Since there have been no posts today, I plant this one - just to keep the ball rolling.
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Started by Emax, Mar 17 2011 03:12 PM
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:12 PM
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There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 03:53 PM
RPD wire rubbing sheave added some end of the day excitment ... all is well now .
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 06:12 PM
Tried to ski at Monarch today, but warm temps caused a wet slide that closed 50 about 1/2 mile east of the ski area. Bet it was a bit slow there as well.
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Posted 18 March 2011 - 05:53 AM
OK - it's another TODAY. All posts above are now YESTERDAYS.
At my place, member <iceberg> will be paying a visit to the lab.
At my place, member <iceberg> will be paying a visit to the lab.
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou
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Posted 18 March 2011 - 11:44 PM
Emax, on 18 March 2011 - 05:53 AM, said:
OK - it's another TODAY. All posts above are now YESTERDAYS.
At my place, member <iceberg> will be paying a visit to the lab.
At my place, member <iceberg> will be paying a visit to the lab.
Make sure he won't collide with the Titanic personality there
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 02:20 AM
If you are that bored, I can post some of my articles on Australian ski history.
I didn't think anyone in North America or Europe would be interested in them, but if you guys will read this thread and make posts to prolong it, then you will probably read anything!
I didn't think anyone in North America or Europe would be interested in them, but if you guys will read this thread and make posts to prolong it, then you will probably read anything!
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 05:33 AM
I added a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder. Right now it is using the factory ECU and producing 5 psi boost (the goal is 15 psi). The next phase of the upgrade is to add a Megasquirt fuel/ignition controller.
Link to my build -> Adding a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder
Link to my build -> Adding a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder
This post has been edited by 2milehi: 19 March 2011 - 05:34 AM
Anything is possible when you don't understand what you are talking about.
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 06:33 AM
2milehi, on 19 March 2011 - 05:33 AM, said:
I added a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder. Right now it is using the factory ECU and producing 5 psi boost (the goal is 15 psi). The next phase of the upgrade is to add a Megasquirt fuel/ignition controller.
Link to my build -> Adding a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder
Link to my build -> Adding a turbo/intercooler to a Pathfinder
Don't you have enough to do being a dad now.
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 07:30 AM
Well, it's Saturday again - and for us that means wind. The bunny lift was just shut down - it was the last one running. Gusts in excess of 75 mph.
I think we need to make a sacrifice.
I think we need to make a sacrifice.
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 07:53 AM
Ok,
I'll add something spicy from the lift electrical world. Two weeks ago today the armature of the Excelerator motor burned out and left a nice pile of molten copper slag in the bottom. The lift has been on diesel for two weeks at 700 litres burned per day. The motor was not worth fixing (over 50k) so we bought a "new" one which has been sitting on a shelf for eight years. Our motor builder is replacing the bearings and we hope to have it in this week.
I'll add something spicy from the lift electrical world. Two weeks ago today the armature of the Excelerator motor burned out and left a nice pile of molten copper slag in the bottom. The lift has been on diesel for two weeks at 700 litres burned per day. The motor was not worth fixing (over 50k) so we bought a "new" one which has been sitting on a shelf for eight years. Our motor builder is replacing the bearings and we hope to have it in this week.
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 08:12 AM
Wow - that one really ate it. Strange kind of failure too - the com looks great, it's the copper winding (actually its insulation) that failed. Doesn't appear to have been hot. Voltage spike perhaps?
Yes - the demise of the armature is pretty much the end of the motor. A rewind usually costs more than the motor. There must be some "core value" to what remains - try Gulf Electroquip in Houston.
Yes - the demise of the armature is pretty much the end of the motor. A rewind usually costs more than the motor. There must be some "core value" to what remains - try Gulf Electroquip in Houston.
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 05:44 PM
My day wasn't that bad. I woke up at work, went to breakfast with a couple operations supervisors, changed a CPS switch, changed a bunch of gas springs on our cabin windows, and now I'm just praying the wind will hold off until midnight when we cease operation.
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Posted 19 March 2011 - 06:24 PM
Thanks Emax!
Hey Scott! And yeah that is why it took two months to do. And I owe Kamila for watching the boy on my shift. I also put a swing in the garage to keep Radek entertained, but that only gets me maybe an hour.
I was going to add a supercharger from an Extera (I think it would have bolted up to the engine) but I would have had to cut a hole in the hood and put on a hood scoop. I am too old for a hood scoop.
Keymech, on 19 March 2011 - 06:33 AM, said:
Don't you have enough to do being a dad now.
Hey Scott! And yeah that is why it took two months to do. And I owe Kamila for watching the boy on my shift. I also put a swing in the garage to keep Radek entertained, but that only gets me maybe an hour.
I was going to add a supercharger from an Extera (I think it would have bolted up to the engine) but I would have had to cut a hole in the hood and put on a hood scoop. I am too old for a hood scoop.
This post has been edited by 2milehi: 19 March 2011 - 06:28 PM
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Posted 20 March 2011 - 06:52 AM
Sunday, March 20. Other than the official beginning of Spring, not much is going on. The winds at Brian Head seem to have subsided, now that the Saturday crowd has returned home... understandably pissed off. Clouds obscured the extra large moon last night, so I guess we'll be packing up the photo equipment that was standing ready.
Even in history, 20 March was a fairly dull day - with the possible exception of Clessie Cummins, who broke the Diesel speed record in 1930: 129.39 mph.
Napoleon entered Paris on this day in 1815 - following his escape from exile on Elba. Since he only hung on for 100 days after that, I guess it's not much of an event.
In 1897, Yale beat Penn 32 to 10 in the first known intercollegiate basketball game.
In 1942, General Douglas MacArthur spoke the noted words: "I shall return". Two and a half years later, he did and we won. Over 60 million people died. Now the Japanese (and Germans) are our friends.
Maybe something notable will happen today that future generations will look back to. Do your part: shake things up.
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Even in history, 20 March was a fairly dull day - with the possible exception of Clessie Cummins, who broke the Diesel speed record in 1930: 129.39 mph.
Napoleon entered Paris on this day in 1815 - following his escape from exile on Elba. Since he only hung on for 100 days after that, I guess it's not much of an event.
In 1897, Yale beat Penn 32 to 10 in the first known intercollegiate basketball game.
In 1942, General Douglas MacArthur spoke the noted words: "I shall return". Two and a half years later, he did and we won. Over 60 million people died. Now the Japanese (and Germans) are our friends.
Maybe something notable will happen today that future generations will look back to. Do your part: shake things up.
Emax
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This post has been edited by Emax: 20 March 2011 - 07:23 AM
There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians. Georges Pompidou
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Posted 22 March 2011 - 06:33 PM
Emax, on 20 March 2011 - 06:52 AM, said:
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In 1897, Yale beat Penn 32 to 10 in the first known intercollegiate basketball game.
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Over 60 million people died. Now the Japanese (and Germans) are our friends.
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re Item 1
Heck, by 1897, basketball was old-hat for the ladies. (an epic defensive battle)
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The first intercollegiate women's game was on April 4, 1896. Stanford women played Berkeley, 9-on-9, ending in a 2–1 Stanford victory.
re Item 2
Simply an epic battle. Maybe we should try to settle future disputes with basketball.
new item 3
The news gives both praise and blame on the army of nuclear engineers in Fukushima . But I have a sneaky suspicion that there is a group of electricians and mechanics that are putting in really long tough days, working maximum to save the world. I don't pray much, not since I was a kid. But I'm praying now for these guys.
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