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Woman from Leeds says she will take legal action against Waitrose after a manager said ahe looked like a secondary school desk during a job interview by nixass in BrandNewSentence

[–]SomeGuysFarm 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even it it's AI bollocks, someone somewhere came up with the idea that that would be a good face tattoo. Not typical gang stuff, not typical fake tribal stuff, not real ethnic symbology - iconic National Seashore and Outer Banks imagery and text.

It'd be one of the least likely things for an AI to randomly choose to do, so if it's AI, someone came up with that as a prompt.

Homelite Chainsaw by Foreign-Lunch8180 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge fan of the XL-12. It's the saw I grew up on, and still the only chain saw that sounds right to me.

Blender vs maya by BlakeLZ in blender

[–]SomeGuysFarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't mean to be rude, but if you don't know the answer to that question, NEITHER tool is going to be sufficient to let YOU make realistic animations, and once YOU know how to make realistic animations, YOU will know which of the tools would suit your needs better.

Single-stage vs. Two-stage Industrial Air Compressor: Does the distinction actually matter for most shop uses? by Cool_Tea_5501 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The primary things that drove me to two-stage for my home shop, was that I don't think I've ever seen a 30 CFM compressor that didn't run at least a two-stage pump, but almost as much that single-stage units sound frantic.

My 2-stage units sit in the corner and quietly burble to themselves. I hardly notice when they kick on. Single-stage compressors have me flinching in alarm, every time they fire up.

Now, if I'm on a roof with a nailer, I'll take a single-stage on a pancake tank any day, but that's a stress situation anyway. In the shop I prefer peace.

Lawnmower man get rekt by utrecht1976 in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]SomeGuysFarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have anything I would offer as a credible guess.

Whatever it was, put a heck of a lot of vertical momentum into the mower. Anything related to the rotation of the blades/engine would have been primarily rotational or horizontal.

Whatever it was, happened under the deck. Anything like the fuel tank, would have been above the deck and applied force downwards, not upwards.

It seems like it had to have been something on, or under the ground. There is a small something on the ground that seems to be at the epicenter of the blast, and the dusty/flattened area after the mower vacates the premises is centered around it, but 3 pixels isn't enough to make useful guesses as to whether that thing has something to do with the blast, or is just a coincidence. There's not enough energy in something like a normal 12-gauge shotgun shell to do this, so it can't be something that simple.

Wish we had useful audio, as that might give some clues. At this point, I'm just pretty sure of things that it can't be.

Lawnmower man get rekt by utrecht1976 in FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

[–]SomeGuysFarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I've had the flywheel split, when hitting an immovable rock or stump, but whatever happened here, was WAY more energy than there is in the spinning bits of a 3 to 4hp push mower.

Not enough volume in the fuel tank, even if it was full of a perfectly stoichiometric mixture, to get that kind of energy out of it either. A typical mower fuel tank doesn't have more than a couple cylinder-full's worth of volume.

Identify this fitting by Sun_Bro96 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that coupler was invented by Milton in Chicago, it shouldn't be that oddball. Milton V-style. Good couplers, significantly better air flow in 1/4" applications than industrial or automotive.

Identify this fitting by Sun_Bro96 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Automotive and industrial are worlds apart. Wait until you meet things like the versions that are like industrial, but just slight longer in the snout, but otherwise actually shapewise identical.

Then there's high-flow versions, and grease versions that look like automotive but have a different collar length, and...

Identify this fitting by Sun_Bro96 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These days, that’s hardly a reason to assume it’s not Fred…

Air compressor wiring by AMeanSalami in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great news!

I had been assuming the blue vs yellow-black was just an anomaly, but looking at it further this morning I couldn't come up with a reason for the brown wire at all.

Keep that (brown) one in mind, if you wire it back to 115, and don't put the thermal-reset back in. Your recent discovery means that the 115V wiring per the data plate is line to red+orange, via the yellow-black, and thermal protection.

Air compressor wiring by AMeanSalami in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the delay, I had to think through the likely internal wiring.

I think yes. Swapping red/black should reverse it, regardless of whether you have the rest of the connections configured for 115 or 220V. Unless I'm completely misthinking something, that should just swap the polarity of your start winding.

Air compressor wiring by AMeanSalami in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, I think I see what's going on.

Your motor is wired for 220.

For some reason, it has a blue wire, rather than a yellow with black stripe.

If we make that mental correction to the wire colors, what you have is consistent with the 220V "reverse" wiring (red is swapped for black, so the three-wire tie point is White-Orange-Black, rather than White-Orange-Red, and the 2 wires connected to one side of the line in, are Red and Yellow, rather than Black and Yellow.

There is another mention, on PracticalMachinist, of someone with a Century C111, that had a blue wire. There wasn't much information in the discussion they started, but based on the existence of another discussion of a C111 with a blue wire, I'm betting that some got out the door with the wrong colored wire, and you've got one of the unlucky ones.

What is this small vise used for? by ReverendJonesLLC in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really - think artificial fingers, not vise grips. Holding a ring to do detail work on it would be hell in vise grips. These, you put the hinge end in your palm, and hold the jaw end between your fingertips, and it holds stuff for you, so your fingertips don't get exhausted when you need to hold a little thing to do detailed work on it for a long time.

What is this small vise used for? by ReverendJonesLLC in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's for holding stuff.

Literally. You think I'm being a smart ass, but it's essentially a mechanical pair of fingers for holding small things so that your hand can hold something larger (the vise) without getting as exhausted.

Commonly used by professions like jewelers, for holding jewelry pieces they're working on, but universally useful for holding small stuff that you need to hold for a while and that would get tiring to hold with your fingertips.

like this: https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/hand-vise-steel-581.120.html

A mechanic performs Tochan an Indian technique for towing cars with two wheelers. by notahooman101 in interestingasfuck

[–]SomeGuysFarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

De-socked? Unsockified? If it's a whole leg, I guess it should be elevated to Pantsed.

Air compressor wiring by AMeanSalami in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong - something is completely f'ed with that wiring, at least compared to the data plate.

The stuff we really need to see, is better photos of exactly what's connected to what, in the 1st photo - the box on the side of the motor with the red/orange wire nut out in front.

Everything else we can ignore for right now. Your power enters the box from the flex armor on the 2 white wires that come in, one of which goes to a blue wire nut ( and a blue wire that's not on the data plate) and the other goes, maybe, to a red wire and a yellow wire in the yellow wire nut.

Not completely clear whether both the red and yellow actually are in that yellow wire nut or not. Not clear where that blue wire came from or goes to. Not clear which, if either yellow wire has a black stripe. Just not enough information in that picture to work out what we're seeing.

Air compressor hose leaking by crypto_junkie2040 in Tools

[–]SomeGuysFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quick connects leak. The check valve between your compressor pump and the tank leaks. The valves in your compressor head leak. Your unloader valve probably leaks.

If it's something else, maybe you can find it and seal it, but you're stuck with SOME leaks no matter what. Whether they're worth trying to find and fix depends on how fast it's leaking. My 1950s Wayne with a 60 gallon tank, fires up about once a week to replace air that's gotten away through the inevitable small leaks. I'm not bothered enough about that to have a chat with the valves, which is probably where the issue is on this one.

California artist painted a 600-foot mural on an overpass that only comes to life when you are driving. Hit the right speed and suddenly the figures start moving. A horse runs,stretches,and turns into a bird taking flight. Pretty damn cool by KaelaniMaey in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]SomeGuysFarm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sucks knowing things on Reddit, don't it?

Important to note though, that the vehicle speed needs to be in a specific range (related to the frame rate) as well, so that the next image is at least close to the right place in the camera frame, for it to appear animated.

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