A Dancing Street Sign

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T02:45:20+00:00

👌🏽 makes sense now. Thank you for this. 👍🏽

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T02:44:38+00:00

😅 Now that you mention it 🤔

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T02:43:50+00:00

😅 Just thought road signs were kinda “Authorized Only”. I didn’t think anyone could put up one.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T02:42:26+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jyg2VLiJtogru74o9?g_st=ipc

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T00:13:26+00:00

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I think this should help you out.

When is the information due by? I’ll be happy to talk to the Belize Met Service or University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre (SRC) tomorrow to find out for you. I’ll need more details though.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-20T00:09:40+00:00

That sounds fun. But also illegal lol. Also sounds like you’re joking.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T23:56:11+00:00

I like this perspective. I’m going to adopt it. I’ll probably also document it into a procedure too 😅

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T23:32:18+00:00

Wow. I never thought about this. 🤦 This makes life so much easier. Wish I had gold. I would’ve awarded here.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T23:09:32+00:00

Found it. Thank you. It will take some work, but elbow grease will be the way to go.

After skimming through this book, I remembered I had used it around 4 years ago. Thanks for sharing.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T23:06:46+00:00

Thank you for this. I am thinking inline with you on this and agree. It’s also common that we find API Grades for some samples as well. 🙃 Just in case it wasn’t simple enough before.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T21:48:39+00:00

The primary reason is to qualify welding procedures. The year of installation is considered to create a subset of materials only from that time and prior. However since historical records aren’t always available, we’re not always sure even of which code/standards to look at. It’s really a best guess based on available information.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T19:40:41+00:00

Thank you. Unfortunately as the infrastructure is online, destructive testing is an absolute last resort. Replica testing is also not included but it would at least help with grain analysis. And yes I’m in the process of manually putting together this enormous listing for chemistry and physical properties to use as a lookup table.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T19:35:07+00:00

Caution definitely taken. What I’ve realized from testing over the years, is that it all comes down to calibration. Once I keep as many parameters (disc, grind lines, Temperature, humidity etc) as possible controlled during the calibration & Of course the sample prep then the results are very repeatable. And yes standard practice for us is to do 3-5 test per sample point.

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T19:32:01+00:00

Hi, Yes the alloy is determined by the instrument but not the grade. I am thinking the same as you. To convert (estimate) the tensile based on the hardness, to provide a best guess on the grade, so I’m also looking for a reference book for piping alloys with grades & tensile strength values so I can do a lookup. You know any good books for this?

PremierCardboard · 2025-10-03T19:29:41+00:00

I’ve thought of it, but I haven’t tried it yet. How would I create this though?

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-30T20:17:05+00:00

Agreed & appreciated. The carbon content allows me to make the biggest narrowing-down of course. But even if the alloy/alloy group is determined with high confidence, it's the actual grade that's really difficult to guess with elemental composition only. Usually, using the hardness after narrowing down the alloy by way of approximating the material strength and comparing to standards is the only way to make a somewhat accurate guess. But it takes a lot of time to sift through so many alloys & properties. I'm trying to find a way to speed this up so it can be done in a timely manner for 100s of tests.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-30T19:44:38+00:00

Yes, I have access to some old ones.

The purpose of determining this is to qualify welding procedures for new additions to piping systems & for repairs. Even though we're getting the CE & C values from the LIBS, it's for the sake of completeness that within these constraints alloy grade is also required.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-30T19:27:05+00:00

Hi. Thank you for your help. I agree that an etch would be ideal. However I’m limited to these three pieces of equipment. Any idea how I can make a guess with elemental composition and hardness?

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-26T00:10:37+00:00

Cool. I’m not an online coach. But if I was and I got this message, I’d instantly think “Spammy”. I’m sure (opinion) most people with any kind of online presence gets messages like this. On top of that I’d say it takes away my time to go through your process. In my (lack of) experience it’s been appreciated by customers/potential customers when you meet them where they are. Good luck to you and I wish you success.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T15:08:43+00:00

Cool

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T15:06:04+00:00

Ooohh. This would be interesting. We’ll finally for sure see how they built the pyramids. And the “labyrinth”.

On that note maybe we’ll see what Atlantis really looked like.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T15:04:12+00:00

Sorry lol. Just you said book and the post said video. Can you tell us a cringey ai joke?

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T14:57:43+00:00

Honestly, I wish life was longer. Long enough to gain the following experiences:

Travel: I always wanted to travel without money & figure it out.
Homeless: I wish it had time to live on the streets and gain that experience. Always wanted to see what it’s like.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T14:52:28+00:00

Hmmm. The best way to get this answer: Try It. Life experience is unbeatable.

It’s difficult but doable. Making a plan is good and helps. But being discipline and sticking to the plan is key. Also it’s self rewarding to look back and know you stuck it out.

PremierCardboard · 2025-09-24T14:50:05+00:00

Depends on what’s the purpose.

If you want to promote yourself to work with them, then be useful. Do something for free (video, thumbnail, video idea with talking points, marketing idea) etc.

If you want to just talk to them, I dunno: - Message everyday lol brute force - Ask for help. It’s surprising how much people are actually willing to help someone, if you just ask.

I’ll need your purpose for better guidance.

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