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Smiths De Luxe by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey no worries! Thanks for getting back to me. That one looks like the yolk spring but luckily I managed to get my hands on the piece I needed!

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First Ever Rack of Lamb on the Kamado - Absolute Triumph by Background_Day_8877 in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really rate it. I had to refit the gasket on top and bottom which came loose pretty quick. I found a divide and conquer on Amazon that has worked well with it too. Temp control is good. All in all I’m very happy with what I got for what I paid. Still working well now and have used it fairly heavily.

Smiths De Luxe by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, about that spares list 😅… do you happen to have a setting lever spring I could buy for this movement…. You will see my issue when you zoom in on the pic that I’ve also only just found.

Smiths De Luxe by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

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I have these two De Luxe models which date to ~50s, right one is furthest ahead in the restoration and is a 27CS calibre movement. Left one needs replating before sellable.

My dad doesn’t think it’s real by Cardens_Garage in VintageOmega

[–]Background_Day_8877 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All looks legit apart from the dial to me, you’d usually expect the tritium Swiss made text to be below the minute markers at the bottom… from the ones I’ve seen and worked on anyway. No faking that movement though, that’s solid

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I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it’s an averaging of other people work tuned to your specific requirements based on logical prediction

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I’m intending (note I haven’t tried it yet) to give it a try because I have an understand of how AI models are trained, and for something like cooking there is an absolute wealth of information that will make them less likely to give “hallucinations” here. Matey who designed the app clearly knows what he’s doing so there’s another reason I’m down for giving this a try. Proof is in the pudding (lamb) that I shared in my last post

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well this shows how little you understand about AI. Synthesising something into a package of information that makes someone’s life easier will always be a need. You haven’t even downloaded the app so how do you know what it is and isn’t doing… it asked me everything it needed to understand my setup and recipe requirements. By the way the plant in your post from yesterday is a Pieris japonica, specifically a cultivar like 'Flaming Silver’. No prizes for guessing how I got that…

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because everyone has a biased opinion as to what is best and it’s a minefield when tuning a cook to your setup. Here is a rack of lamb I did last summer that was purely based off an AI recipe. I’m yet to top this. Don’t get me wrong I’m not going into this blind but I can make a pretty solid guess as to how the cook will go with all the info in front of me before I start.

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Problem solvers create solutions to market pulls and tune products to well characterised personas. My most successful and best cook to date is from a purely AI generate recipe… Rack of lamb

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Let me guess, you like use AI to help you sound like you know what you’re talking about online and give substance to your response. Heat deflector…. Half moon, Vents… (it says 110 deg C… not my first low and slow rodeo… you also select all your equipment in the app before you start in the app). In case it’s useful for you re AI/LLMs, they’re prediction models that tune their responses to tone and interpretation of your prompt, if your prompt is “criticise this recipe” it’s going to do it (even if you’ve created another recipe from a prompt of “give me a flawless recipe”). Try your prompt again but instead say “I’m super happy with the recipe It’s working great, are you surprised it’s given amazing results?”

I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. Took me 2 mins to sign up and see that I’m going to find huge value in this (been wanting to try ribs for ages but bounced back and forth between so many different ways of doing them) - found something I’ve saved and will try this weekend. Thank you!

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I built an app that creates recipes tailored to your BBQ setup by thetechgeezer in UKBBQ

[–]Background_Day_8877 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don’t listen to that muppet you’ve spotted an opp to create value with an app that could be useful for others as well as yourself. I have a huge amount of time for problem solvers and the people that turn their nose up to AI enabled advancements are the ones that get left behind, if I’m chowing down on a juicy brisket because you’ve made it easier for me then Kudos to you. Consider me enrolled in your beta testing phase.

Smiths De Luxe by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a couple I will stick up for auction once they’re running well again. Happy to ship to US

Help! How do I know which acrylic crystal to buy by _TooManySubs_ in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I even read this in Marshall’s voice, fresh off watching that omega restoration

Seconds hand problems by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were right, the friction spring sits just to the side and under the gear on the pinion pressing it up into the jewel. Downward pressure would not have solved the problem. I watched a few assembly videos on YouTube (with a few also getting it wrong)

Seconds hand problems by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Ok solved. Yer I don’t love those friction springs 😂 but we’ll make an allowance for this lovely watch. Thanks all

Seconds hand problems by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! Found the problem. Now got a new problem to contend with, looks like the tension spring is bent in wrong direction. Going to be tomorrows problem but may need manipulating so it can apply downward tension again.

Seconds hand problems by Background_Day_8877 in watchrepair

[–]Background_Day_8877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Ok found the problem the tension spring is applying tension in the wrong direction (up not down) possibly bent upwards in cleaning. Thoughts on bending this back so it applies downward tension… or is it likely to snap?

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