Notices by Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar (yngmar@social.tchncs.de)

@piggo @tk It's for people who struggle with the additional cognitive load and cannot be arsed to spend the time practicing it so their brain becomes rewired to do it without needing to think about it.

Also yes, it's no fun. And it never gets it quite right. And doesn't engine brake :)

That's some really cool steel work.

#Moletai #Lithuania #Fish #Art #Sculpture #Lake

@ChrisWere Funny how the steam engine is much less noisy than the motorcycle.

Trying out that Latvian "Rust-Off" rust converter. Works well, but not as nice as the Flag Paints stuff as it has no black pigment. No black coverage, just conversion. At least it goes on pale green so you can see where you have applied it.

De-rusted the Crossgolf's massive steel under-engine shield, then applied converter and next is paint.

New shield is somewhere around €160-200, so worth restoring. Used ones are just as rusty.

#Car #Automotive #Rust #RustConverter #Paint #Restoration

@piggo Oh, so you bought that Honda? Grats!

Can help with the German if Google Lens can't figure it out.

@piggo Getriebeöl. It's an automatic? Manual doesn't normally have a schedule for that.

The past tense of saw.

#English #Saw #Tools #Rust #Barn

@piggo Now that is an actual powered hacksaw. They're mostly from before bandsaws became available. Never seen one in the wild. Not sure why you'd want that specifically, unless you happen to have inherited a trailer full of hacksaw blades or something.

@piggo It's a lot slower and unlike the bandsaw, hacksaw blades wear mostly in one area.

Here's a fun one: https://youtu.be/lfmiNJ42zSY?feature=shared&t=287

@piggo I've got a yard full of steel pieces now and actually want to make some stuff, so when it came up with a discount on top of a discount...

@piggo Basically three ways to cut steel for different purposes:

0. Hack saw to cut small parts occasionally (this doesn't count because you go nuts very soon)

1. Angle grinder to cut steel almost straight

2. Chop saw to cut steel straight, but $$$ and can only do that one thing and maybe 45° sometimes

3. Plasma cutter to cut non-straight shapes, curves, artwork, excavator thumbs, use templates or strap onto a CNC machine (someone on youtube actually did exactly that with the Lidl thing).

@piggo You can also make angle grinder stands from old broken mitre saws or a couple things you welded together and then get straight cuts that way.

@piggo Powered hacksaw? That's quite rare. I think most would go for a bandsaw. Here's a cheap chinese one: https://eur.vevor.com/band-saw-c_11027/vevor-variable-speed-220v-deep-cut-portable-band-saw-10-amp-motor-w-alloy-base-p_010565897819

@piggo That's a bandsaw. Inside it goes like this: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_FUSBg81Y0/maxresdefault.jpg

Last plasma cutter from the bargain bin, €95 with two marzipan croissants.

After trouble with the airline being too small and the big one not fitting, hooking it up directly to the compressor worked well.

Good test cuts on sheet metal, but then a problem and the nozzle melted.

Pressure switch on the compressor hung and air supply had dropped to nothing.

Got spare nozzles, but it started raining so I had to reel in the extension cord.

Next: Fix compressor, retry 😐

#DIY #PlasmaCutter #Fail

Post somewhat mangled due to 512 character limit, which is starting to get on my nerves a bit :think_bread:

Adebar striding around outside.

They're not very bothered by humans. They keep an eye on us and that's it.

I've seen them hunt directly next to the motorway.

And when the neighbour plowed his field, they swarmed after the tractor, pecking up the freshly exposed snacks.

#Stork #Bird #Homestead #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdsOfFediverse

@piggo LOL, Tesla quality! 😆

https://www.extremetech.com/cars/314871-tesla-model-y-owners-confused-to-find-wood-bracing-car-components

Well, McPherson strut compressors are about €120 for the safe ones and €35 for the sketchy ones that might take your head off. Plus the actual springs, dome bearings and probably shocks.

Probably quite cheap purchase price? :)

@piggo At least they weren't hiding it! Usually it's up to you to do a close inspection and find stuff like that :)

We've poked around some pretty mistreated cars when buying ours. Sometimes good to drop the price if you're ok fixing it, but often just run away, like when you find thick black gloop in the engine and when asking when the last oil change was, they look at you blankly - what's an oil change?

@piggo If you look at the history of other failed states, it will get a _lot_ worse first and then they don't always recover all that well. But even if they do, the answer is measured in decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_state#Examples