took a few times and more solder than anticipated.... the bead was put in after pickling and rinsing. The bell has an unfortunate feature, however. It sounds like a cow bell... maybe I'll like it more after I polish it later. Well, I have more bells to make first- I would have an easier work flow when I polish everything at once.

[Swordsman]

I don't know but it had me laughing, citizen. Russell crowe is mostly a serious actor and I wasn't expecting him to be in a movie like that.




The dark times will pass.

I googled it and apparently it's a Greek accent. They had Crowe shoot scenes using both British and Greek accents, and in the end the director chose the Greek version. I guess it makes sense considering he's Zeus.

[WeebPolice]

I googled it and apparently it's a Greek accent. They had Crowe shoot scenes using both British and Greek accents, and in the end the director chose the Greek version. I guess it makes sense considering he's Zeus.

And in the next Thor movie we shall now have the Norse Gods vs Greek Gods war we've all been waiting for, citizen. But, the Greek Gods are the villains this time, at least in MCU.




May your blades never dull.

[Swordsman]

And in the next Thor movie we shall now have the Norse Gods vs Greek Gods war we've all been waiting for, citizen. But, the Greek Gods are the villains this time, at least in MCU.




May your blades never dull.

Yeah, I'm curious to see how MCU handles Thor vs Hercules. This story arc already exists in Marvel Comics but knowing how differently MCU does things, it's gonna be a toss-up.