- Location
- Linden, New Jersey
Oops, I forgot the length of the log, very important. Six feet.
Whats the Coolest thing youever bought?
- Thread starter Steve Connally
- Start date
Al, I don't yet plan to move any time soon. Know anybody at Ameritech/SBC/AT&T/(pretty soon the phone company again?) who can help update a nearby small town system?/ Quote Glens
No but I wish I did.My danged AT&T stock is not doing too well.
Oh yes,the subject at hand,oops.My laser range finder is the coolest thing.Among other things,I can shoot the heigth of a tree very easily.
No but I wish I did.My danged AT&T stock is not doing too well.
Oh yes,the subject at hand,oops.My laser range finder is the coolest thing.Among other things,I can shoot the heigth of a tree very easily.
- Location
- Austin, TX
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Al, I don't yet plan to move any time soon. Know anybody at Ameritech/SBC/AT&T/(pretty soon the phone company again?) who can help update a nearby small town system?
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Glens. Why not get satellite high speed? It is out there. Face it, if people have dial up, it is because they choose to have dial up.
Al, I don't yet plan to move any time soon. Know anybody at Ameritech/SBC/AT&T/(pretty soon the phone company again?) who can help update a nearby small town system?
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Glens. Why not get satellite high speed? It is out there. Face it, if people have dial up, it is because they choose to have dial up.
Earlier on, the sat systems required a peecee running MS Windows so it was not a consideration. Nowadays they come with a sleek black box (probably running Linux) which connects to the dish and has an Ethernet port. I spent a couple of hours on one recently at a remote jobsite. It works pretty well if all the user wants to do is surf the WWW (unencrypted?). The latency is absolutely terrible for remote interactive work and that's when you do it in the "open" so that their method of re-encapsulating the network packets into the special protocol can be used. If you want to use SSH or set up a VPN tunnel the throughput is no better than dialup, really, because the sat system doesn't "do" standard TCP/IP networking, and the latency is 4 times as bad.
To top it all off, you don't have a "real" Internet Protocol address; that's provided at the ground-based facility on the other end of the space bounce. Hence, many public services don't work, such as running mail or web server processes. If I can't reach myself from somewhere else or send my own mail, what good is the connection? There's a lot more to do on the Internet than surf the Web / download pron, which the sat setup actually does rather okayly but falls on its face into a hole otherwise.
$50 bucks a month on top of a couple hundred setup fee gets all that. I believe a "real" IP address can be got for another hundred a month, but even then latency and non-standard network protocol rear their very ugly heads.
Thanks anyway.
I'd like to switch back onto the main track of the thread now. I'll entertain private discussion or start a new thread in the off-topic area if anyone's interested.
Sort of along that line, I'd really, really like to get a cool thing such as a decent phone or digital cable company pick up the local market.
To top it all off, you don't have a "real" Internet Protocol address; that's provided at the ground-based facility on the other end of the space bounce. Hence, many public services don't work, such as running mail or web server processes. If I can't reach myself from somewhere else or send my own mail, what good is the connection? There's a lot more to do on the Internet than surf the Web / download pron, which the sat setup actually does rather okayly but falls on its face into a hole otherwise.
$50 bucks a month on top of a couple hundred setup fee gets all that. I believe a "real" IP address can be got for another hundred a month, but even then latency and non-standard network protocol rear their very ugly heads.
Thanks anyway.
I'd like to switch back onto the main track of the thread now. I'll entertain private discussion or start a new thread in the off-topic area if anyone's interested.
Sort of along that line, I'd really, really like to get a cool thing such as a decent phone or digital cable company pick up the local market.
- Location
- Linden, New Jersey
Whit,
To get the first cut flat I screw something flat on top of the log to run the mill on. In the attached pic you can see the black rail I used in the bottom right corner. It is still on the top slab.
This part of the process takes the most time. I want all of the cuts to run parallel to the pith. I first use a level to mark lines on the pith at the ends and then measure up to the top of the log. If there's a difference, the rail has to be raised off the log on one end with spacers. On this log the rail was set a few inches higher on one end. I also check the level on the rail so it matches the lines on the pith.
The rail must be secured good so it doesn't move when I'm cutting. The following cuts will all be affected by the first.
To get the first cut flat I screw something flat on top of the log to run the mill on. In the attached pic you can see the black rail I used in the bottom right corner. It is still on the top slab.
This part of the process takes the most time. I want all of the cuts to run parallel to the pith. I first use a level to mark lines on the pith at the ends and then measure up to the top of the log. If there's a difference, the rail has to be raised off the log on one end with spacers. On this log the rail was set a few inches higher on one end. I also check the level on the rail so it matches the lines on the pith.
The rail must be secured good so it doesn't move when I'm cutting. The following cuts will all be affected by the first.
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- Location
- Austin, TX
So, long story, short, it is there and it is possible at least for forum picture viewing purposes. /forum/images/graemlins/pokinit.gif
Not sure what the encrypted mambyjahamby was about. Maybe that is a requirement for your work? Oh, then that means work is the limiting factor.....
Hi Jack /forum/images/graemlins/pbj.gif
Not sure what the encrypted mambyjahamby was about. Maybe that is a requirement for your work? Oh, then that means work is the limiting factor.....
Hi Jack /forum/images/graemlins/pbj.gif
Well,somewhat on the subject after teasing Glens about his dial up,which has gone on for years,would be the skidloader.
I didn't buy it but it has taken up residence in my driveway for some reason or another[long story].Mercy me,that thing is as handy as a pocket on a shirt.
I didn't buy it but it has taken up residence in my driveway for some reason or another[long story].Mercy me,that thing is as handy as a pocket on a shirt.
