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Patrick Herd

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Engineering (Sometimes Electrical) Environment, Fabrication, EVs, Education. Will instablock cryptobios. Wairarapa, Aotearoa New Zealand. Same handle on mammothsite. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ+๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ ally.

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I'll keep my eyes out for one.

09.03.2026 09:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My splitter is also electric, out splits the one a friend built which he powered with a Rover v8.

09.03.2026 08:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll ask GWRC

08.03.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is self spreading it allowed? We have a problem with tradescantia along our creek

08.03.2026 07:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All? Whole coalition?

08.03.2026 03:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, dyson, miele, bosch, xiaomi are all going to be much of a muchness

08.03.2026 03:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Greymarket scooters don't have the same level of battery QA as a big name auto manufacturer. Also lots of cars available with LFP which is far more stable. Have been driving EV for 10 years and about 300,000km now with no issues.

08.03.2026 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Phil's stories are definitely a contributor to me living in sunglasses with some impact protection while outside now.

07.03.2026 04:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mine are Bollรฉ, 90% sure they do photochromatic and progressive focal

07.03.2026 03:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I recently got prescription safety sunglasses. Best holy shit I can see hack ever. Especially good for welding outside in the sun with the hood set 1 shade lighter

07.03.2026 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@funranium.bsky.social I feel this would be a film for you, assuming you haven't seen it already.

07.03.2026 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My parents lived in that building in the background for 3 years, cool part of town

06.03.2026 05:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The vibe is the chuck being imbalanced by the human body wrapped around it.

04.03.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Car is currently filling itself up at $0/km

04.03.2026 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
TM consultants

Castles you say www.tmco.co.nz/project/chap...

04.03.2026 08:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Qatari LNG will soon set NZ power prices LNG terminal in Taranaki will tie NZ wholesale electricity & gas prices to global gas prices; Gas price rose 47% last night after Iranian drones shut Qatar's LNG plant; NZ power prices would follow

Chorus out: LNG terminal in Taranaki will tie NZ wholesale electricity & gas prices to global gas prices; Gas price rose 47% last night after Iranian drones shut Qatar's LNG plant; NZ power prices would follow #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

02.03.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 76 ๐Ÿ” 43 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Hey folks, if you drive an internal combustion car here in Aotearoa New Zealand, might be a good idea to go fill up your tank today.

And think about shifting to electric.

01.03.2026 00:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A power tool to covet.

28.02.2026 04:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I have a very solidly calcified mass that discovered as an incidental finding when investigating months of severe fatigue and brain fog. It took considerable force to get the needle into it, interestingly no local offered.

27.02.2026 20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone show this to the NZ Labour Party.

27.02.2026 20:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Have had that done, it was not pleasant.

27.02.2026 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That could be a genuinely scary remake of The Birds. "That ZZZZZ in the dark is no mosquito"

27.02.2026 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A smidge faster than the speed limit too. Also slow by his standards ๐Ÿคฃ

26.02.2026 06:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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26.02.2026 06:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be clear it does work with pure water, I've seen it done in person on steel but it's not very fast at all. We were working on a system that had a 40000psi pump

25.02.2026 20:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Water jet cutting, it certainly works with pure water but what you're describing sounds like there's garnet added. It's a pretty common CNC process now

25.02.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is such a fascinating process. And really handy as a problem solver: need to drill a square hole in tool steel? Easy.

25.02.2026 19:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My workshop EDM is ~50 years old, laser engraving has been mainstream since the late 90s early 2000s kind of thing

25.02.2026 19:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The engraving looks almost like it was done with EDM, though at only 4 years old I would assume laser

25.02.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given the price of tantalum I doubt it's that :-) My first thought was barium sulphate

25.02.2026 17:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0