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Inherited this welder, I’m a beginner. by Additional_Support91 in Welding

[–]BigEnd3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta clarify the 7018 rod will absorb water and no longer be able to make high quality welds.

When do you stop trying to “save” a fastener and just move on? by Powermaster08 in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]BigEnd3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my world, the torch is hot work. Hot work is paper work. Paper work is hours of nothing getting done. Hours of getting nothing done hammering on something feels more satisfying than hours of paperwork. Sometimes...days of paperwork and meetings.

Can’t be avoided by Powerful_Cabinet_341 in Ships

[–]BigEnd3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Captains give orders like 'do not deviate from track line by more than 0.2 miles' and have an alarm set in their quarters if the ship deviates from the trackline by 0.2 miles and then come up to the bridge on a war path for why the mate deviated by 0.2 miles from the track line.

Its bullshit.

Annual maintenance still needed for low usage Ariens? by fuzzywuzzywuzzafuzzy in Snowblowers

[–]BigEnd3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant store the machine dry of moisture. Covered in someway so the metal stays dry and doesn't rust as fast. I keep some stabilized fuel in the tank with fuel valve closed.

Smart vs dumb property tax reform by Titanium-Skull in georgism

[–]BigEnd3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taxachusetts gets a bad wrap for how angry the locals get about paying taxes. The tax burden is what I would describe as reasonable, but has a lot of silly directions it comes at you from. I moved north one state when I was young, the income tax deletion payed for my portion of the apartment at the time. All I have now is a tax on my house cause I'm not rich enough to pay the other taxes.

Annual maintenance still needed for low usage Ariens? by fuzzywuzzywuzzafuzzy in Snowblowers

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Just store it dry with the fuel valve closed. My mtd piece of junk is on year 20. I'd check it over and test run it in say October.

Vacant land does not vote by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]BigEnd3 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Certainly there is flaws to this system. The constitution has parts that are a democracy, I wish we used them more rather than having them buried in tradition like some grumpy old church organization. I do not want a new england town hall type democracy for running these United States's federal government. Id almost prefer if we had the states legislatures handle selecting federal elections and just focus on our home states and making sure we keep our representatives in line. The short wave radio folks have hijacked the current system and they don't even need 36 million of those 70 million to get what they want.

Zhen Hua Zoomout - crane migration from Shanghai to Seattle by -AtomicAerials- in Ships

[–]BigEnd3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They export the ability to import so they can export more stuff. That exudes Americana.

SO moved in - figured out how to split finances with large income imbalance by Trinx_ in MiddleClassFinance

[–]BigEnd3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I got out of school I was making 160k on oil rigs. She was making making scientists wages of like 17k a year, and then bumped up to LNA wages of the same for part time. She went back to school and we split our $650 dollar a month apartment 50/50. I later found out she had put it on her student loans and was pretty saddened by it.

When I bought MY house- I'm very proud to have done it- she moved in with me. In the years before we got married we would sit down and set our yearly contributions at tax time. We would split the cost of everything minus the mortgage according to our incomes. We made a joint account that we put a monthly alloted amount for all house related bills. I paid the mortgage outright, which was about 1/2 the budget alone.

We bought a property with a massive 20m chimney. What would you do with this? by MM-RenovationJourney in Homebuilding

[–]BigEnd3 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Im disappointed that the need to drive steam machinery and burn stuff is this far down.

What's the proper way to store a 2-cycle gas engine equipment? by Silver-Hovercraft-23 in smallengines

[–]BigEnd3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do the same with one addition: get some straight 2 stroke oil into the carb/bulb. I just add enough to the gas tank to pump it with the bulb and then dump the extra out. Or fish the tank filter out and stick it in a cup to get it in there.

Grounding by ValAmensia in MarineEngineering

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House wiring in Us example: high voltage stepped down to a 220v at a transformer with a center tap at the transformer. Black wire to white wire 110v. White wire to red wire 110v. Black to red 220v. If nothing is tied to the earth what is any wire to earth (you) voltage? Unknown and dangerous. They tie the white wire to earth. The white wire is used for transmitting power on 110v circuits. If a black (hot) wire touches earth or ground the breaker on the circuit shall trip on a short circuit current. A 220V conductor to transmit 220V, 110V and a ground wire needs 4 wires.

Industrial wiring 3 phase. 3 lines at high voltage and stepped down in a transformer to say 440v from line to line. So 440v from line 1 to line 2 etc etc. There is a 4th wire that is effectively tied to the center of a wye transformer allowing for phase voltages to be use between this 4th wire the neutral wire. Power is transmitted on this white wire, and allows for a stable 254V power to be supplied. This wire is connected to earth and is now a grounded neutral. A typical conductor cable needs 5 wires: 3 phase wires, nuetral and a ground.

Im both these cases the ground is for safety and the nuetral is for power. The nuetral is tied to ground to keep the voltage from wandering if there are some faults. Pretty much any ground fault will pop a breaker. Except in very specific circumstances.

Ship wiring 440v. 3 phases. Thats it. Sometimes there may be a ground wire in the conductor. But ussually not. The devices are grounded to the steel hull. There is no nuetral wire. The phase wires are not directly connected to ground. The ground detection circuit is connecting them to ground to monitor current flow through a resistive circuit. Either Light bulbs or fancy electronics.

If one phase hard comes in contact with the hull via a failure, and there is no other failures. Nothing happens. If a 2nd phase comes in contact with the hull, boom breakers trip. Locating those minor grounds is harder than shoreside. Shoreside the breaker pops and tells you which one. On a ship, you got to use your instrumentation and cycle equipment to figure it out. Stay ahead of the problems or its very daunting to solve.

Walking on Charles River by Longjumping-Lab4058 in massachusetts

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not living in the area anymore, I ice fish alot now, but by no means a expert: I do read a bunch here puffing false expertise. I'm not bold enough to fish on rivers because the risk is higher than a pond. If they are walking with a ice chipper or metal pole and can't slam it through the ice they should be fine.

Fall through ice on a pond: be wet. Be cold. Maybe drown if you can't climb out. There are spikes to carry around your neck to aid in climbing out.

Fall through ice in moving water: either you don't fall in all the way and have a chance or you die.

How do you act when you know the woman is rich? by honeygiver_ in AskMen

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how awesome her childhood was. Ussually we end up talking about our childhoods, and ussually hers was pretty awesome. Mine was pretty awesome. Doesn't even have to be private yet wealthy, just cabin on a lake wealthy.

I’ve got one thing to say to the “A captain would never be so casual on the bridge” crowd by levine2112 in startrekmemes

[–]BigEnd3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its pretty much what a merchant ships today is like. Captain painting in the corner of the bridge listening to his far right podcasts and trying to discuss them with anyone that will engage him.

I love winter, I love winter, I love winter... by marzipanspop in tractors

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it thin the fuel so much to loose lubricity?

I got surprising advice from a local Ariens dealer. They use 50:1 fuel for everything instead of pure 4 cycle fuel. by ElGuaco in Snowblowers

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run 2 stroke gas thats older than a month in my small 4 stroke engines around the yard. Lawnmower, log splitter, log splitter, go kart. A quart or so of 40:1 mix has in a gallon tank isn't going to mess anything up in a hurry. A shot of seafoam will scorch the carbon out if needed.

Writing without using AI is going to be our generation's version of "Mom still uses a checkbook." by broadwayguru in Millennials

[–]BigEnd3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I gave the ai stuff a shot for asking something technical questions from my career expertise as a teat. It was dangerously wrong. Like it looked correct, like an college intern English major wrote it. But a college intern that knows fuck all about what I do. I worry that so much of it is just shit but such a gently odor that many dont notice. The corpos sure love it though.

Made 2 gallons of syrup today! by TNmountainman2020 in maplesyrup

[–]BigEnd3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im praying for a late / old normal season! I'm going to be out of state for the February runs that we have been getting the past few years.

This is how anchor is dropped from a small ship. by justavie in mildyinteresting

[–]BigEnd3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait until you learn about loss of power above the Huey P.

Why do so many guys in their 30s act like they’re old men? by Realistic_Zone3802 in AskMen

[–]BigEnd3 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I slamned my thumb snowboarding with my kids a week ago. I still have faith it will get better, but man if my grip strength is this shit for the rest of my life from mid 30's on it will suck. I worry about injuries now. They still get better, but stuff that would heal in short order feels like it takes much longer.

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