Heather's Heavenly Vapes - THE BIG THREAD (Part 6)

[CMD-Ky]

I got the copper in a tube. When I got the blades off, I took a look at the blade, washer, bolt contacts. It was immediately clear why you said 'fair amount' there, lots of rust - in fact more that elsewhere. I wondered if new stuff has a coating that gets worn off. I know that some spark plugs come with a coating that prevents seizure. On plugs it only has to work once, mower blade bots several times. I washed those bolts and washers clean. I bit of stuff on the threads, light coating and heavy on the other contact points. I hope this stuff stays working for a year, I am getting too old to get up and down on the ground and then strain with frozen bolts.

use the copper type for the blades, and use a thin coating ( since it is blades) on the threads but use a fair amount between the bolt head/washer/blade contact points...

The graphite ( the grey stuff) is more common ( back in the 70/80s) and costs less than the copper type. Both will "cook out" equally under hi temp applications, but the graphite "dries out" also which sometimes makes taking things apart a tad more difficult than the copper version. ( this was proven time after time on huge deisel engine exhaust manifold/pipe flange bolts)... but I dont think your drive shaft for the blade will ever get that hot, even if it is the driveshaft from the motor... those exhaust manifold bolts would get to the glowing cherry red point... and that cooks off everything but the carbon from the exhaust fumes/smoke.

 

[Bunnykiller]

And you pay an exorbitant sum for ticket to enter the world. I should have been a plumber or electrician.

nawww you need a state issued licence... be a courier... if I had continued working for the rest of 2019 I would have grossed about 100K$ for the year.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Thanks! It’s bittersweet. Knowing we can’t stay and coming back without Song. She ruled and ran this joint! There’s a little storage stool next to my chair that we bought just for her. Right now as I’m sitting here typing, she’d be cleaning my elbow with her super coarse sandpaper tongue.

Or giving me the hard stare because I’m typing instead of rubbing her head, like this...

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that is the "look" that preceeds one of those out of the blue "cat attacks" felines are famous for....

 

[Bunnykiller]

the nerves in my arms and legs are wiggin out today... its those oddball all of a sudden jerks and twinges that are getting me... I would be sitting here doing my stuff and bang!! the arm jumps or the leg jerks and sometimes theres a bit of sharp pain with it too, like as if a firecracker went off... and theres no warning that its gonna happen either... I guess it would be like the arms and legs have Tourettes syndrome...

 

[Bronze]

the nerves in my arms and legs are wiggin out today... its those oddball all of a sudden jerks and twinges that are getting me... I would be sitting here doing my stuff and bang!! the arm jumps or the leg jerks and sometimes theres a bit of sharp pain with it too, like as if a firecracker went off... and theres no warning that its gonna happen either... I guess it would be like the arms and legs have Tourettes syndrome...

Happens to me about two or three times a year. I cannot imagine it being a regular thing. Hope it unwigs itself soon cuz it cannot be any fun.

 

[DavidOH]

Evening......

 

[Bunnykiller]

Happens to me about two or three times a year. I cannot imagine it being a regular thing. Hope it unwigs itself soon cuz it cannot be any fun.

nope, not fun at all... Ive experienced fun and its nowhere anything like this mess...

 

[Bunnykiller]

anyway... a few years ago when the Roman Empire was increasing its size, they found that having well made and maintained roads were one of the key factors to an Empires success. Before roads became "roads" they were trails with rutted out gullies from the wheels of the chariots and wagons. The wagons being the load haulers required 2 horses to get them thru the muddy mess before "real roads" were built. As time went on, the roads were built to accomodate a 2 horse wide wagon. Since the width worked out so well it became a standard in road building for the Romans and eventually the rest of the world at that time. That 2 horse wide standard also came into play as railroads were built. In the early years of railroad developement, the usage of the twin horse setup was used to pull rail wagons full of the smaller supplies. And that width worked out well for railroads and has become a standard... Its been about 2000 yrs since the Romans started this standard and its still with us. Now heres the fun part... since railroads run thru the mountainous areas of the western states, there are tunnels to deal with and the tunnels are based off of the width of the tracks which were based off of the width of the Roman roads which were based off of the width of 2 horses... The Solid Rocket boosters are shipped via train which are designed to fit on the train flat bed which fit thru the tunnels... so basically the diameter of the Solid Rocket boosters are designed the way they are due to some old Roman double wide horse butts...

 

[Nermal]

Funny, but kind of interesting.

 

[DavidOH]

Morning.....

 

[Bunnykiller]

Mornin All...

 

[Bronze]

My $10 torque wrench is coming today. Actually, it was $9.99. Can't believe this thing will work for that price.

 

[Bunnykiller]

My $10 torque wrench is coming today. Actually, it was $9.99. Can't believe this thing will work for that price.

lol it will work .... once... the click you will hear is it breaking

 

[Bronze]

lol it will work .... once... the click you will hear is it breaking

That's what I'm afraid of.

 

[Bronze]

That's what I'm afraid of.

And it does not work. Total garbage!

 

[CMD-Ky]

And it does not work. Total garbage!

I have one from Harbor Freight, I don't remember what it cost. I have used it around ten times in nine years, I doubt if i was a pro that it would be a good buy but for my uses it worked.

 

[CMD-Ky]

I have one from Harbor Freight, I don't remember what it cost. I have used it around ten times in nine years, I doubt if i was a pro that it would be a good buy but for my uses it worked.

I just checked the HF web and I see something similar to mine at around $20.

 

[Bronze]

So I went to our local Harbor Freight store (local to me anyway...13 miles away). They said they would do a straight up exchange for my online-purchased torque wrench. Went over to their stack of wrenches with my nut and bolt and tested 9 of them. Not a single one of them worked. Knowing I passed my prime some 30+ squares ago I began doubting myself. I've used torque wrenches before and know how they work but have I forgotten in my advanced years? I chased down the store manager. I asked him if he knows anything about torque wrenches. He said he uses them all the time. I says, good! I told him my story and asked if he could find one that worked. He tried three different ones and could not get any of them to work. He said there was no recall on them either. Furthermore, he said his son bought one two weeks ago and said it works great. I sensed he was doubting himself too. So we pulled an Icon brand torque wrench out (their top of the line tools) and it worked perfectly fine. It helped restore the faith in ourselves that we knew what we were doing. But it remains they have a whole mess of $9.99 torque wrenches that don't work.

The saga continues.

 

[LAwaters]

Spending a last full day in Vegas. Have I mentioned how bad the postal service is here? We have mail forwarding set up. One piece of mail from my bank was forwarded. The rest? Delivered to my mailbox.

I checked the status of my mail forwarding order. Still current, still in place.

I’m doing my car registration renewal. First, the smog check. I usually do the registration online. But guess what? They mail the stickers.

So today I’m off to AAA and their DMV kiosk to renew and get my sticker on the spot.

Anything the government touches turns to...

 

[Nermal]

Our state mvd is the same, whether confused, incompetent, or malevolent. Oddly, their local office is the total opposite. They're even friendly and helpful