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Harpoon Removed
Jan. 23rd, 2011 04:30 pmSince we're on a roll discussing my revolting personal habits, I have another gem for ya'!
I've been working on making this dog fence out of recycled (actually, accidentally stolen) ipe, a Brazilian hardwood. It's substantially denser than aluminum (not true, actually, about 1/2 as dense as solid aluminum), and working it is like working plastic. At least, it's mostly like working plastic. Like plastic, it's very dense and hard, fucks up your tools, dulls your blades, splits easily if you're drill holes are even slightly too small, but strips easily if you're hole are even slightly too big.
Unlike plastic, it can't be melted to make working it easier. Also unlike plastic, the super-fine particles which gaily saturate the air while you're working it can cause caustic effects on the skin and lungs. And finally, unlike plastic, which requires some kind of physical interaction to create splinters, ipe will wait until you're asleep, slip into your bedroom, and stab you repeatedly while quietly whistling an out-of-tune version of the Psycho theme.
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I've been working on making this dog fence out of recycled (actually, accidentally stolen) ipe, a Brazilian hardwood. It's substantially denser than aluminum (not true, actually, about 1/2 as dense as solid aluminum), and working it is like working plastic. At least, it's mostly like working plastic. Like plastic, it's very dense and hard, fucks up your tools, dulls your blades, splits easily if you're drill holes are even slightly too small, but strips easily if you're hole are even slightly too big.
Unlike plastic, it can't be melted to make working it easier. Also unlike plastic, the super-fine particles which gaily saturate the air while you're working it can cause caustic effects on the skin and lungs. And finally, unlike plastic, which requires some kind of physical interaction to create splinters, ipe will wait until you're asleep, slip into your bedroom, and stab you repeatedly while quietly whistling an out-of-tune version of the Psycho theme.
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