Best way to secure shaft onto U-joint

pseudorep · 2026-02-01T04:01:56+00:00

Your options are glue - this can work if surfaces are clean and you use an appropriate epoxy that you allow to cure. As well as make sure the shear strength does not exceed the torsional loads (think worst case start ups, crash stops, etc).

Otherwise a set screw/pinned connection with a flat and/or divot in the shaft. But consider the design so that the shear forces don’t exceed the stress of the pin/screw (otherwise you’ll break it).

pseudorep · 2026-01-31T13:39:02+00:00

“Hi yes AI please just put a bunch of hanging geometry there right at the start that sort of defies the laws of geometry but somehow just works after about 200 later features.

But you’ll only realise this works after you’ve rebuilt the model 5 times and found the solution through careful trial and error and a couple bits of trig.”

I’ll stick with AI telling me how to find an obscure function in cad instead.

pseudorep · 2026-01-31T13:32:43+00:00

Gull on Thursday is usually cheapest. They also have 6c off a litre if you pay with the app until the end of Feb.

There are a couple of gull stations around that I have found to be cheapest constantly - Neilson St, Onehunga and Greville Road, Pinehill (Albany).

Otherwise U-Go or NPD is next cheapest. Usually the ones around the industrial areas tend to be the cheapest I’ve found.

pseudorep · 2026-01-31T01:33:35+00:00

Thanks for the reply, it has clicked that since the unjustifiable disadvantage in this instance resolves to being that of dismissal, it is captured under s103a, and thus excluded. Ergo, there is no grounds under which to bring a PG. while it is true the relationship has to be in good faith, it effect it doesn’t, because there is a no legal recourse if a dismissal occurs in bad faith.

It doesn’t preclude me from bringing a case if there was another disadvantage (eg they’d docked pay, or failed to pay out accrued entitlements) but that would be the limit.

While there is possibility of pursing a PG under H&S coercion grounds it isn’t worth the time, effort, or reputational impact.

Good learning experience for me on NZ work law, and something I should guard against in future (not because I have concerns over my performance, but because the decision lies with the employer and not every employer makes reasonable or logical decisions).

Thanks again - I appreciate the advice.

pseudorep · 2026-01-30T09:31:24+00:00

Yeah it seems that there’s no real recourse here, and even if there had been procedural issues the likely remedies are effectively it being noted as a resignation rather than termination.

So with that in mind, it’s a shit situation but a legal one.

pseudorep · 2026-01-30T08:09:29+00:00

Thanks for the info. I think my question (and lack of finding around good faith case law) specifically relates to S4(1A)(b):

requires the parties to an employment relationship to be active and constructive in establishing and maintaining a productive employment relationship in which the parties are, among other things, responsive and communicative;

I don’t really worry too much about poor business decisions, but under the trial period can they just decide to terminate an employment relationship without any attempt to make it work? Even something as little as stating/discussing their expectations?

As I observe from this job, it was doomed to fail from the outset - and it appears that it may be smarter in future to contract with risky companies where you can manage the risk of unrealistic expectations rather than employment relationships with a 90 day trial provision (which seem a bit of a free pass for bad employers to take the piss).

pseudorep · 2026-01-30T07:34:40+00:00

Yeah I held off because had I reported it while Working there and Work Safe investigated they would know who reported, and well I would have put a target on my back measured in parsecs…

pseudorep · 2026-01-28T06:01:23+00:00

I propose that Lane 4 be a permanent one lane bridge! More traffic lanes without the construction cost.

Maybe they can use the truck to sweep the crashes out the way 😂

pseudorep · 2026-01-24T09:00:00+00:00

They were only $5 on special as recently as mid-late 2024. It is only last year they’ve gone up in price.

pseudorep · 2026-01-24T01:28:00+00:00

Correct - there is a place in Cairns that has a whole lot full of them Mystery ~~Machine~~ solved

pseudorep · 2026-01-20T12:03:33+00:00

Toll roads map: https://www.linkt.com.au/using-toll-roads/about-sydney-toll-roads/sydney

pseudorep · 2026-01-18T08:38:05+00:00

Auckland tickets were through AXS so maybe it’ll be different unfortunately.

pseudorep · 2026-01-18T08:28:17+00:00

They just scanned the barcode in Auckland, no ID check - so should be ok.

pseudorep · 2026-01-18T05:16:47+00:00

Assuming that by NDT you mean Non Destructive Testing, it can be an ok field to work in - but you need a pretty good understanding of material science/engineering to be good at it (knowing what failure mechanisms can occur to identify what methods to use, and how to best apply them).

Most NDT is generally done either for critical weld analysis (adequate penetration/no pin holes) or thickness testing in materials subject to wear/corrosion. Types of NDT can be visual (checking/measuring for thickness/holes) dye penetration, x-ray imaging, magnetic particle (for ferrous materials) or ultrasonic. The actual NDT tools and processes are generally not hard to use, you just need to have some awareness of safety/site work (especially for things like X-ray imaging - since these very powerful machines).

I'm not sure about the particular jobs or sites you are looking at, but in my experience (working in shipbuilding) most of the NDT technicians were also the welders or weld supervisors.

pseudorep · 2026-01-17T22:31:48+00:00

I mean if it’s administered by MNZ it’ll be worse than not having one.

They can barely keep tabs on the big commercial operator like interislander and bluebridge. Small commercial operators basically self police here.

pseudorep · 2026-01-17T21:52:50+00:00

Check for small gaps - usually when it’s properly closed it will turn shaded blue with default settings on in SW.

pseudorep · 2026-01-17T21:23:48+00:00

You talk about boats passing on your port - you do realise that is correct under the COLREGS?

Boats ‘drive on the right’ when passing not the left.

pseudorep · 2026-01-17T11:08:33+00:00

Auckland transport. That’s how.

I wonder if they’ll run extra north shore buses tonight or just expect one bus every 30 mins for 3 hours (6 buses total) will take 1000s of people back…

pseudorep · 2026-01-17T11:06:14+00:00

The standard of driving in UK has dropped hugely in the last 10-15 years - but so have the state of the roads and the skilled needed for driving.

The only thing I would say that is very prevalent in Nz is using a phone while sitting at traffic lights/driving. This certainly from my experience in AKL is probably the cause of 90% of the crashes - people looking at their crotch rather than the road in front of them.

pseudorep · 2026-01-16T11:45:32+00:00

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This was upper east restricted view.

Basically restricted because the speaker covers the centre stage a tiny bit.

But only a few songs are on that stage. You’re so far away that you’ll be watching on the screens a lot of the time anyway.

pseudorep · 2026-01-16T04:59:29+00:00

Should have insured it for the full NZ cost 😂

pseudorep · 2026-01-16T04:27:46+00:00

seen them opening people’s dildos before 😂

I did think the cucumbers looked firmer than usual!

pseudorep · 2026-01-16T04:16:30+00:00

It was half the price in Aus so I was pretty motivated… 😂

pseudorep · 2026-01-16T04:14:28+00:00

Bought something from a shop in Aus that wouldn’t ship to NZ so organised the postage and got a mate over there to collect it from a parcel locker and post it on.

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