I didn't. But I did get to keep the port-a-cath implant after they removed it, I was awake & watching them (local anesthetic surgery), when they got it out I said "wash that thing up, it's mine".
The "barium milkshakes" were way worse, they gave me 6 & said "here, drink these until you can't take anymore", I think I got 4.5 of them. Ok, maybe they didn't word it like that, but there was no way I could down 6 of those.
Seeing a live scan of the blood flowing into & out of my heart in live time was pretty neat though. It was blue in & red out if I recall, in real time. An amazing thing to watch in real-time. Seeing it "in action" live was pretty effing cool. I think I was being made "a video" for the students at the college to see later, but i guess I'm fine with that, if that's the case, I'm fine with that (wasn't supposed to survive anyway, as a "way premature" kid anyway). They didn't say my heart was bad or anything. (I was born at 6 months, way premature, tiny, less than 2 pounds). It blows my mind how many smaller than me survive. They told my mom "don't keep your hopes too high"..
Appreciate your dad. He's the kind of person you want on your side during an apocalypse. It's not 'survival of the fittest"; it's most adaptable to change.
"survival of the fittest" means those that are best suited for their environment and situation are those that will survive. so, that *is* survival of the fittest.
The Dremel "drill press" kit is actually pretty damn handy for keeping it in certain positions while you work with materials.
I even turned mine into a shitty CNC!
[https://i.imgur.com/iYNe3X3.png](https://i.imgur.com/iYNe3X3.png)
[https://i.imgur.com/dek5uDo.png](https://i.imgur.com/dek5uDo.png)
I make chainmail as a hobby (if you are Interested, my profile is full of pics) and I need a way to cut coils of stainless steel wire into clean rings.
Thanks. Glad you like it. It's actually rather relaxing to me. Especially when I can do something on the side, like watch a show, or if I'm on twitch and respond to the chat.
I bet it is! I had a cousin who let me wear one of his chainmail shirts when I was a kid. It blew my mind how heavy it was. Still remember it, 3 decades later. Awesome work dude
A lot of folks get anxiety when putting on a chain mail shirt because you have the feeling you’re never gonna be able to get it off. You literally can’t take it off like a normal shirt because it’s heavy and it doesn’t stretch, so you definitely need help. The only way to do it yourself is to stand upside down somehow and let the weight pull it. Then it falls off.
Makes you realize why Knights needed squires !
That was the part I think that made me remember it so vividly after all these years. I was big even as a kid and I remember thinking how sick it was but also starting to panic about getting it off me.
I did not, I've lived in Seattle most my life. I imagine this is about my profile name?
Was a nickname given to me when I was a junior VW technician and had a propensity to break things/people (I was and am a large dude)
Do I have a long lost comrade?
lol nah, it was a long shot but the only guy I know who told me he made chainmail as a hobby was a dude I went to college with. It’s a pretty cool hobby from the sounds of it!
I built a 3 sided box to hold mine and I put a little nub that slicks out across the bottom of one side so it can go over the box can go over the edge of a table and not scoot away when I am using it. Sounds dumb but more than a couple pals have borrowed it or built their own. Almost like stands for the port a band saws. You gad gets points for thinking outside of the box though.
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**Narrator:**
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I have to confess. I used ChatGPT and it nailed it on the first try.
Are you familiar with the Real Men of Genius campaign?
Yes, I'm familiar with the Real Men of Genius campaign. It was a popular advertising series by Bud Light, which ran from the late 1990s into the 2000s. The commercials humorously celebrated everyday, often quirky, "heroes" with over-the-top narration and a power ballad-style background. Each ad highlighted a different "genius" for their unique and sometimes absurd contributions to life. Do you have a favorite from the campaign or need more specific information about it?
Can you write lyrics (and the backup singer parts) for Mr. Mounts His Belt Sander in Spray Foam to Make Tiny Dancers Guy?
Honestly, not even mad. Imo this is the type of thing llm's were made for. I use it a lot for bouncing ideas off of. It fails hard on the technical end, often making things up, but... that's exactly what works here :)
Yep. I use it for brainstorming and coming up with ridiculous lyrics to songs for the moment and then sometimes feed those lyrics into Udio or Suno. All in good fun.
Just wrap it in some foil, heck even a plastick bag will do the trick.
After it sets, just remove the tool and cut the excess foil/bag.
At least, that's how I would have done it.
Your dad just might be the world's best Craftsman because everyone I've ever met that has used expansion foam it has went literally everywhere and it never does what you wanted to do so your dad gets my respect today bud
I just this week started a small wood working project and looked at my belt sander, like 'I could turn this upside down and sand the small pieces easier'. Glad I'm not alone. I need to do the foam or clamp trick though. My setup would give OSHA the hives.
Ha my dad used a vice but there are plenty of other tools rigged. I went over to cut his grass while out of town his lawnmower handle pull is wooden. That’s just the start of my list.
Where I work at, in the shipping department they have these bags full of a liquid, I don't know how it works but the ladies will break open a bag inside of the bag and it will turn into foam in a couple seconds. Basically same principle but those bags they have at work, the foam is completely encapsulated and never touches the part.
Fixed sanding rig?
Yeah, it’s in there tight. And it worked surprisingly well.
I mean they sell official "kits" to make custom race seat inserts where you pour two part foam into a garbage bag and sit in it to mould to your ass.
That's also how they positioned me in the same place every time to line up the radiation dose for my cancer treatments.
Did you get to keep the jig afterwards?
It's great for the bedroom
Giggity
Jiggity
Yeah, that too lol
It's somewhat... immobilizing
I didn't. But I did get to keep the port-a-cath implant after they removed it, I was awake & watching them (local anesthetic surgery), when they got it out I said "wash that thing up, it's mine".
Must have been tiring to carry a racing seat into the doctor's office every time
Meh, it practically carries itself.
🤣 It was my upper torso, arms, neck & head. And they stored the thing on site.
Was it two part foam or was it a vacuum bag? When I was in treatment it was a vacuum bag. Just curious about other processes.
Two part foam, they put it in there & mixed it up, then I had to lay on it. It got warm while it was expanding.
Thats cool. I kinda wish that’s what my rig was. I could tell by the end of treatment that it was getting a little loose.
The "barium milkshakes" were way worse, they gave me 6 & said "here, drink these until you can't take anymore", I think I got 4.5 of them. Ok, maybe they didn't word it like that, but there was no way I could down 6 of those.
Seeing a live scan of the blood flowing into & out of my heart in live time was pretty neat though. It was blue in & red out if I recall, in real time. An amazing thing to watch in real-time. Seeing it "in action" live was pretty effing cool. I think I was being made "a video" for the students at the college to see later, but i guess I'm fine with that, if that's the case, I'm fine with that (wasn't supposed to survive anyway, as a "way premature" kid anyway). They didn't say my heart was bad or anything. (I was born at 6 months, way premature, tiny, less than 2 pounds). It blows my mind how many smaller than me survive. They told my mom "don't keep your hopes too high"..
Do they still tattoo the small alignment dots on you?
This was in the 90s, I got the dots.
Es' brand skateboarding shoes in the late 90's came with insoles that you could microwave to mold to the form of your foot.
My hockey skates are gel filled and do the same.
Appreciate your dad. He's the kind of person you want on your side during an apocalypse. It's not 'survival of the fittest"; it's most adaptable to change.
"survival of the fittest" means those that are best suited for their environment and situation are those that will survive. so, that *is* survival of the fittest.
Environments and situations constantly change. Those that are most adaptable to those changes live long enough to breed.
That actually is a genious Idea. I might do the same with a dremel soon.
The Dremel "drill press" kit is actually pretty damn handy for keeping it in certain positions while you work with materials. I even turned mine into a shitty CNC! [https://i.imgur.com/iYNe3X3.png](https://i.imgur.com/iYNe3X3.png) [https://i.imgur.com/dek5uDo.png](https://i.imgur.com/dek5uDo.png)
I make chainmail as a hobby (if you are Interested, my profile is full of pics) and I need a way to cut coils of stainless steel wire into clean rings.
Yo i just peeked your profile - you do some mind boggling work, friend. Super impressed
Thanks. Glad you like it. It's actually rather relaxing to me. Especially when I can do something on the side, like watch a show, or if I'm on twitch and respond to the chat.
I bet it is! I had a cousin who let me wear one of his chainmail shirts when I was a kid. It blew my mind how heavy it was. Still remember it, 3 decades later. Awesome work dude
A lot of folks get anxiety when putting on a chain mail shirt because you have the feeling you’re never gonna be able to get it off. You literally can’t take it off like a normal shirt because it’s heavy and it doesn’t stretch, so you definitely need help. The only way to do it yourself is to stand upside down somehow and let the weight pull it. Then it falls off. Makes you realize why Knights needed squires !
That was the part I think that made me remember it so vividly after all these years. I was big even as a kid and I remember thinking how sick it was but also starting to panic about getting it off me.
I’m with you u/CaptainMeatfist (LOL)….his work was a really cool rabbit hole to wander thru on my Sunday Reddit meandering today! :D
Did you happen to go to an engineering school in downtown Manhattan between 2006 and 2010?
I did not, I've lived in Seattle most my life. I imagine this is about my profile name? Was a nickname given to me when I was a junior VW technician and had a propensity to break things/people (I was and am a large dude) Do I have a long lost comrade?
lol nah, it was a long shot but the only guy I know who told me he made chainmail as a hobby was a dude I went to college with. It’s a pretty cool hobby from the sounds of it!
is that a... curtain chain? 😆
Ok this is really impressive. Do you mind sharing how you put this together?
Looks better than clamping in my workbench vice
I built a 3 sided box to hold mine and I put a little nub that slicks out across the bottom of one side so it can go over the box can go over the edge of a table and not scoot away when I am using it. Sounds dumb but more than a couple pals have borrowed it or built their own. Almost like stands for the port a band saws. You gad gets points for thinking outside of the box though.
real men of genius
Meet Mr. Mounts his belt sander in foam to make tiny dancers guy
**Narrator:** Bud Light presents... Real Men of Genius. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Real Men of Geniuuuus ♪ **Narrator:** Today we salute you, Mr. Mounts His Belt Sander in Spray Foam to Make Tiny Dancers Guy. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Mr. Mounts His Belt Sander in Spray Foam to Make Tiny Dancers Guy! ♪ **Narrator:** While others spend their weekends relaxing, you’re busy turning power tools into a spectacle of miniature ballet. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Tiny twinkle toes! ♪ **Narrator:** With nothing but a belt sander and a can of spray foam, you've created a whirlwind of tiny dancing feet, mesmerizing audiences everywhere. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Dance, little dancers, dance! ♪ **Narrator:** Some may call it dangerous, others may call it ridiculous, but you know it as a delicate dance of ingenuity. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Grace under pressure! ♪ **Narrator:** Because when it comes to combining construction equipment with the fine arts, you’re the true master of the craft. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Such a fine craftsman! ♪ **Narrator:** So crack open a cold Bud Light, oh maestro of the mini-movement, because thanks to you, we’ll never look at a belt sander the same way again. **Backup Singer:** ♪ Mr. Mounts His Belt Sander in Spray Foam to Make Tiny Dancers Guy! ♪ **Narrator:** Bud Light Beer, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, Missouri.
Today I salute you, mr turns one line into a work of art!
I have to confess. I used ChatGPT and it nailed it on the first try. Are you familiar with the Real Men of Genius campaign? Yes, I'm familiar with the Real Men of Genius campaign. It was a popular advertising series by Bud Light, which ran from the late 1990s into the 2000s. The commercials humorously celebrated everyday, often quirky, "heroes" with over-the-top narration and a power ballad-style background. Each ad highlighted a different "genius" for their unique and sometimes absurd contributions to life. Do you have a favorite from the campaign or need more specific information about it? Can you write lyrics (and the backup singer parts) for Mr. Mounts His Belt Sander in Spray Foam to Make Tiny Dancers Guy?
Honestly, not even mad. Imo this is the type of thing llm's were made for. I use it a lot for bouncing ideas off of. It fails hard on the technical end, often making things up, but... that's exactly what works here :)
Yep. I use it for brainstorming and coming up with ridiculous lyrics to songs for the moment and then sometimes feed those lyrics into Udio or Suno. All in good fun.
Stealing
My wife saw me looking at this and just said, "NO!"
Straight to divorce court!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
at least it came out, he must have placed it after the foam was mostly set
Just wrap it in some foil, heck even a plastick bag will do the trick. After it sets, just remove the tool and cut the excess foil/bag. At least, that's how I would have done it.
that's what i thought, a couple layers of saran wrap and you'll have a mold that fits perfectly
In the foam you can see the wrinkles of the bag that was used to prevent it from sticking!
Your dad just might be the world's best Craftsman because everyone I've ever met that has used expansion foam it has went literally everywhere and it never does what you wanted to do so your dad gets my respect today bud
This is low-key fantastic.
Pretty medium-key airconditionertastic if ya ask me
Instant soft jaws for literally anything, are you blind...
Belt sander racer?
Better put it right back where you found it too.... -Dad Voice
🎶 Real Men of Geniuuuuuuuus..🎶
I would use a couple C clamps to attach it to my work bench
I just clamp mine upside down in a vise.
My cheap Einhell cannot be clamped in a vise and cannot be clamped flat on a table so I understand why OP's dad did that.
Time to get dad a bench top belt/ disc sander setup.
Must protect at all cost
I just stick mine in a vise
haha same, I have that extra belt sander and it works like a charm
We have much to learn from him
That ain't redneck, that's a practical dad
I just this week started a small wood working project and looked at my belt sander, like 'I could turn this upside down and sand the small pieces easier'. Glad I'm not alone. I need to do the foam or clamp trick though. My setup would give OSHA the hives.
Oh, so you bothered it while it was in bed? Real cool, OP. 🤣
Ha my dad used a vice but there are plenty of other tools rigged. I went over to cut his grass while out of town his lawnmower handle pull is wooden. That’s just the start of my list.
That’s how I put away my tools!
This is brilliant. Way better than clamping it in my workmate. Add a latching pedal switch and you’ve got one hell of a setup.
Where I work at, in the shipping department they have these bags full of a liquid, I don't know how it works but the ladies will break open a bag inside of the bag and it will turn into foam in a couple seconds. Basically same principle but those bags they have at work, the foam is completely encapsulated and never touches the part.
🤣🤣🤣
That’s a solid way to do it. I put mine in a vise and use it that way. Kids think it is unsafe but it works.
stealing this knowledge