What did you do today?

[Jon]

When my dad went back to Vietnam for work (processing applications from potential immigrants), he had an interpreter. He would point to a random animal and ask for the recipe & she would tell him. There were recipes for bats, spiders, rats, & all sorts of critters.

Went to walmart to pick up mom's RX that was supposed to be filled last week. Stood in line about 10min (only 1 counter was open) & was told it wasn't ready yet & they would fill it in 30 to 45 minutes if I would wait in the store. They are normally wrong about that-- takes longer. So I wandered around the store bored as hell for 50 minutes and then got back in line. Got up there & was told it still wasn't ready and if I waited in one of the chairs they would tell me when it was ready. Sat there for another 35+ minutes. Phone ran out of battery & I started to get cranky. I got back in line again & got up there. Told the clerk "Round 3. If it's not ready this time I don't have time & have to go". She looked very disappointed & apologized after checking with the others. Still wasn't filled. She apologized again as I was leaving but I told her it wasn't her fault & I'd have to come back another day. I had some cold groceries and needed to get them home. Also needed to stop by the post office to get mail and if I waited longer, the post office would be closed. Picked up mail and went home. I did grab a Borden's chocolate milk to chug when I got back to the truck so I could chill out. I was in a bad mood & wanted to put myself in a better mood before getting home.

Vet refused to approve the rx for Fippy's heartworm meds. Called to find out why & they said he has to get his vaccines or they won't approve it. We don't like getting the rabies vaccine bc it can cause cancer but it's mandatory. Ugh. So, I will have to take him in for his shots and pick up mom's rx sometime this week.

Went to China a few years ago as we were in the area to see the Great Wall Of China staying in a reasonable hotel
We didnt like the look of the buffet so decided to have a look in the big underground supermarket over the road
Everything they had there looked at you so I can understand what you are saying about Vietnam zannej
Had Peking Duck one night and even that looked at you. We gave our meals to our driver and guide
We left with nothing, didnt even trust what was in a Big Mac Cat, Dog, Rat etc etc

 

[highup]

I've never seen a bike like this and a drag strip.
Whoooooooosh!

 

[Mark Brown]

Oh hell no!!
You would have to be bloody insane

 

[Floorist]

Just plain nucking futs.

 

[highup]

Yep I totally agree. I'd rather watch a nut than be one.

 

[Jon]

highup Just think how quick you could get to a job with a trailer on the back with all your gear

 

[highup]

highup Just think how quick you could get to a job with a trailer on the back with all your gear

When I open the trailer doors there be a blob of plastic on the floor still smoking.

 

[highup]

Warehouse was making space so anything that wasn't bolted down was being tossed out. Two DeWalt 24000 tile saws were there waiting for the scrap metal guy. One of them had a motor that sounded like it was going to explode. It had an old blade on it that wobbled all over the place. I'm thinking bad bearing? No reason not to take it home tear it apart and see what's going on. It's a gear reduction not a direct drive off the motor, so it needs the gear assembly a needle bearing assembly. The gear assembly and bearings for totally shot. It's close to 100 bucks for those parts. If I buy the two armature bearings and new brushes and a gasket, I'd probably invest $130 or so.
A brand new saw runs close to 800 I think.
The second tile saw is the same model possibly a newer version. Virtually identical except for some alignment pins on the arm that holds the motor.
The motor runs okay on that one but the blade was almost a quarter inch out of alignment because it was dropped on the aluminum arm that holds the motor. Something got tweaked. I was able to adjust the roller guide rail to its extreme left, as far as it goes and the blade is almost but not quite square to the tray. I think one way or the other I might be able to make that one workable too. If not at least I learned how a tile saw is constructed.

 

[Steve079]

I wonder how many G's he's pulling
Can guys on bikes actually pull G's??

 

[highup]

That bike can but I don't know how much. You have to divide how much he and the bike weigh and divide it by the distance traveled times pi r squared x the elapsed time to10th power.
....... Or something like that. I'm not that good at arithmetic.

 

[highup]

This might help but I didn't catch his elapsed time.
https://rechneronline.de/g-acceleration/

 

[highup]

1.966 g's for that rocket bike.
5 g's for a top fuel dragster.
3 g's when astronauts are launched.
0 g's me right now.

 

[Floorist]

highup Just think how quick you could get to a job with a trailer on the back with all your gear

He would need extra underwear.

 

[Floorist]

Warehouse was making space so anything that wasn't bolted down was being tossed out. Two DeWalt 24000 tile saws were there waiting for the scrap metal guy. One of them had a motor that sounded like it was going to explode. It had an old blade on it that wobbled all over the place. I'm thinking bad bearing? No reason not to take it home tear it apart and see what's going on. It's a gear reduction not a direct drive off the motor, so it needs the gear assembly a needle bearing assembly. The gear assembly and bearings for totally shot. It's close to 100 bucks for those parts. If I buy the two armature bearings and new brushes and a gasket, I'd probably invest $130 or so.
A brand new saw runs close to 800 I think.
The second tile saw is the same model possibly a newer version. Virtually identical except for some alignment pins on the arm that holds the motor.
The motor runs okay on that one but the blade was almost a quarter inch out of alignment because it was dropped on the aluminum arm that holds the motor. Something got tweaked. I was able to adjust the roller guide rail to its extreme left, as far as it goes and the blade is almost but not quite square to the tray. I think one way or the other I might be able to make that one workable too. If not at least I learned how a tile saw is constructed.

Sounds like something I would do. Been looking for a trailer jack for a 40 year old military trailer. My wife says to just buy one, you can make it fit. I do a lot of that. When my old Roberts Jr stretcher wore out, no parts were available. So I made some. Made parts for a 50 year old Craftsman band saw and gave it to a mentally challenged cousin.

 

[highup]

I couldn't find a video showing how to replace the gear and bearing in this wet saw. I did find one on a DeWalt chop saw. Very similar to this one with the exception that the chop saw had a one-to-one gear ratio. This one has a 2-in gear and a 5/8-in gear.
I pulled one of the brushes out and I don't know what a new one is supposed to look like but this one seems to be getting a little on the short side. If I get around to buying parts for it I'll certainly get new brushes. I think the other saw, the newer one is going to be perfectly fine when I get done with it. One of them had a pump but it seems to be a pretty wimpy piece of crap and I don't know if it actually works. I have a pump from another saw that's really well built.
In the comment section of the video where I watched the chop saw gears being replaced, somebody jumped in and said he should just take it to a dealer and have them replace the parts correctly...... I had to inform him that's not how people learn. I'm guessing the guy owns a shop that fixes stuff like this.

 

[highup]

OK, from rockets to steam engines.
The g-forces will obviously be slightly less.

 

[highup]

Rock and roll.
Ok, I gotta question. How do you install tile.

 

[highup]

Better yet, how much do tile setters charge. I probably got 10 hours into this and I want to know how much to charge myself. Plus a third of a tank of gas for the pressure washer.

 

[Floorist]

Rock and roll.
Ok, I gotta question. How do you install tile.

Shiny side up. (sometimes)

 

[highup]

Shiny side up. (sometimes)

Thanks, that helps a bunch. I is now a tile installer.