Goofs & Blunders You Should Avoid.

[MrWhoopee]

I was chopping firewood earlier today and learned that ribbed pine borer beetle larvae bite like hell

Not surprised, our western pine borer larvae have an imposing set of mandibles and can be heard munching under the bark from 50 ft. away.
Never heard of someone being bitten by one though, they don't move that fast. The yellowjackets love 'em, they tend to be drawn in to the smell of fresh split wood.

 

[Mauzinette]

Never heard of someone being bitten by one though, they don't move that fast.

Me neither and I had to learn it the hard way. I laid a few of them on my palm to display them to my cat and then… ouchie Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

So there I was saving the day…..

We’re slammed at work so I got pulled in to doing some die repair and ran into a problem, no spare punches to put in place of the busted ones.

Being the old head in the shop I decided to go old school and make one out of a blank, and I did a damn fine job too, then I realized my mistake.

Can you see it?

Forced perspective is making the punch in the back look shorter than it really is. It’s actually .200 longer than the old one in the foreground.

This started out as a solid .500x3.25” blank.

Sooo close!