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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2015, 04:18 PM »

after reading everything on the internet about finishing and testing every kind of finish, im now oscilating between spraying lacquer and trying a wipe-on poly.  testing some wipe-on poly now..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2015, 12:12 PM »

the only thing left for me to decide is if i'm going to try to brush on a finish or buy a sprayer..

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Living Room / Rock Paper Shotgun: 25 Best Co-Op (video) Games Ever Made

« Last post by mouser on June 19, 2015, 10:45 AM »

I'm always interested in reading about co-op games, here's a nice recent list from one of my favorite gaming blogs, Rock Paper Shotgun.  For me, the game of choice is Sniper Elite 2.

Sometimes you need a hand to hold, so we’ve compiled a list of the 25 best co-op games to play on PC with a headset-wearing friend or a muted stranger.

Whether solving puzzles, sneaking, shooting zombies or stabbing mythical creatures in the face, the existence of another player adds an element of unpredictability. The reality of your co-op partner constantly alerting the guards is drowned out by the experience in your head – the synchronised stealth takedowns, the perfectly executed plan – but both success and failure are more compelling when you can take credit for the former and blame someone else for the latter.

http://www.rockpaper...6/18/best-coop-games

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Request: Modify Format/Case, order of rules, etc.

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2015, 05:32 PM »

.pl is perl

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Request: Modify Format/Case, order of rules, etc.

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2015, 02:35 PM »

it's an issue i have considered...

an interface to do such things would be pretty clear, it would involve creating a LIST of transformations, where the user can add, re-arrange, delete, transformation items.  such processes can be seen in some file renamers and probably some other text manipulators.

it's something i considered.. the problem is that while such an approach is much more flexible and comprehensive, and indeed extensible, there is a real price to be paid in terms of ease of use for quick things.  so in the end i chose this approach, and left more complicated manipulations to external scripts that can be triggered.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: [Request] Line-wrap in editor

« Last post by mouser on June 18, 2015, 07:36 AM »

you're right, i'll add it.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: WildGem 1.1

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 06:20 PM »

Mentioned on ghacks today: http://www.ghacks.ne...wildgem-for-windows/

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Screenshot Captor / Re: File naming template

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 04:00 PM »

And does it save the proper incremented value if you exit and restart manually?

You don't happen to have this setting checked do you? :

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Screenshot Captor / Re: File naming template

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 03:30 PM »

What might be happening is that on reboot, the program isn't getting a chance to save it's settings.  One quick thing to test would be to manually exit screenshot captor and restart it, and see if it resumes where it was when you exited.  If so then it's working correctly except for reboot.  let me know.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: File naming template

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 03:29 PM »

First let me confirm something -- are we talking about you modifying this number:

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Living Room / MOVED: File naming template

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 03:28 PM »

This topic has been moved to Screenshot Captor.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=41118.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 01:07 PM »

"dye" stains cannot be found in normal hardware stores -- which have tons of gel and standard stains -- you have to mail order them or find them in a special woodworking store, which i stumbled accross locally.  I heard experts recommend them for blotchy wood like maple and birtch but i was unconvinced until i actually tried one myself, and i'll be damned if the dye didn't completely eliminate the blotching problem and look remarkably better.

There are videos on youtube, for example: https://www.youtube..../watch?v=o3Ysfw0LmMw

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 17, 2015, 12:16 PM »

On another matter.. anyone here ever tried wood "dyes" as opposed to normal stains? holy cow i am a convert!
I've been testing tons of gel and standard stains trying to get the right look on this birch+maple, and the blotching was noticable.  Tried a wood dye and wow! the clarity and evenness is remarkable.  

[EDIT] I've since tried a number of different dye stain colors and they don't ALL look as great as the first one i tried in terms of anti-blotching -- though they all do look great and i love the easy ability to mix your own custom colors.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Beginner here: How to schedule autocapture screen over a period of time

« Last post by mouser on June 16, 2015, 05:25 PM »

Can you elaborate and tell us a little more about what you'd like to do?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 09:13 PM »

I'm inclined to agree.
I may try tweaking the gaps first (since the drawer rails have an adjustment for this) to see how much i can fix invisibly, and then cutting new face frame to cover up any remaining gap that i don't feel comfortable fixing with rail adjustments.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 08:36 PM »

that's an interesting idea regarding router.. i do have a small one and could conceivably clamp a piece of wood in place at the proper angle to act as a guide and use a straight bit.. though it wouldn't take much to mess it up..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 06:40 PM »

ps. for those wondering -- that top center shelf is for a center speaker -- ive already built a nice custom speaker grill cover for that area.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 06:37 PM »

Yes, sorry that's a good point, another option 4 would be to cut a new face that is rises slightly taller to the right -- that would be completely compatible with the whole idea of the false fronts helping disguise "errors", and given that i am thinking about replacing those two "mottled" front faces and might be cutting replacements anyway, that might be the best solution.  I suppose the only "drawback" to that solution is the possibility that one might notice the non-squareness of the front -- whereas solving the problem by tweaking the right hand gaps over the course of 3 drawers might be less noticeable, and solving the problem by sanding the top rail would make everything fundamentally level...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 06:06 PM »

Also, one unfortunate thing you can't see is that i seem to have miss aligned the top face frame rail above the drawers, and it tilts upward to the right about an 1/8th of an inch.
It's not noticable without the drawers but when the drawer fronts are in, it's noticable because the gap between top drawer left and right hand sides are different.  That's why in the photo above i'm actually using tape to raise the right hand side of the top drawer by about that much..
There are a few options for fixing it:

• 1. carefully adjust the vertical gaps for the drawers so that the fronts angle slightly up and to the right the tiniest amount so that by the time it gets to the top the gap is gone.
• 2. try to carefully sand the front face top rail so that the left hand side height matches right hand side (sand under left hand bottom and right hand top).  this would be my preferred solution IF i believed i could get it sanded evenly -- unfortunately most of my experience with such sanding attempts has resulted in wavy looking edges -- it's hard to sand evenly!  The result could be much worse with no easy undo.
• 3. try to remove that top rail piece of the face frame and reattach a new one -- could be a disaster because its glued in place.

Thoughts?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 05:25 PM »

photos of drawers:




What you are seeing in the first photo is the actual drawers, built from 1/2 cheapo plywood.

The second photo shows the false front approach, with the tight-fitting nicer veneered fronts (still plywood, though one could use real wood) just set in front of the drawer area -- not yet precisely positioned and attached.

Unfortunately i ran out of the nicer veneered plywood sheets so the bottom two drawer false fronts have a bit more pattern than i would like -- i havent decided yet whether to go buy some more plywood, or assemble it as is.

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Living Room / Re: 2014-2015: Best tablet specs for ebook reading

« Last post by mouser on June 15, 2015, 08:55 AM »

awesome! can't wait to hear more about it 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Wrong colors in Screenshot Captor (4.1)

« Last post by mouser on June 14, 2015, 09:58 AM »

whoa that is weird!
but yes, i guess this is a result of not supporting a rare 10bit color format.. it might be difficult to support that.

question: what happens if you grab the entire screen with PrtScr?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is there software for this?

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2015, 05:52 PM »

well there are a few programs designed to "spider" a page and download all linked pages, images, etc.

one well known one is "Teleport Pro", but there are others.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2015, 09:03 AM »

That's beautiful work -- i LOVE built-ins. Yeah i really should have bought one of those portable table saws, and i missed my perfect excuse ..

Well I suppose i'll find out soon enough about the drawers

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by mouser on June 13, 2015, 08:49 AM »

I figure "in for a penny, in for a pound" -- so i'm going to try to fit flush inset drawers, which are hard to get right (as compared to overlay/overlap drawers where you have lots of margin of error because the fronts hide the gaps.  However, I am going to use this "false front" technique which should meant that the actual drawers themselves have plenty of margin for error, and then i just have to precisely cut and mount the drawer fronts -- which is still a bit tough since i don't have a table saw.  Looking back i can see this would have been the right project to invest in one of those little portable worksite tablesaws -- would have made cutting the long 18" wide plywood pieces a lot easier (instead i build a little jig/track).