bumpcity76

ROTC cadet

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My Grandfather built them at the Consolidated Vultee plant over by the UNO Lakefront Arena

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Same. He told me at one point he was installing the blisters, then at another point he was putting bulkheads in. I wish I had asked more about his time with Consolidated Vultee and those planes.

The only hill left, in what's left of Ft. McClellan, is Trench Hill. Not too long, but pretty steep.

DoD Covid Vaccine Memo 24Aug21


Here’s a link to the memorandum that was signed on the 24th.

It's simple... Those liberals in power do it for the power. The rank and file liberals just want everyone else to be as miserable as they are.

When everyone is equally miserable, they will have finally achieved equality.

That’s awesome! A few friends, here in the estates, reported power around 3. I’m hoping we’ll be back soon.

Also in Spanish Fort. Lost power @ 12:30, last night. My phone says winds are around 50. Very steady with some occasional gusts. I guess it’s going to get a little worse before it gets better.

I live in Baldwin County. Total population of 223,234 and 174 confirmed cases. That’s 0.078% of the population. For those who argue for more testing, multiply that by 10, and you still at a fraction of 1% of the population confirmed (largest county in the state by area). There are folks on Nextdoor crying that ‘it’s too soon!!!!’ I don’t get it?!?

Entered my info about an hour after the form went live. Finally got a date of April 30, this morning.

Fusion 360 has a hobbyist license (although I think they changed some things up). I'm trying to lear Fusion 360 to model guitar bodies and necks. It's a natural progression, 3d printer>CNC>Guitar parts, right?

There's also places like Thingiverse that let you browse and download models for printing. Just check the licenses if you plan on doing anything commercial. Also, it's not like buying an HP laserjet, where you open a document and print. You'll need a 'slicer' to orient\manipulate the model for your printing preferences. There's also the need to 'tune' your printer, so it will print well (tram the bed, tune extrusion rates, temps, speeds\feeds, etc...). You also need to find the right material for your purpose. PLA is 'easy' to print, but doesn't handle high temps well. PETG is a little trickier to print, handles higher temps, but might be more brittle. ABS is strong, high temp, but gives off fumes when printing. These are are generalizations, of course. It can still be a fun hobby, if you know that you'll spend time getting each print job set up.

Edit: If you need to reproduce a hard-to-find part for something that's broken, Thigiverse is a good place to look. I found a model for my Whirly Pop popcorn gears, when the original plastic gears broke. I was surprised that someone had actually created those for printing. I've also 'dabbled' in modeling in Tinker CAD (free). I was able to make a few simple items that I needed around the house.