Quenching in oil, how to? Hey guys, I think I fell into the tool making rabbit hole. Since I don't really want to spend 100+ euros and since it's not a common tool to find in thrift shops in my country, I have half of an idea of making myself a router plane with scraps of wood and an old file/chisel and a couple of hand screws. I plan to bend the iron flat and parallel to the surface of the wood I'd be cutting so I would have a 30° bevel in order to attack with a nice angle the wood from any direction. But since bending will likely require making the iron red hot, I believe hardening it back again is a must. Therefore I searched a bit and I found that quenching is a crucial step into tool making. Lots of expert people do it with vegetable oil, but they never specify which one. Do you guys have any experience?

GM nostr fam ☀️ Only 250~ days to the next halving. Are you ready for even more digital scarcity?

Just finished Mr. Robot, a spoiler free note: great show, it starts anarcho-nerdy and this catches you, but it develops in a much more profound way and this is what anchors you in front of a screen. Amazing writing, wonderful scenes, really great directing, a 360° show.

Since I'm getting bored as hell back at the fiat mines, I installed Ubuntu on top of Windows 10 and I gotta say, it works pretty damn good!

Amazing tablet/laptop completely open source

Linuxiac

StarLite 5 Is a Linux Tablet Powered by Intel Alder Lake N200

StarLite 5, a Linux-powered tablet with a 12.5-inch screen and Intel N200 CPU, is now available for pre-order. The price starts at $498.

QnA shared this link, I thought it could be useful for newbies approaching this world.

Back to the fiat mines today. Gotta admit it, I kinda missed it. Work life is better if you like what you do. Gm fam ☀️

Let's talk sharpening! Sharpening is a pretty big topic in the woodworking community. Which system do you use? Personally I have the DMT diamond stones in three grits (coarse, medium and fine). I also have a japanese waterstone (3000-8000 grits) for when I need to plane weird grain directions and I need a smaller burr. For the stropping part, I used to use a strip of leather with fine compound, but I find that a buffing wheel on my grinder with green compound works faster and better to remove the burr and make the bevel the shiniest.