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1mo ago
inSpent 4 hours trying to get the right texture for a simple leather jacket in my latest piece. The reference photo was just bad.
Four hours on one photo is brutal. Foster.patricia has the right idea with using multiple sources. I keep a folder of just texture shots for this exact reason.
1mo ago
inMy sauerkraut was always too soft until I started weighing the cabbage down with a ziploc bag of brine
My grandma's old trick was a clean river rock in a cheesecloth pouch.
1mo ago
inI bought a cheap pocket hole jig set and it cost me a whole day of work
I read a woodworking blog that swears by the Kreg 320 model.
1mo ago
inA retired guy at the flea market told me to try a different kind of sand
That's rough, @kevinc84. It seems like that particular advice gets passed around a lot. Makes you wonder how many people have tried it. Not a great feeling to find out your tip isn't unique.
1mo ago
inMy uncle told me to wait on a cash out refi back in 2019 and I'm glad I did
Wait, you were going to pull out fifty grand just for a kitchen? That's a whole other house in some places. My reno budget was like a tenth of that and I still got new cabinets and counters. What kind of kitchen were you building, with gold-plated faucets?