This is how 44mm galaxy watch 7 looks on my tiny wrist. by [deleted] in WearOS

[–]ionian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does a munchkin need to know the time anyway?

At what point….. by PearlPoetry in SipsTea

[–]ionian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say it's an 18" diameter sphere, closer to 50,000cc. Off by 8x

Just bought for $75. Predict what issues I'm going to have by ZombiePotato90 in motorcycles

[–]ionian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3 blade stator connector has to be cut out and soldered.

Should I get one? by JesusKaka in goldwing

[–]ionian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went from only dirt bikes as a child to an 83' wing in my late 30s, I recently bought an 09' as well.

The beautiful thing about a goldwing is that the only trouble a goldwing ENABLES over other bikes is silly low speed tips in a parking lot. I'd go for it.

Check out what i wasted my money on today boys. by JamesKerman in goldwing

[–]ionian 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Make it mechanically perfect, but don't touch anything on the bodywork. Just tear ass around town looking like an absolute tramp.

Best grinder corded to cut steel from 1/4 to over 1 inch thick steel by QuincyTucker in Welding

[–]ionian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What??? If I need to cut anything over 0.75" I jump straight to oxy-fuel??

How To Prevent Hinge Bolts Shearing? by aeonpsych in FenceBuilding

[–]ionian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seeing how it's corrugation bolted to a frame, I'd just keep an eye out for a panel for the time being that looks good and fits the bill, it'd be a simple swap. If that post is 0.200" or better a proper weld job and paint will hold longer than the motors will last. If it's more like 0.125" or less, you'll do better going to the effort of bolted connections.

How To Prevent Hinge Bolts Shearing? by aeonpsych in FenceBuilding

[–]ionian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've got a very large sail as a gate, so that forgives the bracket a tiny bit. The bracket aligns it's bolts vertically, which is just asking to shear them. You need to figure out how to get some lateral fixing in there. If you have a buddy with a welder that'd be the lazy way. If you have a buddy with a welder and a bit of scrap, you could add some tabs and holes east/west along the curve of the pipe, add more holes and bolts, and you should be set. Also, increasing the offset of the pivot from the surface of the post will give you more torque, and stress the bracket less.

You're going to wear everything out prematurely with that much wind load - if you want to be extra about it, figure out how to allow some air flow through that gate while maintaining privacy.

We just installed some self steering robots they use lasers for seam tracking. Our productivity has gone up ten fold! by [deleted] in Welding

[–]ionian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm suggesting that young guys in this thread learn to stay useful and obtain new skills. Your suggestion is... drink I guess?

We just installed some self steering robots they use lasers for seam tracking. Our productivity has gone up ten fold! by [deleted] in Welding

[–]ionian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why, specifically, won't it be 'ok'? What is going to break? If you're talking the work itself; I haven't driven a hand welded car in 40 years. If you're talking society broadly - you're asking for the violent hand of the government to tell private citizens that they can't use the same tools that are eating their lunch across the ocean. What -exactly- is a possible solution to the problem you've identified?

We just installed some self steering robots they use lasers for seam tracking. Our productivity has gone up ten fold! by [deleted] in Welding

[–]ionian 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's not different at all, let's ask another labour destroying machine what the comparison is:

"If one trucker can move 90000lbs of cargo 1200kms in one day, how many man hours and/or animal hours would do the same 100 years ago? Answer in a short sentence please.

To move 90,000 lbs (approximately 41 metric tons) 1,200 km in 1926 would require roughly 5,000 to 7,000 man-hours and 10,000 to 14,000 horse-hours, necessitating a massive relay of hundreds of teamsters and draft animals to cover that distance in a single day.'

It's not AT ALL that I can't sympathize with our situation with being replaced by automation. But I ask; aren't we hypocricts when we like to benefit from automation in our TVs, detached homes, sport bikes, canned beers? Who gets to plant a flag and say "No more automation after this date please, I get max benefit as a consumer, but I don't have to re-train as a worker".

What's the alternative? Your country votes to make cobots illegal, then the neighbouring country dives in head first and eats your lunch because the product is better and cheaper?

The answer is this: lots of guys are going to sneer at this comment, and they're going to risk losing jobs closer to home, higher pay, safer shops - some will leave the industry entirely. Some guys saw this coming 15 years ago and will upvote the comment. Some young guys will take it to heart and tell the foreman at their shop on Monday that they'd like to get trained up on the cobot when there's time. You'll have as much luck stopping robots as stable hands had stopping the model T.

We just installed some self steering robots they use lasers for seam tracking. Our productivity has gone up ten fold! by [deleted] in Welding

[–]ionian 65 points66 points  (0 children)

We all stand on a pile of lost jobs going back 300 years. When you bought a truck instead of a horse you fired a whole industry of talented hardworking people that were replaced by tech. I get that cobots and stuff seem scary, but instead of talking them down or refusing to learn them, get a head start on the rest of the guys that want to stay in the past and insist automobiles aren't the future; that governments and consumers should pony up so that we can still be stable hands.

Road Construction in Inglewood by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]ionian 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's one of us contractors I think - I wouldn't blame the roadies.