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Originally Posted by Godless Commie (Post 1617407)

This is what he did...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2a87ced46.jpeg

I will admit that I'm not well-versed in Turkish law.

But I have always assumed that sorcery / witchcraft was forbidden in one way or another.

Ether this is not the case and I am mistaken, or you and your wizard friend are taking an awful risk sharing this.

That is some amazing welding, no matter what the material was.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...231193eef8.jpg

Anything can corrode if you try hard enough.

Was that a purely chemical reaction, or was there galvanic activity as well?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e0b557cde2.png

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Originally Posted by Godless Commie (Post 1617407)

I have to share this...

This is how I hacked into the gearbox to fit my starter.
I hated how the jagged cuts would compromise the integrity of the bellhousing.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e6adb9ead.jpeg

So there is this welder guy. He specializes in aluminum welds.
I asked him if my hack job could be covered up.
This is what he did...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2a87ced46.jpeg

That is more art than welding.

Very good welder. Should have ground out the crack by the mounting bolt and had him weld that also.

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1617448)

Anything can corrode if you try hard enough.

Was that a purely chemical reaction, or was there galvanic activity as well?

I'm not going to sit here and try to tell you there wasn't any stray current running through there. But i can tell you it was an extremely mild solution of deionized water and sulfuric acid. I think the DI water does worse things than the acid. I'm not a chemist, so i can't even begin to explain why. Something about a free ion or ion exchange. It wrecks copper too.

School boat is at my house for the next few weeks.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...687c96f469.jpg

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Originally Posted by Erat (Post 1617454)

This is the kind of scenario in which the Engineer in me (college education and whatnot) comes into direct conflict with the Engineer in me (I'm the guy tasked with physically holding this plant together), with often hilarious* results. (* = assuming no one wrote an email to HR.)

The academic engineer says this material should withstand this stress.

The practical engineer notes that boiling, caustic liquid is spraying out of multiple perforations in the material.

Which one is right?

Both, assuming that the proper documentation was filed.

This reminds me of an old joke.

What is the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?

The mechanical engineer designs weapons. The civil engineer designs targets.

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Some interesting terminator footage.

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1617457)

design flaw

Today I installed a motion activated switch in the women's bathroom. You know, trying to be environmentally friendly and all. Also the old one got sprayed with too much disinfectant and shorted out.

I set the timer to shut the light off after 8 minutes, i figured five is a little bit too quick. sometimes I poop for more than 5 minutes. It took literally 3 hours for somebody to complain that the lights shut off on them after they were sitting on the throne for over 8 minutes.

That is daily nonsense. I've got 3 contractors working on 2 different multi thousand dollar jobs. I'm in the process of writing 3 different CERs for different future projects. I've got 8 applications for 2 open positions I have. I still don't have a damn quote for a scissor lift. Oh and somehow I still manage to keep the line going. I am not an engineer. When the pipe busts, we just replace it. But this time was special. See I built a shield.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...569781d80f.jpg

The root cause of the pipe failure is actually because of a genius design I came up with years ago. See we have this tank called the etch tank and it contains sodium hydroxide and a blend of herbs and spices. Long story short when it inevitably overflows out of the tank (or general carryover) it turns into concrete. If it gets between the tanks It can actually push the walls of the tanks together cracking and breaking the tank or moving the tank. So we take the rinse water from our anodized bath which is sulfuric acid and pump it between the tanks spraying down the caustic solution with acid solution to help dissolve all that sodium hydroxide concrete. The downside is that acid rinse water will almost destroy everything and anything else in it's path.

"What shall we do about this sodium hydroxide buildup?"

"We could spray sulfuric acid all over the whole area."

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Originally Posted by triple88a (Post 1617485)

Some interesting terminator footage.
[Tesla plays Pin the tail on the pylons]

Looks like we now know where Joe orders some of his studio camera positioning tools ( 00:10 - 00:15 )

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Originally Posted by good2go (Post 1617502)

Looks like we now know where Joe orders some of his studio camera positioning tools ( 00:10 - 00:15 )

Hah. I hadn't even noticed that originally.

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Originally Posted by triple88a (Post 1617485)

Some interesting terminator footage.
https://youtu.be/sbSDsbDQjSU

The whole idea of building a self-driving car based on legacy system (roadway, vehicle, and optical technology) really grinds my gears.