Alfresco 11,150 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Kupar said: I was looking at this thread the other day too, and thinking that we hadn't posted much here recently ... clearly the winter (for us in the northern hemisphere) obviously hasn't been a particularly productive time when it comes to tinkering around with nerdy projects. But here's a not-very-geeky/nerdy contribution, just because I love an Excel chart. This is for my attempt to do 2800 press-ups in February. I confess part of my motivation is to see the chart develop over the month lol. (The dip is a couple of days' rest after I gave blood 🙂.) That's way too much exercise!! No way could I do that, but maybe it should inspire me to at least do a bit more than I do! Nice chart though. 1 1 Link to post
Euro 313 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Perhaps a step beyond geeky-nerdy...? Backyard foundry. Simplistically... That is melting metals at quite high temperatures and pouring them into a mould to make a metal object. A Metal Casting. Might take the form of something aesthetic of functional or a bit of both. Eg a plaque. In the way I do it now, started a few yrs back wanting something that at the time that seeming nobody could-would do for me, at least at a sane price. Long story, but interesting journey. Not a hobby as such, just something I now do from time to time. Not everybody's idea of fun doing weird dangerous industrial stuff in the back garden. But I kinda like doing it 🙂 A couple of pics to give the idea.. A Bronze metal pour at circa1150dec C ( 2100degF) A plaque casting fresh out the mould in Aluminium but way too hot to touch for a while. The lumpy bit sticking out of the side is the left over bit where the molten metal was poured in from. A finished and painted plaque 1 3 Link to post
likesToLick 9,981 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Euro said: Backyard foundry. Hey, brilliant! I really want to learn to do this one day. My hobby is learning milling and lathe work in my home machine shop, and casting would go with this really well. A bit scared of handling crucibles though, as I have problems with my back and I would not want it to cut loose at the wrong moment. Link to post
Kupar 12,736 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 7 hours ago, Euro said: Perhaps a step beyond geeky-nerdy...? Backyard foundry. Simplistically... That is melting metals at quite high temperatures and pouring them into a mould to make a metal object. A Metal Casting. Might take the form of something aesthetic of functional or a bit of both. Eg a plaque. In the way I do it now, started a few yrs back wanting something that at the time that seeming nobody could-would do for me, at least at a sane price. Long story, but interesting journey. Not a hobby as such, just something I now do from time to time. Not everybody's idea of fun doing weird dangerous industrial stuff in the back garden. But I kinda like doing it 🙂 A couple of pics to give the idea.. A Bronze metal pour at circa1150dec C ( 2100degF) A plaque casting fresh out the mould in Aluminium but way too hot to touch for a while. The lumpy bit sticking out of the side is the left over bit where the molten metal was poured in from. A finished and painted plaque Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this 🙂 Link to post
avatar 372 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Not a nerdy project in itself, but a funny moment that happened to me when working on one (a mental health growth web application for work) that I wanted to share. Don't know how many of you are familiar with Docker but long story short, it's a software that offers a command line interface. One of the commands is docker-compose. I wanted to run the project on my machine using docker-compose build today, and this what my half asleep morning brain still on autopilot came up with: I know this is just the most immature thing but I've giggling about it for hours the whole day today 🤣 🤣 2 Link to post
oliver2 3,980 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 An easy mistake. dicker-compose is used to organise large numbers of dicks, such as when planning an orgy 2 1 Link to post
avatar 372 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, oliver2 said: dicker-compose is used to organise large numbers of dicks, such as when planning an orgy Ohh okay, I'll keep that one on the back of my mind for the next orgy I throw 🙂 1 Link to post
gldenwetgoose 20,505 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Looking at the keyboard layout, I guess there are lots of times people have tried to invoke a 'focker-compose', and probably a few had their access restricted for attempting a 'fucker-compose' ? 1 Link to post
oliver2 3,980 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 1 minute ago, gldenwetgoose said: Looking at the keyboard layout, I guess there are lots of times people have tried to invoke a 'focker-compose', and probably a few had their access restricted for attempting a 'fucker-compose' ? You get your acocunt suspended for that, yes 😉 1 Link to post
avatar 372 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, gldenwetgoose said: Looking at the keyboard layout, I guess there are lots of times people have tried to invoke a 'focker-compose', and probably a few had their access restricted for attempting a 'fucker-compose' ? Oh that hasn't happened to me yet, but I can totally see that it's possible as well 🤣 1 Link to post
D-K 153 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 7 minutes ago, oliver2 said: You get your acocunt suspended for that, yes 😉 Wow. I didn't know this. Seems a bit extreme in my opinion 🤔 Link to post
oliver2 3,980 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, D-K said: Wow. I didn't know this. Seems a bit extreme in my opinion 🤔 No, no! You can’t get your account suspended for accidentally typing a rude word, I was making a puerile joke about the word “cunt”, and now I’ve had to explain it, which means to the extent it was funny before, it now isn’t 1 Link to post
D-K 153 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, oliver2 said: No, no! You can’t get your account suspended for accidentally typing a rude word, I was making a puerile joke about the word “cunt”, and now I’ve had to explain it, which means to the extent it was funny before, it now isn’t Sorry, didn't realize. Docker in general does some weird things so I wouldn't put this past it 😅 1 Link to post
gldenwetgoose 20,505 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 This isn't my nerdy project, so not me in the video... But I can relate to it... Then again - I do like my coffee to be still hot when it's delivered. And I can think of quite a few better engineering solutions. Putting a coffee machine in the room where coffee is required for one. 1 1 Link to post
Kupar 12,736 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, gldenwetgoose said: This isn't my nerdy project, so not me in the video... But I can relate to it... Then again - I do like my coffee to be still hot when it's delivered. And I can think of quite a few better engineering solutions. Putting a coffee machine in the room where coffee is required for one. This is lovely 🙂 I particularly like that (a) he made some silly mistakes ... like I would have done, and (b) it took him so long to stop the cup falling off But ... it's not a funicular, and even if it was, it's *fun*icular, not *vern*icular!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Edited February 26, 2023 by Kupar 1 Link to post
Johnboy777 3,493 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, gldenwetgoose said: Putting a coffee machine in the room where coffee is required for one. For me, a better way to get a hot cup of coffee is going to a coffee house and having my coffee delivered to me by a topless waitress... 1 2 Link to post
Kupar 12,736 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, gldenwetgoose said: Putting a coffee machine in the room where coffee is required for one. haha! Yes - that was my first thought too 🙂 But it wouldn't have been such fun Link to post
oliver2 3,980 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Johnboy777 said: For me, a better way to get a hot cup of coffee is going to a coffee house and having my coffee delivered to me by a topless waitress... “Would you like milk, luv?” 1 1 Link to post
Euro 313 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 At risk of going way way... off topic, but I couldn't resist.... 13 hours ago, oliver2 said: “Would you like milk, luv?” See 1 Link to post
oliver2 3,980 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 That would be massively improved by removing the censor blur, canned laughter and silly noises! Link to post
Johnboy777 3,493 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, oliver2 said: That would be massively improved by removing the censor blur, canned laughter and silly That would be so much funnier without blurring the boobs. The looks on those faces are priceless though. Edited February 27, 2023 by Johnboy777 Link to post
Alfresco 11,150 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/26/2023 at 8:16 AM, gldenwetgoose said: This isn't my nerdy project, so not me in the video... But I can relate to it... Then again - I do like my coffee to be still hot when it's delivered. And I can think of quite a few better engineering solutions. Putting a coffee machine in the room where coffee is required for one. Love this, but I can see several easy improvements which would make it better. First of all the stopping of the loco is by complete cut of the voltage causing it to jolt badly, nearly throwing the truck off the track at one point. Each of the stops could have either a controlled reduction in voltage, a pulse width modulated control to reduce the speed or even a simple capacitor which would allow it to roll to a stop rather than jolt. A bit of experimentation may be required to get the stopping point to be accurate. Same also applies for starting off which is very jolting. Also, the route of the track straight across the middle of the kitchen must be annoying if actually using the kitchen. Maybe move the coffee machine to the side near the elevator - it as has been said previously just put the coffee machine on the room where the coffee is drunk. I guess another expansion could be to have the track go to various rooms with various control points so you can order coffee from wherever you are. 1 1 Link to post
gldenwetgoose 20,505 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Alfresco said: Love this, but I can see several easy improvements which would make it better. First of all the stopping of the loco is by complete cut of the voltage causing it to jolt badly, nearly throwing the truck off the track at one point. Each of the stops could have either a controlled reduction in voltage, a pulse width modulated control to reduce the speed or even a simple capacitor which would allow it to roll to a stop rather than jolt. A bit of experimentation may be required to get the stopping point to be accurate. Same also applies for starting off which is very jolting. I thought exactly the same. A simple MOSFET or other power transistor driven by a PWM would work perfectly. And then the other area for improvement - mounting and electrically driving a servo to mechanically operate a switch that applies electrical power to a motor… when instead it’d be far easier to just replace the switch with another semiconductor device. And that would allow soft start of that motor too. 2 Link to post
Paulypeeps 5,056 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 It is all quite easy nowadays, just use DCC control. With built in inertia and simple braking systems it would be a lot smoother... Link to post
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