To clear a mechanical pencil lead jam, you’ll need to source a thin, stiff wire or something similar but more robust than your pencil lead. Your mechanical pencil might have a clean-out rod mounted underneath the eraser section, so check for that before sourcing an alternative. For example...
“If a tenant burns themselves on your stove, they’re more likely to sue you for that,” Dearing points out. Tell your insurance broker that you’re going to have tenants coming and going from your guest room, and ask what you need to do to protect yourself. They’ll know which ride...
it won't light up. What happens is that sometimes when EL wire is cut, the little hair thin wires inside can cross over to the center wire, creating a little tiny short circuit. So you just have to snip off the very tip of the EL wire. This happens about...
(This is related to the reason why it'snot dangerousto touch both terminals of a car battery that can deliver hundreds of amps into a load with a low enough resistance, like the starter motor. Your body has a far higher resistance, so far less current flows. There are also 12V power s...
Why not just glue the cabane wires directly into the deck? That would work, but would be vulnerable to any shocks; heavy landings, nose-overs and the like. This system adds strength, spreads load into the fuselage and also introduces a little flexibility at the mounting point. ...
Katrina’s heavy workload of preparing, teaching and grading made writing a novel difficult. Books on creative writing admonish aspiring writers to write every day, but Katrina knew, “I can’t write every day. I have to grade these papers, and I have to plan this class, and I have to...
AbigailRiley Howard= I’ve always liked the name Riley and it would be a great name considering it can be for a boy or girl. AbigailElise Howard= I quite like this one because it’s French (but can also be used in English) for promised to God and is short for Elizabeth. ...
Also, cross-hatching, dry-brushing, feathering your lines, etc… (these tend to be my favorites). You’ll learn how to translate a penciled piece of artwork into a finished inked drawing primarily. You’ll learn how to ink faces and facial features, as well as backgrounds and other ...
to regain lift. It should be noted that too much forward pressure could hinder recovery by imposing a negative load on the wing. The next step in recovering from a stall is to smoothly apply maximum allowable power to increase the airspeed and minimize the loss of altitude. As airspeed ...
Chris Dixon had an interesting post a while ago abouthow to find start-up ideas. The advice boiled down to keeping a spreadsheet of ideas and talking to lots of smart people (entrepreneurs, potential customers, VCs, people at big companies). It’s good advice. Paul Graham also wrote in ...