I've never seen a bike like this and a drag strip.
Whoooooooosh!
Whoooooooosh!
What did you do today?
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Oh hell no!!
You would have to be bloody insane
You would have to be bloody insane
Just plain nucking futs.
Yep I totally agree. I'd rather watch a nut than be one.
highup Just think how quick you could get to a job with a trailer on the back with all your gear 
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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.
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.
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I wonder how many G's he's pulling
Can guys on bikes actually pull G's??
Can guys on bikes actually pull G's??
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.
....... Or something like that. I'm not that good at arithmetic.
This might help but I didn't catch his elapsed time.
https://rechneronline.de/g-acceleration/
https://rechneronline.de/g-acceleration/
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.
5 g's for a top fuel dragster.
3 g's when astronauts are launched.
0 g's me right now.
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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.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.
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.
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.
OK, from rockets to steam engines.
The g-forces will obviously be slightly less.
The g-forces will obviously be slightly less.
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.
Shiny side up. (sometimes)Rock and roll.
Ok, I gotta question. How do you install tile.
Based on most of the work I see, that about sums it up.
Round about 5 or 6 years ago I just decided one day that i install tile... Mostly because I knew it would not be worse than the "professional" tile installations i saw on a regular basis. Now I am good at it and wonder why i ever do anything other than tile.
Round about 5 or 6 years ago I just decided one day that i install tile... Mostly because I knew it would not be worse than the "professional" tile installations i saw on a regular basis. Now I am good at it and wonder why i ever do anything other than tile.
