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[tarotwithavi]

Who is coming into your life in 2023 💞

( could be platonic or romantic)

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NOTE : I'm offering new year readings for different topics. link here. If you're interested in getting one, please DM me. Have a nice day!

This is a general reading so take what resonates and leave the rest ;)

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PILE 1

A very rich man is coming into your life soon. This person might be an air sign or leo. They have heavy fire influence in their chart with a little earth, air and water. They might have their rising and sun or moon in fire and the rest in water or air. I'm picking up Pisces too. You might meet them online or they will be from a different place than you. I don't think this is a romantic relationship more like a business partnership but it might result in something more in the future. But at the starting period it'll be a partnership. If you're into spirituality, tarot or the occult then this person will be money minded and materialistic but in a good or vise versa. Also I'm also seeing a new pet for you, a kitten to be more precise.

For some people here I'm getting a child, so if anyone around you is pregnant they'll give birth to a healthy child soon or in January 2023 . The child will bring a lot of abundance in your family. This child is very intuitive.

Also I'm seeing a new relationship forming with someone you had a beef with. Like a enemies to lover relationship. But this could be more like a enemies to friends relationship. Take how it resonates. I feel like you guys have been in the hermit mode for too long and now the universe is sending new people in your life.

Random messages : Rose ( romance) , American, frenemies, Daisy ( innocence) celebrity or famous, kitten / cat, Lily ( purity ) , innocent face, mole on their hands, money path, older woman, a man, heart, long torso.

( please reblog)

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PILE 2

Hey pile 2 ! I feel like you have recently cut ties with someone or just lost someone close to you. I'm sensing an older male like a grandfather or a father. And you're not in a very good place right now. I can literally feel your energy and it's very heavy. The message I'm getting is that you have to give yourself time for recovery before starting something new with someone new. I feel like your past was not the best and it has given you someone insecurities about yourself like if someone will ever love you fully or you have the fear that people will leave you. However you have to let go of this mindset because it's not true.

I'm seeing new romantic cycle begining for you but it'll be in the last months of 2023 . And this person is your Divine counterpart. So give yourself time to recover in this year. Spend on yourself. Buy things for yourself. Do things that you love. This is random but if you recently got your eyebrows pierced or changed your hair color , it looks good on you.

Let me tell you pile 2 , year 2023 is all about self love for you. You have to let go of the old toxic patterns and that toxic mindset. And it's all about you building confidence , gaining achievements etc.

I see a person coming into your life to help and guide you on your journey . I'm sensing both male and female energy. So it could be male for you or female, take how it resonates. I'm getting that a lot of you are going to have a great transformation more like a rebirth.

(I feel like some of you were attracted to pile 1 too)

Random messages : a year from now, recovery, ask your angels, water lily, divine feminine, wild flowers ( strength) , destiny, I love you - fs, Vietnam, poker face Alien to me, message, Dimples / pretty smile, colored hair, curly/ wavy hair, younger, broad shoulders, good luck, dolphin.

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PILE 3

I feel like a lot of you manifested a rich male partner into your life or had a relationship with an older male. At first the things were going great but after sometime to know that they were actually cheating on you or just not being honest with you and you had to cut things with them. And now you're waiting for someone new or just waiting for them to come back, but at the same time your scared to meet someone new because of your past relationship.

I'm sensing that a younger male is coming into your life and this person has a lot of love to give and is emotionally available . This can be a friend of yours or someone you know of. This person is a water sign. But I'm also getting that you'll be confused about what to do because you don't want to get in a relationship after your past relationships not working out the way you wanted them to. So pile 3 let me give you an advice, when you don't know to choose, choose yourself. Listen to your intuition.

I'm sensing that some of you are manifesting your ideal partner and they are coming into your life soon. But i feel like you're very concerned about your situation will improve. And don't doubt yourself. Doubting yourself with slow down your manifestation results.

There is going to be a new romantic cycle but you'll have to recover yourself.

Someone is travelling to see you and this is going to be a surprise for you. ( sorry to spoil your surprise) maybe they study in a different city or country. But yeah you won't notice at first.

Random messages : Peaceful resolution, 1111 , square face, street style, fair skin, older, e-boy / e-girl, Hazel eyes, tall height, tattoos, oval face , Dimples, lotus, Power, singer , dancer, beetle, handshake, stepping towards success, Poppy, heart, romance.

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Hope you enjoyed it and please ignore the typos!

[firespirited]

One of the things high on my wishlist when the pain subsides enough is to be able to type up a guide to buying hair as a beginner rerooter with all the hair types and prices. I see a lot of those beginner packs with the mushroom pin vise, three cut needles and a rainbow set of hair and I'm like honey no.

You start with a yarn reroot, some salvaged coloured streaks on soft headed dolls then if that's something that works for you, you move to the next phase having spent under 10$ and a few hours deciding if its too fiddly and slow for you. Then you move to a hank of black or pink to adding partings, lines of colour in back or bangs. Then the full reroot with two packs of hair on a soft head, timed. And decide if that's something you'd like to do regularly and invest in as a hobby. Then you can buy the rainbow pack and some more crewels, hemostats, super glue, fabritac and maybe a heating pad.

It starts with 3 thrifted barbies, a thrifted long haired nylon or saran haired doll and seeing if this is something too tedious or too precise for you before buying the recommended Cleo repair pack with three different blues and gold having only seen sped up youtube videos.

[heltontool]

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[damamhardware]

A Complete Overview of Pliers

For those who have never used pliers, one might be surprised by their usefulness. They consist of a pair of metal levers joined at a fulcrum. The longer side forms the handle and the shorter side act as jaws used to manipulate and focus force with precision. The jaws can be used for cutting, gripping, fitting and working with objects too small or unwieldy for the fingers. General-purpose pliers are useful, but a few kinds, like cutting pliers, cobra pliers and crimping pliers, are designed to serve specific purposes.

One of the most common uses for pliers is to cut wire or work with heavy gauge wire that might otherwise be difficult to handle. Pliers are also useful for bending or straightening metal or wire into different shapes. A pair of pliers can be used to grip a nut with enough force so it can be loosened or tightened. Pliers are also helpful when trying to loosen an especially stubborn bolt or screw that is hard to reach with your hands.

Pliers can be very helpful when you need to hold something in place while working on it. For example, you might use them when you need a third hand while trying to thread the wire through a hole in something. 

One of the most basic tools in a toolbox or garage is the plier, but there are actually two types of pliers: adjustable pliers and locking pliers. Both types have jaws that can be set in place and locked, but they do not both have their own uses.

Adjustable pliers are great for gripping both flat and curved objects, and they help to tighten loose nuts and bolts. These are versatile tools that can be used as clamps, vises, or wrenches.

Locking pliers are designed with jaws that can be opened to different widths. The pivot is easily slipped into corresponding grooves to make the jaws open wider or narrower. This helps to tighten nuts and bolts that require varying widths to hold them in place. 

There are times when the things you want to separate can't be accomplished with your bare hands, but prying is an option. You don't always want to use a crowbar, though—it might scratch or damage the surfaces you've been trying to pry apart. Pry bars are also awkward and inconvenient to use, and they might end up scratching the surface as well.

Why not use gripping pliers? They're specifically designed to grab onto and hold objects firmly without breaking them. In some cases, their jaws can even be adjusted so that they will grip tightly around an object of any size or shape. They can be used for a variety of tasks, from constructing electrical circuit boards to pulling nails from wooden ply or cartons. And when you buy them, they'll come in many varieties: flat-nose, round-nose or needle-nose. All of these variations provide a great grip and are extremely useful to force two small objects apart or to remove nails. Gripping pliers find applications in a variety of areas right, from making jewelry to constructing electrical circuit boards to pulling nails from wooden ply or cartons.

The most useful pliers in a toolbox are often the ones you don't expect, which is why it's important to have a few cobra pliers lying around. These multi-purpose pliers are an easy addition to any toolbox because they're lightweight and strong and can be used for a variety of tasks. For example, consider a toolbox that only has needle-nose pliers, channel-lock pliers and wire cutters. That toolbox is missing cobra pliers, which would allow you to:

On top of all that, cobra pliers are great for small jobs or jobs where you're working in a tight space. They're also good for light work, like opening bottle caps or removing rusted hexagonal bolts. The channel lock on these pliers allows you to keep the grip position until the job is complete. Some other features include single-hand adjustment, self-gripping on pipes and nuts, and a jaw design that prevents nut-burring. These little tools are really handy to have around—but if your toolbox isn't equipped with them, then their usefulness is lacking.

When it comes to choosing the best plier and clamping tools in Dubai, one can never be sure of what exactly is available. With all the different stores offering different brands and different merchandise, it can get pretty confusing to choose the right one. To make things easier for you, we offer you the best that is out there in the market at this point in time. The best plier and clamping tools in Dubai are available at Damam Hardware store.

We have the best plier and clamping tools in Dubai. They are not only high quality but also very affordable! One thing we don't want is for our clients to get ripped off by some other store, so we make sure that pricing is always fair and competitive. You get a good product at a decent price here at Damam Hardware!

[papers4me]

Fruits Basket Manga Review , ch 110

The writer doesn’t need to rush to akito (antagonist) & give us quick background exposition & escalate her mentality to the exploding moment, simply cuz tohru (the protagonist) isn’t emotionally in her most vulnerable moment yet. Tohru’s issues will be presented deeper  with each pov chapter she’ll have. So what should the writer do now?

This is a connected plot, meaning the emotions belonging to the previous chapter are still lingering & needs to be dealt with. There is no stupid laughing & cooking or even dumber momentarily amnesia. Nope! There is this:

-The Art of Writing Slow-Burns: (Lingering Emotions:)

Last time kyo hugged tohru thro the sheets. sth he wouldn’t do if it weren’t for the heartbreaking moment of tohru’s tears & the reason behind them. Why wouldn he do it? cuz he believes he’s the reason of her pain & is setting his mind on leaving her & being imprisoned as a punishment. He  wouldn’t do it cuz he loves her but he did it cuz he loves her. why? cuz love is illogical. Kyo’s heart moved him effortlessly to embrace her & “ his tenderness covered her pain” as the writer put it at the end of ch109.

Last time tohru hugged kyo thro the sheets, sth she wouldn’t do if it weren’t for the comfort of his warmth enveloping her loneliness & providing safety & a home. A home can a person. Why wouldn she do it? cuz Tohru is someone who hides pain behind a smile, someone who thinks she’s ugly & unlovable cuz she’s grieving still after all this time. She’s thinks she’s a burden. But here she confessed to kyo unprompted or advised by anybody. He only asked a fleeting question. but tohru cant hide who she is friom him anymore. Still, he accepted her & tenderly held her thro the sheets & she threw her body at him, she initiated the hug.

The sheet hig is the biggest emotional moment between kyo/tohru yet. It altered how they feel for each other cuz in that moment tohru’s mask fell & kyo was the most honest with himself emotionally. That’s not sth you move from with the stupid ED song. They both try to carry out normally afterwards cuz they live together after all. The slightest touch brings..... sexual tension!!!  it was so bad poor yuki left the house running!!!!!!!!

The writer cleverly escalates the sexual tension as they awkwardly try to find a talking topic, then dissolves it a bit when kto asks if tohru wants to go out together & where, then escalates it when tohru suggests buying eggs cuz she’s awkward, then dissolves it when kyo grumpily agrees but this is just grocery shopping” not a fun going out”, the escalates it when tohru said she’s happy for just bring together with him regardless of the location & kyo looses it! sexual tension explodes!

The target of the slow-burn isn’t the characters... the target is the audience! the writer plays with their emotions & cleverly puts the audience in a place where they desperately want these two idiots together but still remember why they aren’t! that’s very important. Having the readers cheer for a romantic relationship includes the readers understanding the obstacles ahead & how big they are & still cheer. If the obstacles are meh~ the readers will find the couple unrealistic, if the obstacles are so big & the couples emotions aren't buildup properly, then the couple themselves will feel meh~. Glad kyoru survived such writing mistakes both manga & anime ( anime hurt their characters more than their relationship).

-Yuki wants to move on from the unofficial son third wheeling his mom & her man:

The writer jokes abt yuki admitting he felt as a son watching his mon & her bf. I love tha this joke becuz it cleverly addresses the following points:

it is cleverly weaved in with the kyoru incident from last chapter. Sth happen & yuki doesn't know what is & doesn't want to! Yuki represents the audience I talked abt in the slow-burn point above. He is us. He’ll cheer for them to be together & will be so frustrated when they can’t. It adds to yuki confronting kyo at the climax!!! You see in the anime kyo/yuki stopped interacting much in se03. Then tada~~ big fight when it’s a must! & can’t be escaped... Here we still have kyo/yuki moments despite each boy moving away from his issues being the fault of the other. Basically better writing.....

The writer cleverly used this to address that yuki still feels like tohru’s son sometimes despite being more independent now, which is natural as you cant switch ur feelings with a button. But also the writer doesnt stay in this moment long & use it to build the next moment.. yuki/Aya , yuki/machi & aya/mine.... sadly all there dynamics are shortened in the anime like kyoru’s.

-I don’t think yuki/Aya  moment suffered much from the cuts, the entire school parents meeting ep us enough to reconcile the brothers. Aya defended yuki that day & so did yuki. He completely accepted him & stood up to him in front of the mom.

- More aya/mine would’ve been good to see & I would’ve preferred it to yuki/motoko moments in the anime that served nothing. but aya/mine too are stand alone story. They’re the most alike couple in a healthy way. Aya is the guy who protected his woman the most. simply cuz he’s the snake. snakes are secretive. he kept her to himself, even from yuki!!! impressive.

- What I lament from the cut of this mini yuki adventure?

1- This: ( yuki’s facial expressions) This is sth the anime fears, either cuz (a) pretty yuki is 100% pretty all the time, so no expressiveness cuz it leads to showing eyebrows & hiding them under layers of hair is the A.B.C of pretty characters... (b) Yuki in the anime is a prince 98% of the time, except with kyo (they got rid of this in se03 & give them one honest/ugly moment together) & with kakeru (one tiny moment in se03 in match’’s focus ep & then quickly back to prince yuki!)..., ugh!!!!!! I hate how yuki is prince thro & thro in the anime!!that’s why they couldn’t get rid of any motoko content!!! he’s a prince there... heck! school girls float after him the graduation ceremony... what’s up with that!! lol.

2-. This: ( machi with the toy that tohru/kisa/kagura/momiji & kiro like! so cute!!! also, foreshadowing yuki’s future chosen extended family! (his bro & his wife), (yuki & his wife) & best friend/his brother in law! Also, yuki is so himself! no glitters, no bubbles & no pretending anger! <3

Side Notes:

The lovely @mizzraynelly​ made notice kto’s speech in ch109 abt not vising his mom’s grave! Even tho it’s such a minor line, it’s one of the biggest cuts that foreshadow the accumulation of kyo’s guilt towards his mom. Kyo’s thing is guilt towards ppl he loves & fear of hurting them, by keeping this feeling alive in readers’ minds, the writer is making sure that the climax will hurt like sharp knives cuz the readers are on the same wave liength as kyo!!! epic buildup consists of tiny subtle pieces!

 Luckily, kyoru as a ship felt so strong in both manga & anime despite the later cutting half of their moments. Why? cuz the chosen cuts didnt affects the romantic relationship...no... the cuts affects the characters’ own personal struggle... most precisely tohru. Kyo’s own character struggles had better luck in the anime despite the cuts, simply cuz (a) was drawn with very expressive emotions & the anime team lingered on them in his scenes. (b) His character design as a whole was very expressive, the anime team didnt give him constant wide eyes like tohru & didn’t fear expr4essivness will affect for his “beauty “ like yuki. (c) kyo was given one ep per season for his issues which altho not much but way better than tohru (d) most important: kyo’s issues are very universal & very relatable” feeling guilt, mistakes & choosing wrong. That’s sth we all do!!! Tohru’s thing is grieve: this is very personal & most ppl experience it differently. 

I love kyo’s oufit!!! we have a hint of this moment in se03, ep 10 when yuki was fighting kyo... but they made yuki see them shopping as opposed of him seeing them being sexually charged!

I’m so mad this kyoru moment is cut!!!!!! tohru as a woman with pending sexual emotions is so refreshing & underrated in the trope of “ girl saves guys”. Also, it contradicts the pure mom image that’s been suffocating her since se01 ep 1!!!!! oh now i know why it’s cut... That’s why! momma tohru is so pure for such things & only when it’s the last two eps, then will allow her to be a woman choosing to live away with her man by her own desire! Why the anime only allow things ti happen when there’s no escape!!! I’ve always felt tohru/kyo is the type of couple to be expressive emotionally & sexually with each other based on seeing that ALL of their romantic interaction involves body language & I’m so happy there’s a canon proof so early before the future glimpse in finale!!!!!! 

I liked the aya-story, but it felt like the typical “ lesson of the day” formula, so I didnt analyze it much, but I enjoyed the brotherly interaction so much!! It had a gold mine of yuki being himself & so nit a prince! Im so happy I saw it! <3.

Every time yuki looked expressive is a happy moment for me!

[jamespotterthefirst]

Okay I've done some thinking and now I'm going to do some annoying😂 and I've come up with several questions for Lilac and Ethan. BUT, you have to answer as them too. 🙃

What was their worst date together?

I think there might be some funny stories for this one. 🤭 But I'm not sure, so I'll leave that to you.

What are their most repeated sentences or phrases?

Who takes longer to get ready?

Who spends more time on social media?

Who is the better driver and who is the default passenger? (also, how were they like when the other first drove them somewhere? Like when Lilac first drove Ethan somewhere and vise versa? )

Who is better at fashion?

Who is the biggest flirt?

Who sings better?

Who usually wins an argument?

Who usually finishes their food faster?

Who is more likely to burn the house down when they're cooking?

Who has the shorter attention span?

who is more likely to admit that they are wrong?

Who is more likely to send an inappropriate message to another family member? (I couldn't help myself sorry😂)

Who is more likely to 'fake it till you make it' with a crush?

Who is more likely to use the other's things?

Who is more dramatic?

Who is more likely to embarrass themselves?

Who is most likely to trip while walking?

Who is more likely to buy things they don't need?

Who is most like to lock themselves out of the house/apartment?

Okay, that's all I got. (For now😂)

Sorry for making it so long.

Hi! Thank you so much for these! I love them lkjfskdlfjlk and you are seriously making me so happy. I love talking about these two!

What was their worst date together?

Lilac: *laughing while sharing a look with Ethan* It has to be that night you tried to take me to the Opera for Rigoletto. They didn't know we were coming so they donated your box that night like usually instruct them to do. Remember that night?

Ethan: *completely serious* I do. But I don't remember it as the worst date.

Lilac: No? We got all dressed up for nothing.

Ethan: Do you remember what happened after?

Lilac: We walked aimlessly until we ended up at the Common. They had Shakespeare at the Park. It was a production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Ethan: *nods* You got so excited because you said it was one of your favorites but you had never seen a production. You were just so... happy.

Lilac: *smiling tenderly at him* But your plan for the perfect date was ruined. I thought it was the worst date because you were disappointed.

Ethan: I planned to spend time with you. That's all I ever wanted and I got it. Plus more. That look on your face... It was worth everything.

What are their most repeated sentences or phrases?

Lilac: His infamous line about delaying the inevitable.

Ethan: Lilac constantly quotes long forgotten six second videos from 2015

L: Vines?

E: Precisely. Or she will quote literature quite impressively. There's no in between.

Who takes longer to get ready?

L: Me

E: Lilac.

L: But the end result is worth it, right?

E: You're worth any wait, darling. Yes.

Who spends more time on social media?

*They both point at Lilac without missing a beat*

Who is the better driver and who is the default passenger? (also, how were they like when the other first drove them somewhere? Like when Lilac first drove Ethan somewhere and vise versa? )

L: Ethan! I refuse to drive in this terrifying city again with Massholes on every inch of the road.

E: *snorts* Massholes? Very accurate. The first time Lilac drove, I prayed for the first time in years.

L: You're so dramatic.

E: She has no concept of speed limit, turn signals, or stop lights.

L: I'm from California! We don't make full stops.

Who is better at fashion?

E: My wife, thankfully.

L: I coordinate his outfits daily. He was hopeless before he met me.

E: *scoffs* I was not hopeless. I just didn't spend valuable time choosing what to wear.

L: Babe, you wore a polka dot tie with pinstripe trousers.

E: I don't see the issue.

L: *stares open-mouthed at him, almost as though she is reconsidering her life choices*

Who is the biggest flirt?

E: Lilac. She even does it without realizing it. L: It's not that bad. E: No? Miss You Can Give Me Private Lessons. L: That was a rare occasion of me breaking out of my shell. *but she can’t keep a straight face*  E: And let's not forget that half of the interns have a crush on you. It's annoying. L: More like 65% have a crush on me. The other 35% have a crush on you. E: They're setting their sights too high. L: *laughs* You become Chief and suddenly you’re unattainable? Luckily I met you when you were a nobody, world famous doctor.

Who sings better?

E: Me. L: Ouch, you could've pretended to think about it. E: I wouldn't have fooled either of us.

Who usually wins an argument?

E: Lilac. She grew up with the most argumentative siblings ever. Add to that her signature stubbornness and she sees most arguments to the end. 

L: The secret is to kiss him when things aren’t going well for me.

E: That too.  

Who usually finishes their food faster?

*They both point at Lilac without a moment’s pause*

Who is more likely to burn the house down when they're cooking?

*They continue to point at Lilac, adding extra flair for emphasis*

Who has the shorter attention span?

*They hesitate*

L: Neither of us?

E: In our line of work, we’d be in trouble with a short attention span. 

Who is more likely to admit that they are wrong?

L: Ethan. He’s gotten so much better about this through the years. I’m so proud of him.

Who is more likely to send an inappropriate message to another family member? (I couldn't help myself sorry😂)

L: Ethan accidentally sent his father a text that was meant for me. Luckily, it was innocent. He was only asking me what was for dinner.

E: Your reply when I finally sent it to you was not. 

Who is more likely to 'fake it till you make it' with a crush?

L: Ethan Jonah Ramsey. He pretended to be so suave with me during my intern year half of the time. The other half he teasingly insulted me, which is his way of flirting. 

E: Bold of you to assume I had a crush on you back then.

L: *arches a brow at him*

E: *breaks and laughs despite himself*

Who is more likely to use the other's things?

E: Lilac. She uses my shirts all the time.

L: They’re a badge of honor. I have to tell that world I’m sleeping with you somehow.

E: That’s implied given that we’re married. 

Who is more dramatic?

*Lilac points at Ethan instantly. After some hesitation, he points at himself too with the ghost of a smile*

Who is more likely to embarrass themselves?

*Their fingers remain on Ethan, both thinking of the time at the end of her intern year when he almost told Naveen all about how Ethan had slept with Lilac.* 

Who is most likely to trip while walking?

*They switch their fingers to Lilac*

L: I learned my lesson about what shoes not to wear to work.

Who is more likely to buy things they don't need?

*They continue to point at Lilac*

E: We have more soaps, socks, essential oils, and candles than anyone needs in a lifetime.

Who is most like to lock themselves out of the house/apartment?

*They point at Ethan now*

L: Only because I convinced him to switch to an electronic door lock.

E: I hate the damn thing.

[pengychan]

[Coco] Pieces

Title: Pieces Summary: Elena buried many members of her family over the years. It never got any easier. By comparison, dying herself was a piece of cake. Rating: K

Here’s my contribution to the @cococharityzine! It is available to buy now, so check it out. All money raised will go to RAICES (Refugee And Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services).

***

When her abuela died, Elena didn’t cry until it was all over. 

There was too much to do - the funeral to organize and by God, however frugally Abuela had preferred to live, they would give her one fit for a queen. She and Victoria had done most of it: their mother was too lost in her grief for the woman who’d raised her on her own, their father was glued to her side, and their tíos were sort of wandering lost like a compass without a North. Tía Rosita had tried, she truly had, but she’d burst into tears more often than not. 

Franco had helped, silent as he often was, though his main contribution had been holding her back before she maimed the idiota who had dared ask what sort of music they would want for Abuela’s funeral. Such an insult warranted the reaction, Elena would maintain for years to come. And, after all, she could handle grief better than she handled anger. Victoria had disappeared around the same time to come back looking almost perfectly calm, if not for the redness in her eyes. Many people thought her cold, like they thought their grandmother to be made of ice, but they didn’t really know her, did they?

They didn’t know her at all. 

***

When Tío Oscar and Tío Felipe died, together as they were born, Elena laughed before she cried. 

They all did - laughed until they cried and cried until they laughed again, marveling at how they had lasted precisely three months without their sister. They had tried to convince them not to try building a car on their own, but of course only their sister had ever put enough fear of God in them to stop their crazy projects in their tracks. 

To be entirely fair, their car had worked perfectly, if not for the detail they both had forgotten to give it brakes. 

Elena liked to think that somewhere, somehow, her abuela was giving them a piece of her mind.

*** 

When Tía Rosita died of something the médico referred to as meningitis, Elena cried together with her papá, who looked like his heart had been torn out of his chest. 

He’d lost a sister and so had her mother, who’d always wanted one and found her in Rosita - with her delicious food and bright smiles and incoherent noises when excited, the smothering embraces and too-powerful pats in the back that made you nearly topple over. 

People grieved for her outside the family as well. They all were respected and rather liked, but she had been loved: the day of the wake their house had been full of people who’d known her, as well as every single owner of a market stall where she’d stopped by to chat every week while buying groceries. With so many strangers at home, Elena had forced herself to stop weeping, and she hadn’t started again. 

Rosita was just the kind of person you remember with a smile. 

***

When her papá died, Elena put off crying as long as she could. 

There was a lot to shoulder now, because Victoria had helped last time and now she couldn’t, her own health in decline for reasons doctors didn’t seem able to figure out. Walking for long left her winded, and all she could do was looking after little Berto. Their grieving mother had disappeared in the workshop, and hardly came out, so Elena struggled to stay afloat, to organize everything. 

Without Franco stepping up - quiet and reliable Franco, so much like her father, she only truly noticed it now - she might have drowned. It wasn’t something she’d admit, but it was known and understood. Finally resting on the bed with him, little Berto between them, Elena thought back to her mother emerging from the workshop with shoes she had made for her husband, polished with all the love in the world, for him to be buried in.

She cried herself to sleep, and her husband stroked her hair without saying anything. 

*** 

When Victoria died, Elena was too stunned to cry. 

It was not sudden or unexpected: she had been sick, they had known it was coming. But the sense of unreality was still there, making her feel like she was moving underwater. She’d been prepared to bury her grandmother, her uncles, her aunt, her father; each loss, painful as it was, was bound to happen sooner or later. But a sister, barely a few years older than herself - no. 

She hadn’t been prepared for it; she hadn’t been prepared for the gut-wrenching cry of grief that would leave her mother before she fell silent, too, gaze empty and fixed ahead. If Elena hadn’t been prepared to bury her sister, their mother hadn’t been prepared to bury her daughter. No parent ever really is.

Elena let Franco step in with organizing the funeral and stayed with her mother. She helped her dress Victoria in her best Sunday attire, put on her best shoes, and they sat together in silence. With an arm around her mother’s shoulders, her son clinging to her leg and a new life already growing in her, Elena grieved for her sister and prayed she would never know the sort of grief her mother was going through now. 

*** 

When her mother died, she still had a smile on her lips.

It was the smile of someone who’s ready to go; someone whose past was no longer shrouded in fog, who could look back to her life and at the faces of her family, and move on with the knowledge she had no regrets.

There was music at her funeral, the first such occurrence in a century for their family. Elena had yet to grow fully used to it, but it no longer felt like an insult: it was simply their parting gift. She was sure her grandmother would understand.  

So she closed her eyes, listened, and the vise-like grip around her heart began to loosen.

*** 

I miss her too.

Miguel doesn’t speak but ah, the arm around her and the way he leans in tells  Elena exactly that. And Elena doesn’t feel like crying now, not really, however fresh the loss is: her mamá is smiling at her from the photo and oh, she’s gone so many years without seeing her smile. She cried the first time her mother failed to recognize her - thought she’d lost her - until the little man by her side brought her back, somehow. They got more time together, and she feels it was enough. 

“We’ll go help mamá,” Miguel says, and walks out, jostling little Coquito in his arms and causing her to giggle. Elena smiles, and turns back to the ofrenda. Her gaze pauses for a moment on the man she’s never known, and hated regardless most of her life, but she finds she has nothing to say to him. He was the first loss, before she was even born, but she only knows him through songs and her mother’s few memories, and it doesn’t seem enough. 

Maybe one day, after she is dead as well, she’ll know more of him. For now, she only turns to the people she has known, and loved, and buried. 

“You’d be proud of him,” she says. “You’d be proud of them all. They’re a lot like you, you know?” she adds, and she realizes how true it was only as it leaves her lips. 

She sees Imelda in Miguel’s stubborn streak, and Rosita in Gloria’s smile, and Victoria in Rosa’s composure and remarks. She sees her uncles whenever Benny and Manny build a monstrosity out of leather scraps, and she sees her father in the infinite patience Abel has with them, in his meekness. She can even hear her mother’s girl-like laughter, the one she had in times long gone, whenever little Socorro laughs. She always believed firmly that the dead do visit, once a year, their loved ones. She still does - but she knows now that they have never truly left. 

With preparations for Día de los Muertos ongoing, Elena still finds a few minutes to go upstairs and have a quiet cry. 

*** 

When Franco dies, he goes quietly as he’s lived; so quietly, in fact, that Elena doesn’t realize he’s gone until she shakes him to wake him up.

“Just a siesta,” he said, “before I finish up those soles.”

No soles are finished up that day. Or the next. Or the one after that.

She organizes no funerals this time. She can’t. Her last clear memory is shaking her husband to awaken him; all that follows feels like a dream, images and sounds drowned in static. 

Soon enough she reasons, she will open her eyes to find herself shaking Franco’s arm, and he will open his own. Lo siento, he’ll say sheepishly, I overslept.

She’ll roll her eyes, but tell him to take it easy that afternoon - that she’ll ask Enrique to finish the job for him. There is no such thing as retirement in their household, not as long as one’s able to work, but age has crept up on them and it’s best to be careful on hot days like this one. It can take so little for one’s heart to give out, and-- and--

Coquito’s fiesta de quince años. She turns fifteen next month. He’s going to miss it.

The thought tears through the fog in the mind, through denial and through her heart. It drags her back to a reality where she’s sitting in their living room  with her family around her - all of them except for her husband, who lays in a casket in the next room. It’s almost enough to break her. 

But there are arms around her, several pairs, holding tight enough to keep the pieces together. They will never fit together quite the same way again - they never do, each time there is something that’s just missing - but for now, it is enough.

***

When Elena dies, she… freaks out.

All things considered, she’ll reason later, no one could blame her. Firmly believing in an afterlife is one thing. Going to bed in the evening to wake up someplace she has never seen to be greeted by skeletons is another entirely.

“Stay back!”

“Señora Rivera, por favor, let us explain--”

One of the skeletons dares peer at her from behind the desk, only to get its skull knocked clean off by a flying stapler. He yelps, and the other speaks quickly in a small radio. “Ignacio, I think we need reinforcement here!”

“Feisty new arrivals, huh? How many?”

“One.”

“... You can’t handle one--”

“Send reinforcements and shut your face!”

Oh no, Elena thinks, if they think calling up a few more bags of bones can take her down, they are very much mistaken. She bares her teeth in a snarl, reaching to grab the closest object to hurl it at the skeleton staring at her from… from…

Elena stills. The world stills. The paperweight falls from her hand, a skeletal hand, as she keeps staring at the object they’re holding up in front of her like a shield. Except that it’s no shield. It’s a mirror.

“Oh.”

“Please, listen to us. We mean you no harm. You’re in the Land of the Dead.”

Ah. So she… died. She blinks, and slowly lowers her arm. The skeleton in the mirror does the same.

“So, er. We have informed--”

“I’m dead.”

“Sí.”

“I-- you-- why didn’t you just say so?”

“What-- we tried, if you just would listen--”

“I have to go back.”

“Excuse me?”

Later she will see it was an entirely impossible demand, more than slightly unreasonable. Right there and then, she doesn’t even think of it. I must go home, is all she can think. 

“Just a week or-- you don’t understand, my youngest granddaughter is going to university. We were all going to celebrate together, Miguel was going to be back from his tour, so you’ll send me back or else--”

“The dead cannot go back, señora - except for Día de los Muertos, that is. I’m sorry. But, we have contacted your family on this side. They will be here soon, and we’ll sure that will make the situation much easier to handle.”

Elena’s words - I need to go back to my family - die in her non-existent throat, realization finally dawning in. She is dead, but so are they. They are here. Her family is here, too. 

“Where--” she begins, but never gets to ask. 

“Elena?”

Heart leaping in her throat - and never mind she no longer has either - Elena spins to see… more skeletons. 

The group comes to a halt a few steps past the doorway, eyes - why do they have eyes? - shifting to look across the devastated room, at the skeletons still hiding behind the desk. Elena stares, but has no time to try imagining familiar features over those bones: almost right away one of them steps forward, closer to her.  And that mustache, the eyebrows-- she’d recognize those anywhere. 

“Ah,” he says, giving a gap-toothed smile. “Here’s mi esposa.”

“... Franco?”

“Yes,” the smile wides, and he takes a step forward. “Ay, I’ve missed--”

“A siesta, you said!”

He recoils. “Well--”

“And then you went and died on me!”

“Lo sient--”

“Not even a goodbye!”

“I just fell asleep and--”

“You were there and then you weren’t and--” Elena’s voice cracks, which is bad because her voice never cracks; but then Franco is holding her and that is good, even though it’s bone on bone and unlike anything she’s felt before. Something is still familiar at a deeper level, and she clutches him back. 

“Estúpido.”

“Lo siento.”

“I missed you.”

“Missed you t--”

“Awww, look at that!”

“Like when they were kids!”

Elena blinks, and pulls back just enough to look over Franco’s shoulder to a pair of tall, identical skeletons with very, very familiar voices. And very, very familiar grins. 

“All that’s missing is a shoe on her head!”

“Or any shoes, really.”

“Died in your sleep, huh?”

“It would also explain the nightgo--”

“Do you mind? I think they’re trying to have a moment here.”

Victoria. 

It is her, it has to be her. Elena stares, stunned, and this time she can actually see her features over the skeleton; her voice hasn’t changed, nor her posture, nor that tilt of her head before she speaks. Her hair is all black - it brings home, truly, just how young she was when she died. 

“Hola, hermanita,” she says, and Elena finds herself muttering the first thing that comes to her mind.

“... I look like I could be your mother now.”

“Ah, I believe I still hold that role.” Someone steps forward, and there’s no mistaking who she is, nor the man by her side. She holds out skeletal hands, and calls out. “It’s so good to see you, mija.”

The next several minutes are a blur. There will be time to think of the living family she left behind, to miss them, but right now all she can think of are the people she just got back. There are hugs and laughter and pats on the back, plus some full-on sobbing from the imposing skeleton Elena recognizes, after a few moments, as her Tía Rosita. 

It’s a whirlwind of questions and emotions and oh do they have so much to catch up with - and it takes a while for Elena to realize that something is missing. Someone, more accurately. 

“Where’s Abuela?”

The question causes everyone to fall silent. They look at each other. The collectively roll their eyes and turn to the door. Now that it’s quiet, Elena can finally hear her voice just around the corner… and a voice she doesn’t recognize at all.

“Por Dios, Héctor, come on and meet your granddaughter!”

“Waaaait wait wait wait wait. Wait. Wait.”

“What?”

“What if she doesn’t like me?”

“She will, everything was cleared up.”

“Wait! You forgot one thing!”

“What!”

“... What if she still hates my guts? Because if she comes at me with a shoe--”

“You don’t have any guts, and I’ll protect you.” Mamá Imelda’s voice sounds more amused than annoyed, now. “Come on, walk-- no, let go of that door… ay, it’s like trying to bathe Pepita!”

“I-- can’t.”

“Héctor.”

“Call it stage fright. How about I go home and wait-- no, no, wait--”

There is a smacking sound, and suddenly a skeleton tumbles through the door and into the room, landing at Elena’s feet with a yelp. She blinks. He looks up and grins sheepishly, showing off a golden front tooth. 

“Huh. Hi?”

“... The músico,” Elena hears herself saying. His smile wavers. 

“Yeeeeah, well, I am aware there’s been some bad PR from my part, but-- you see, here’s a funny story-- when Miguel was here--”

“What Miguel was-- what?”

“One thing at a time, Héctor,” the familiar voice of her abuela rings out, causing Elena to look up. There she is, composed and dignified as she remembers, minus of course the skin. And flesh. And nose and other bits. But the smile, that rare fond smile reserved to her family - that has stayed the same. 

“... Hola, Elena,” her grandmother says. “It’s good to have you back.”

[karengriego]

Best Chainsaw Sharpener: Electric and Manual-Huge 2020 Buyer’s Guide and Top Products

If you regularly pay a professional to sharpen your chainsaw, then you’re losing money. Using the best chainsaw sharpener can save you a small fortune over time, once you learn how to sharpen the blades properly. With the right tool, you should have no problem regularly sharpening your saw and get the type of pro results you’re looking for.

There are several different makes and models of sharpeners on the market, not to mention manual and electric-powered options. To make your search a little easier, I’ve reviewed several best-selling models on the market, narrowing it down to the top six choices, each of which has what it takes to deliver pro-quality results. Below, you’ll find a comparison chart that lists important information regarding quality, features, and more.

Chainsaw Sharpener Comparison Chart

Product Extras Beginner-Friendly Type Rating Oregon Chain Grinder

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Built-in Light No Electric Granberg Chain Saw Sharpener

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No Yes Bar-Mount Buffalo Chainsaw Sharpener

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No No Electric K KERNOWO Chainsaw Sharpener

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Two Whetstones Yes Manual MaiDa Chainsaw Sharpener Kit

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Kit Yes Electric Mophorn Chainsaw Sharpener

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Work Light No Electric

Oregon 520-120 Bench Saw Chain Grinder

Our Rating: (5/5)

This electric sharpener is compatible with chains that are:

1/4″

3/8” low profile chains

3/8” full profile

404 pitch

This model comes with a quick check grinding template, a dressing brick, and three grinding wheels that you can use to sharpen a variety of chain types. This is not the easiest model to use, so it’s not recommended for beginners. The included top plate is perfect for any down angle settings, while the self-centering chain, and vise, complete with a vise handle that’s very adjustable, will allow you to quickly and efficiently tweak the settings.

Pros

Built-in light

Self-centering chain vise

Pro-quality

Versatile

Cons

Not recommended for beginners

Conclusion

This powerful electric model is designed with the pros in mind, although the experienced chainsaw user will also benefit from using this reliable and efficient sharpener. Versatile, highly adjustable, and built tough, this model is designed for the pros, which means it can easily handle heavy-duty daily use.

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Granberg Bar-Mount Chain Saw Sharpener

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This is an easy to use bar-mount sharpener that can save you plenty of time in your workshop. It’s compatible with any type of chain and any file size, all you need to do is purchase the right type of saw based on teeth height and size. The sharpener is made out of zinc-plated steel and cast aluminum, for ultimate durability.

Pros

Beginner-friendly

Affordable

Quick and easy to use

Durable

Versatile

Calibrated swivel guide markings

Cons

Files sold separately

Conclusion

This model is easy to use. The included guide file will allow you to easily and quickly file a chain with precision. The sharpener itself is compatible with all file sizes that are used on standard chains. This is a great buy for the beginner and pro alike, thanks to the low price, easy to use setup, and durable design.

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Buffalo Tools ECSS Electric Chainsaw Sharpener

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This is an affordable electric model that’s designed to mount to a vise, wall, or bench. It’s also compatible with most types of standard chains and uses a 4 ¼ inch x 1/8 inch grinding wheel. The motor is surprisingly powerful featuring four thousand, two hundred RPMs for grinding speed, and a total of eighty-five watts. It will work for any standard one hundred and twenty-volt outlet.

Pros

Eighty-five watts of power

Works for any standard household outlet

Compatible with most chains

Easy to set up

Cons

Not beginner-friendly

Grinding wheel wears out quickly

Conclusion

This model is not beginner-friendly, but it does offer a simple setup that most experienced saw sharpener users will be familiar with. It’s compatible with most types of chainsaw chains and features a powerful motor that’s able to withstand daily use.

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K KERNOWO Chainsaw Sharpener

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

This highly portable, lightweight manual sharper is easy to use and can allow you to sharpen a chain in under five minutes. It also comes with a couple of free whetstones and is compatible with any type of chain. The portable design will allow you to bring it along to any worksite or simply keep it with you in your pocket for fast access.

Pros

Low price

Beginner-friendly

Compatible with most chain types

Two free whetstones

Cons

Can make the chain wear out faster is used incorrectly

Conclusion

This easy to use highly portable sharpener will come in handy when you’re away from your workshop and features a simple design that makes it more beginner-friendly, allowing for faster setup and sharpening time. This is a great buy for users of all skill levels and it’s available at a price that won’t break the bank.

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MaiDa Electric Chainsaw Sharpener

Our Rating: (4.5/5)

Highly portable and compact, you can take this model with you anywhere. You can use this model to sharpen a chain, without taking the chain off the saw. This alone with save you a lot of time in your workshop. The powerful motor operates at three thousand RPMS which is pretty impressive. This device is made out of high-quality materials including a pure copper core. This model is highly adjustable and will allow you to easily change up the angles you use to re-sharpen the chain. This type of adjustability ensures precise sharpening and a faster process. The kit includes three different grinding bit sizes, three diamond bits, and three grinding stones.

Pros

Includes several extras

Highly adjustable

Portable

Motor operates at three thousand RPMs

Cons

Cannot withstand heavy-duty use

Conclusion

One of the most beginner-friendly electric sharpeners you’ll come across on the market and in this price bracket, this is a must-have tool for both beginners and pros alike. When used correctly, this model will offer a faster, more efficient, and precise sharpening session, so you can get more life out of any chainsaw chain.

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Mophorn Chainsaw Sharpener

Our Rating: (4/5)

This is another leading electric sharpener and one that’s made with reinforced hinges and sturdy cast aluminum, both of which will improve the sharpener’s performance and durability. Safety guards and a work light are also included and can help provide improved protection and sharpening accuracy. The tilting vise design will work with chisel style and semi-chisel style cutters. This tool operates at three thousand RPMs and is compatible with all chain sizes and types. It can also be mounted on a wall or workbench for improved stability during use.

Pros

Powerful motor

Includes work light

Comes with free disks

Durable

Cons

Vague user’s manual

Difficult set up and installation

Conclusion

The tool’s large handle allows for easy operation, so you can quickly adjust the sharpening angle. It comes with a powerful one hundred and ten-volt motor, disk guards, a couple of grinding disks, and a work light. Setting up this model can be challenging for beginners, as can adjusting the angle of the sharpener. The included user’s manual is vague at best and does a poor job of walking users through set up and installation. If you have experience sharpening chains with an electric model, then using this model will seem pretty straightforward, but beginners will feel lost attempting to adjust the sharpener correctly.

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Chainsaw Sharpener Buyer’s Guide

If you’re paying big to have someone else sharpen your blades, then now is the time to take action and find a model that will work for your skill level and saw type. Sharpening a saw can be difficult for the beginner, but learning how will come in handy, whether you need to sharpen your personal tools or work tools. Keeping your saw’s blades sharp at all times is essential in order to get the most out of your saw and it’s cutting performance. Remember, a dull saw blade can have a huge negative impact on the quality of a cut.

Benefits of Chainsaw Sharpeners

If you’re someone who constantly worries about cutting with a sharp saw and keeping their tools in great cutting condition, then buying a chainsaw sharpener should be your next move. These tools will come in handy and you’ll find yourself using them often since a saw doesn’t stay sharp for long, especially if you use it daily or several times a week. If you use a chainsaw at work and have to pay out of pocket to have the chain resharpened, then learning how to sharpen a chain can save you plenty of cash each year

Learning how to sharpen chainsaw saws can also make you more of an asset in the workplace.

You’ll never cut with a dull chain ever again

Chains that are sharp offer a cleaner, more precise cut

Other Features to Look for

However, before you run out and buy one or order the first model online that goes on sale, there are some factors that you’ll want to consider.

Before you buy one, it’s important to look at the different options available ranging from affordable handheld models to powerful electric sharpeners. Using a top of the line model will make the sharpening process easier, faster, and more efficient.

Different Types of Chainsaw Sharpeners

When you’re shopping online, the first thing you’ll notice when you’re comparing models is that each type will require plenty of care during use in order to sharpen a saw correctly. Your first choice will be between manual and electric models.

Manual

Manual sharpeners are more beginner-friendly since they’re much easier to control. However, using this type will make for a lengthy sharpening process. Since these sharpeners work so slowly, it can help to reduce the chances of sharpening the blade incorrectly, which is another reason why they’re a much better option for the beginner.

When most people think of a manual sharpener, the first thing that usually comes to mind is a file. This is the most basic manual style sharpener and it’s basically just a file that’s available in a variety of sizes and diameters that are designed for different chain sizes. These files are easy to use, especially compared to an electric sharpener, since all you have to do is run it over the top of the chain. Yet it does require plenty of practice, precision, and muscle power, to use it correctly. You’ll also need to take some extra precautions to avoid damaging the cutting angle, which means that the sharpening process is often very time-consuming and slow going.

Bar mounted is the other type of manual sharpening option. While these are not electric, they do tend to offer a more intensive process compared to files. To use this type, you’ll need a stable, flat platform, such as a table or workbench. The most common feature you’ll find is the knobs that you’ll need to use to adjust the angle, based on the chain’s tooth depth. This manual option works via a hand crank that moves over the chain once it has been placed in the sharpener. While a bar-mounted model offers a more precise sharpening process, without the fear of losing control, you’ll need to remove the chain in order to sharpen it, so it’s still more time-consuming, compared to using an electric model.

Electric

This type is much faster and able to save you plenty of time in your workshop, allowing you to quickly sharpen multiple saws per session. However, they can also require modifications to your saw. Because they can sharpen a blade in a matter of seconds, it can also be very easy to make a serious mistake, which can result in replacing the chain. These sharpeners are not recommended for the beginner, however, the professional, experienced woodworker, or DIYer will love how fast and efficient they are.

When you use an electric model, the chain will be clamped between a guide bar, which will keep the chain securely in place, making it easier to use the right angle. Once you’ve begun using the sharpener, the wheel starts to move at a consistent speed, sharpening the chain with consistent length and angles. However, this option is often much more expensive than manual sharpeners and the setup can be confusing for beginners.

The type of sharpener you choose will be a matter of personal preference, your budget, and your skill level.

Height and Angle

If you’ve never sharpened your chainsaw before, then you should know the height and angle measurements of your blade. Each tooth on a saw’s blade will have a height that must be filed to a certain size in order to sharpen the teeth correctly. Different heights will require using different types of files.

Teeth should also be sharpened at a certain angle for ultimate sharpness. You can find out the angle of the saw’s blade directly on the blade or saw’s packaging. Aside from using the right size of file, you will also need to ensure that you sharpen at the correct tooth angle. Every sharpener will come with angle markings that are designed to help with file alignment, however, not every model will be able to handle a wide variety of tooth angles and heights.

Electric models that are disk-based can be tricky to use when it comes to choosing the right angle. These sharpeners are able to handle every tooth height, but since they move so quickly, it’s very easy to accidentally remove too much material from the teeth, which can significantly minimize the life of the chain if you happen to choose the wrong angle.

Portable

If you need a sharpener that you can take with you to work, then you’ll be better off choosing a manual model since they don’t require electricity and tend to be lighter and smaller.

Yet, you can come across electric-powered models that are highly portable. Some models are able to run off a car’s cigarette lighter port, while others are battery-powered.

Power

If you’re purchasing an electric model, then you’ll need to pay attention to wattage. Obviously, the more powerful the sharpener, the better. Different models of electric sharpeners will come with different motor sizes, which can range from as low as fifty watts all the way up to three or four hundred watts. Keep in mind that with most models, a higher-powered motor will equal a higher price. You should also pay close attention to the RPM that that motor generates since the higher it is, the faster the sharpener will work.

Durability

A good sharpener should be able to withstand heavy-duty use and last year after year. You don’t want to invest in an expensive electric model only to have it quit on you in a matter of months. If you’re searching for a model that you can use daily at work, then avoid sharpeners that feature a cheap plastic body.

Size Compatibility

Not every sharpener will be as versatile as you need it to be. Some are able to sharpen different sizes of chains, while others will be limited. Before you buy a new model, make sure you know what size of teeth the sharpener is able to handle and know the height and angle of the teeth on the chain that your saw uses. This will ensure that you purchase a model that’s compatible with your chainsaw or saws. Most electric models can easily be adjusted to accommodate different sizes of chains, which is why they’re often the best choice for the professional.

Usage

How often do you plan to use the sharpener? Frequency of use can have a big impact on the type of sharpener you purchase. If you need one you can use several times a week, then I recommend going with an electric model. While the price is higher, you’ll save plenty of time in your workshop since using a manual model is so time-consuming. If you only use your saw once a month or less, then you don’t need to spend a lot on a sharpener. A bar-mounted model or a file should be sufficient.

Sharpening a Saw

For amateurs, once their saws become dull, they’ll immediately run out and purchase a new chain, instead of taking the time to sharpen the old chain. While sharpening a chain can feel like a daunting task, once you get the hang of it, you’ll realize that you’ve been throwing your money away on replacement chains all these years.

Aside from deciding on whether to go with a manual or electric model, you’ll need to determine the shape of the file needed. You will also need to buy the right file guide to go with the sharpener.

Most manufacturers will provide information regarding the right stone size, file, or guide to use to sharpen the chain. This information can be found on the package or saw’s user manual, depending on the manufacturer. If you can’t locate this information in the guide, try searching online  or contact the manufacturer directly.

If you’re using an electric model, you can set it to a variety of different sizes, so you won’t have to worry about purchasing the wrong one.

Getting Started

When you’re finally ready to sit down and get started, make sure you’ve identified where to begin sharpening and where to finish since you don’t want to end up sharpening the same spots over and over again. An over-sharpened chain must be tossed out. In order to avoid this, start off by sharpening the special link. This will be the link that’s different from the other links in the chain. In some cases, this link will be a different color from the rest, or it won’t have teeth. Continue to advance forward sharpening the chain until you find yourself back at the special link. If your chain doesn’t have a unique link then you can make your own starting point and identify it using a marker.

File

When you sharpen a chain using a file, you’ll want to use a firm motion. Begin by aligning the file to the same angle as the teeth and ensure that you use an even amount of pressure as you run the file back and forth. You’ll want to keep your hand firm and be sure you use uniform pressure for pro results. After you’ve finished the entire chain, now it’s time to rinse the chain in order to remove any remaining metal fillings. Once this is done, give the chain a once over to determine whether or not it’s sharp enough. If not, you’ll need to repeat the process.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Does My Chainsaw Dull So Quickly

A chain can become dull too quickly if you’re using an angle that’s too steep. Additionally, the rakers may be too far down, which can also cause a chain to become dull faster. If you’re dealing with dirty lumber or regular wood, this can also contribute to the need to re-sharpen your chain more often. Last of all, if you’re touching the ground with the tip of the bar, even slightly, this can lead to a dull chain.

What is the Best Angle to Sharpen a Chain?

Most pros recommend sharpening a standard chain at twenty-five to thirty-five degrees. If you’re ripping with the grain, then use a ten-degree angle.

How Many Times Can You Sharpen a Chainsaw Chain?

This is a common question that many newbies have, and it’s an important one. However, the answer to this question will depend on the type of chain and its overall quality. In most cases, you’ll find that you can only re-sharpen a chain three to five times before it must be replaced.

Final Thoughts

When you own a saw, you can expect some maintenance will be involved. Using the best chainsaw sharpener once you notice a dip in your saw’s performance will be important. While there are many ways you can sharpen a chain, the method you choose will also involve using a tough, reliable sharpener. Make sure you choose one that works with your budget, how much time you have for routine maintenance, and your skill level. This guide and the product recommendations are designed to help you choose the perfect model for you, a sharpener that’s built tough, compatible with your saws, and one that you can rely on often for an efficient and fast re-sharpening process.

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Sure, it's handy to grab a ready-made fly ligature kit once you're a whole beginner. And it will be useful to undertake out fly ligature with these switch fly line if you're undecided whether or not you'll even like ligature your own flies. however the distinction between an inexpensive holding device and a sturdy, specialised one is huge.

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When you're increase your own fly ligature kit, you'll have to be compelled to buy:

A fly vise Fly ligature winder Fly ligature scissors A whip finisher Any materials you'll have to tie your flies The best place to begin is by pondering the flies you plan on ligature, and build up your provides to form your terribly own personalised fly creating kit. There ar low cost fly ligature materials out there if you're searching on a budget.

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Free Convert M4A to MP3 AMR OGG AAC Converter is the easiest and professional m4a to aac converter mac freeware audio converter. So this means m4a files have a much larger range of bit charges than MP3's, which may only deal with a maximum of 320kbps. This additionally means some m4a files could also be worse than some mp3's, and vise versa. An mp3 will be compressed at a variety of totally different bit rates, but can never exceed 320kbps. All mp3s are lossy, while only some m4a information are lossy, and a few m4a files are lossless. It depends what kind of file is contained within the m4a format. Free M4a to MP3 Converter does precisely what it says; quick and straightforward. I wanted to transform an album and it took the identical time it took me to jot down these first two sentences to transform 12 songs. Be careful for multiple third social gathering programs on set up. Nag display for one of their different programs while you exit one time.

To convert M4A to AAC, it is advisable to use Leawo Video Converter , a prime-notch video and audio converter program that could make it easier to convert video and audio information between a whole lot of popular codecs. With it, you may convert MP4 to MOV , MP4 to MP3 , AVI to MP4, AAC to MP3, and so forth., and M4A to AAC as well. You possibly can batch convert M4A audio information to AAC format. This video converter is offered in both Windows and Mac versions. With out going too much into element about AAC vs. MP3, m4apack to aac converter I can inform you that AAC has examined higher in fidelity than MP3 at comparable bitrates (e.g., a 128kbps AAC file will sound better than a 128kbps MP3). The truth is, assessments confirmed 128kbps AAC recordsdata meet the usual for stereo "transparency," or the minimal level of fidelity which is functionally indiscernable from the unique supply ( ), which is why I encode all my music in at least 128kbps AAC. There are two necessary variations of MP3 tags: ID3v1 and ID3v2. mp3Tag Pro can easily handle every variations, copy data from one to the opposite, batch-course of MP3 tags, download MP3 tags from the web, create MP3 playlists. Changing from WAV to MP3 is a safe course of. WAV is a waveform Audio File Format and it's a Microsoft and IBM audio file format normal for storing an audio bit stream. MP3 is a standard expertise and format for compressing sound sequence into a very small file. If you need almost the same functionality totally free, attempt a mixture of EAC (Exact Audio Copy) from and Home windows Media Player 10. Use EAC to rips tracks to your laborious drive in uncompressed WAV format which you'll be able to then burn directly to CD (to make compilation CDs, for instance). WMP 10 helps ripping to MP3 - just you'll want to change the default ripping format from WMA to the best high quality MP3 bitrate supported. There's a beta version of WMP eleven obtainable that in all probability works in addition to, if not higher than version 10. The crucial thing about that is I was starting to buy stuff from the ITunes store, and then use it as reference material. It was handy to shortly seize something to show the shopper "I get it." ITunes is now >240 kbps AAC. Why are all these transients so mushy, that bass so loose and wooly? An orchestra of farts. Nuh-uh, how crazy, referencing from an AAC (or irvinjenks1822589.pen.io an MP3 for that matter).M4A was generally supposed as the successor to MP3, which had not been originally designed for audio only but was layer III in an MPEG 1 or 2 video files. M4A stands for MPEG four Audio. The M4A file sort is primarily associated with 'MPEG-4 Audio Layer'. Recordsdata inM4A format are literally the audio layer of (non-video) MPEG 4 films. The M4A format is also referred to as Apple Lossless, Apple Lossless Encoder, or ALE. It's a new codec designed to offer lossless encoding in less cupboard space.The AAC file extension shares some of the similar letters because the extension present in different file codecs like AAE (Sidecar Image Format), AAF , AA (Generic CD Image), AAX (Audible Enhanced Audiobook), ACC (Graphics Accounts Data), and DAA , however that does not mean they essentially have anything to do with each other or that they'll open with the identical packages.I typically see users attempting to do that, but re-using the identical bitrate just isn't optimal. How have you learnt that whoever encoded the originals knew what they had been doing? How are you aware that the encoder itself was crappy or not? Totally different encoders vary in efficiency. The difference in each format itself is essential to contemplate. Additionally, on the subject of a re-encoding a lossy enter it's best to notice that the file is different the the original: data has been mangled and it includes artifacts not current in the authentic, so even if using the same encoder and the same bitrate it must re-encode these artifacts as a result of they are part of the file, resulting in a worse output.

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How To Convert Audio Files To MP3

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Open this system and click Add File" button to upload WAV file from your pc. You can even drag and drop file. To make sure security, your information are removed automatically inside three hours of add and conversion. So this implies m4a to mp3 Converter app for Android free Download files have a much bigger range of bit rates than MP3's, which may solely deal with a maximum of 320kbps. This additionally means some m4a files may be worse than some mp3's, and vise versa. An mp3 will be compressed at quite a lot of completely different bit rates, however can by no means exceed 320kbps. All mp3s are lossy, while only some m4a recordsdata are lossy, and a few m4a files are lossless. It depends what sort of file is contained inside the m4a format. I have learn and comply with CBS Interactive's Terms of Use , Privateness Policy , and Video Providers Coverage I perceive that I'll receive the Windows Apps by Obtain e-newsletter and the Download Insider. I'm conscious I can opt out at any time. In my example, if you need, choose 'New vacation spot' possibility. In opened window select 'Desktop' option and then click on 'Open' button. So now your file will likely be imported to your Desktop. Though streaming services could come and go, and even the long-term prospects of Spotify aren't assured , a FLAC file is like a CD: as soon as you purchase it or rip it, it is yours perpetually (barring storage catastrophes). FLAC might by no means truly supplant MP3, but in case you care about sound quality, then FLAC is undoubtedly your best option - each now and into the foreseeable future.When a file is compressed into WAV, the info are not presupposed to be lost, and the standard is great. Nevertheless, the format did not have a huge market share, because of its larger size, as in contrast with MP3. It's required to have sufficient time and disc house to add and ship such information through the Internet. One of the major benefits of WAV is linked to using Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM) for storage of audio stream. Consequently, a copy is just nearly as good as an authentic, which is very appraised by experts in music and skilled users.

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Bale Needle Ideas

During the Kentucky workshop there were two bespoke, just for strawbale construction tools that we used. I’m pretty sure the hosts had them commissioned from a local metal fabricator, but last night I went down a rabbit-hole of “could I do this myself, without learning how to weld”. These are my thoughts on bale needles:

Older style bale needles tend to be a steel rod with one end flattened and a hole drilled through the center (as seen below, photo from The Sustainable Home)

This design definitely works, but Andrew’s preferred design is different. Instead of a drilled hole, there are steeply angled notches at the end of the needle that are used to hold the thread as you push it through the bale. (see below, image from A Modern Look at Straw Bale Construction)

And here’s another great needle based on that design, from Daniel Siepman‘s website. He’s done a really deep notch (great!) and rounded off the point of the needle to make it less dangerous (smart!). The needle seems a little long but other than that, this is exactly what I’m looking for.

The big advantage of these needles is that when you push through to the other side and retract the needle, friction pulls the twine from your needle without you having to manually unthread it! This is a huge time saver. In theory I think you could use a needle like this to punch your twine to the other side of the wall for almost all your quilting needs, then circle around to the other side of the wall and do all the tying, thus allowing wall quilting to be a single person operation. (remains to be tested)

There were a few different bale needles on site, since some participants had brought their own. I found that the steeper and deeper the notch, the better the needles worked. Shallow notches had a tendency to let the twine slip before you made it out the other side of the bale. Some needles had welded metal handles and some were threaded on the end so they could be inserted into a wooden handle - both worked fine but the second option is obviously the no-welding option.

Now, Andrew’s design has three notches, but I think 90% of the time you could do fine with a single notch. The two back-angled notches are there so you could, theoretically, tie two halves of a bale at once for resizing. In practice, Andrew said that people quite frequently end up getting the lines twisted over each other so the mini bales can’t be separated and it’s less frustrating to tie the first mini bale, pull them apart, then tie the second bale.

The forward-angled notch is for situations where you’ve pushed the needle through, and then need to thread the needle and pull it back through. This could come up during wall-quilting, if you wanted all your ties on one side of the wall but had to sometimes stab from the other side to work around obstructions like shear bracing.

Now, for how to make the needle:

I think you’d want to start with a steel rod at least a quarter inch in diameter. I’m not 100% sure a quarter inch is enough, maybe 3/8 would be better? The needles on site were definitely not thicker than 3/8.

Notch first, with a single back-angled notch. This could definitely be done with a grinder, but given the level of precision you’d want, I think I’d start with a hacksaw. Draw on the lines for the cuts, steady the rod in a vise or clamp, then saw both cuts so they end in a point, You could then use a metal file to widen the back of the notch and smooth the edges

Cut off the tip of the rod at an angle, then again use a file to smooth the tip so it’s less lethal

Because I’d want to use a wood handle, the end of the rod will need to be threaded at the end. This is totally doable at home, I am told, but it sounds like a pain. Another option would be to buy an already partially-threaded rod - I found that steel float rods for water tanks seem to come double threaded and in various lengths (the Kerick SR18 looks just right). You’d just have to cut off the other threaded end when you made the needle point. Definitely more expensive than tapping the threads yourself, but not unreasonable if you only needed one or two needles.

Then you’d need to drill a hole through your wood handle. The handle should not more than 9 inches in length, and a comfortable diameter to grip. It could either be round or square, depending on your preference. The hole for the rod should be centered so you can easily apply pressure symmetrically as you push the needle.

For fastening the handle to the rod, you could either drill all the way through & then fasten with a pair of washers and nuts, or you could drill partway through and use a threaded wood insert. There’s not going to be a lot of torsion applied to the needle, so either way would probably work, depending on the amount of thread you’re working with and the thickness of your handle.