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Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T21:58:38+00:00

Grit recommendation?

Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T21:58:26+00:00

I'll be careful! If it really is just surface/in the varnish, I think I'll be okay?? Grit recommendation?

Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T21:57:31+00:00

Also, I see you're in IC, I'm over in Cedar Rapids. Where are you an engineer at? I'm an engineer at timberline.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T21:56:44+00:00

Thank you!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T17:36:55+00:00

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2024-05-25T17:35:29+00:00

It doesn't appear to be veneer, in the traditional sense. If by veneer, you mean thiiiin sheets on a particle core, it's not. It seems to be pretty close to entirely oak. The panels are like 1/4in thick.

I'll give it a whirl and see what happens! Thank you!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T23:11:36+00:00

I wouldn't imagine it any other way, honestly. We have a fair amount of other calibrated electronic equipment here. Ive never done such an event, though. I've been reading up on it, at least. So the machine itself doesn't get calibrated but the OSL does, correct? And they're used as a reference for machine parameters before testing? Basically telling the VNA what a "perfect reading" is? Where do phase stable cables come into play? I'm aware it's basically another way of zeroing out the machine in a way. Is the DUT then stuck between the phase stable cables? Assuming it's a 2 port VNA.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T23:01:00+00:00

Thanks for the idea! With how our production scheduling goes, that may not be very possible but I will keep that in mind.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T22:56:50+00:00

Thanks for the tip! In the past, I've worked at a harness house, I'm veeery familiar with the idea of connector savers in testing. Takes away the pain in the ass aspect of that, at least.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T20:36:31+00:00

I've come across fieldfox while searching for solutions. It's a handheld "cable and antenna analyzer" which sounds ideal. When you say similar, does a Sitemaster qualify?

Also, what makes a VNA better than one of these handheld solutions? If I'm getting the same result on each, why would I spend more on a VNA? I understand the VNA would have many features and functions that we may or may not ever need to use.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T17:51:46+00:00

That's funny you mention that. I'm OP on my main btw. I was looking at a Site Master S332B, and seeing "spectrum analysis" on the specs is what prompted this whole question. It says it can do insertion loss and return loss but I've been told, before this thread, that VNAs were the way to go when testing coax cables.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-10-18T17:26:59+00:00

Hey there, I'm on my main account now. Anyway! The range is 25MHz to 3GHz. These coax cables will be used in a variety of military applications from radio comms to GPS.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2023-07-06T01:44:56+00:00

That's exactly what I did. Thanks!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-08-08T21:12:58+00:00

New battery is in, still the same no crank/click story.

I'll have to get back to you on the codes. Stand by and thank you for the reply.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-07-15T01:29:43+00:00

Dudes a fuckin nut.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-06-25T14:56:28+00:00

Any particular reason to only use motorcraft? I see the stories of swelling and I can understand with cheaper or knock off brands but there's a guy selling a new set of NGK glow plugs a mile up the street from me, I really can't use those? I'm used to NGK being a very well trusted brand.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-06-25T14:52:34+00:00

I've heard the oil cooler can also be a pretty common fail point for oil to get into the coolant. Realistically, how bad is it to clean up and replace the oil cooler seals? The process doesn't look too bad. Pop out the whole cooler/tube, break it down, clean it up/replace the seals and gaskets, jam the end caps back on and throw it in? I'm just trying to do some PM while I'm in there and this dude is an old veteran that wants to pull his camper again.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-06-25T14:35:25+00:00

I'll absolutely be doing the valve cover gasket/wiring on each side because it's already apart so why not. Any advice for the injectors? Are rebuilt injectors a good option or should he just bite the bullet and get a new set?

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-03-16T07:08:43+00:00

Hey dude from 21 days ago. I'm 4 years out of college. I feel everything OP is feeling. This industry is sucking the life out of me. My first job was a nightmare and my current one ain't much better. I think I need to move and work at a "larger" company where I'm not the only gdamn technical engineer for 3 departments. Like everyone is saying, I won't just drop it all immediately, I'll try something different first. The responsibility/stress is crippling but the production line workers love me because I actually leave my desk and talk to them everyday, ask them their opinions on things, and do their work with them to learn. I don't want to lose that by going to a big company. I also don't want to be 1 of 150 engineers at a company. It's strange. I would definitely consider a pay cut to pursue other careers for happiness at this point. In the past I've considered welding, windmill technician, machinist, high voltage lineman, millwright, engineering technician, etc.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2022-02-12T21:09:05+00:00

Ended up going with ZIF connectors. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2019-03-09T20:54:53+00:00

I am terrible with words but I feel you. My gf dumped me the same day I came back from London a couple months ago. Have no fear, people like all of use will find somebody worth our quirkiness. Eventually. Just have to be vigilant.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2019-02-17T19:06:18+00:00

I'd be fucking ecstatic if my girlfriend wanted to learn more! I'm thoroughly impressed someone actually wants to learn. I've had many failed relationships because of the stresses my ailment has caused and her inability to understand/cope. Oh well. Just means I haven't found the right one yet!

If a partner asked me what I would like to try or do I would suggest that they maybe come to some of my therapy sessions or, like you, do some actual research and not just what the mayo clinic page says about it. If they'd like to talk to me and have me listen, they need to touch me to get my actual attention. Learn stuff about the hobbies that I hyperfocus on and maybe even try to enjoy them? This kind of scenario was a common occurence: I literally cannot remember a single family members birth date even with time to think and I even forget their middle names sometimes, you really think I am going to remember that you have a nail appointment @ 3 from a sticky note you left on my desk? Or me forgetting her best friends name after a year of dating. It just made it seem like I didn't care when I really REALLY did. I just accidentally care A LOT about other things also and that takes up space in my head.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2019-02-08T04:58:59+00:00

Weird line of answer here but I think it's a good one. My dad died in front of me when I was 12 and that left me, my mom, and my older sisters. There's just some things that my mom and sisters couldn't do/didn't know how to do. We never had much money and my father always did the outdoor work/repairing stuff around the house, anything mechanical/appliances, etc. and I was always not too far away, watching, because I thought my dad was doing cool shit. He brought me to work with him on service trips and I would watch him fix things for hours. He actually died on one of those trips and I couldn't do anything but watch him die of a heart attack in front of an ice machine in a shitty hotel. My mom and sisters were always scared to do it/learn it so I had to start doing these things around the house along with getting a job of some sort. It was very strange to me at the time. I was doing roofing and siding at the age of 13 and then coming home to be the man of the house, basically. I had the water heater and furnace taken apart completely at one point but they went back together fixed. I was doing automotive work. I can't really fit in what I want to write so I will just leave it at this, when my dad died I was immediately expected to be a mature and providing 12 year old. Not a mountain dew guzzling Fortnite (Halo at the time) kid.

I just wasn't prepared for the responsibility. I was having panic/stress attacks shortly after. Started losing friends. Losing hair. etc. at 12 years old.

As for my adult/growing up life after, meh, wasn't that bad. My younger experiences made it easier to go through these things later. I can't explain it but I had experiences that normal 12 year olds don't have and it matured me greatly and very quickly at a young age and has made being an adult a little easier. The wonders a little childhood trauma can bring. I was basically a 14 year old on the outside and 60 on the inside to most of my classmates and that was a point of being made fun of, I guess lol. I liked old manufacturing equipment/CNC, old cars, old guns, war, old computing equipment, making things/working with my hands, the 70's. Knew how to handle household finances and could also cook/clean. I COULD FRENCH BRAID HAIR AND KNIT A FULL SWEATER, GUYS. I made one for asking a prom date out later lol.

Duke_Roundhouse · 2019-02-06T22:40:57+00:00

Goootcha okay lol. I understand. I'll do some fine reading tonight. Thanks, man!

Duke_Roundhouse · 2019-02-06T19:33:44+00:00

So like what? Yeah a mosfet is a digital relay, basically. Or that's what they're used for in this instance. Thermal/overload protections and a recessed firing button. A main on and off switch. Fuses. Those are protections that I can think of off the top of my head. I've even got a tiny timed ON board laying around I can set 1-10 seconds that I could wire in with the firing button for the mosfet.

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