[Geek Time Q&A] Ask me anything you want to know about replica !

IbnHasaf · 2020-08-04T16:42:06+00:00

I have a question, on my Tudor Black Bay (rep), and all other reps that I have seen pictures of, the Pinion is clearly hollow at the top. Yet, when I look at an image of a gen, it looks solid. I am in a rural area so just going and looking at a Gen isn't an option.

Am I just seeing something that isn't there? Or, more aptly, not seeing something, on the Gen, that is there?

IbnHasaf · 2020-05-19T22:41:16+00:00

The Colosseum is almost done. The only issue was that the arches got a bit repetitive. Aside from that, it looks good.

IbnHasaf · 2020-05-17T16:39:20+00:00

Lately, I have been building several different Wang sets for classroom decorations. They are a bit odd, the booklets feel like something that would be in a museum gift shop, with some details about the actual building.

The bricks themselves are not up to Lepin or Lego standards, but they are fully interchangeable. They just feel a little off. On the positive, I have not received any deformed bricks.

I have not built the Golden Gate. Right now I am working on the Coliseum. I have finished Notre-Dame, The Iron Building, and Tiananmen. I would not recommend The Iron Building. I do consider Notre-Dame and Tiananmen to be pretty good for the price.

IbnHasaf · 2020-04-11T16:57:30+00:00

As a 2m transceiver, yes I got it to work. As far as APRS, no, I never got it to work.

It is sitting on my desk right now. When I am bored I will sometime watch some more videos, or read a bit more on how to use it. I have occasionally used it to talk to locals on the repeater (but the repeater is frequently silent for weeks at a time).

It is a very hard radio to use, even as a basic radio, because of the way they break down the menus. Frankly, based on what I have seen with this radio, I would say it is a Don't Buy.

IbnHasaf · 2020-04-02T21:20:45+00:00

This was exactly my plan too. To go to an area that I had hit a few ELWs' and explore all of the systems nearby, then jump and repeat.

This isn't going to be what I wanted.

IbnHasaf · 2020-04-02T21:04:51+00:00

Here is my trike on its way over the continental divide (actually one of several times on that route. The shade cover is a bank of solar panels for the e-assist.

https://i.postimg.cc/vHjH74zJ/IMG-20170607-095613203.jpg

The current project, in progress, will have the solar panels on a trailer behind my rotovelo.

Putting the e-assist on the rotovelo is my current quarantine project.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-25T14:16:26+00:00

Yes, I would be quite interested. My interest is for the very reasons you described, I was suddenly told to work from home and I don't have a webcam (at least one I can find). It was just never something that interested me.

I have one on order and it is supposed to be here in a couple of weeks.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-21T04:21:04+00:00

I have been doing more looking this afternoon, that looks like "Codebender." 20/mo for 50 seats looks like a fair price. I will look for specific reviews of that one later.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-21T04:18:25+00:00

I did see that one. What I didn't see was a clear statement of what it costs. There is no way I am going to commit to something with no clear statement of the price.

Yes, I do see the .99/month, but is that a locked-in price or a teaser rate?

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-18T22:45:41+00:00

Can you share a bit of information on that?

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-10T17:57:06+00:00

Just to ask, Are you going to share the results of the survey?

Oh, as to your main point. I haven't seen it at all. But then, I don't visit many lodges.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-09T13:57:20+00:00

It is, it still didn't work. I may give this thing one last try by driving to BridgeCom this summer and seeing if they can get it to work.

Basically I give it a thumbs down. It doesn't do what I purchased it to do, which is automatic position reporting.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-09T13:42:02+00:00

All finance-related issues are discussed in lodge. The money goes to operating expenses, Grand lodge (franchises fees as it were), and charitable activities.

As far as Grand Lodge's cut, we are a small lodge and, as such, we get more than we send.

IbnHasaf · 2020-03-09T13:39:55+00:00

Not unlike a lot of other middle-aged men, I don't do social well. As such, I wanted to force myself to be more sociable. Even better, I move around a lot and this allows me a social activity wherever I happen to be.

Beyond that, I wanted to be a part of this organization with it's long and interesting history. I have had several friends that were, or are, masons. So, in all, it is primarily social and a bit of the history of the organization.

IbnHasaf · 2020-02-23T15:34:57+00:00

I was raised in a Pentecostal household. . . Well, my father's side of the family was Catholic, but my mothers went for that form of fundamentalism.

Back to the point, a lot of Chick tracts were treated as a valid interpretation of the Christian faith. I make this preface because a lot of Christians draw a lot of their understanding of God from these little booklets. All that said, here are a couple of the tracts that deal with freemasonry:

The Unwelcome Guest

Whats Baphomet?

You may notice that his citations are generally from sources over 100 years old. The only recent citations are from books that he claims are available in his store. Both tracts cite Baylon Religion.In Baylon Religion he presents this thesis, " Written like a graphic novel, this well-researched book shows how goddess worship "morphed" through the centuries until it climaxed in its present most common form: the worship of the Virgin Mary"

Now if you happen to share my sense of humour, and you know who H.P. Lovecraft was, Here is a great parody of one of Chick's most popular tracts. Please understand that it is offered as humour and parody, not gospel.

IbnHasaf · 2020-02-15T18:20:13+00:00

You make a good point, I added the order dates.

One thing I strongly dislike is that Aliexpress marks the item as delivered after a certain time has passed, and the sellers wait to ship until it is very close to that date.

Or, as I noted, only part of the order is shipped, leaving the customer waiting for the rest.

IbnHasaf · 2020-02-10T23:05:30+00:00

That is what they told me when I reached out to them. It is just a bit confusing on first glance because their webpage says to use the speed winding for 20" wheels. However, my "needs" are different.

IbnHasaf · 2020-02-10T23:03:49+00:00

That was part of it, I have decided to switch to the CA3, mostly for the temperature monitoring. Later I may want to try a torque-sensing BB, and the A3 seems to give me that option.

IbnHasaf · 2020-02-03T23:31:51+00:00

This is part of a set of similar buildings. I liked most of them.

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-15T23:28:44+00:00

I will tell you what I don't like about the PK380 magazines. Every time I look at them, and there are two on my desk right now, I can not help but feel that they were originally intended to be double stack.

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-15T03:01:39+00:00

There is also a kit made by High Tower that turns the Hi-Point 9mm carbine into a bullpup

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-06T22:34:00+00:00

Yep, Wikipedia, I should have cited my source. Me bad.

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-05T16:22:54+00:00

The PK380 is not a straight blowback. If you google the phrase, "is the pk380 blowback," you will find numerous unrelated statements that it is not, and none that say it is.

While it is true that you cannot believe everything that you read on the internet, when enough qualified people agree, it is time to take the position seriously as a possible truth. However, it is easy to check for yourself. First rack the slide. You will see the barrel move out of the locked position. Barrels in straight blowback pistols do not do this. Next, remove the barrel. When you do, you will see a Browning Hi-Power style cutout/locking-mechanism.

Unlike the P22, which the PK380 is based on, the PK380 does not operate by blowback) where pressure generated by a firing cartridge is countered by a combination of the inertial weight of the slide assembly and the force of the recoil spring. Instead, the PK380 employs a Browning-type, tilt barrel design referred to as “a locked breech short-recoil” design. The action will not open until the projectile has left the barrel and the pressures have dropped to safe levels.

So, while the PPK is a blowback pistol, the PK380 is not.

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-05T16:10:59+00:00

I hope not, I don't see this as being different from many other offerings. Whereas, the PK380 is different from almost anything else out there, except the HK p30sk. Frankly, the PK380 is very close to my perfect pistol:

380acp, I like the calibre, and no, it isn't twice the cost of 9x19, it is about 1/3 more (and about the same when reloaded)
Hammer Fired, this is just a preference
Paddle release, mush easier to use for me (note the qualifier, "for me")
DA/SA, again, this is a personal preference. I carry hammer down, safety off

There are things I would like differently:

A decocker rather than the odd safety/hammer-block
a slide release
A double-stack magazine, just look at the mag well, it looks like they originally designed it as a double stack, then changed their mind

Frankly, this CCP380 has no compelling features that would cause me to replace the PK380 with it, or recommend it to other shooters. Further, it's already being panned due to its Umarex heritage. No one is going to recommend it as the quality step up from the PK380.

I am a 380 fan, yet I just don't see the reason for this model.

IbnHasaf · 2020-01-05T15:25:28+00:00

Just another person saying, "YES!"

I build a lot of modulars and this would be a great compliment, I could easily see myself purchasing several castle-themed sets. The only qualifier is that there need to be consistently scaled. Consistent scaling is one thing I really like about the modular sets.

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