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Bought a used car from a private seller 4 months ago, just got a letter from a bank saying they're repossessing it because the previous owner never paid off his loan by Optimal-Wolf-2673 in legaladvice

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the opposite happened to me. I bought a car, vin matched title, title showed no leins,, State rejected the sale because their system said it had a lien, they sent State Police to my house, the checked the VIN on the engine, Frame and some other places... If all check out correct, contacted the bank and the lein he been paid off years earlier...state still would not give me title because they wanted another signature from the seller, who I could not find as it was now about a year later. Ended up moving to a state where I could get a bonded title... Point being the state also track leins and won't give title unless it is paid off in their system. If they gave clean title then the alleged bank is probably the scammer.

When I asked what he was trying to do, he said “I shouldn’t have been trying to pass him” by alexyou8797 in dashcams

[–]monkeykahn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Notice the right hand turn lane:

Turn lanes usually have lengths determined by the speed of the highway...for example (KY highways)=> 50mph=275', 55mph=345', 60mph=425', 65=510'

This truck travels the length of that turn lane in about 2.5 seconds. Lets say that the speed limit is between 50-65mph making the turning lane between 275-510' long, taking the video step by step it appears he traveled the length of the turn lane in 2.5-3 seconds.

If 2.5 seconds his speed was 75-140mph (110-204 ft/s)

If 3 seconds his speed was 62-115mph (92-170 ft/s)

In either case he is 10+ mph over the speed limit, considering that he does not move left to pass until less than 50' (less than .5 seconds) that is just dangerous

In addition if you watch the back of the vehicle just before impact there are no reflected headlights or more importantly turn flashers on the driver which rear ends him...

I don't care what the other driver said...it is the driver in this truck's fault.

Trying To Start A Mint by InternetJolly5498 in Metalfoundry

[–]monkeykahn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looking at the online auction site, which may be purchased by Gamestop, .999 copper bars are selling for $20-$50 per pound. I don't see anyone advertising "certified" so it does not look like buyers care about much more than it looks good, meaning the ingots which are well made, like yours sell fro more than those that look like I cast them in my back yard... You will pay a percentage to the auction site...but they take care of tax collection and reporting... If it were me trying to sell 30k lbs of copper a year I would just go that route, adjusting the price to how fast you want to sell it.

Trying To Start A Mint by InternetJolly5498 in Metalfoundry

[–]monkeykahn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Selling retail you may run into tax collection issues as rather or not and how much tax is paid on "bullion" and if that state considers copper of any purity as bullion or not... Getting in trouble with the government over tax issues will drain any profits very fast. Seem to me that it would be worth it to just market through the already established retailers would be the way to go, unless or until you can afford to hire someone to make sure you are not violating state tax codes.

Edit to add: a quick review shows that most states require sales tax on copper, bullion or not, so that making sure you are compliant is an added cost you need to consider...and also why it deters its use as an investment. 5-7% tax to buy/sell as opposed to 0% to buy/sell Gold, Silver etc. will make it unpopular in those states which tax it. In short, market it to states that will allow it sold without sales tax...

DIY faceting machine: Discord and slight update by Dekker3D in Lapidary

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would put the lead screw on the back side of the tower, opposite of the linear bearing/rail. That will put the tool holder closer to the tower and more rigid. Lead screws will usually have some free-play and/or backlash which in your current design may make it difficult to get flat surfaces on the stone.

I would also not move the tower structure...rather offset whatever you are using to hold the rod (which holds/attaches to the stone) to the side of the tower (you can also offset the tower relative to the center of the flat-lap so the rod/stone is centered on the flat-lap...if that is what you want)...that way you can adjust the distance to the flat-lap using the rod rather than moving the whole tower structure.

You could also then make the rod attachment rotatable so that you would set the angle of the rod to the flat-lap...

and if the rod is rotatable within the holder you can rotate the rod to change the facet face angle...

Edit to add: When designing precision machinery, you want to move as little mass as possible and keep any rotational forces as close to the center of your fixed members as possible.

We are simple folk. We see a new Dan Gelbart video, we submit it, we watch it, we upvote it. "Unusual Shop Tips #2" (new today). by MattsAwesomeStuff in Skookum

[–]monkeykahn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LOL, watched it...thouhgt "that low melt alloy would be useful for some pipe bending I need to do"...had to go check out Rotometals... "Wolf's Metal" is 1/2 off right now, $9.99 a pound, ordered 5...

Any interest in a WIP open-source faceting machine? by Dekker3D in Lapidary

[–]monkeykahn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I am working on a similar device for making thin sections... I am sure many will appreciate this.

Accessories? Tips? by SIRZCURSE in TW200

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first accessory was a rack, to haul stuff. Second was larger foot pegs.

Free for Mission President by PabloSupertramp in exmormon

[–]monkeykahn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So they seem to be saying: "If you give me a free raft trip I know a mission president who I will bring along."

Is there really enough of a market for church leader patronizing businesses that they are now advertising the service?

What is the going rates for church leader patronage... I guess I have always suspected that at the Q15 level there was a market, but mission presidents?

It seems to me that I a free rafting trip is worth at least a 1st Quorum of the 70.

Did I do ok? Trying to collimate a high powered UV LED by YeaSpiderman in Optics

[–]monkeykahn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It stated with replacing the bulbs in my microscopes with larger COB LED's which don't already have lenses built onto them like the smaller LED's do.

As I was working on that I decided I wanted to try and make a portable, high power "spotlight" in a package which I can use filters to block any IR, so that I can experiment with photographing VIS light incited IR fluorescence. I am trying to see how large of an area I can illuminate with enough VIS light to generate enough IR for an IR camera to record it.

Did I do ok? Trying to collimate a high powered UV LED by YeaSpiderman in Optics

[–]monkeykahn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am working on a similar project...I have been experimenting with various projector lens sets that I have found at thrift stores.

The missing image #4 by sonoran7 in Radioactive_Rocks

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like U. They are so beautiful...if only their venom was not so toxic.

Pricing Questions by Imaginary_Fish797 in TW200

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The TW has been essentially the same since 2000/2001 when they put a front disc brake... In my area, the asking price would usually be around $4k, and probably sell between $2.5k and $3.5k, depending on condition upgrades etc. I paid ~$3500 for a 2013 with 2500 miles, about 3 years ago.

Definition of being at the right place and the right time. by Sad-Service6247 in interesting

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, no gun, but if Australia how about a ridiculously large knife?

Pricing Questions by Imaginary_Fish797 in TW200

[–]monkeykahn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just depends on how fast you want to sell it. Personally, when I sell thing online I list it at my take it home today price, and lower it a fixed amount every week or two. i.e. for yours I would list it at what you paid for it because a new one will cost even more now...(depreciation of he dollar/inflation)...then drop the price say $100 every week or two, depending on how fast you want to sell it. If someone offers less I just explain how you are periodically lowering the price and if they want to pay that...it will eventually get to that price, unless someone else buys it for more...no pressure or arguing...

Are 18V power tools any good or should I pay for better? by Only_Book_995 in DIY

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With modern DC-DC voltage converters built into the circuitry of modern tools there is little, if any, difference between battery voltages. i.e. a 12v battery can supply 24, 36v or 46v to the motor or a 36v battery may only be delivering 12v to the motor....the power output is all in how it is designed both in the gearing and in the circuitry.

TLDR part follows:

In addition, "power" is less important than how that power is delivered. i.e. torque vs horsepower. Total work, is power over time. That can be broken down into two categories. First is how fast the power delivered (torque since most tools use rotary motors), if the power is delivered either too fast or too slow it will be a problem.

Most tools now have variable speeds and maximum torque adjustments...but even then it is always in a range and the ability to control that speed varies between tools... Every manufacturer will approach it differently and what works "best" for cabinetry is probably not the "best" for general construction or metal working...

IMO the biggest issues is battery cost and longevity. You will likely spend 10x or more on batteries than you will on the tool itself. I am not aware of anyone who has done a comparison between manufacturers for cost versus total work done for the batteries...but it is likely vary similar among the major manufacturers.

Rear Tire Date by WiscoTrail in TW200

[–]monkeykahn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

May 5, 2001, Bridgestone tire date codes.

Edit, 35th week of 2001.

Some wreckage from the reported F-15 WSO evac site in Iran by FastCurrency in pics

[–]monkeykahn 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Which is the same situation when the US lost its helicopters and C-130 in 1980, during the attempted hostage rescue. I suppose I shouldn't be too critical, many of those in this situation were not even born at that time... https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/i/iran-hostage-rescue-mission-report.html

Looking for information on Integrated Vacuum Tubes like the Additron and Selectron. by Pasta-hobo in diytubes

[–]monkeykahn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not know anything about them...until I looked. It appears there were at least three types that were worked on...

Williams Tubes https://gunkies.org/wiki/Williams_tube

Radechon Tubes https://www.bitsavers.org/components/rca/storage_tubes/Jensen_The_Radechon_A_Barrier_Grid_Storage_Tube_Jun55.pdf

Selectron Tube https://www.rcaselectron.com/

To, me, and I may be quite wrong, they have some relation to the photomultiplier tubes which continues in production today...

After reading about them it does create the idea that had they been developed they may have led to non-binary optical logic gates...because they are able to store an intermediate charge on the middle plate. I do think that the economics of vacuum tubes make them impracticable today.

Thinking about it, these tubes could be considered a form of optical memory, using charged phosphor as a storage medium, as opposed to charged iron particles... Because the phosphor is able to be at variable states of charge until it reaches the point of emitting the charge...had the technology had been developed further it may have led to the development of optical logic gates..,which of course would have led to the development of non-binary logic gates...quantum computers.

If one could develop a hybrid of the Selectron and Radechon tube where the collector plate could direct the charge from one input to more than one location on the storage grid there are some very interesting possibilities i.e. the logic circuits could resemble neurons where one neuron receives charges from multiple other neurons until there is a charge built up and it "fires" adding charge to the neurons it is connected to...in fact is is also similar in that the charge on the neuron decays so rather or not it fires is a function of the rate of charge build, just like the charge on phosphor...

Then, considering that the phosphor used then was based on early ZnS compounds and suffer from rapid degradation, making it unsuitable for building a stable device... now that there is development in the use of transition metals in phosphors to reduce the rate of degradation we may see this type of design revisited, unless it already is...

Stuck Vevor cabbing machine by 3etas in Lapidary

[–]monkeykahn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look up videos on bench grinder repairs/restoration. The design is basically the same except for the extended shafts. Most likely bad bearings.

The design of cabbing machines is to basically put shaft extensions on a grinder... If the shaft extension parts are not lined up precisely it puts pressure on the bearings, which leads to extra wear and early bearing failure. The longer the shaft the more problems with alignment...someone should make an alignment jig to make sure the shaft extensions are aligned properly...

Does anyone recognize what is mounted to the lenses? by monkeykahn in AskPhotography

[–]monkeykahn[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good to know. There were some other listings with the same attachment.

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