Oh this looks nice! What did you use to cut the mortise & tenons?

Looks great! Did you use any finishing?

Not enough context, impossible to answer this question.

The LED should be expected to outlast the rest of the phone by a large margin. That said, given enough units out there, it’s statistically inevitable to get a couple with some issue that die earlier.

Bait and switch

Hilarious!

Came out great! How many dowels?

Pixel 7a is currently $500 new, so good mid tier device. https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_7a

But really what you should do is get a used mid or top tier phone that’s one or two generations behind. Depreciation on phones is so great that you get a lot of bang for your buck.

For example mint condition Pixel 7 is $300

https://swappa.com/listings/google-pixel-7?carrier=&color=&storage=&modeln=&condition=mint&sort=

Nah, buy a used guitar for $50 and try it out. Most people trying out new hobbies give up after a short time.

Lol, that’s me!

The silky pyramid bags are the worst. Paper bags should be ok, unfortunately a lot of bags that appear to be paper might not be, or might be mostly paper with some plastic threads holding it all together. Almost impossible to tell just by looking at it.

Meanwhile modern teabags leach microplastics into your tea when used.

But those envelopes are tasty…

Cereal box top redemption!

Yeah it’s a huge effort to do large scale biochar production. The dream is to take all those waste stems they’re burning and sequester the carbon in the soil. This will improve soil quality and improve air quality by stopping the burning, but it will cost big bucks.

Come on guys, we can do this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochar_carbon_removal

Your wish is granted, you get bug eyes

That’s cool

Good overview!

Amen