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1d ago
inTIL 11 of the 60 messages in the main ATL chat room last night were just people saying 'new here' with no other words
How many of those 11 actually stuck around past the first week though? That's the real test, because a pinned room list only helps if the new folks read it before they wander off. And the regulars yapping about the same 3 things probably don't even notice the quiet ones, so who's supposed to point them somewhere? Maybe the fix isn't a list but one person saying "hey, try this room" like someone did for you.
2d ago
inUnpopular opinion: after 12 years I finally stopped using safety wire on my oil filters
Man, that Tulsa guy might be onto something but I gotta ask, what torque stripe product are you running and does it hold up after a full cycle of heat and vibration? I've seen guys mark the filter and the mount so a slip shows up right away, but a stripe by itself won't stop a filter from backing off if it wasn't torqued right in the first place. Did you check the stripe after each flight or only at the next oil change? And what's your call on the guys who say the wire is there for the ramp check, not the filter?
9d ago
inPower trowel burned my slab in Tucson, hand float finish saved it
That second pass is usually where it goes wrong on small pours. The mud starts setting up faster than you think, and the machine digs in because the surface can't carry the weight anymore. Once you've got gouges, chasing them with the trowel just makes it worse. Hand floats give you way more feel for when the slab is ready, and on 1200 sq ft you can work it in sections without racing the clock.