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Krakkles posted:Welding update (no pictures this time, sorry): Snoopy! I think butt welds are some of the hardest to do well. The nature of welding two open edges means of you are up too high on voltage or move to slow it will blow out on you. Lap welds are more forgiving, since you are working with more materials. After a while you'll get the feel of the right settings and what things should look like while you weld and it'll go better. It just takes practice.
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It was hard to judge how good the weld looked by the time I'd cut if off the table, but I'd say ... better, not great.
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StormDrain posted:I think butt welds are some of the hardest to do well. The nature of welding two open edges means of you are up too high on voltage or move to slow it will blow out on you. Lap welds are more forgiving, since you are working with more materials. Agreedo - Lap and fillet welds are going to be by far the easiest to practice and learn on as that metal will want to sit in the corner by itself and its a lot more forgiving when it comes to accuracy/overheating. Also Krakkles, unless cutting metal is a true passion of yours, for welding practice you can buy pre-cut coupons for reasonable prices here https://weldmetalsonline.com/collections/flat-metal-coupons/products/carbon-steel-flat-coupons?variant=18583262724169
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Similar vibe here, one of the guys in the office is quarantining for 10 days because his parents have covid and he's always up and down the motorway fixing their loving internet and dumb poo poo like that. Then we get an email saying a department of the government is going to be using some of our facilities to quarantine some 600 people spread over the next few months from today. Exciting. I also had to learn from the newspaper that there was an outbreak at work, so that was nice, work emailed yesterday saying "uhhhhh yeah we're opening up another facility for rapid PCR testing and everyone who comes onto the premises is required to take them now" just all casual like. Meanwhile I’m now 5 days post download festival and haven’t yet tested positive for the plague! I therefore conclude that being outside at festivals is safer than going to work! (I may be proved wrong when the stats come out early next week)
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Jun 25, 2021 18:29
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I'm excited to join in on welding practice, my welder should get here tuesday e: I was looking at those coupons and thinking they weren't a very good deal, but its a 10 pack 
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Jun 25, 2021 18:30
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Kazinsal posted:We're getting a good sunny weekend too! Except we're getting an enormous heat wave the likes of which the pacific northwest has never seen, and Vancouver is on track to break previous all-time heat records by at least 4 degrees celsius if not more, and wildfire season is upon us as well, which means that the old growth evergreen forests of the inland PNW are going to reach upwards of 45 C, also known as "so loving hot a sufficiently energetic sneeze might start a forest fire". Yeah the next few days are going to be, uh, interesting. My AC runs continuously when it's low-mid 90s outside and it might end up being 15-20 degrees higher than that. I'm going to rig up a patio mist cooling system to mist the AC condenser to try and give it a a fighting chance. Might have to dig out my window unit. The forests and the houseless are going to have a much worse time
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Jun 25, 2021 18:54
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StormDrain posted:Snoopy! tuna posted:Agreedo - Lap and fillet welds are going to be by far the easiest to practice and learn on as that metal will want to sit in the corner by itself and its a lot more forgiving when it comes to accuracy/overheating. The "It just takes practice" thing is the thing I'm trying to hang on to - I know that, but it's sometimes hard to remember it when I've just filled the garage with smoke and cut up the surface of the welding table trying to remove the hot slag I melted to it  Also, yeah, cutting stuff is fun, but it's definitely a thing that's hampering progress - I stopped last night because I needed to cut some more metal and I probably would've kept going if that hadn't happened. I love the idea of buying pre-cut coupons. I was actually kind of surprised that my local metal shop didn't have them.
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Friends: I saw Furious 9 last night and I have some thoughts. I will spoiler just in case anyone doesn't want to have any prejudice going in, double spoiler, I will not post anything RE: plot points/characters etc. Just general observations. I am an idiot that will be watching Fast/Furious to the 50th power in forty years. Was it worth going to? Yeah, sure. It is not what I would call High Art or anything. With the 20th anniversary since the first came out it kind of felt a little like a high school reunion between the cast/characters. Plenty of nostalgia. There is some fourth wall breaking, they are definitely being more self aware. I can say that it seemed like the actors were enjoying themselves. The wreckage and carnage are so over the top. The cameos are good, and I will wait to talk more about that after it has been out for a while. It is the ninth (sort of tenth?) movie and the amount of
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Jun 25, 2021 19:30
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Tokyo Drift is still the best one.
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taqueso posted:I'm excited to join in on welding practice, my welder should get here tuesday Your local metal supplier should have carbon steel at ~$1/lb You can get all shapes, sizes, and thicknesses for shockingly cheap
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Kazinsal posted:We're getting a good sunny weekend too! Except we're getting an enormous heat wave the likes of which the pacific northwest has never seen, and Vancouver is on track to break previous all-time heat records by at least 4 degrees celsius if not more, and wildfire season is upon us as well, which means that the old growth evergreen forests of the inland PNW are going to reach upwards of 45 C, also known as "so loving hot a sufficiently energetic sneeze might start a forest fire". Ironically, here in Dallas, TX, it just keeps raining. Less so right now, but chance of thunderstorms again this weekend. I think I've cut the grass more in the last two months that I typically do all year, and certainly about 10x more than I expect in a typical TX summer (which is often zero, because it's all dead. No, I'm not wasting water on my weeds.) Humid as gently caress out there, even if the temp is only in the mid-90s F. Somewhat Heroic posted:Friends: I saw Furious 9 last night and I have some thoughts. I will spoiler just in case anyone doesn't want to have any prejudice going in, double spoiler, I will not post anything RE: plot points/characters etc. Just general observations. Pursuant to this, Amazon currently has the 8 movie Bluray (not 4K) + Digital set for $30 currently, for the next 12 hours or so. https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Furious-8-Movie-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B071HWXHXH
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BigPaddy posted:Tokyo Drift is still the best one. This is canon.
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My favorite welding experiment thus far. My beloved metal turner died at the spot weld that held the turner to the handle. I bought a new one from Amazon but they started making them out of butter or something cause it came all bent up and I could permanently bend it out of shape with just two fingers. The old one I'd struggle to bend out of shape with two hands. I use this turner to scrape on cast iron, it needs to be strong. So I welded the handle to the flat and I think it turned out pretty strong, but ugly. 
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Jun 25, 2021 22:00
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And it looks like you saved a lot of time by not doing any cleaning or prepping of that joint.
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trouser chili posted:My favorite welding experiment thus far. My beloved metal turner died at the spot weld that held the turner to the handle. You should've just went to Spatula City 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:You should've just went to Spatula City I got some there for my friend's son's Bar Mitzvah.
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Rhyno posted:We in a solar sweet spot so I really want to do that too. I want to see if it's feasible to get a solar battery setup that could run everything electrical in the house. We're switching to a gas stove and dryer so the biggest draw will be the AC. I live in the south of England - so it's sunny but it's hardly Nevada here. During the summer half of the year the modest solar+battery setup on the roof is enough to power the house, my office, and run the washing machine or the dishwasher. During summer we don't spend anything on electricity aside from the standing charge. Solar has really come on, it's good stuff.
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I'm doing my final stick class and I feel like an idiot. I've always found it so difficult and my instructor is virtuoso, so I can't turn in any assignments because even though the welds are sound and free of slag, they look uglier than sin. She did write a letter of recommendation for me for her union, so I guess it's fair that she makes sure I don't embarrass her on a weld test... StormDrain posted:And it looks like you saved a lot of time by not doing any cleaning or prepping of that joint. Looks a bit like it was done with 601X, it shouldn't need to be cleaned much at all to be a strong weld. Otherwise...
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Go buy some red scotch-brite, both squares and the circular pads you can throw on an angle grinder. It makes cleaning stuff up before welding it so much easier. You'll have some fuzzy bits left on the metal, but a little acetone will clean those right up.
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StormDrain posted:And it looks like you saved a lot of time by not doing any cleaning or prepping of that joint. I didn't want to disrupt the patina.
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Tomarse posted:Meanwhile I’m now 5 days post download festival and haven’t yet tested positive for the plague! I sincerely hope you're all safe, it was only when I saw you post about it on Facebook that I knew it was actually happening. That must have been a slightly weird vibe considering?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:We're returning the favor from the last four pre Vic lockdowns I don't understand this, but ok. I'm just fed up with Victoria going through lockdowns all the time and it isn't doing my mental health any good. Plus cases are growing in NSW but Gladys seems scared to close everything down.
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I removed it from my buffers and I don’t see any YouTube detailers use them
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I removed it from my buffers and I don’t see any YouTube detailers use them The detailing thread is that a way
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StormDrain posted:The detailing thread is that a way It's raining here, so backing the cars out of the garage.
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I’ve had house solar for a while now, but I’m in Australia where the sun is ideal for it. Looks impressive but we generate all our output during the day and get 8c per kWh feeding back to the grid and then our consumption is all at night when we pay 38c per kWh. So we’re thinking of sticking a power wall on the place and storing 13 kWh of our generation to consume at night before we hit the grid
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Ferremit posted:I’ve had house solar for a while now, but I’m in Australia where the sun is ideal for it. Thanks for reminding me to get a bootload of batteries picked up from a source.
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Jun 26, 2021 16:11
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My dad just finished upgrading his solar system yesterday, went from ~4000 watts to 8400 watts and added 17.5 kWH of batteries.
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bird with big dick posted:My dad just finished upgrading his solar system yesterday, went from ~4000 watts to 8400 watts and added 17.5 kWH of batteries. drat, does your dad plan on building a death ray? If so I call shotgun on having a go
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Just doing something simple like changing the f'SR in the x5 in 26 degree heat destroyed me. and it's supposed to be like 300 fuckin degrees all week. I think i'll move my computer into the bathroom and just sit in the bath the whole time
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My solar install is being finished right now. In theory I should have almost 0 power bills over 12 months.
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I have tried to view 12 cars today, I succeeded in viewing 2, and that took me 6 hours and half a tank of fuel. They were both predictable hosed. I hate everyone and everything involved in selling cars. 5 more lined up for tomorrow  E: so I brightened up the end of my day by making pizza with the kids and eating mine with a bottle of wine I made myself. cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Jun 26, 2021 |
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Buying cars is lovely at the best of times but leasing my wife’s current car and my current truck were just the worst. My wife wanted a Rav4 with all the driver aids as she is not a great driver and has mobility issues. Ok so we end up with a 19 year old Sales Boy who after multiple back and forth and just insulting my intelligence with trade in and nitrogen filled tires etc… walked out and started getting in the car to leave and magically the Sales Manager was no longer busy and I just gave him poo poo for having a child insult my intelligence. So into his office where he gets more effort from me that I would put in for myself but it was the car in the spec and colour the wife wanted so fine, pull out the wholesale value of the trade in, and got that + $1000 and all the crap they had put on it I didn’t want like roof bars, mats and all that for free. I just gave him the death glare when he tried to sell us a servicing plan and said “I know the whole sale price of my trade in and you think I won’t know that Toyota gives servicing plans with new cars?”. He just walked out of the office to the finance one and the woman in there could tell that it wasn’t worth trying to sell all the other poo poo and we were in and out in 5 minutes. The residual on it was pretty low but we were moving across country so didn’t want to go through the hassle of buying it out and then selling it to make a few thousand. My truck I leased from New Hampshire from a dealer in Arizona. I was clear that I wanted the truck as is, no extra crap, none, and recorded the conversation with the sales woman and finance person with that. They send the contract and a notary to get it signed and yep there is a bunch of crap like clear bra, tracker, nitrogen filled tires on it for like $4k extra. I refuse to sign saying that these items were added without my approval and play the recording. Notary gets the dealership on the phone and I play the recording and demand to speak to the principal. He gets on and seems mostly uninterested and just takes the $4k off the price and agrees to out running boards on it. Since that poo poo costs next to 0 to them they don’t care and just do this to try and pull a fast one. I wanted to have the truck delivered the morning after I arrived in Arizona which they did do but they turned up gave me the keys and walked off. So I assume someone got a bollocking. These experiences were about a month apart.
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Not sure if this belongs in the marketplace thread or what... My dad is currently trying to sell a 2000 jeep cherokee (he's the second owner) with only 58,000 miles on it for $7000-$9000 on facebook marketplace and his phone is dinging constantly, like he's fishing with dynamite. People are messaging him from hours away in different states willing to see it immediately. Does he not know what he has or is the used car market just that hot right now? I went on carsandbids.com and saw that people sold similar vehicles with easily double the miles for at and above 10 grand. Is he sitting on a unicorn right now?
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If he is getting a lot of interest and people are not trying to bid him down then it is underpriced. Beat place to start is to see what Carmax or Carvana will give him for it and see how that compares to what he is listing for.
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We've got a 150hp yamaha vmax sho outboard at work that needs a new powerhead. Called yamaha to get price and wait time. Earliest delivery is spring 2022, price $14155. Current price for a full 150hp vmax sho outboard? $14155. 
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Not user serviceable.
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BigPaddy posted:If he is getting a lot of interest and people are not trying to bid him down then it is underpriced. Beat place to start is to see what Carmax or Carvana will give him for it and see how that compares to what he is listing for. weird, just checked Carmax and they only gave 3600, seems way under what people are willing to pay. There's nothing catastrophically wrong with the car that would drag the asking price down either.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:weird, just checked Carmax and they only gave 3600, seems way under what people are willing to pay. There's nothing catastrophically wrong with the car that would drag the asking price down either. Looking on the usual listing sites there are cars with 150k miles going for $8k with nice examples over $10k so it is a little cheap at $7k.
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BigPaddy posted:Looking on the usual listing sites there are cars with 150k miles going for $8k with nice examples over $10k so it is a little cheap at $7k. yeah the stupid facebook marketplace interface literally wouldn't let him list it any higher than $7500 so he put "$9000 or best offer" in the description and there are still people tripping over themselves to look at it. There were a few asks way in the beginning trying for $5k but all the latest hits aren't even mentioning the price, they're begging to see it today.
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