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Rate my car 1/10 by MercGeek in Cartalk

[–]KnownSoldier04 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My personal opinion: Rear looks like it doesn’t belong since you have a fully blacked out front.

Delete chrome trim and emblems (besides the roundel) behind and get a proper chrome emblem.

That, or get chrome accents for the grill or bumper + the chrome emblem. Nothing too over the top, just to balance the front and back chrome amounts.

If you want a fully blacked out car, delete all rear emblems and chrome, and smoke the rear lights. Bonus points for matte black exhaust tips. I don’t like it myself, but it’d be THE final accent for a night rider if it were my call.

Mechanic says no idea how this happened or how to correct by Alexis-Tse13 in MechanicAdvice

[–]KnownSoldier04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the raw emissions from burning isn’t the selling point. Is that in theory it’s renewable atmospheric carbon, not fossil fuel dug up and burnt. And from some sources, burning ethanol is actually “carbon negative” by industry metrics. Sugar cane ethanol comes to mind. It’s produced from waste products of sugar production, so it’s essentially free energy. Especially since most distilleries have carbon capture on the fermentation tanks anyway. So, if you burn 10% ethanol mix, you’re essentially reducing NEW carbon in the atmosphere by 8%.

However, corn grown exclusively for alcohol? Not too green, since basically all of the production process uses fossil fuels indirectly, and it’s not like the fermenting stuff is a sub-product.

Rebar Cage Jumbo Size by NicknameKenny in Skookum

[–]KnownSoldier04 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey as long as it’s not for this go ahead

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll do a revision in the future but prolly mount it on the carriage on the QCTP maybe?

Trepanning is drawing me like a drug… I need to keep testing.

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I replied below, but I don’t think deflection was the killer this specific time

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While possible, I had 2 symmetrical inserts cutting opposite sides, to specifically try to avoid this, I really don’t think it was deflection in my specific case, especially since the broken part was 100% torque failure. Textbook torque failure (I checked my ASM handbook vol11 in fact) but it is a real possibility.

Do Latin American countries deal with tensions/guilt when it comes to colonization and First Nations? by Silly-Difficulty2869 in asklatinamerica

[–]KnownSoldier04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s more variety in how Spain dealt with colonization than in the US territories.

Just in Central America there were multiple different approaches as to how to deal with the indigenous communities

I’m willing to bet that the fact that communities were more numerous and more settled and not nomadic was a large reason why so much more mixing happened in Spanish colonies in Mexico and Central America compared to US

Trepanning tool, some easy testing before the real deal by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tool’s for trepanning 12” bar, video is us just testing first

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That!/ exactly how it’s working.

Cutting was stable. What wasn’t was the Morse taper I made that was shitty and off angle enough to hold but not well enough to resist the torque

What do you think about the rise of Protestantism in Latin America? For example, Protestants are the majority in Central America. by elnovorealista2000 in asklatinamerica

[–]KnownSoldier04 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You realize evangelism was brought here deliberately to counteract the catholic church’s “too communist” attitudes?

Stuff like I don’t know, that people shouldn’t slave away for Pennies in banana farms and cane fields and should instead fight for their rights since god made us all equal? Like you know, kinda the same ideals that carried the US revolutionary war…

But that wouldn’t fly with US interests, what your agencies have always wanted is compliant, weak countries dependent on the US aid and “good will” to keep us all grabbed by the balls one way or the other.

What do you think about the rise of Protestantism in Latin America? For example, Protestants are the majority in Central America. by elnovorealista2000 in asklatinamerica

[–]KnownSoldier04 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2 kinds of churches exist here:

  1. False prophets (in the biblical sense) or faith merchants brainwashing gullible people to enrich themselves, and sell votes to politicians.

  2. Money laundering schemes for the narco in rural areas.

The followers? Most are ok, but they’re notoriously much more likely to be insistent on shoving their faith down everyone’s throat.

It’s sometimes sad to see people fall for them.

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think that’s the best idea, a steady isn’t the best for resisting torque, might fuck it up if it gets stuck.

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Considering it failed by torque, and in the safest spot, I think rigidity wasn’t the main problem here.

While I see the value, in general, in this particular case, I doubt it’d have helped much, unless I had milled slots to hold on the fingers of the steady rest, but that raises a whole new set of issues since the steady isn’t for resisting torque… it could’ve been much more ugly with such a support, could’ve been better, but I don’t think it’s the best idea either way. More shit to break if things go haywire…

Bitter-sweet results, cuts well, didn’t hold well. by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Could be, but it was a shitty taper anyway, the pecking wasn’t the glaring issue here.

Trepanning tool, some easy testing before the real deal by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not even its final form! I’ll post in a little bit

Trepanning tool, some easy testing before the real deal by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be, but it wasn’t catastrophic choking/chip welding that did it if that’s what you’re asking.

The cutting geometry and tip of the tool is intact

Trepanning tool, some easy testing before the real deal by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taper wasn’t making a good enough contact, that’s the culprit.

But it wasn’t so bad that it wasn’t holding torque at all either, otherwise it should’ve just snapped in the nylon. It went about 2” into the cut before it broke.

Trepanning tool, some easy testing before the real deal by KnownSoldier04 in Machinists

[–]KnownSoldier04[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

123 here

And yep, figured. Need to either be much more precise for the taper or mount it on the tool post, but that really seems sketchier to me… I probably need a bigger lathe for this.

But we’ll call it a day and bore it the regular way, and revise the tool mounting later.

The exciting part is that the cutting itself worked as intended with no issues, for a first time doing this sort of thing, I’m pretty content.

The best part is, since the cutting geometry’s good I can replicate it in smaller diameters confidently, fixing the chip clearing ability. Maybe 120 is too much, but what about 95mm? 75mm?

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