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[Mira Yurizaki]

A Surface Go and some assorted accessories.

[PlayStation 2]

I got the PS2 HD Retrovision cables! And honestly? The video quality is fucking amazing and I kinda figured it would considering how thick these cables are. Not to mention the audio quality is as good as it should be, with almost no audible buzzing.

Some screencaps for you guys, from Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4 at 1080i. Now you, too, get to see how GT3 outputs its final image!

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I drove and waddled to my mail service today to pick up some more goodies. This is a brief/equipment case I got from a Fleabay vendor.

 

 

It's kinda sorta a match for the little case I keep my impact driver bits in (I have four more of the little cases for future use).

 

 

The panels are ABS but I have several cases that have ABS panels and they have been holding up just fine for several years. This case will outlive me.

 

A short while back, I showed off a router set I got. One of the things in the set was an edge/circle guide but it didn't have a case for it. I had thought about getting a Pelican case to keep it in but, besides being rather heavy, they were just too darned expensive. Then I found this case on Fleabay for a much more reasonable price and pulled the trigger on it.

 

Here I have the guide, the dust collection hood, and a hose adapter laid out inside the case (there is also a pivot point for when using the guide as a circle guide but it's in my router case and I was too pooped form waddling errands to pull it out; old age and 111 degree heat is just a bit much for this old broad).

 

 

 

I'll probably play around a bit with the layout before I start working on the foam.

 

Speaking about the foam, I was very pleasantly surprised to find out it is pick apart foam (that wasn't mentioned in the product description) so that will simplify making the pockets needed for everything. I'll be working on it over the weekend and I'll post the results on the Tool Thread.

 

I'm planning on getting a table saw and also make a router table later this year (I need to upgrade my shed first once the trailer court gets rid of a dead palm tree) and I will need featherboards for them. Featherboards are used to keep stock pushed against the fence in a table saw or a router table. Rockler put these on sale recently so I glommed onto five of them while I could.

 

 

 

 

As received from the factory, these are designed to slide into the miter track on a saw table or router table tabletop. The silver colored bars go into the miter slot and expand in width when the knobs are tightened, locking the feather board in the slot. However, these can be easily adapted to T-slots by removing the silver bars and their screws and replace them with T-bolts screwed into the knobs. This will give far more options for keeping work flush against a fence and the table, especially on the router table.

 

When I build the router table, it will be too heavy for my old carcass to lug around so I plan on intalling it on a gravity rise stand that easily will allow me to go from a horizontal orientation to a vertical one that will let me roll it along like a handtruck (the table saw I'm planning on getting will do the same thing). I'm planning on using a Bosch gravity rise stand but, besides being too low for a router table, the router motor hanging below the table with not fit through the stand when in the vertical position so I will need to make a small frame to raise the table up to a better height for working and to give the clearance needed to allow the stand to fold up.

 

I've used 80/20 series aluminum extrusions for various things, such as a frome for a computer case and the bridge over a winow so I could hang my speakers, TV, monitors, and a bulletin board from it. However, the 15 series extrusions are overkill for the frame for the router table, not to mention too expensive and heavy (I'm having to really watch the weight on all this to avoid overloading the gravity rise stand).

 

The 30 series extrusions would be perfect for the frame but 80/20 only has a black plastic filler strip to go into the T-slots and I would prefer aluminum filler strips for appearance, durability, and to give the extrusions a bit more strength. According to 80/20's online catalogue, the filler strips for both the 15 and 40 series are close to the size needed for the the 30 series extrusions but the only way to know for sure was to try them out. So, I bought a whopping 1" long piece of 30 series extrusion and a 2" long 40 series filler strip (and paid an outrageous price for shipping); I already had a scrap piece of 15 series filler strip.

 

Here is what the extrusion looks like.

 

 

 

 

The extrusion is 30mm x 30mm. The center hole is sized for tapping for M8 screws. They are available with 1 slot, two slots (like the one in the photo), two slots on opposite sides of the extrusion, three slots, and four slots (I'll be using all types except the four slot type).

 

The 40 series filler strip looks like this.

 

 

 

While both are a very tight fit (surprise! I was expecting a bit loose), the 15 series fits best by a tiny margin. The strips won't sit flush, though, because slot edges of the 15 (and 40) series extrusions are rounded and they are more square on the 30 series (one reason for the tighter than expected fit). Sometime over the weekend, I'm going to try filing a small chamfer on the top edges of a T-slot to see if it will improve the fit. If it does, when I do get the extrusions, I can dig out the my Daddy's old 1 HP router and crude (but still effective), homebrew router table and use a V bit to quickly chamfer the edges of the T-slots.

[TheNaitsyrk]

Cyberpunk T-Shirt!

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

My Dell XPS 15 arrived yesterday - I'm actually typing this post from it.  It's the new spec 7590, with the 1080p IPS display (what's the point of 4K on a 15" monitor?) with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe SSD.

The full specs are:

i7-9750H (6 cores, 12 threads, 2.6GhZ base, 4.5GhZ boost

2*8GB 2666MhZ DDR4 SODIMM

1TB PCIe SSD of unspecified brand

GTX 1650

130W power adapter, plus USB-C charging over Thunderbolt

 

And they moved the webcam back to the top of the screen, where it belongs! YAAAAY!

[Radioactive Snowman]

7 minutes ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

My Dell XPS 15 arrived yesterday - I'm actually typing this post from it.  It's the new spec 7590, with the 1080p IPS display (what's the point of 4K on a 15" monitor?) with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB PCIe SSD.

The full specs are:

i7-9750H (6 cores, 12 threads, 2.6GhZ base, 4.5GhZ boost

2*8GB 2666MhZ DDR4 SODIMM

1TB PCIe SSD of unspecified brand

GTX 1650

130W power adapter, plus USB-C charging over Thunderbolt

 

And they moved the webcam back to the top of the screen, where it belongs! YAAAAY!

That looks so pretty.. If I had a use for a laptop I would buy that one in an instant

[SeriouslyMikey]

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On 7/25/2019 at 2:48 AM, Dan Castellaneta said:

You guys ever spent like $10 just to get an instrumental of a song on CD?

Yup, and far more too.   

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

2 hours ago, Radioactive Snowman said:

That looks so pretty.. If I had a use for a laptop I would buy that one in an instant

Yeah, it's a sexy beast isn't it.

[Beef Boss]

19 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I got the PS2 HD Retrovision cables! And honestly? The video quality is fucking amazing and I kinda figured it would considering how thick these cables are. Not to mention the audio quality is as good as it should be, with almost no audible buzzing.

 

 

Some screencaps for you guys, from Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4 at 1080i. Now you, too, get to see how GT3 outputs its final image!

Hey look, there's my car! On the left lol. 

[PlayStation 2]

2 hours ago, veldora said:

Hey look, there's my car! On the left lol. 

Protegés are dope as hell. I really want a Protegé5 once I get a car.

[nbrowser]

Bought all this months ago...finally took possession today, amazing day!

 

 

[Skanky Sylveon]

YouTube videos aren't allowed so have a .WEBM!

 

It was $1.50 and the cats love it.

[XR6]

Today I bought a new laptop to replace my Late 2006 MacBook Pro.

It's an Acer Nitro 5, and it'll be arriving on Wednesday.  I'll update this post with pictures as soon as I receive it.

[Sylvie]

On 1/7/2013 at 5:23 PM, BioShock96 said:

What did you buy today?

For me, i just had a McDonald's Big mac chicken and some fries.

hangers, pegs, and some wiring

nothing special

[spwath]

New radio with Android auto for my car

 

[ahmad_sh96]

Switched my laptop's wireless card to Intel 9260, it's 2x2 MU-MIMO 802.11AC WiFi + BT 5.0. It's a waaay better upgrade than my original card that was included in my E580 Thinkpad.

 

[Guest]

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[Lady Fitzgerald]

4 hours ago, Oso Sin Nombre said:

More to read

 

We have got to give the bear a name. Fuzzy Wuzzy? No, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

[Guest]

On 7/30/2019 at 4:31 AM, Lady Fitzgerald said:

We have got to give the bear a name. Fuzzy Wuzzy? No, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

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[Lady Fitzgerald]

7 hours ago, Oso Sin Nombre said:

The bear already has a name, sort of. It's Oso Sin Nombre

My Spanish sucks but doesn't that mean No Name Bear, Nameless Bear, or Bear Without a Name?

[Guest]

On 7/30/2019 at 2:12 PM, Lady Fitzgerald said:

My Spanish sucks but doesn't that mean No Name Bear, Nameless Bear, or Bear Without a Name?

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Ordered a 2019 Yamaha MT-03 in Midnight Black.  I should have it in about 3-4 weeks. 

I actually wanted the grey with fluo yellow one but that color was only available last year.  Oh well, with the black one at least I won't have to clean the rims every 2 days.

[Shin-Gouki]

This was a Birthday in July Present from a Friend (My Birthday is Christmas Day) and not a Purchase but still awesome. 

(Stole Pic from and Ebay Listing as I didn't take a pic before I opened them but loose pic is mine)) 

[MrTiC]