Rant: Why does every AI art tool butcher hands still?

I keep being told to use e-signature platforms, but they burned me on a $4,200 contract dispute

Paid $150 for a fancy e-signature service last quarter, but when the other party claimed they never clicked final, the audit trail came back incomplete. The judge made us redo the whole agreement on paper, and I lost two weeks of leverage. Has anyone else had e-signatures fail in court?

Dropped $5k on a CRM platform last quarter and it almost broke our small team

The sales pitch made it sound like a magic bullet, but we spent more time training people than actually using it. Has anyone else found that cheaper, simpler tools actually work better in the long run?

Always swore by manual grinders until I borrowed a buddy's electric one

I've been telling everyone that hand grinding is the only way to get consistent pork for sausages. Last weekend at a shop in Austin I used a Hobart electric grinder for a batch of 50 pounds of shoulder and it was done in like 8 minutes. Honestly the texture was just as good if not better than my old crank setup. Has anyone else switched over after being stubborn about manual tools?

Called BS on ultrasonic cleaners until I used one on a crusty iPhone board

I always thought those little ultrasonic tanks were a waste of bench space, just fancy soap sloshers. Then I grabbed a $60 Vevor off Amazon after a customer's water-damaged iPhone 7 came in with corrosion everywhere. Twenty minutes in that thing with some Branson cleaner and the board came out looking like new. Anyone else had a tool they mocked turn out to be a lifesaver on a specific job?

My favorite anvil stand cracked right down the middle during a job last Wednesday

I was reshoeing a big draft horse and right as I set the foot down, I heard this loud pop. Looked down and there was a crack running from the top bolt all the way to the base plate. It was a 4x4 oak stand I built myself about 2 years ago, so I honestly thought it would hold up longer. I had to finish the shoe on the tailgate of my truck, which wasn't fun. Has anyone else had a wooden stand suddenly fail on them like that?

Spent a full day on a simple door ding because of hidden glue

Had a 2020 Honda Civic with a small dent near the door edge, figured it was a quick PDR job. Turns out a previous repair used some kind of adhesive behind the panel that fused the metal, so my regular tools just slid off. Ended up taking almost 8 hours to carefully heat and work it out without messing up the paint. Has anyone else run into this with newer cars and found a better way to deal with it?

Just saw a line of 20 identical F-150s at a job site in Spokane. All white. All work trucks. Changed my view on fleet buys.

Rant: My bank's new app update locked me out for two days

It happened right after the latest iOS update, and the only fix was a full uninstall and reinstall. Has anyone else's mobile banking gotten worse with recent updates?

A guy at the shop said my coolant mix was too weak and causing chatter on the aluminum parts.

I switched to a 10% concentration instead of my usual 5% and the finish is way better now, what ratio do you all run for 6061?