Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[cletus]

Can someone tell me what wire goes to which terminal to make this go clockwise? 

Electric motor on a lathe

[Corbie]

Brown - U1

Blue - U2

Green - The little screw on the side.

 

Looks like the Jumpers are already set for forward.

[cletus]

Hmm

Tried that, it goes very slowly and sometimes goes the other way ie anticlockwise 

[cletus]

[Corbie]

Is there a link between u2 and? z2w2

If there isn't move the blue to z2w2

[cletus]

Sorted, needed jumper wires to other terminals

Now I know it works I'll make some neater little link bars

Cheers

 

[h4nd]

Jeeezuz @locost_bryan or whoever the ISP nerds are lately.

Where's the secret list of ports that One/Voda/iHug etc block these days (which includes port 1194 if our openVPN is playing nice).

Conclusion. My openVPN is no longer playing nice. Fuck those guys

[locost_bryan]

1 hour ago, h4nd said:

Jeeezuz @locost_bryan or whoever the ISP nerds are lately.

Where's the secret list of ports that One/Voda/iHug etc block these days (which includes port 1194 if our openVPN is playing nice).

Conclusion. My openVPN is no longer playing nice. Fuck those guys

Our security guru says "If it's bad, they block, depends more on the Source and destination rather than the port, and most major RSP are now part of MFN (malware free networks) so share blocking info. If someone running OpenVPN to a home environment and it won't work, or trying to use OpenVPN out of an environment... if there's an OpenVPN Access Server they are running they can't connect to it's much more likely they need to review Port Forwarding at their perimeter device."

[h4nd]

8 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

Our security guru says "If it's bad, they block, depends more on the Source and destination rather than the port, and most major RSP are now part of MFN (malware free networks) so share blocking info. If someone running OpenVPN to a home environment and it won't work, or trying to use OpenVPN out of an environment... if there's an OpenVPN Access Server they are running they can't connect to it's much more likely they need to review Port Forwarding at their perimeter device."

Yeah I bounced it to a random port. Once you got NERD-LEVEL networking, all it takes is ONE little hole :-D

[RUNAMUCK]

Not automotive,

But logfire/solid fuel burner question.

Do you reckon running my log fire on fast fuel (ultra dry untreated pine) and leaving the door cracked a bee's dick so it burns mega hot and fast will damage my flue?  I'm pretty much done with the fire for the season. But I'd like to do a real hot burn to clean any deposits from the flue. It often gets turned way down (somebody might have removed the travel stop to completely shut the air off)  before bed. So I wanna burn it clean before I give it its final clean for the summer. I've also got a wee pile of scraggly shit left over which I'd rather burn now than try to store for the summer. 

Would a sustained really hot fast burn run the risk of damaging the flue, or nah? With the door cracked, it really roars. 

I'm also going to replace all the fire bricks, and the door seal too. Next year will be a fresh start.

[ThePog]

Just buy a flexi flue brush, you can do it from the burner, not on the roof.

[440bbm]

unless its old as fuck and already had 8 of its 9 lives ( almost cracked and have holes aready ) it will prob be fine.  but 100% better off to just clean it proper anyway. 

[ThePog]

Might not be the thread for it but can someone tell me if the squabs on Recaro Fishnets individually replaceable?

A cheap set came up with ripped bits, but then another single came up with the other bits ripped.

If I can swap them it might be worth it...?

[GARDRB]

5 hours ago, ThePog said:

Might not be the thread for it but can someone tell me if the squabs on Recaro Fishnets individually replaceable?

A cheap set came up with ripped bits, but then another single came up with the other bits ripped.

If I can swap them it might be worth it...?

They come off so you can replace them with a separate squab from a different seat, you can also buy bolsters 

[GARDRB]

How fucked am I? Bin it or straighten it?

[GregT]

On 07/11/2024 at 12:36, ThePog said:

Just buy a flexi flue brush, you can do it from the burner, not on the roof.

Last place had 3 log burners. I bought a large round brush - I suspect a big toilet brush - and wired it to the end of a coil of 1/2in ID alkathene pipe.

Worked well. In conjunction with a big old shop vac. Roof was steep as fuck. Built 1890 to withstand snow....

[kpr]

5 hours ago, GARDRB said:

How fucked am I? Bin it or straighten it?

 

@Dudley   keeps all the tubes of red silicone in stock.

assume its warped because the welded part?  cut the welds on one side.  bolt to something flat and re-weld 
 

[Dudley]

Dude I like to mix a bit of red and black silicon so I can rep Hikurangi 

[GARDRB]

4 hours ago, kpr said:

 

@Dudley   keeps all the tubes of red silicone in stock.

assume its warped because the welded part?  cut the welds on one side.  bolt to something flat and re-weld 
 

Yeah it’s pulled when it shrunk after welding. We cut the weld on one side, bolted it to the engine with some steel rules between the welded area and the block and re-welded and it’s noice and straight 

[kws]

On 27/10/2024 at 12:18, tortron said:

https://brakeperformance.com/rough-feeling-hubs.php?srsltid=AfmBOorpByE41niF0yOxuzYkahRlSIGU9xF3sxIYrcUg6RJ2UbXKYXv8

 

Tldr. They come with "gritty" feeling grease, Let it bed in for a few thousand revolutions

Coming back to this, I can mostly confirm this was correct. After a little driving the new bearing is significantly quieter now. Given a bit more use I think it'll go silent.