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What Did You Buy Today?
- Thread starter darkzero
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I'm not worried about the flux. My last 2 spools of rosin core lasted me over 10 yrs (different brand) & worked fine. I also have a bottle of rosin flux that is older than that, still works fine also. None of this is for professional/commercial use. At my old work we had to switch over to Pb free solder & no clean flux but I had my own stash.
Nice meme. Got me thinking as my dad was an engineer for United Technologies testing the Saturn V motors.
Unfortunately though like so many memes this one may be more sentiment than reality. Metric units are, and have been used in scientific applications for obvious reasons. A quick search finds this....
The Moon landings
Contrary to urban myth, NASA did use the metric system for the Apollo Moon landings. SI units were used for arguably the most critical part of the missions – the calculations that were carrie…ukma.org.uk
Seems like a well researched and documented piece of writing. Memes are easy but often created for reasons beyond their seemingly simple messages.
John
My dad and uncle worked on the Saturn V project. I think my uncle was one of the main fuel pump designers.
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This is the most harmless Group Recovery site on the internet. Keeps us off the streets!@darkzero
You're a maniac.This thread is, sometimes, like watching somebody else's Christmas home video.
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I actually ordered this Langmuir Systems Crossfire Pro plasma table back at the end of April. Delivery was estimated to be some time in July,
but with all that's been going on with Covid in Calif. I'm not complaining. They were always very responsive to e-mails, and always notified me when the next package was being shipped. Received the last of three shipments a week ago and unpacked it this morning. Hoping to have it all assembled by tomorrow evening if all goes well. I have a lot of other work going on, but will spend evenings trying to wrap my head around fusion 360, and the machine soft ware. Hopefully I'll be able to put it to good use this winter. Cheers, Mike
but with all that's been going on with Covid in Calif. I'm not complaining. They were always very responsive to e-mails, and always notified me when the next package was being shipped. Received the last of three shipments a week ago and unpacked it this morning. Hoping to have it all assembled by tomorrow evening if all goes well. I have a lot of other work going on, but will spend evenings trying to wrap my head around fusion 360, and the machine soft ware. Hopefully I'll be able to put it to good use this winter. Cheers, Mike
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Ill look forward to your progress.
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That looks like a really nice unit. I looked on their website. I am very interested to learn more about these table systems. I look forward to hearing your review on it when you get it up and running.
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I responded to something similar a short time ago.Well, I done pulled the trigger today. Ordered a Precision Matthews PM835-S "baby Bridgeport" style mill, complete with DRO.
It will be a replacement/upgrade for my round column mill.PM-835S Milling Machine – Precision Matthews Machinery Co.
www.precisionmatthews.com
It may well be that I'm the first one here to buy one of these. I posted a request for comment about a week ago, but -crickets-. Once I get the mill up and running, I'll post photos and comments.
I didn't expect to have any problem getting from liftgate to final location, but I was so very wrong.