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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 3h

The outside gearing of the range finder mechanism is neat!

Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4h

The country spans two time zones, so they just average them.
The worst is China which spans seven time zones, but officially at least, the entire country is on Beijing time!
Finally, I think there is a 15 minute offset in Australia.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4h

This is one project I could really get stuck into, but I have too many projects as it is (and also a day job)…

Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4h

So like India, then?

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4h

The next step is to mill out the corners, to make clearance for the parts on which this will hinge. I promise it will make sense once I put it all together!

Setup in a small milling machine to cut corners (literally). Since most of the part was cut with a band saw and roughed with a belt sander, the only datum is the hole. So I added a 2mm gauge pin to make sure the two parts are at the same height and to set the cutter height.

Moving over to the second part to compare its height with the first one. I ended up doing two parts at once because I was worried that a single one would deflect under the cutting forces. By clamping a block between two of them, I get a rigid setup.
In the background is my home made DRO display that serves both my mill and lathe.

Cut in progress. I lucked out as there is just enough room for the clamp.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4h

By comparing data from multiple radios, it might possible to figure it out…

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 6h

It works on Firefox running on Linux but not on whatever built-in browser bsky uses on iPhone and neither on Chrome on the same iPhone (launched from the bsky browser). I don't think I have any blocking/filtering extensions active.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 6h

Shouldn't the electric loco be mischievous and sneak up on the other locos on the account of being very quiet, then blow its horn? Others could make fun of it / be ableist for not being able to run on tracks without overhead wires...

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 6h

That is news to me. It looks like it is mainly plastic from the photos: is the chassis metal and does it have a decent motor?

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 7h

Is there an obvious difference in the contents of the EEPROM with the known code vs the unknown one? Could the exact code location be guessed or is the entire content scrambled (maybe a SHA-256 or similar)?

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 7h

What's left of the paint is working really hard holding it together!

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 9h

My first reaction was to wonder why one needs an account to use a screen saver...
And yes, I realize I'm showing my age!

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 10h

#nothelping

youtu.be/K6afIQO8z6E?...

Why One Of France’s Best Ideas Isn’t French at All.. Renault Twingo Mk1 (1993)

YouTube video by Number 27

youtu.be

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 11h

The wheels are not turning, so maybe it's just sliding on ice!

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 11h

The Lincoln Continental we have at home...

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 1d

Ants?

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 1d

Or at least 99% of it...

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe a US team will enter the word tram driving competition: youtu.be/Qwrh_BFYmMc?...

The First Ever WORLD Tram Driver Championships

YouTube video by The Tim Traveller

youtu.be

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw one as well. I think some local delivery company must have just got some because I’ve been seeing them fairly regularly lately.

Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 2d

Egnirc

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 2d

Based only on this photo, I would be hard pressed to decide which way the third escalator should run.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 2d

The quote from one ex-employee says it all: "Oracle doesn't have customers, it has prisoners".

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what would happen to GGLS (the club that runs the 7.5” and smaller gauge tracks at the same location) if the Redwood Valley Railroad would move out.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 3d

The excuse I heard when these were introduced in California was that cities could install them on State highways with minimal fuss because they are not considered full three color lights and those are run by the state. As with many things in the US, the situation might be different in other states.

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Dwegmull @dwegmull.bsky.social · 4d

I liked this post because it’s less effort than reposting…

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