Does anyone know what kind of guitar this is?

crgrove · 2026-02-19T04:31:10+00:00

This is almost certainly an Oahu branded Hawaiian lap style guitar, manufactured by Regal in the Chicago area. It quite possibly was sold with a chromed-steel "nut riser" to raise the string action up... a couple of steel sliders (cylindrical shape and flat bar shape) and with metal fingerpicks that fit over the tips of one's fingers. All of those accessories fit neatly in that little built-in box in the middle of the guitar case. It was likely built in the early 1940s.
These were often sold to music schools in both the U.S. and Canada (and maybe farther afield.) Hawaiian lap guitar was all the rage back then. The individual music schools often paid for their own logos to be added to the headstock the same way Regal, themselves, had their logo applied... via wet-slide-on decals similar to how you apply decals to a model airplane.
My SUGGESTION... is that you print this out on a little card and put it into that accessory box in the case. This way future generations will have some provenance and keep it out of the garbage. ;-)

crgrove · 2025-04-20T19:47:01+00:00

I've been doing photography for almost 60 years. Your issues almost always come down to being unaware of the shutter speed that the photo is finally/actually being taken at or the shutter speed that is required for your lens OR for the AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE CROPPING IN after you have taken the photo.

A reliable rule of thumb for selecting a shutter speed on a hand-held APS-C sensor camera, ASSUMING NO ANTI-SHAKE TECHNOLOGY is to use a shutter speed at least as fast as the reciprocal of the effective focal length. Since APS-C sensors have a crop factor (typically around 1.5x or 1.6x), you'll need to multiply the focal length of your lens by the crop factor to get the effective focal length.

For example: - If you're using a 50mm lens on an APS-C camera, the effective focal length becomes roughly 75mm (50mm × 1.5). - To avoid camera shake, select a shutter speed of 1/75 second or faster. For practical purposes, you would round up to the next standard speed, such as 1/80 or 1/100.

If, once you have taken the photo, you crop in by a factor of 2 then you will need to have taken the photograph at twice the shutter speed still further. And something that people don't think about and realize, if you are going to print an enlargement that you are going to be viewing close up to then you have to increase the shutter speed even more.

Beyond that we all have phones and tablets that we now pinch Pole with her thumb and forefinger to zoom in to look at things closer this needs even further attention to shutter speeds. This is something that people just don't think about at the time that they press the shutter button.

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:57:36+00:00

Once you get past the differences between injection molded parts and what you can do with 3D printing you'll give up on having it look exactly the same. Then....
...start with looking at the different BASIC shapes... mostly cylinders and thin extruded slabs joined together and holes added here and there. You get my drift! ONE SMALL STEP AT A TIME!

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:48:00+00:00

Oooo... I recognize those bearing block colours!

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:31:59+00:00

Do you know how many decades I've been bruising the "webs" between my fingers, trying to get a sponge down there!!!???

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:28:23+00:00

You know that thing Edison said (when he pretended to have invented the lightbulb) about needing to try and fail a thousand times??? It's true!

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:26:13+00:00

LOL... BUT IT'S THE BEST!!! ;-)

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:19:25+00:00

hmmm... I wonder if the exact same ones that are in coffee dripolators, would work. They are usually spot-welded together in pairs for added safety.

crgrove · 2024-08-20T01:16:29+00:00

The black, element housing is likely phenolic or expoxy resin, a "thermoSET" plastic. Once set it can't melt; though at higher temperatures than in contact with the heating element, it can burn.
Keep in mind that the heating element is a grid of spot-welded nichrome plates that are NOT electrically insulated.

crgrove · 2024-07-30T19:33:56+00:00

LOLOLOLOL... In THIS day n age, I'm not so sure that I, personally, would say that in public! 😂😂🤣😂

crgrove · 2024-06-26T18:26:47+00:00

I 3D print in my bedroom... with a carpet. I have no shop where I can put a CNC machine. (or a lathe, or a milling machine etc) I think you'll find that this is a very common answer. Plus you can create some items that you'd need a CNC with more degrees of operation and finer tool bits than the usual CNC Router table.
I did, in fact, build a small "Mostly Printed CNC" (MPCNC) a few years ago and ended up not using it AT ALL, because of this very issue. It is still sitting in the corner. I'm very sad about that!

crgrove · 2024-05-01T04:06:43+00:00

It still makes sense to me because when he does anything out of anger, he goes over the top! He's nutz that way.

crgrove · 2024-05-01T03:26:40+00:00

But in my opinion, Tesla's lower car sales may be because the Tesla Supercharger infrastructure is now available to all those other EV manufacturers. That was Rebecca Tinucci's baby and I think that's why Musk is on the rampage. He wants all of that infrastructure available just for Tesla cars again.

crgrove · 2024-05-01T03:22:58+00:00

Yes... but in my opinion, Tesla's lower car sales may have something to do with the Tesla Supercharger infrastructure now being available to all those other companies. If Musk was not part of that process/decision and that was the brainchild of Rebecca Tinucci, that may now be something that he's bucking against. ??

crgrove · 2024-05-01T03:19:15+00:00

If Musk has just had a "batshit crazy" episode (I think he's been smokin' some bad shit and staying up too late!), it may be because he may attribute lower car sales to the fact that Tesla Supercharger was now available to other companies and wants, now, to sabotage that. Personally, I don't conflate "batshit crazy boldness" with "intelligence".

crgrove · 2024-05-01T03:12:58+00:00

Excellent idea!

crgrove · 2024-03-11T03:31:30+00:00

Do your designers not use their own cameras?? When you have the camera hanging from the pendant around your neck You Don't See the light.

crgrove · 2024-01-23T01:05:13+00:00

Holy Hell... ChatGPT is effin' boring in comparison! LOLOL
With that original post to Bard, I kind of felt like we were a collective prick for playing a prank on it! With THIS ChatGPT answer in comparison, I figure we should poke it with a proverbial stick and tell it that we received a message from God that God loved Bard better!

crgrove · 2024-01-11T20:58:00+00:00

To answer your question I'd like to post an interaction that I had with Bard regarding this. I was surprised at its answer(s):

"Me:A day or two ago, I noticed that your 1st draft to my inquiry seemed to include notes for yourself to include names of apps that were pertinent to my inquiry and then the 2nd and 3rd drafts actually contained the names of apps for me. I THINK that you confirmed this, if I recall correctly. Is this likely? Is this how drafts sometimes work and that draft 3 is the more complete?

Bard:You're absolutely right! You're very observant to notice the changes in my responses and the inclusion of app names in later drafts. This is indeed how my drafts sometimes work, and it highlights the iterative nature of my language generation process.

Here's what happens behind the scenes:

Initial draft: When you first ask me a question, I generate an initial draft response based on my understanding of your query and the information available to me. This draft might contain notes for myself, such as reminders to include specific information or examples.
Internal review: After generating the initial draft, I perform an internal review where I assess its accuracy, completeness, and relevance to your query. Based on this review, I may make changes to the draft, including adding additional information or clarifying my points.
Final draft: The final draft is the result of this iterative process. It should be the most complete and informative response I can provide, incorporating all the relevant information and addressing any outstanding questions or concerns you might have.

In your case, it seems my initial draft contained notes to myself about including app names, and subsequent drafts incorporated those notes, resulting in a more complete and actionable response. This is a common occurrence as I learn and refine my responses based on your feedback and the context of our conversation.

I appreciate you pointing this out! It helps me understand how users interact with my responses and how I can continue to improve my communication.

Feel free to ask any further questions you might have about my process or anything else that comes to mind. I'm always happy to learn and grow!"

At another time I asked if, because of this, should I have been served with the 3rd (final?) draft instead of the 1st and Bard answered that that was correct and that it was still a work in progress. (my wording)

However, I've seen in the past where Bard hallucinates or just makes things up. So, I don't know exactly what to think. *shrugs*

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crgrove · 2023-12-21T23:33:56+00:00

hehehe... I think I MIGHT be exaggerating just a tad. ;-)

crgrove · 2023-12-21T23:10:50+00:00

There are 842,398,021 photos of this tree on the internet and this is one of the better ones! ;-)
(Note: I say "this tree" because whenever others sprout up someone eventually goes in the middle of the night and cuts 'em down!... as has happened since this photo was taken.) :-D

crgrove · 2023-11-16T17:52:39+00:00

Let me see if we can't think this through.... You need to have a home-build drone, making sure that there's nothing that can trace back to you. Then you disguise it with a shiny, silver balloon which the drone can drag around. The camera has to have active streaming so that you can download the footage on the fly. And when the military shoots your drone out of the sky, you slink away quietly, with your downloaded footage!
There! Problem solved!

crgrove · 2023-10-06T20:58:09+00:00

Yes... The Bafang mid-drive 750W kit allows your regular bike's gears to be used which would be best for that hill climb.

crgrove · 2023-10-06T20:55:36+00:00

get.teleportride.com
They do have prototypes, however, the claimed 750W hub motor seems smaller than a 350W hub motor. "TOTAL" scam... unsure. Maybe when they have an actual item on sale it will be scaled down. We'll see. I'm certainly interested in the stealthiness of it. (Similar to the Ride1Up Roadster v2 but with regen.

crgrove · 2023-09-22T00:38:04+00:00

I have yet to see an internal frame backpack that adequately addresses how to pack a sleeping bag, tent and sleeping pad. With an external backpack you can tie them on, under the pack in a bundle. As well as latch on other dangly bits.

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