Many years ago now, I had a Lexus LS that was perhaps the first car that could park itself. My daughter used it for her driving test, and when she had to parallel park and not hit the cones to pass...
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Many years ago now, I had a Lexus LS that was perhaps the first car that could park itself. My daughter used it for her driving test, and when she had to parallel park and not hit the cones to pass...
I extensively looking into getting Tesla Powerwalls a few years ago. Also looked at a few competitive products. I also look at them periodically.
To power our whole house would take 4...
5 digits!!!!:eek: OMG
I've only seen 5 digits when the raised access floor installers were drilling/cutting concrete. I offered them respirators. They all turned me down. Nothing like...
My baseline count in the shop (and outside ambient air) is around 500 (also only really care about the small particles). So I mask up if the workshop air exceeds 500. And, hopefully, my Grit...
I keep an updated list of everything in my shop, with all the cabinets numbered. When I get something new, I label the cabinet on the outside with a Dymo label, or in the plastic container with that...
A propane generator (we have a tank here, but no natural gas available) would be able to power the house during a grid blackout (automatic or manual transfer switch). The solar panels, I believe,...
Oh no doubt it would be physically capable of charging the car batteries. The question is whether or not their system (it will be proprietary) will allow it. Especially as Tesla Solar did not...
Jim:
I think you are misunderstanding the issue. I provide a nice surplus to Duke Energy, for which they pay me <1/4 what I would pay them. On virtually every sunny day I send power to the grid....
I built one. Trying it as soon as my back allows. These long boards are killing me.
I can see issues with a solar installation, even as large as mine, being the sole provider of power during all the daylight hours. Production is a bell curve, and early morning and early evening it...
Just replaced them on my wife's E43AMG Mercedes after 21K miles. Crazy low mileage. Cost $3K. In every Lexus or Tesla I ever owned they lasted the life of the car for me (~100K miles).
My system automatically disconnects, to prevent injury to linemen. But there are several big honkin disconnects on the system, which even if I flipped, the system supposedly does not supply any...
Been having issues getting consistent thin laminations for my outdoor chair build. My wide-belt sander will in theory only go down to 1/8", but in practice it won't go to that level.
Really...
I thought about that, and maybe should have done it. I wondered if it would be ok to run the wide-belt without it installed.
I'm really not sure how I could ease the sliding parts (steel, sliding...
Ah, the "Trolley Problem". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
This is the real reason that I think true, fully autonomous cars are in the more distant future. It's the real reason why we...
Fortunately, brute force (and more helpfully penetrating lubricant) solved the problem and all is well now, although I had to whack on the platen despite significant amount of dry teflon lubrication...
It was only about 50% here. Didn't look up. Totally clear skies.
This is what the solar array noted during the event:
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So even though it really didn't look much darker, the solar panels...
Had an interesting / frustrating day in the shop today. My Grizzly Wide-Belt sander stopped working. I looked inside, and the platen was clearly shredded. Funny as I've never used it.
So I...
Pretty impressive, Jim. Thanks for posting this.
I like that idea a lot, Steve. Sounds so much safer. Plus this would easily allow me to ease the edges. Gently, considering the veneer.
With my jointer I could do one edge pretty easily. It...
What is the proper blade height?
I don't think my planer can deal with a piece of that width.
Steam bending in a bag is unfortunately a non-starter for me, as no way I want to send that much steam into my workshop and rust everything. That would be outside, and keeping an MDF form outside...
So lots of progress, but a few more questions and a perplexing situation.
I finished building the form, and attached a winch. That took a few extra tries as the wood is so long that I needed more...
48 weeks!!! :eek:
That's almost as slow as me.
Mine does too, as well as a hole on the door side to allow steam to escape. It's the wood joints along its length that have some areas that are leaking.
That being said, I really will need for...