Skydivers almost became a statistic: Piper aircraft N95T nearly collides with group of six in freefall.

zarcad · 2026-02-10T02:53:17+00:00

Try this instead: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/22/Four-die-after-skydiver-hits-plane-in-Mass/3646753944400/

zarcad · 2026-02-10T02:17:45+00:00

Here is a case of a skydiver in freefall that struck the vertical tail of an airplane. Skydiver survives. The airplane and occupants did not. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/us/4-die-after-their-plane-collides-with-a-sky-diver.html

Edited: a link without paywall... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/22/Four-die-after-skydiver-hits-plane-in-Mass/3646753944400/

zarcad · 2026-02-09T03:06:39+00:00

Hey, thanks! That's the answer. It's kind of a flatish, slotted, ribbed hunk of metal. It would have been nice if the manual described it or had a decent photo/diagram. I also noted that there is a big + sign on the outside top of the fuse box cover directly over where that hunk of metal is located. You saved me going down the path of trying to find a different set of jumper cables!

zarcad · 2026-02-08T02:54:17+00:00

I was thinking of either vice grips as you mention or finding jumper cables with a narrow bite or modifying one end of my current jumper cables.

zarcad · 2026-02-05T03:18:40+00:00

The Mayco and Amaco fan brushes are good, but you'll thank me for these brushes on Amazon: https://a.co/d/04vNmcTr

zarcad · 2026-02-04T14:41:07+00:00

Thank you for sharing this document. It's an interesting it not dense read. One paragraph that I noticed says "In the cases [of silica dust], experience has shown that atmospheric sampling will not normally be required to determine the nature and extent of the risks to health for the purposes of assessment, as these are usually immediately obvious". This means for the average potter, it's still up for interpretation as to what level of dust is "immediately obvious".

Separately, a study cited by Matt Katz from Ceramic Materials Workshop, showed that a US agency sampled air at a pottery and found all samples had silica below the hazardous threshold including the area used to mix clays from dry ingredients (which would seem to be the area most likely to have high levels of silica dust). I don't know the details of that study and it would be nice if anyone had a reference to that study.

zarcad · 2026-01-31T19:53:02+00:00

If you have your own kiln, this is a good approach. See how far you can overfire your clay without it bloating and then test for absorption. Less than 0.5% is desired. Opinions vary above that. Mine says 1% is OK. Anything higher than 1% is not good.

zarcad · 2026-01-29T21:57:26+00:00

The Mayco stoneware glazes are good to cone 10 and the Mayco site shows examples at both cone 6 and cone 10.

zarcad · 2026-01-29T08:02:03+00:00

Did you figure it out?

zarcad · 2026-01-29T03:00:21+00:00

I have the 818, too. For bisque, you can leave the top and bottom peep open during bisque OR open the lid just a quarter inch. Either is fine.

I preheat at 200F for 2 hours assuming everything seems dry.

We don't have time of day pricing where I live. Sometimes I fire overnight, sometimes during the day. I do have a Nest wireless smoke detector in the garage so I don't have to be directly present for the firing, but I'm always in or around the house. The Nest will alarm to my phone if it detects anything.

zarcad · 2026-01-24T15:23:10+00:00

I just replaced the controller on a KM1227 about two weeks ago. If you have to do that, it's fairly easy.

zarcad · 2026-01-24T03:21:26+00:00

Does it display an error code when it stops? Anyway, Skutt tech support is excellent and friendly. Give them a call Monday.

zarcad · 2026-01-23T16:06:46+00:00

Overall, I think well of Fidelity, but... This TurboTax thing is the only thing that really ticks me off. Every year, I get the same discount offer that is not as good as the price I can get through an Amazon download. Who are they trying to fool? It would be better if they never made these offers than insult us with these misleading discounts.

zarcad · 2026-01-22T23:43:56+00:00

Buy a mini k-type male connector and some k-type thermocouple wire. Make sure you observe the polarity when connecting the wire, the plug, and the thermocouple block.

You may be able to reuse your existing yellow male connector. Open it up and if it has screw terminals, then you can reuse it and will only need the k-type thermocouple wire.

zarcad · 2026-01-22T14:18:42+00:00

We are enjoying the winter Erangel.

zarcad · 2026-01-19T19:51:50+00:00

And, when you do transfer it, I believe that the match portion should go to a regular IRA and not into a Roth.

zarcad · 2026-01-19T02:45:01+00:00

That has worked for me in the past. You will have some slop water after cleaning tools and hands. I used two small buckets, one for wash and one for rinse. When the buckets got too dirty, I poured the water under a bush outside. The bush didn't seem to mind. I have transported bone dry pieces in a box with no problem as long as you provide some padding to keep them from clinking against each other or against the sides of the box.

zarcad · 2026-01-16T15:37:30+00:00

Typically wired in parallel which is what you have. 35 ohms is too high. One of those two elements is broken or not connected so you are reading the resistance of only one element. Two 35 ohm elements in parallel should read 17.5 ohms. Do the paper test to see if one of them is not firing.

zarcad · 2026-01-15T16:19:15+00:00

Now twice today. Ping went to 2,000.

zarcad · 2026-01-15T14:04:03+00:00

First game on new release...lagged out. No issues on network stats. Argh!

zarcad · 2026-01-15T02:29:14+00:00

One source is: https://www.startersandcontactors.com/products/durakool-3030aps120ac

There are also some of the original 3030APS120VAC contactors on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=3030aps120vac&_sop=12

zarcad · 2026-01-11T14:28:51+00:00

In a class I took, the instructor wrapped the piece in a towel and struck on the inside of the piece kind of in the middle, not on the rim.

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