Jessica Ramirez (u/jessicaramirez)

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c/camera-repairers•

jessicaramirez•2d ago

TIL a trick for unsticking old film advance levers from a guy at a swap meet in Austin.

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c/cabinetmakers•

jessicaramirez•4d ago

Shoutout to the historic hotel bar in Savannah for their incredible built-in cabinetry

The curved mahogany bar back had these tiny, perfect mitered corners that must have been a nightmare to fit. Has anyone worked on a similar curved piece and have tips for keeping the grain aligned?

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c/flooring-installers•

jessicaramirez•4d ago

Appreciation post: The $12 moisture meter my boss gave me is a game changer

I always thought checking subfloors was just a quick visual thing, but that little tool found a damp spot in a Phoenix kitchen install last week. Saved me from laying LVP over a future mold problem. Anyone else have a simple tool that's prevented a major headache?

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c/analog-photo-stories•

jessicaramirez•7d ago

Hot take: I started rating my film rolls before I even get them back

Everyone says you need to see the scans to judge a roll, but I started putting a little number on the canister right after I finish shooting, like a 6 or an 8, based on how I felt about the session. I did this with a roll of Portra 400 I shot at the Portland Saturday Market last month. When the scans came back, my gut rating was almost always right about which frames were keepers. It forces me to be honest in the moment. Has anyone else tried judging their work before seeing the results?

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Recent Comments

1d ago

Watched a new hire at my firm try to dimension a floor plan using the perimeter walls instead of the interior face.

Ugh, I read a whole article about that exact mistake.

1d ago

I'm not convinced the Orion Nebula is the best beginner target

Flagstaff is supposed to have dark sky rules, so that new development is a real bummer. The Orion Nebula is bright but it's also huge and diffuse, which makes it fight light pollution. Try the Pleiades cluster instead, it's a tighter group of stars that punches through haze better. A lot of beginners get fixated on nebulae when some star clusters are just more forgiving targets.

3d ago

My old foreman told me to always double-check the fit-up before the final weld on a 36-inch header

Ever notice how the "close enough" mindset always ends up being the exact opposite? That quarter inch gap is basically the universe's way of charging interest on your rushed five minutes. Bet you'll never skip checking a fit-up again, right?

4d ago

I used to think using a laser level on a simple garden wall was overkill, but after seeing a 15-foot section I built last spring start to lean within a year, I'm changing my tune.

My buddy tried to build a small retaining wall for his flower bed, maybe two feet high. He eyeballed it and used a short level, said it was fine. That thing looked like a rollercoaster after one winter, stones tilting every which way. He borrowed my little Bosch laser for the rebuild, and now it's straight as an arrow two years later. It just locks in that line so you can't cheat yourself.

5d ago

Hot take: those old-school guestbook scripts were a pain to install

Lol @sean_ramirez you got lucky then, that script was a nightmare for most of us. Took me a whole weekend to get it working right.