Right as I was installing another upgrade to my 3d printer it's heating element broke and now I have to go get a new one. 😭 This throws a wrench into my projects expected timeline.

tools

5mo

INTJ

Got my Allen wrench set 🌈

poetry

4mo

INFP

Pisces

The Mechanic

Love, happiness, relationships— those are meant for others, not me. I’ve stopped pretending otherwise. I just keep the engines running. I’m the mechanic, the quiet pair of hands that fixes what someone else destroyed. I patch their cracks, steady their shaking, and watch them leave... read more

history

2mo

INTP

Cancer

The Hero in the Dark: Sergei Preminin and the Bitter Irony of Soviet Sacrifice

The story of Soviet sailor Sergei Preminin is one of unparalleled individual heroism, bitter institutional coldness, and a tragic irony that encapsulates the twilight of the Soviet Union and, by extension, Communism itself. Sergei was born in 1965 in a tiny, freezing logging village called... read more

poem

10mo

INFP

Pisces

The Mechanic

I'm the mechanic, I fix them up, Then get left behind in the dust and rust. Their engines roar with borrowed breath, While mine stays silent, choked by trust. I mend their breaks, I patch their pain, Tighten bolts where hearts once strained. They drive away with gleaming eyes, While... read more

welding

1mo

INTP

Leo

Repairing broken studs on bumper trim bracket

Just a small project, but important. For my 37 year old car I take to shows. Removing cracked bumper trim, and 2 of the 4 studs broke from the bracket. On my own to fix this. Drilled out the base metal at the old stud. Removed nuts from broken studs with heat gun. Chased threads on studs and nuts.... read more

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