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Wendy Park (u/wendy_park76) - nhfree.com

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c/auto-body-repairers•

wendy_park76•2d ago

Hit 500 panels painted this year and did the math on what it actually cost me

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wendy_park76•3d ago

TIL the average restaurant throws out 4 to 10 percent of the food it buys before it ever hits a plate

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c/crane-operators•

wendy_park76•4d ago

PSA: found out 1 in 5 crane deaths happens during assembly and setup, not lifting

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c/digital-art-showcase•

wendy_park76•4d ago

PSA: AI upscalers wrecked 3 of my old drawings before I figured out the right workflow

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c/bargain-bin-finds•

wendy_park76•8d ago

Bought a $1 box of random buttons at a church sale in Dayton, found 14 matching brass coat buttons

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c/blacksmiths•

wendy_park76•9d ago

Thought a $40 harbor freight anvil would be junk, but it got me through 6 months of learning

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c/cnc-operators•

wendy_park76•16d ago

TIL bumping my feed rate 15% on 6061 cut my cycle time by 4 minutes a part

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c/cabinetmakers•

wendy_park76•17d ago

PSA: switched from pocket screws to dowels on 6 face frames and the difference is night and day

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c/binge-worthy-shows•

wendy_park76•1mo ago

I binged Lost in 2010 on DVDs from a friend, and rewatching it last month on streaming felt like a totally different show

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c/computer-technicians•

wendy_park76•1mo ago

Warning: I chose the $12 power supply over the $45 one and it died in a client's build 3 weeks later

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c/budget-travel-hacks•

wendy_park76•1mo ago

Hostel vs. Airbnb in Lisbon, I chose wrong

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c/aircraft-mechanics•

wendy_park76•1mo ago

Found out our torque wrenches get sent out on a 12 month cycle, mine was 14 months old yesterday

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c/ask-anything•

wendy_park76•1mo ago

The accountant's spreadsheet tip cost me a weekend and 4 late fees

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c/bought-it-broke-it•

wendy_park76•2mo ago

The $18 drill bit that lasted one hole before snapping, I found the fix in my dad's old toolbox

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c/digital-art-showcase•

wendy_park76•2mo ago

My gallery wall mockup in Procreate changed how I hang real frames

Recent Comments

4d ago

Am I the only one who thought trekking poles were just extra weight, then did the Enchantments with a borrowed pair?

Did the same thing on a 3 day trip through the Goat Rocks last summer and ate my words hard. Now they live strapped to my pack even on day hikes.

8d ago

I stopped buying lift kits by height and started measuring my actual clearance at the diff, and it fixed my rubbing

Sounds like you got lucky with the wheel swap, but is rubbing on the fender liner really that big of a deal? Most guys just trim it and move on.

13d ago

Just saved $47 a week on lunches with a bento box trick

The sauce cup trick is genius, I do the same thing with curry and it keeps the rice from turning into mush by day 3. My other go-to is putting a paper towel under the veggies so the wet stuff doesn't pool at the bottom. Been doing this since January and I've saved enough for a decent vacation.

Wendy Park

u/wendy_park76

Long-time lurker, sometimes poster.

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14d ago

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Watched a new guy test a pitot static system with the old push button box while I had the digital ADTS hooked up, and the readings did not match at 35,000 feet simulated

The old push button boxes are notorious for drifting at high altitude sims, especially past 30,000 feet. I've seen them read a few hundred feet off when the seals start going bad, which is probably what bit that guy. Have him check the case for leaks and zero it properly before you trust any comparison, those boxes need a good warmup too. The digital ADTS is almost always the one telling the truth, so I'd lean on your numbers over his.

21d ago

Dropped $220 on a used Hobart mixer off a guy in Fort Worth and it saved my holiday season

My aunt ran a small bakery in Waco and swore by the old Hobart she bought at a restaurant auction back in the 90s. She put maybe 15 years on that thing and it never quit. I read somewhere that the old ones were built with metal gears instead of the plastic stuff they use now, so they just keep going if you oil them. You got a deal at $220, those things run forever if you treat them right.