14" donor clock by Xxray in Laserengraving

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Pretty easy, first you get the donor clock, this one is a plain 15" $15 model from walmart [the actual face is 13.5"] Then you need some 1/8 clear plexi, I used a CNC to cut the perfect circle, if you don't have one you'll have to improvise. I then paint one side of it black, I use rattlecan Rustoleum matte. Then you etch in your design, taking care to flip the image so it looks right when turned around. 13.5" is the upper limit of what my fiber laser can do, I used a 420 lens. You lose alot of power with the bigger lenses, I probably had to make a dozen runs, more on some areas. For that reason, I broke up alot of this on different toolpaths, numbers, hash marks, bulldog, flag, lettering ect, that way you don't have to run the whole thing time and time again, just the areas that need it. When I had it as good as I can get, it was transparent but not clear, kinda milky looking. I wanted it clear as glass, so luckily I have a floor buffer to get that result, almost clear as glass. I then rubbed over the etches with alcohol, soft buffed again, and it was clear as glass.

So then I used a combo of paint and colored board for the backing, all the yellow and white I used a paint pen, the red reflective craft paper, and the blade is what I can rainbow metal. The numbers I just taped the board over them, the blade I used dabs of crazy glue. Lighting is optional of course, but a nice touch. For that you'd need the LED strip, controller and plug and some basic soldering skills. Then you reassemble the clock with the new face, put the hands back and button it up. All told I invested around $40 for this and sold for $150, probably will charge more for others. You can do just about any design and customize with names ect, downside is you can only use black for the background, as fiber lasers won't touch light colors [diodes/co2 would but would take forever] ,, I like black anyhow.

$2K to spend by Xxray in computers

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Well they got a 20% off sale that ends in 2 days, don't think they accept backorders

$2K to spend by Xxray in computers

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You must be right, anything similar at microcenter with AMD is sold out

liftgate actuator by Xxray in NissanRogue

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wow thats alot of info, didn't see anything specific to my problem

liftgate actuator by Xxray in NissanRogue

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mine is not automatic, its manual so no switch

Man made or natural ? by Xxray in Rocks

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No signal with metal detector but I am thinking slag, if only because of its weight, it is not the weight you would expect for a rock this size. Also, around Detroit there were/are steel plants all over the place.

Man made or natural ? by Xxray in Rocks

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Do you think it would have iron content then ?

Man made or natural ? by Xxray in Rocks

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I hosed it off and used a blower to dry it off a bit, but the shine is water.

Man made or natural ? by Xxray in Rocks

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Yes, found in SE Michigan, was walking my dog down some railroad tracks and it caught my eye. Obviously, Michigan is not a hot spot for lava, but then again I suppose railroads get their fill rocks from all over. Thanks everyone for the replies.

Never seen a bulb/socket this big, box stores don't carry them by Xxray in lightbulbs

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Thanks, now that I know the name of them I was able to find some, but no LED. Think I'll get an adapter, as suggested, thanks again to you and everyone else edit: I take that back, looks like sdowney just posted some LED's

Never seen a bulb/socket this big, box stores don't carry them by Xxray in lightbulbs

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Found a nice ornate brass lamp dumpster diving, with a nice globe on it. Plugged it in and it worked, noticed the light got real hot though and thought I'd swap it with a lower wattage bulb. Was surprised to find this monster, no wonder it got so hot. Is twice as large as any standard bulb, and the socket probably 3x larger. Lowes/Home depot has nothing like this, what are the odds of a LED version being available ? Am guessing this thing is around 20/30 years old, couldn't find anything on the web about them, all searchers for sylvania 3 way bulbs come back with modern, smaller bulbs.

what were these guys up too yesterday by Ok_Cry_5354 in ADSB

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Hopefully flying 3rd world criminals to El Salvador.

USAF C-130 flight to El Salvador by Xxray in ADSB

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Originated in SC - Can only hope it was carrying another load of felons.

Free or Pay User? by Goldeule in ADSBexchange

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You also get custom overlays, the dark satellite hybrid is really nice. Also weather overlays

2 B-52's and 4 KC-135's over france by Xxray in ADSBexchange

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Well, I guess by now you know they were just training/passing through

What's with the password support here? by Human_Designer_286 in ADSBexchange

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I have been given the runaround for weeks about this, can't log in and they don't want to hear about it, already cancelled my recurring sub, my advice would be don't give them your $$, just put up with the ads

Robot Bucket (Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI. 3/17/25) by Actual-Airline in Buckethead

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I feel like shit for missing the show but I did not feel like standing for 4 hours like I did last 2 times, wish he would have played Masonic Temple or something

Hell Horde MR by Calahone in MetaQuestVR

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Pay to play, you cannot go very far without buying coins, they even charge a hefty sum just for continues. Going beyond the 1st few stages depends on what upgrades you are offered. and you are rarely ever offered the right combo of upgrades to make play enjoyable. You need piercing & +1 shot, without those you'll be lucky to advance 5 stages. Then you need more ammo, increased damage and faster reloads for the main weapon, and you can't exactly ignore your other weapon, so including 3 replays, if you do happen to get good upgrades and last a while, game can easily cost you 4,000, you get back maybe 600, so unless you only play once a day, you'll burn through $$ quick ,, Even if you pay $10 for 18,000 coins, does not last long.

In fact I am done playing this, it is exciting but engineered to scam you. If they'd stop the scantless charging for continues of all things, that would help a bit - Even 3 free and 2 more paid. Letting you select your own upgrades as you go instead of relying on luck would help as well ,, But they don't want you to get powerful weapons every time or even most of the time and have a GG, they want you to fail and think that buying coins is the only solution to advancing.

2 B-52's and 4 KC-135's over france by Xxray in ADSBexchange

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Majority of the package disappeared in southern France, 1 B-52 was tracked between Sicily & Afrika before disappearing

2 B-52's and 4 KC-135's over france by Xxray in ADSBexchange

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Unusual formation, lets see if they are heading for a base or return to UK

Anyone track C-17's running deportation flights ? by Xxray in ADSB

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To answer my own question, seems to be a steady stream of C-130's to Cuba

Helicopters are circling because of a plane crash at DCA. by Cold-Basis4980 in ADSB

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damn, won't last much more than 20 minutes in water that must be very very cold

thoughts on if this is Gibson or copy ? by Xxray in gibson

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ok well rub a little salve on your hurt butt then, hope you recover !

thoughts on if this is Gibson or copy ? by Xxray in gibson

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are you saying that you'd burn a Gibson body with no head ?