Thanks for the idea Steamchick,...but I'll need to try your idea on a piece of scrap first to see how well it works. I'm quite concerned that the sodium hydroxide, no matter how diluted, will attack the aluminum part.
What have you been doing today?
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Thanks for the idea Steamchick,...but I'll need to try your idea on a piece of scrap first to see how well it works. I'm quite concerned that the sodium hydroxide, no matter how diluted, will attack the aluminum part.
lee webster
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I have no idea if this will remove flux residue, but it's cheap and worth a try. I had some very green and corroded battery terminals, lots of nasty looking white "fluff" growing all over them. I had recently bought a spray bottle of white vinegar to clean some surfaces with, so I sprayed the terminals with that and was going to leave it soaking for a while. All the corrosion and gunk dissolved, it took a few seconds. It might work on flux. I don't think there is much difference between white and brown vinegar.
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Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning. I have one of my sisters and her husband coming to stay in ten days. I have to keep the house clean for ten days. What could go wrong? Perhaps I should move out for nine days?
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LOL - - - - I can understand that feeling - - - - but methinks its a rather drastic solution - - - and then - - -if its not clean enough for them - - - well they are quite capable of changing the most egregious themselves I would think and if not - - - they are welcome to stay elsewhere.
My idea has been that I'm visiting a person/family - - - - if they are comfortable - - - well I will also try to be comfortable in their space.
If its real bad I have the option of finding other accommodations or at the very least 'helping' in the changes.
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I have one thing in my favour. I am the eldest in the family, so I am in charge.
Sure, keep telling yourself that . . .
Fueling the generator. Tree fell into the lines yesterday at 5pm. I have been running the genny 2 hours on and 2 hours off to keep the water hot and the food cold. It's 8am and the tree company just showed up to clear the tree so the troops can replace the pole and transformer.
My shop time has been limited to SolidWorks modeling lately while trying to stay cool. Here in Texas the temperatures have been above 100F since May with little or no rain. For the last month, temps have been 105F with little relief at night. As I write this we're at 108F. I have a couple thru-the wall heating/cooling units in my shop but their efficiency is poor, and the shop runs a constant 85F - 90F which is too hot to run any machines and nearly too hot for me. For no good reason that I won't get into here, a few influential people saw to it that Texas has its own power grid which is currently teetering on disaster. - Terry
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Strange how the planet works... It has been hot here - 23 degrees is the hottest I have noted in the last umpteen years... - that was a week ago, when "Britain" (The London bit that is) had a small heat wave in the HIGH 20s C!" We are told the Capital may get to 35~39 this weekend - 39C is a rare high here... and 350miles north it may get to 23C again, but I doubt it. The North Sea with Arctic currents headed south does nothing to alleviate my heating bill, just make it grow... But it is pleasant outside in the sun.... Why to Brits like to talk about the weather, when it is one of the easiest places on the planet to live? -5C is VERY low, +35C very rare! Maybe we are jealous of your more extreme weather in the US of A and other climes?
Yesterday, the timing chain tensioner slippers went AWOL on the car... engine out job, so not for my facilities... (needs a 4-post lift to drop the engine). BIG bucks!
So today, lots of phone calls.
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Yesterday, the timing chain tensioner slippers went AWOL on the car... engine out job, so not for my facilities... (needs a 4-post lift to drop the engine). BIG bucks!
So today, lots of phone calls.
K2
Global warming is making it much harder to forecast the weather. I've read conflicting reports on the impact of global warming on Ireland, the UK, and much of western Europe. Most studies are predicting hotter climates at least in the short term, but those studies that include the warming effect of the Atlantic Gulf Stream are seeing signs that this system is slowing down, and may break down completely. Given that the UK's latitude is the same as much of Canada, if the Gulf Stream stops washing the UK in warm waters, temperatures will drop and rainfall will decrease.
Gulf Stream Study
I know the gulf stream washes the West and South coasts, and a bit of North Coast. But the East coast (where I live) has an Arctic current. The reason Britain gets both cold ocean and warm ocean fish off--shore. Though in summer, for a couple of months the warm water washes up the East cosst towards where I live.
The prevailing Westerly wind here is negated by on-shore cold sea breezes during hot summer afternoons. A 5deg. C. (10deg F.) change often happens within 1 hour mid-afternoon. You can feel it when driving to the coast on a motorcycle! And see the fog rolling in...
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The prevailing Westerly wind here is negated by on-shore cold sea breezes during hot summer afternoons. A 5deg. C. (10deg F.) change often happens within 1 hour mid-afternoon. You can feel it when driving to the coast on a motorcycle! And see the fog rolling in...
K2
The coastal area of Thailand where I live experiences a similar micro-climate effect due to the ocean's thermal heat sink effect. Daily highs here in Rayong seldom go much over 35C, with 32C being much more typical; drive just 10 kilometers inland and temps will go up 4 or 5 degrees C. While it's common for central and northern Thailand to go over 40C during the summer months, the southern regions of Thailand, which are all coastal, benefit from the cooling effect of the breezes blowing over the relatively cooler ocean waters. Of course, Thailand is a tropical climate, so our temps never go below 18C.
BTW, good luck with your cars timing chain issues.
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Here where I live I'm watching the Washburn fire about 27 miles away as it works its way through Yosemite National Park. Temp is a bit lower today at 105'F, humidity at 22%. No air conditioning, just plenty of water.
Model Engine related, just finished high-res scans of my original Morton M-5 papers in case I do something dumb to the originals. Still working on getting my vertical mill moved up to my new shop.
Model Engine related, just finished high-res scans of my original Morton M-5 papers in case I do something dumb to the originals. Still working on getting my vertical mill moved up to my new shop.
Listen to her. She sounds like a smart lady.
It has been very hot here for a few weeks, generally relatively high humidity (perhaps 71%), and temperatures often above 100F, even in the late afternoon.
It has become a battle to keep the front yard green. I have a small front yard, but I like it green, so I water it.
My backyard is basically the Sahara Desert, but at least I don't have to mow it much.
People often comment on my videos "You should NEVER run a foundry at night ! ".
LOL, trying to run a foundry during the day around here would be fatal (a certain heat stroke).
It is hot enough standing next to an open 2,600 F furnace, but then adding multiple layers of leather, and direct sunlight, and one quickly finds out that daytime casting in the Mid-South would require some sort of cooled spacesuit.
And the direct sunlight makes it very difficult to observe whether the furnace and burner are operating correctly, and difficult to see what is happening inside of the crucible.
Opening the minivan on these hot days is an interesting experience.
I have heard that the interior of a car can reach 160F. I would suspect even higher on a really hot day.
The proceedure here is to open both side doors on the van, open the windows, and then drive down the street in an attempt to blow out the 160 F air.
You can actually drive my van with the doors open, but there is some beeping that goes on, to remind you that perhaps this is not safe.
I have seen plenty of Jeeps without doors, not to say that is safe either.
My utility bill is going up exponentially (like everything else).
What was a few years ago an average of about $175.00 per month has now topped $600.00 this month.
At this rate digging an underground bunker is beginning to look pretty attractive and perhaps necessary for economic reasons, such as solvency.
There is a reason primitive people often lived in caves; it was not so freaking hot, nor cold.
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It has become a battle to keep the front yard green. I have a small front yard, but I like it green, so I water it.
My backyard is basically the Sahara Desert, but at least I don't have to mow it much.
People often comment on my videos "You should NEVER run a foundry at night ! ".
LOL, trying to run a foundry during the day around here would be fatal (a certain heat stroke).
It is hot enough standing next to an open 2,600 F furnace, but then adding multiple layers of leather, and direct sunlight, and one quickly finds out that daytime casting in the Mid-South would require some sort of cooled spacesuit.
And the direct sunlight makes it very difficult to observe whether the furnace and burner are operating correctly, and difficult to see what is happening inside of the crucible.
Opening the minivan on these hot days is an interesting experience.
I have heard that the interior of a car can reach 160F. I would suspect even higher on a really hot day.
The proceedure here is to open both side doors on the van, open the windows, and then drive down the street in an attempt to blow out the 160 F air.
You can actually drive my van with the doors open, but there is some beeping that goes on, to remind you that perhaps this is not safe.
I have seen plenty of Jeeps without doors, not to say that is safe either.
My utility bill is going up exponentially (like everything else).
What was a few years ago an average of about $175.00 per month has now topped $600.00 this month.
At this rate digging an underground bunker is beginning to look pretty attractive and perhaps necessary for economic reasons, such as solvency.
There is a reason primitive people often lived in caves; it was not so freaking hot, nor cold.
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Bentwings
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Well cfinity came out right on time my system is working fine. I showed what I wanted and he sai all we need is HDMI cord so he went it to truck and got one plugged it in and everything worked the laptop now displays on the much bigger TV screen I’m moving a little furniture around so I can sit in comfort and begin reading learning SW. IT DISPLAYS JUST AS I WANTED. I CAN SEE THEBICONS AND FLY OUTS MUCH BETTER . My son has an even bigger TV that I can have if I want so far I see it as a liability he has a giant one that he built a rolling stand for . We could do that but at this point it might be over kill. I need to add some treason service. Have not made up
My mind yet . He also said I get an adaptor for my iPad and iPhone . I don’t see a use for that yet but it is there if I want. This too is supposed to be a plug and play thing . So I’m just now restarting the learning experience the size disparity made learning useless I only need the lap top for its keyboard and I need a better mouse area. The lap top finger pad is uncomfortable for me at this point . I never liked it at meeting demos while I was working either. So I’m goingvto create some models from my steam engine that would have saved a lot of frustration . I’ve made some sketches of what I want so I just have to enumerate them and build an assembly model. I may go back to my boiler but the guys here have made me a bit gun shy . It’s much more complicated than it looks . I have a bunch of sub projects once I make the steamer corrections. I have to make drawing sheets but that looks like a lot of work is already done there . I haven’t opened them yet but I see some of my old work still there. Most ofvthe current modeling will be various cylindrical items with shaft collar mods incorporated I cut some balsa piece so I can make a real working model mostly just to have in hand. I have handfuls of shaft collars and couplings too. I saved and washed out a number of plastic lunch meal dishes that I use for loose parts. It’s nice to have catch all things for this I’ll have a special drill tap and die one shortly
I had to take one eccentric apart so I could accurately measure it for modeling . I used blue loc tite on the screws. It really stuck then in. . At least I won’t have loose screws causing issues like before . I have an ultra quiet air compressor that you can hardly hear run. It’s a real treat not having thunder under the table. I can get 135 psi if I want but I don’t need that now . This little engine will run on 30_40 psi just fine and the capacity is near perfect . I imagine as I load the engine I may need a little more pressure buts there if I need it the nice thing is that I don’t have to use the expensive AN fittings however brass fittings are still not cheap lately . So it’s looking better. I was happy that the oncology went well . I have a full scan coming in several months but he doc said he is not expecting any issues . I haven’t even gained any weight .
I think I’ll get to work on my new computer set up . My son just said he has an even larger Tv that he is not using I’m goingvto see if there is scroll around thing available that would be good as I would not have to move furniture around that I like right where it is
WisJim
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The reports of temperatures are interesting, comparing degrees C and F makes it more so. I'm in Wisconsin, USA, where we get cold winters (can be minus 40 on rare occasions) and summer can get over 100F (38C) and we have reached that a time or two this summer. If you can consider 23C (74F) to be hot, I am envious.
