bulletpruf
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Sorry to hear it, 86. Hope you turn the corner on the norovirus soon.
Above 1200 Sq/FT 86's 20HP shop
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
kent_323is
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Uff, that ***** to be sick and have no power.
When we have had power outages and need to use a generator, if the generator isn't big enough, then run each item for some period of time and switch to the next item. That way you can maintain the cold and save the food.
When we have had power outages and need to use a generator, if the generator isn't big enough, then run each item for some period of time and switch to the next item. That way you can maintain the cold and save the food.
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86turbodsl
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Trouble is getting the power inside the house. But I hear you.
kent_323is
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Heavy gauge extension cord....keep it simple!
Oh ****! Sorry man! I follow you and Randy the Ford guy.....last few have been tough on both of you. I was confused, and usually are. In a few day's im going to hide my own Easter eggs.......My bad!
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86turbodsl
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Referring to cords thru windows or doors and it being quite chilly and windy at the moment. We are trying to stay warm with a kerosene heater. It's 65 in here right now.
kent_323is
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If you have spare cord ends, I'd drill a hole through the rim board of the house to snake the cord in, then terminate it with a new cord end.
Be safe with carbon monoxide build-up with a kerosene heater. Do you have sensors available to monitor?
Be safe with carbon monoxide build-up with a kerosene heater. Do you have sensors available to monitor?
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86turbodsl
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No sensors and that's not happening.
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86turbodsl
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Power just came on. 4 days. Look for genset content soonish.
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86turbodsl
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Back at work today, although it's a bit rough. Looking forward to the weekend.
M.Brane
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As we all are. Retirement can't come soon enough.
Strouty
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Apparently I have been slacking, all caught up now.
Looking forward to the generator content, we have to do something this year, the cost of losing the food twice a year fairly consistently has the value adding up. Then there is the ease of use, if I am not around and power goes out my GF is not able to set up my half assed system...
This is where I am currently, have a big mess and I somehow seem to just make it bigger every time I try and "clean it up".
Those look great, will be much easier to handle versus the old grid.
That is way faster than I expected you to say, while the commercial bins are probably a bit sturdier, the size is the key. Saving a bit buying off the shelf wouldn't be that good if you lost too much space.
I have two Bridgeports and need to decide what I am keeping, I am heavily invested in R8 tooling and my new unit is not R8 and only came with a handful of stuff.
Looking forward to the generator content, we have to do something this year, the cost of losing the food twice a year fairly consistently has the value adding up. Then there is the ease of use, if I am not around and power goes out my GF is not able to set up my half assed system...
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86turbodsl
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Thanks for stopping in. I have been feeling wretched for a week now. Dr on Wed. Maybe we get it figured out. The bolt bins are 2 sizes now. I get 6 of the half size ones in 8hrs. The gennie I have to figure out adapters. Sae2 to 3 housing is easy, the flywheel itself is not. I think that will be a lathe part.
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86turbodsl
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I awoke this morning to a failed print, first one, and a mess to clean up. Right after the new Kingroon cheapo filament. Coincidence???
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86turbodsl
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I've got new nozzles coming today, and will tear into the printer tonight. Probably a full teardown. The work is stacking up. Meanwhile, did winter hit again? It was 20F last night with a wind!
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86turbodsl
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I pulled the printer head all apart, cleaned everything, found some trash in the extruder gearing, put it all back together and it's run fine for a couple of prints so far. Got a nice pile of bins already.
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86turbodsl
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Annnd it's clogged again. I think there's something about this brand that needs to change.
Strouty
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I am still not into the 3D printing yet, but could it just be this stuff is more susceptible to moisture? It sounds like the effort to fix a clog should mean that buying some decent filament would actually be cheaper.
Winter is clutching us a bit too, it was snowing yesterday and it stuck to everything until this morning. It is going to be in the 20s for the next couple nights.
Winter is clutching us a bit too, it was snowing yesterday and it stuck to everything until this morning. It is going to be in the 20s for the next couple nights.
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86turbodsl
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Snowing this morning. I just opened the roll and there was a dessicant path. I was leaving the lid on, i ran across another person that said they had extruder problems with petg when they left the lid on, because the filament softened at a lower than expected temp, which caused the filament to kink in the extruder and at that point, you've got a clog. So i left the lid off and we'll see what happens.
Strouty
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I headed down the filament drying rabbit hole the other night, now it seems I am going to need a vacuum oven...
rattle_snake
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Snow?
It's in the 100s here this week, too hot already..
It's in the 100s here this week, too hot already..
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86turbodsl
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It's 55f today. I'm splitting time between shop and work. So much for the weekend
83VillageRepair
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We had our first 100f on Sunday. I stayed in and did my taxes.
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86turbodsl
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Well it's the "friday" before a holiday, management decided to send everyone home 2 hrs early, except the team i work on, where they take my lunch and force a 7pm meeting. Whee!!!
Supposed to be 75 and sunny tomorrow so guess who'll be outside most of the day???
Supposed to be 75 and sunny tomorrow so guess who'll be outside most of the day???
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86turbodsl
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So Easter weekend was decent, had some really nice weather to work in, got a little more done on the daughter's car, but realized the ABS ring on the rear axle wasn't going to work anymore, so we had to order a new shaft. While waiting for that, i ordered some left hand drill bits to get some broken bolts out on the rear hub. 2 were easy wins, the 3rd was the bolt holding the abs sensor in the hub. Steel in cast iron. and real crusty. I left drilled through the bolt, and then stuck a decent easy out in, a mayhew pro, and it promptly twisted right off in the hole, so now i have a hardened center blocking the bolt hole. I think the plan at this point is zip tie and be done.
Strouty
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Got to love it when a good plan turns into a pile of $hit. 
At least you had some nice weather.
At least you had some nice weather.
bulletpruf
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Yep, did that on a 454 block about 40 years ago; it was a bolt to attach the bellhousing to the back of the block. Trans held on just fine with one less bolt...
bimmer1980
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....or, do you have room in there to weld a nut onto the EZ out?
The heat of the weld might help release the ez-out..... Maybe not the bolt threads tho...
The heat of the weld might help release the ez-out..... Maybe not the bolt threads tho...
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86turbodsl
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Nope, it's all nicely flush with the casting. Short of machining something to try to shove it out from below, i can't think of anything.
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86turbodsl
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For today's awesomeness I am sitting on the side of the freeway near work with a flat. The socket I need for the spare is of course nowhere to be found. Wife and daughter are on the way ... Wheeee
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86turbodsl
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So it took about an hour for the wife and daughter to get to me, we had a nice video chat in the shop with them trying to determine what to bring so i could get this pig home. We ended up running to o'reilly's to get some sockets and lug bolts. Of course the fancy rims that came on this car used a special spline drive bolt that doesn't fit the oem spare.
After some running, we got the spare on and bolted down, then took the long way home (read as slow, 50mph) on back roads, depositing our butts home just before bedtime >9PM.
Here's the carnage:
That thing went flat and was this destroyed by the time i could get it down from 70mph to the side of the road. It was not long at all.
Tires had somewhere around 20K miles on them. Do not recommend Vredstein.
We'll see how the Falken's hold up. Hopefully more life. These are almost bald at 20K.
Not to mention i get the wonderful task of cutting that bead off the rim. Those are so much fun....
After some running, we got the spare on and bolted down, then took the long way home (read as slow, 50mph) on back roads, depositing our butts home just before bedtime >9PM.
Here's the carnage:
That thing went flat and was this destroyed by the time i could get it down from 70mph to the side of the road. It was not long at all.
Tires had somewhere around 20K miles on them. Do not recommend Vredstein.
We'll see how the Falken's hold up. Hopefully more life. These are almost bald at 20K.
Not to mention i get the wonderful task of cutting that bead off the rim. Those are so much fun....
Spareparts
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Doing it manually is a pain, I got a bead buster (manual) at the Motor
sport shop in KC, just all flat bars with a hook for the rim on one end
and a spade on the other end with a fulcrum to push the bead down.
Work around the bead and off it comes. Best part is it dosen't damage the
rim.
sport shop in KC, just all flat bars with a hook for the rim on one end
and a spade on the other end with a fulcrum to push the bead down.
Work around the bead and off it comes. Best part is it dosen't damage the
rim.
M.Brane
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Use a nice fat washer first, then a nut on top. It may take a few tries, but it will come out eventually. Been there.
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86turbodsl
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bulletpruf
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That's how I do it. Works well.
Spareparts
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86, no this is a flat bar that has a notch in the end that slips over the bead on the rim, stretches
across the rim and hac a flat spade that goes in between the bead of the tire and the bead. It has a handle
that has a fulcrum you rotate the handle ane the spade goes between the tire bead and the rim an
pushes the bead down the rim. It is the simplest was to dismount tires on dirt cars at the track, I believe
Speedway motors has them.
across the rim and hac a flat spade that goes in between the bead of the tire and the bead. It has a handle
that has a fulcrum you rotate the handle ane the spade goes between the tire bead and the rim an
pushes the bead down the rim. It is the simplest was to dismount tires on dirt cars at the track, I believe
Speedway motors has them.
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86turbodsl
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Ah I think that's a nifty gizmo too. Amazon had the thing I showed you. It worked too.
Strouty
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Flat tires don't last long at all, I have had similar results at 35 MPH, you would think they would hold up a bit better, but that has not been my experience at all.
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86turbodsl
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I've got all wheels off ready to take in tomorrow. If I felt so ambitious I could swap tires with the irons but I think paying is money well spent