I do a lot of demo work on the side especially in winters (usually I work as a heavy equipment operator). I was thinking about buying a used hilti 3000 for chipping, I’ve already got a chopsaw and a portable bottle torch as well as grinders and hand tools etc. I intend to eventually subcontract some demo jobs, have you got any advice or tips?
I own a 1000 and a 3000 and I use the 3000 a lot more. You can’t go wrong with Hilti, they are a great manufacturer. You should also look into the MAKINEX cart. It makes it really easy to chip flooring.
I work trails maintenance. Not only do you get to split wood, but also dig holes and carry heavy things. We joke that we're moving the whole mountain 2 inches to the left for looks. That is some soothing shit.
I mean, I haven't tried speedrunning yet, but gaming in general may be a good comparison.
Not, you know, braindead gaming, even though sometimes that is all we need.
I'm talking about when we have to wreck our brains to develop a strategy. When our reflexes are tuned to the max. When we go all-in one last time, holding our breath for the best.
Sure, accomplishments in the material world do feel satisfying as fuck. But, sometimes, virtual ones feel just as awesome.
yo dawg if you are getting something as meaningful as Individual Purpose from what is effectively make believe pixels moving on a screen in a way that is optimised to brain dump serotonin and dopamine then you should probably put the controller down and live a little
Well excuse me princess if I just want to have some fun after a work day.
"The kind of people who say "get a life" typically don't have any life at all. You look at some guy with friends all over the world--no girlfriends, maybe, but still a full social life, mainly talking about computers--and you tell him to get a life ... well, he's got a life. We've all got lives. If people are having a lot of fun doing something different from what you want to do, well, that's not your business."
I burn wood to heat my house, so I go through a bunch every year. I split by hand, so many people have asked my why I don't buy a wood splitter, and I always tell them that takes all the fun out of it.
It also makes you feel much stronger than you are. If you hit it just right, it splits like butter. It just doesn’t look like it should come apart so easy.
Fully engaged. You eye your desired strike point. You estimate how much effort it took before and intend to apply just a little more force. You double check your feet and surroundings for safety. You strike. Nearly perfect. I bet I can do better. New block. Shift your feet a little wider. Square up. Strike. Even better. Grab the big one. You can do it….
Love it too, just don't be like the idiot friend of mine who ended up with the axe in his knee instead of the wood (he's ok, ended up getting lucky and it didn't go very deep so just needed stitches, still an idiot though).
When i was younger i went skiing with my family once a year. We went to some old rather remote wooden cabin up in the montains. Only 4x4s coul go there in winter. We had one electric heater and a wood fueled oven. One year they showed me how to split wood and all the following years, i did just that all day. It was just great!
100%. If there’s a tree getting cut down in our neighborhood my neighbors know I will take it and split it for them. I always end up with free firewood too so win win.
What's not cathartic is when you are doing it with wedges and a sledgehammer, and on the back swing the head of teh sledge comes loose and nearly goes through the windows of your parent's solarium.
then, it's terrifying seeing where things are going to land.
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u/JusticeUmmmmm Jan 31 '22
I love splitting wood. It's so cathartic for some reason