[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Kind of crazy how much noise people make on baseless claims of Trump being a Russian asset, but AIPAC is bragging in broad daylight about their control on US government.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

C'est tellement tannant de voir l'attitude du gouvernement Legault vis-a-vis Montreal.

J'ai pas grand chose d'autre a dire... Il est peut-etre temps que j'appelle mon representant pour manifester mon degout.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Somewhat inconvenient but fun thought experiment

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is a new tool to me, I might look to nab a used one off market place or something. Thanks for the suggestion!

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I've been meaning to get a chisel set, of the few projects I did I certainly had a few moments where I thought a chisel would be handy.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Indeed, I think splitting the branch will be mandatory to get some carving done.

I'm not sure what would be the best tool to do the carving, however. I'm considering getting some wood scissors, because it's not immediately obvious to me which power tool could carve out material with a nice mix of accuracy and efficiency.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Kinperor@lemmy.ca to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

Hi woodworkers

I've recently picked up a few tools to get into artisanal woodwork, and I want to do 1 or 2 projects that entails hollowing out natural branches.

The "perfect" outcome would be something similar to bamboo shoot, which have a narrow edge and hollow center. I'm not really expecting to be able to do this by hand with millimetric accuracy, but it gives you an idea of what I'm aiming for.

I own a high-speed rotary tool that is "technically" able to carve wood, but the bits I own atm are more of a finish toolkit. I successfully used a sanding head to carve out some wood, but I don't think it's remotely optimal for projects any bigger than what I was working on.

So all this context leads to this question: What would be the optimal tool to efficiently hollow out a branch? I can't reliably use a drill, because there's no certainty that the branches I'll work with will be remotely straight, I'm guessing that a mill file could get me some mileage but it sounds like a last resort kind of tool.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

I swapped from Windows 10 specifically because I didn't want to be in the Windows 11 and forward environment. (I use Arch btw)

I really don't regret it, the set up was really painful but once that was done, the KDE had so many good features that I immediately felt at home. I'm floored by how good Proton/Steam is at handling games, I don't think I've had to skip on any game due to my OS (so far).

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

Ah jee guys, he's got a point, imagine the tariffs and weird annexation talk he would have with liberals if liberals were in power 4 years from now.

If only we had some ways or historic telling us how he would interact with liberals in power like say, Trudeau or something.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

Everyday is a good day to wake up to how badly we need nuclear energy and must ditch the human-leeches that are part of the oil lobby.

I want a strong railway network so bad in Canada, so that these CEOs stop being treated like their opinion matters.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What is that quote supposed to prove or disprove? No one is implying* that Russia has a perfect scorecard for respecting international treaties.

The bigger point of this article (that seems to go over your head) is that Ukraine also has a responsibility to prevent civilian casualties, which it has neglected regularly. Furthermore, the drone bombing act seems to have been a massive indiscriminate attack, looking at the images, there's multiple nonsensical targets such as civilians dwelling and some civilian parking lots. Whyever would any serious military target those? All this does is escalate a bloody conflict that should've been diplomatically settled years ago.

[-] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

OK so you had loads of good advice, but I've done a very similar clean up on a branch, and I have the cheapest option to recommend: I've debarked my branch with a nail.

The flat head of the nail can be used to 'crowbar' some pieces of bark, by leveraging the length of the nail to apply pressure. You can also use the side of the head to push off bark from knots and the side of the branch.

To finish on my projects, I had to eventually use a metal file mill + sand paper. I intend to do more projects like this so I'll almost assuredly get some of the tools listed in here, tho.

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