Glenn Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 You should try to learn at least one new thing every day. What did you learn today? Today I learned that : The points of a 24 tooth saw blade are exactly 15 degrees apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I just learned that Bob, the armadillo that lives under my house, likes marshmallows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I learned that getting up early to do a task before going to work can get you to work *early* if you forget to do the task! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I learned that messy people are smart people, so therefore i must be a genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Thanks to Jennifer, I learned a new tong clip design, from the old video on chain making. I had to go frame by frame to see how it worked and was surprised how simple it is. Goes to show even old dogs can learn new tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Hewitt Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Today I learned that a 3.6kw 3 phase air compressor that runs at 8 amp with a starting current of 62 amp needs 20 amp motor rated fuses and not the 16 amp that my customer fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Learned the difference between self rising and all purpose flour. One of my drill sgt. told me something years ago that has stuck with me since. " A day that goes by with out learning at least 1 new thing is a wasted day. Does not matter what it is or how trivial, just learn something new." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I learned that there are a couple of bakeries in MN that sell Potitca (pot-eet-sa), a Slovenian sweet bread & nut pastry served around the holidays. My mother always made a bunch of it to give as gifts and us kids to pig out on. I ordered 2 loaves last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Today I learned my phone has a translator built into it! And I learned how to use it! just got done using it to read through several German websites! lol, ive heard y’all talk about translators before but I never new what they were, I found mine by accident lol, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 About "memory metal". Pretty neat stuff can be deformed into just about any shape then when heat or electricity is applied it will return to its original shape. I know this is no surprise to the more sciencey folk but i thought it pretty cool. NASA is supposed to be using it for the wheels on the next Mars rover from what i understand. Could be kind of fun maybe to slip into some ones stock pile. Bang out a nice scroll then when reheated returns to original shape. ( that is meant in jest, i am pretty sure it would not work like that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHC Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 But if it did work like that… I’m picturing the frustration my youngest son experienced when I put those trick candles on his birthday cake. He was blowing hard enough to get a sailboat up to speed, and as soon as he’d run out of air, they relit. Of course I thought it was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I got to play with memory metal way back in the 60s. Dad did a lot of aerospace work and he had all sorts of interesting and or classified metals around. At the time NASA was experimenting with memory metals for self deploying elements on satellites and deep space probes. The couple types I got to play with were very different from each other. You couldn't "crumple" either in your hand. The piece of sheet was about as thick as an aluminum can and about as stiff as a beer steel can. Yes, can opener days! The other was a strip like a noodle and was really stiff. Both were malleable and took shapes well. Neither took a lot of heat to return to mill shape, I'm thinking about 300f. we just brushed it with a bernzomatic torch held at a distance. Dad spun a number of types I never got to see let along mess with, mostly electrically activated. What they were for was classified and I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to know about any of it let alone play with it. Once. The stuff REALLY sparked my imagination, I did nothing for years but envision things unfolding and erecting themselves. I think anymore electric motors and motivators are powerful and reliable enough memory metals lost a lot of jobs. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I gather that the memory metal nitinol (from nickel + titanium + Naval Ordinance Laboratories) is being used a lot these days in medical devices. For example, extractors for kidney stones and gallstones get deformed a lot on their way up a catheter, but using nitinol wire allows them to spring back to their preformed shape once it gets to the stone. I believe that some companies are also using nitinol to make 3D-printed stents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Today I learned that just because it floats in the slack tub, doesn't mean it's good coke for a welding fire. And also when brushing hot steel, and the brush catches it, flips it up, and a sharp corner cuts your pinky, it also cauterizes it, so it doesn't bleed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Ouch! Well that’s definitely a lesson I’ll learn remotely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 All I felt was "bump". And nothing else. I guess it killed the nerve endings as well. Happened just that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Today, I learned what the word shibboleth means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 And that it doesn't contravene the site laws! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I'm always confusing it with shillelagh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 When it comes to shillelagh law; you are welcome to use a shibboleth instead, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 So i have heard that word 3 times in different places today. So i too have learned a new word. Had to look it up after 3 times but hearing it used i had a good idea from that. I have a piece of good stout honey suckle i have been aging for about 3 years now. I planned on making a a shillelagh out of. Little more than waist high, has a big 3 way fork on one end and about 1" - 1 1/2" thick. I dont have a stone chimney or lard to do it proper but i have been keeping it greased down. Maybe a good project for inside during the up coming cold spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Go into a closet and beat yourself up with it a couple of times to break it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Why in a closet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Hard to get the true Irish Brawl ambiance with just yourself; so a closet gives you a lot of rebounds and ricochets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Whew! I'm just glad there is no perversion involved! Of course, I haven't checked societal norms since yesterday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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