FrankRizzo Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Today, going to a flying lesson, my bike gear box decided to break. So I had to call my mom to get me with the truck, and go to the garage. I'm a little freaked how much it's gonna cost, and plus I don't have my bike for like 2-3 weeks wich is a major problem for me, since I go to school, to flying lessons, and to see friends on it, and my mom isn't too enthousiastic on getting me to school evry day for the next 2-3 weeks. Anyway... No bus service in your town?
oskarchem Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 I live in the country side, so no, and then in the place where I go to school, neither... So I called some shops, and the cheapest gearbox that I found was 439E, but I think I'm going to go with a bit better performance gear box, for 500E, but the decision if dor my mum to take, since she's paying (I'm broke :/ )
Swede Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Today I'm in some pain... We take for granted that the pyro hobby can be treacherous and hazardous, requiring focus and dedication to safety. There is another "hobby" with a tool so nasty, it is infamous for injuries... woodworking, and the lowly table saw. I had my saw out to work on some PVC sheets for my deluxe perc cell. Installed a brand-new 80 tooth blade for plastics, and was doing great until I had the worst kickback I've ever experienced. A 3/4" thick sheet of PVC weighs a lot, and that sucker flew at me with some serious velocity. It nailed me right in the gut, and put me on the ground. I thought for sure I had some internal injuries. I guess I have enough middle-aged beer padding, so no hospital visit, but man I'm sore with a huge welt right above the belt. Consider - that sheet could have hit me in the groin or nut region... or the face. It would have broken my jaw and knocked out all my teeth. I am one lucky SOB that it hit me in the belly. Be careful out there! I put up a new blog entry if anyone is interested. The cell is looking good, but was a real PITA.
Richtee Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Today I'm in some pain... We take for granted that the pyro hobby can be treacherous and hazardous, requiring focus and dedication to safety. There is another "hobby" with a tool so nasty, it is infamous for injuries... woodworking, and the lowly table saw. I had my saw out to work on some PVC sheets for my deluxe perc cell. Installed a brand-new 80 tooth blade for plastics, and was doing great until I had the worst kickback I've ever experienced. A 3/4" thick sheet of PVC weighs a lot, and that sucker flew at me with some serious velocity. It nailed me right in the gut, and put me on the ground. I thought for sure I had some internal injuries. I guess I have enough middle-aged beer padding, so no hospital visit, but man I'm sore with a huge welt right above the belt. Consider - that sheet could have hit me in the groin or nut region... or the face. It would have broken my jaw and knocked out all my teeth. I am one lucky SOB that it hit me in the belly. Be careful out there! I put up a new blog entry if anyone is interested. The cell is looking good, but was a real PITA. Took the anti kick-back off too didja? I had a chunk of 2" pine go thru a door behind me doing that. But it was a small piece, so I was able to be off to the side. Sheets...yer at the mercy of the saw.
Arqwat Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) Carefull Bud Ro . . Don't de-nut yourself . . Can't say a thing though.Years ago when I worked in the hangar, I needed to cut a sheet of ply for something.Used the table saw in the woodshop.My own fault - pulled the ply backwards - in the middle of the cut.It kicked - I held on.It spun me about 1 1/2 turns after which I fell down . . I didn't get hurt.Everyone in the shop was really cool & made sure I wasn't hurt.Nobody "got on me" or teased me . . . but I felt like a real dumbass.One of the "old-timers" smiled, nodded & said "bet you won't make that mistake again".He was right . . . Edited September 20, 2008 by Arqwat
tentacles Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 I think anyone who's owned a table saw, and used it for much, has had a similar experience. I've had plenty of flying crap, but I always made a serious point of adjusting the fence so the work wouldn't bind in the blade (measuring the distance from the fence to the blade front and back, EVERY time. And more effectively, standing to the side of the cut! Glad you're okay, don't try to kill yourself again too soon, okay? Your perch cell research is bearing nice fruits already, for everyone interested in them.
mormanman Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 The table saw. LOL. I hate them a little. I saw a video on break.com and this guy says, "Today I'm going to show you how to make a cabinet!" He turns on the table saw and he places his hand on the wood guiding it in and then you (I did at least) felt something in my gut. You know like the "Oh shit something bad is about to happen" feeling. Well, when he placed his hand on the wood he made the awful choice to not tuck his thumb in and with a sharp blade on a table saw; zing and his thumb was off. He went to the hospital thank God. I hope he is alright but thats the table saw for you.They do make a table saw now, you may have heard of it, its called "Stop Saw" or "Saw Stop" and its neat. It has a like computer thing in it and it can detect the resistance in the wood between the resistance in you finger and the blade will really fall out and you will have a nick on you finger and that is it. When I say resistance I mean electricity not density. Just making sure it was clear. They are as expensive as two left nuts though and once you trip the blade you have to replace the blade and get the computer deal replace and reinstalled. The installation I'm sure you can do them yourself. They have them in my woodshop now. Pretty cool is what it is.
flying fish Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Ah, the good old days back in high school shop class. Some kids were not watching what they were doing with the tablesaw and a large piece of wood got away from them, flew across the room and hit the poor shop teacher in the knee. He was miraculously ok, and he said "If that would of hit me in the balls I would have kicked your ass" (as if that would be possible after such occurrence, but he has been known to fight students rather than discipline then according to school policy). Great guy, has an epic story about getting hit by a freighter while fishing with his dog. Richtee, did your Kids go to LOHS? You might know who I'm talking about...(Mac...)
Richtee Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Ah, the good old days back in high school shop class. Some kids were not watching what they were doing with the tablesaw and a large piece of wood got away from them, flew across the room and hit the poor shop teacher in the knee. He was miraculously ok, and he said "If that would of hit me in the balls I would have kicked your ass" (as if that would be possible after such occurrence, but he has been known to fight students rather than discipline then according to school policy). Great guy, has an epic story about getting hit by a freighter while fishing with his dog. Richtee, did your Kids go to LOHS? You might know who I'm talking about...(Mac...)Yes, but they din't take shop....I'll ask if I remember tho.
PyroMedia Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Some of you might remember my situation a few pages back, anyways i just recieved this message on facebook ur a bastard u have no freinds and no1 wnats to be your ferind just leave ob because u skrewed ur slef and made it so no1 likez u This actually made me laugh. My reply: Actually my father is still alive, i have plenty of friends who arnt shallow like you, your the only one that cares about it anymore, and you more or less just repeated the message "nobody likez u three times. PS. "Slef" is spelled self.
Richtee Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Some of you might remember my situation a few pages back, anyways i just recieved this message on facebook ur a bastard u have no freinds and no1 wnats to be your ferind just leave ob because u skrewed ur slef and made it so no1 likez u This actually made me laugh. My reply: Actually my father is still alive, i have plenty of friends who arnt shallow like you, your the only one that cares about it anymore, and you more or less just repeated the message "nobody likez u three times. PS. "Slef" is spelled self. My English teacher is slitting throats right now.... now THAT'S random. But not really.
FrKoNaLeaSh1010 Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 ur a bastard u have no freinds and no1 wnats to be your ferind just leave ob because u skrewed ur slef and made it so no1 likez u This actually made me laugh. If someone is writing to you like that i dont know why you were ever upset in the first place because that person is obviously mentally retarded. Also a bastard is just someone whos father wasnt married to their mother or around during childhood....doesnt necessarily mean he is dead although that could be one of the circumstances.
flying fish Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) Today at the physics club we made ice cream with liquid N2 in honor of one of the over-ly achieving students (clearly not me ). So how do you come by that stuff? I actually used to work in the lab that uses it (we use it to cool the x-ray on the electron microscope) so I know the lab techs very well. But obviously they still aren't going to just give me some. On second thought, maybe it's better that I don't have access to liquid N2. It would be fun stuff to play with randomly (and make ice cream with now and then) but my roomates would just end up hurting themselves... Edit: And as for facebook, it is a convenient tool for a couple things(sending invites or trackin' down a lab partner or something), but other than that I certainly wouldn't use it as a substitute for socializing in real life! For that reason I would not get worked up about anything that anybody says on facebook. Not even taking into account yet the fact that they can't spell. Edited September 22, 2008 by flying fish
Richtee Posted September 22, 2008 Posted September 22, 2008 Not even taking into account yet the fact that they can't spell. Really scary part well...two parts..is #1 Spell check is universal...and 2..they LIKE the way they spell, apparently
flying fish Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Yes, I have spell check ON MY BROWSER (Firefox)! Every email and post is automatically spell checked. I even spell check my hate mail, lol. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b330/WhyAreAllUserNamesTaken/lol.jpg
Mumbles Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 The only real function I've found from facebook is for my friends to use as a warehouse of embarrassing photos. I've decided too many people have cameras. Yeah, I wouldn't worry about that PM. Considering 14 out of 29 words are spelled incorrectly, I would hardly take it seriously.
Swede Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Liquid Nitrogen is da bomb, fun stuff. We had access to unlimited quantities in college. Being a kewl then, I asked myself "how can I make an explosive with something that is essentially inert?" The answer is, "very easily." And no, it's not a pressure bomb like a dry ice / soda bottle. The boiling point of nitrogen is -195 C. The boiling point of oxygen is -182C. This means (duh) liquid N2 is colder than liquid O2. We set up a rig that would trickle pure oxygen gas into a flask immersed in liquid nitrogen. The O2 gas condensed on the walls, and in a short while we had maybe 4 ounces of liquid oxygen. We weren't totally stupid - the "experiments" we conducted were with very small amounts. Lighting a paper match in a ceramic vessel, and dribbling liquid O2 on it produced "dramatic" results. I won't discuss the slurries we attempted, too dangerous. I believe liquid N2O (nitrous) behaves similarly. As for the stupid table saw, the wound STILL hurts. It was one nasty impact, producing a gross, huge purple bruise, somewhat like the scene from "Jackass" when Johnny Knoxville takes a beanbag round in the gut. I've seen that magic saw that senses flesh, and it is amazing. The standard demo is to take a hot dog and apply the hot dog to the blade. It stops so fast, it's not much different from simply touching a static, unmoving blade. But too expensive for the casual user.
flying fish Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 The spelling-grammar uncertainty principle has been satisfied, with the product of their standard deviations being greater than hbar/2.
spitfire Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 depressed because of the bad weather.... 4 shells, 2 mines, and 1 fountain are waiting for two days now, but every night has been a shitload of rain and strong wind.... got a 4'' with white and green beraq inserts, a 3'' shell with my new green-with-brilliant-tail stars, and a 4'' shell with aluminium palmtree comets.... I WANT TO SEE THEM!!! damn you weathergods, i think i'm gonna make one big chest-thumping saluteshell to blow them off their clouds!
Mumbles Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 You could always just fill a few shells with Silver iodide and fire them 50 or so miles away. If the chinese can thwart the weather gods, we certainly can in the name of pyro.
Richtee Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 You could always just fill a few shells with Silver iodide and fire them 50 or so miles away. If the chinese can thwart the weather gods, we certainly can in the name of pyro. Heh! I had forgotten all about the cloud seeding thing. Better use a big rocket or a 10" at least tho I'd think!
tentacles Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 It could be worse - you could be in a 3 month dry spell with a fire ban from hell...
spitfire Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 It could be worse - you could be in a 3 month dry spell with a fire ban from hell... hmmm yeah considering what could be worse... i bow down, take off my hat.... and say a prayer to saint barbara: oh great god of all pyro's please send some of the heavy clouds above me to my dear friend tentacles, who needs 'em more than i do... actually, i don't need em at all so get done NOW. amen
Miech Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) On one of my favorite pyrotechnics forums the annually K3wl invasion has begun. Happily they get banned very quick. I'm glad when it is 2009, because only serious new subscribers will survive that long. @Swede: you quite got it. Edited October 4, 2008 by Miech
Swede Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 the annually K3wl invasion has begun. "Hi guys! SWIM made an AWSOME bomb from sparklers this weekend! LOL! Blew up my neibors doghouse!" "If I boil bleach, and then mix what's left with acid, will it explode?" "How many matchheads does it take to blow up a CO2 cartridge?" "Where can I find Iodine and red phosphorus? Aren't matches red phosphorus?"
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