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West Virginia is loving awful. They wrote one particular crane operator certification company into the law, which means they've granted a legal monopoly to them because only people who go through them can operate in West Virginia even if they're one of 4 options on the market and all of them are federally valid in all US states and territories. The company they wrote in is notorious in the industry for having members who are very susceptible to bribery and regularly engage in inter-company politics because of how large and decentralized it's gotten. A bill had an amendment to get rid of that and allow for all federally accepted companies, and it made it all the way to the highest level before getting killed. I'm pretty sure that guy is in their pocket.
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Mar 12, 2019 21:14
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West Virginia lawmakers just sided with Dow Chemical in return for sweet sweet campaign contributions.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw&t=109s Yeah, no thanks. The rope to pull with, the wood bouncing everywhere, the speed of the flywheel. Frankly the whole mechanism.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:18
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw&t=109s I'm the safety crocs
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Mar 12, 2019 22:21
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw&t=109s Of all the lol nope things I've seen in this thread, this wins. Hands down.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:44
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That dude has definitely taken a log to the nuts more than once.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:47
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:Of all the lol nope things I've seen in this thread, this wins. Hands down. This made me click the link and yeah it's pretty rare to see such a triumph of ingenuity over common sense
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Mar 12, 2019 22:50
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my favorite part is that dude is wearing fuckin crocs Also some of these feel like they could have used that ingenuity to buy a used log splitter and fix it up
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Mar 12, 2019 22:54
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw&t=109s The "safety guard" being just pushing it really fast and backing away before it hits you.
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Mar 12, 2019 22:55
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:"Atomic Accidents" by James Mahaffey cites a cave in the Ozarks that has natural uranium deposits, and if it wasn't in a book about radiological history, I would have ranked it with the Dyatlov Pass in terms of bullshit. http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=52148 jobson groeth posted:That dude has definitely taken a log to the nuts more than once. GWBBQ fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Mar 12, 2019 |
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Mar 12, 2019 23:00
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it (that automatic firewood contraption) isn't even that good or effective or efficient at the job lmao
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Mar 12, 2019 23:01
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GWBBQ posted:Someone took pictures Nice!
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Mar 12, 2019 23:07
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Out of all the homemade wood splitters out there, that one is the worst.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:11
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mds2 posted:Out of all the homemade wood splitters our there, that one is the worst. Like the list of things that could go wrong is just huge.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:15
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks_lbtgJSw&t=109s This has been sped up, .5/.75 speed seems to be more accurate. Not that this makes it a good idea, of course.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:15
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:Like the list of things that could go wrong is just huge. I think my personal favorite bit is the big loose rope he loops around a bit right next to the moving flywheel to move a bit of log a few feet up the ramp
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Mar 12, 2019 23:16
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If I were him I'd just make the flat surface a big chute instead and let my deathmachine eat
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:I think my personal favorite bit is the big loose rope he loops around a bit right next to the moving flywheel to move a bit of log a few feet up the ramp same as gently caress pal. the whole video im just like im about to see a horrible accident arent i
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Mar 12, 2019 23:19
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:Like the list of things that could go wrong is just huge. My favorite thing that probably won't be a problem but COULD be is metal fatigue. Just imagine, he somehow manages to use that thing safely for how many years, then all the sudden the repeated heavy impacts of the blade on a log make a weld let go and suddenly you've got an angry flywheel with an axe free to have fun.
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Mar 12, 2019 23:42
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Gunshow Poophole posted:it (that automatic firewood contraption) isn't even that good or effective or efficient at the job lmao needs more cutting heads imo, could rotate faster too
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Mar 12, 2019 23:59
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:I think my personal favorite bit is the big loose rope he loops around a bit right next to the moving flywheel to move a bit of log a few feet up the ramp The bit he's wrapping it around is actually the axle of the flywheel. The metal piece is polished and so the rope slips. By tightening the rope he gets less slippage and more assistance from the wheel. I'm sure the guy thinks this is ingenious and not at all a death trap that will either throw the log at him or pull him into the wheel when the rope catches sometime.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:02
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i've never seen a homemade log splitter as clever or safe as this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3VMhfIsfm0 it's completely manually controlled, it fails safe, it uses mass and inertia instead of high velocity, the oscillating behavior makes it extremely energy-efficient, and it's made out of scrap car parts. why would you make anything else?
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Mar 13, 2019 00:08
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Sagebrush posted:i've never seen a homemade log splitter as clever or safe as this one
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Mar 13, 2019 00:18
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Sagebrush posted:i've never seen a homemade log splitter as clever or safe as this one Just make sure you count them fingies after you use it
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Mar 13, 2019 00:19
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The torque amplifier is actually pretty neat. Not that I'd want to use one next to a spinning death wheel with unshielded spokes for the rope to get caught in, but add some proper guards and safety stops and it becomes an inexpensive way to get the machine to help lift heavy logs up that slope.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:27
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Nerses IV posted:Just make sure you count them fingies after you use it Fingats before = fingats afterwards, we’re good here!
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Things actually got a little OSHA at work today. We're taking apart the fuel oil supply system for a boiler and most of it's pretty manageable, but there's a double-basket strainer filter on each system that weighs about 500 pounds and we've got no real hoisting equipment besides ropes and leverage. Because we're stupid. The whole thing's resting on two little stands that cradle it, they're not welded or anything so it's just straight-up sitting on them like this:  First we tried lifting it out and setting it down. It is too loving heavy. Four people pulling on ropes slung over a pipe overhead don't even move it, it just rocks in the cradles. I gently caress around with it a little, try lifting it from underneath, try sticking a metal pole up underneath it and class 2 levering the motherfucker over, but it's just not happening. Getting annoyed, I grab hold of one of the cut sections of pipe sticking upward and spin the thing all the way around in its cradles, a full 360. I notice the ropes we tied on each side winding around the pipe. Mother of god. It's winching itself up. So we grab hold of the cut sections of pipe, keep spinning it until it lifts itself out of the cradles with the ropes tied around steel columns to hold the tension, kick a pallet underneath it, and let go from as far away as possible as that son of a bitch does a spinning piledriver down and absolutely dominates our poor pallet. A manual chain hoist would have done the job in five minutes, but those cost money and we've already got all this rope, soooo...
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Mar 13, 2019 01:32
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Nerses IV posted:So we grab hold of the cut sections of pipe, keep spinning it until it lifts itself out of the cradles with the ropes tied around steel columns to hold the tension, kick a pallet underneath it, and let go from as far away as possible as that son of a bitch does a spinning piledriver down and absolutely dominates our poor pallet. And you filmed it, right? Video of this event exists, and you just posted while you were waiting for the YouTube upload to render? Right?
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Mar 13, 2019 01:38
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Memento posted:And you filmed it, right? Video of this event exists, and you just posted while you were waiting for the YouTube upload to render? Please accept this dramatic recreation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Ydhi8Qtqc This whole part of the job has been a lot of fun. Plan A is "cut pipe until it starts to hinge, then stand back and poke it until it falls down." No recordables yet!
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Mar 13, 2019 01:54
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Domattee posted:The bit he's wrapping it around is actually the axle of the flywheel. The metal piece is polished and so the rope slips. By tightening the rope he gets less slippage and more assistance from the wheel. I'm sure the guy thinks this is ingenious and not at all a death trap that will either throw the log at him or pull him into the wheel when the rope catches sometime. It's a friction cathead, at least to me. This is how a winch line on old school drilling rigs worked before hydraulics became common. As long as the rope wasn't iced up and the hand running it wasn't drunk, it was fine if not horribly dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyf6--tE1iM But I much prefer the hydraulic tuggers.
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Mar 13, 2019 05:06
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Domattee posted:The bit he's wrapping it around is actually the axle of the flywheel. The metal piece is polished and so the rope slips. By tightening the rope he gets less slippage and more assistance from the wheel. I'm sure the guy thinks this is ingenious and not at all a death trap that will either throw the log at him or pull him into the wheel when the rope catches sometime. Everyone did this in the nineteenth century when the steam engine was king and your building (or complex) had one of them with line shafts to transmit torque everywhere. When you didn’t want a machine powered, you slipped the belt off the wheel and onto the smooth, narrow shaft next to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWwQ6TPui5I
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Mar 13, 2019 06:36
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Old Balls McGee posted:But I much prefer the hydraulic tuggers. Me too buddy 
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Mar 13, 2019 08:16
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Old Balls McGee posted:It's a friction cathead, at least to me. This is how a winch line on old school drilling rigs worked before hydraulics became common. As long as the rope wasn't iced up and the hand running it wasn't drunk, it was fine if not horribly dangerous. I ran drills with catheads for years. My company still has them and uses them daily. Agreed that with care and caution they aren't *that* unsafe.
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Mar 13, 2019 11:44
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glynnenstein posted:So THIS is why there's the double. lmao
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Mar 13, 2019 12:49
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RUSHA: runaway ore train plunges into the mine shaft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf3-R4CzyPg e: according to the news article, nobody died that time. ringu0 fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Mar 13, 2019 |
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Mar 13, 2019 15:41
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this seems fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pla06PO6Odk hopefully it's not been posted. it's new to me...I think. lol
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Mar 13, 2019 17:41
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schmug posted:this seems fine. I was going to say that looks like some James Bond poo poo, then remembered that that was, in fact, some James Bond poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWYVgMxBss
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wcgw? https://i.imgur.com/EBZxNUQ.mp4
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I'm the backhoe trying to steady the isolated bridge deck with part my hydraulic system.
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