Search results

Bob, I'm glad that you're feeling better. Life's a beech, ( beach?)( a beach with beech trees?) especially where you live. I started thinking about the triangles I wrote about and the inscribed, circumscribed circle in my example. Thinking that both circles have the same center point, but...

Bob, you're missing out... Trying to avoid auction sales, flea markets, garage sales and things. My entire life is based on that. I've always loved sales like I've listed. But, I come forward with quite a bit of honesty. I grew up with my Dad, and he loved auctions. He was a bad influence...

Bob, we did get the Ring door bell camera working at Mom's place. I hired the Geek Squad to help us out. It (camera) works on both of our phones, even though I live about 1-1/2 hour from her and her WiFi. That part is good. I'm going to visit Best Buy next week to pick up a spare battery to...

Bob, the one time, I've had to machine a part at home, on my own machines. One of the things that I had to do was to find the center of a circle of three points... First up was a circumscribed circle. With oddly placed points. Then I tried three points and tried an inscribed circle...

Kay, I can believe that. (You make me look lazy.) You've replaced the engine at least once, worked on the tracks, too. Added a dog eater. (snowblower) Then reconstructed the dog eater to improve it. That Dingo sounds like it was a very good investment on your part. You spent a bunch of time...

Bob, I've been reading through @nicholam77 thread. He has some pretty neat projects going on, with his woodworking projects, and then he bought a 3-D printer. Had some issues with it, but marched on with it. ( I'm only about 2/3 of the way through his thread) And think I should wait until I'm...

I see that I spelled the name quite wrong, but thank you for doing some research on it. My Dad used to buy some chemicals, powders, and magic potions ( flux) to be able to cast aluminum parts at home. I still have a 12" metal shaper that was sold by them. ( I bought it used). B-G was kind of...

I did try my portable air conditioner yesterday. I didn't set it up, properly, but it did put out some cool air. That part is good. My thought was to open both doors on the tin can, to the point that a gap starts to happen, then put a 2x10 in the gap, cut a hole, large enough to handle the...

Nice!! I wish I could help you more. That company that made your compass sounds German to me and they make some nice things. I often go to tractor shows and always have to check out the flea market. The past few years, I've bought quite a few tools, to the point that I need to include a two...

Nope, sorry, I bought this bit of kit at auction. But I like your attitude. I can suggest Office Max if there's one in your area. If you go to Hobby Lobby, you can still buy a fancy compass and a few mechanical pencils. But not like back in the day. I bought my first compass set from a...

What is vellum used for? People might ask. The idea is that you would create a master drawing, then file it away in a safe place. The master drawing never hits the shop floor, in the case of an engineering drawing, or hits the job site in the case of something architectural. The idea with...

Bob, I said what I said last night... Look at me now! I just bought a small drafting set. It came with some mechanical pencils, an eraser, shaped like a pen and some triangles. I don't think I've used vellum since high school. The triangular scales are made for architectural work. 1/4 inch...

Bob, I have nothing to offer this week. I haven't read my book, I haven't done my homework... Nothing. Nada. Dang overtime. I'll get there, I promise. Sorry about your medical issues. Hope to write more this weekend....

Bob, I'm on chapter two in my book. Ha, not like I'm going to do a play by play of my readings every single week, but chapter two talks about understeer/oversteer. That was one subject I was looking forward to understanding. So far, it makes perfect sense. Vectors, center of gravity, based...

Here's my pen of choice nowadays... It is in my shirt pocket every day. I'm using it right now to write this with the rubber tip on the top end. You can see that the ruler markings have mostly worn away, there's a small screwdriver with one end being Phillips, the other end being a straight...

I see your obsession with writing instruments. I took every mechanical drafting class I could in high school. My senior year, I took Architectural Drafting. Every single one that fit my schedule. So I started getting interested in mechanical pencils of just about every flavor available (with...

Was it caster or camber? I dunno... The Allis had a mustache looking front axle on it. The Deere had a real angle on the front end on it with much taper on both sides that I would call king pins at that point...

The reason I say this is that I had an Allis Chalmers tractor with zero caster.... I made a tow bar to fit the front end loader, and hooked up solid to the bucket on it, hooked up to my dump truck... What a disaster... That tractor had no caster to the front wheels... As I pulled forward the...

Caster helps with the car steering wheel return to center, ( like a shopping cart front wheels) but the angle that happens with your ball joints and the patch on the road, I think, would do more. Once you turn your wheels, the car lifts off the ground, the more you turn the steering wheel. I...

Bob, my book finally came in the other day. It's the one Squankum recommended - How to Make your Car Handle. The reason it took so long to get one was my fault, It took me a while to ask Cheryl to order it. Looks pretty good, though. She ordered it through Amazon and when it came, inside the...