swt61 Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 This is a hanger bolt. The wood screw end goes into the leg, while the threaded end goes into the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 This is a T-nut. I drilled a 1/16" recess for the top flange of the T-nut to sit flush into a piece of 1/2"plywood. Then drilled a 3/8" hole for the barrel of the T-nut. Then I glued the second piece of plywood onto the first, trapping the T-nut in-between the two. The only thing showing is the 3/8" hole with the barrel of the T-nut inside. The threaded part of the hanger bolt screws into this. Resulting in a blind joint that is very solid. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 Pretty nifty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 ^ This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Downloaded a new Raspberry Pi (v4 model B only) music OS, VitOS. Looks like it might be a good Pootie Pi option.... Has a tablet/phone device app for control. http://www.thunder-data.com/vitos-for-rpi4 Hope to try it this weekend. Edited October 10, 2020 by skullguise 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Finished 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Looks great, Steve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Endured 2 1/2 days with no power (because of freak storm and record incompetence on the part of National Grid) while all three of my neighbors ran their generators (cannot blame them.) Also lacked running water (because well and electric pump) and had minimal contact with the outside world. What Apple does to older iPhone batteries via their malicious code should be illegal and punishable by death. What T-Mobile does to "unlimited bandwidth" customers after the first 2GB is punishable by hanging in more civilized countries. What they claim is "speeds up to 128lkbps" but in reality what they do is limit all data for periods of time. This becomes a might frustrating when one is furtively trying to load, say, an electric company's outage map page in Chrome. Also, there's a bug where iPhones won't display the "trust this machine?" dialogue when connected to a Mac and instead go BONG BONG BONG BONG forever. This means they iPhone won't even charge off the Mac via USB. They dance on both side's of Hanlon's Razor over there at 1 Infinity Loop. I ended up charging my phone with a car battery and an adapter. I was (and still am) not so secretly praying that Fat Donny presses The Button in a roid rage.* *This couldn't actually happen even if he wanted to do so. Every day the POTUS is given a card with a bunch of launch codes on it. Only one is real and the rest are fake. I'll be you a wooden nickel Trump doesn't remember which one is correct 5 minutes after receiving the card. Ironically, we're safer from nuclear annihilation under his tiny, cheeto-stained hands than any other president since WWII. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Sorry to hear of your frustration. I'd like to extend you a welcome to Samsung and Verizon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 Forgot to post this yesterday - had a good day doing old-school manual labor after spending a good part of Friday helping my neighbor clear a small maple tree that fell over in a wind storm Thursday. They're selling the house in 10 days and didn't want the tree or debris to cause any issues with the sale. So yesterday I set out splitting a bunch of it. It's funny. The older I get the more I enjoy manual labor. I hated splitting wood when I was younger. Then it was time for Lily and I to make a cake for Andrew's socially-distant, outdoor-5-months-late birthday party that we'll host today with 5 of his buddies. Vanilla tie-dyed cake (pic of that after slicing later today) with chocolate buttercream frosting. Outdoor theater screen and projector test complete. I picked up a cheap Onkyo receiver off CL and will use an old 5.1 Cambridge Soundworks system for the noise. Should be fun and the total investment was less than $200 which seems insane. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted October 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 10/9/2020 at 9:53 PM, skullguise said: Downloaded a new Raspberry Pi (v4 model B only) music OS, VitOS. Looks like it might be a good Pootie Pi option.... Has a tablet/phone device app for control. http://www.thunder-data.com/vitos-for-rpi4 Hope to try it this weekend. I will keep an eye on the web site to see if they ever implement wi-fi connectivity. Ethernet-only is a non-starter for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 ^^ Used to be for me too, but I bought a small multi-function travel router/range extender on sale, and I use that now with the Pecan Pi or my Ropieee box.....gives better reception too than standard Pi with no dongle. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 11, 2020 Report Share Posted October 11, 2020 Holey crap Nate! That cake looks like something Chef Duff would make. Impressive!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted October 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Just finished upgrading my last Mac, that could be upgraded, to Catalina. Just in time to not upgrade to Big Sur. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 Visiting Eleanor in Churchill (it's very north). Seeing some stuff. Not many other tourists during a pandemic. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, morphsci said: Just finished upgrading my last Mac, that could be upgraded, to Catalina. Just in time to not upgrade to Big Sur. Thanks for reminding me. Creating a Catalina 15.7 install drive for later. I'm going to stick with Mojave for a bit longer I think. Wow, when you say north! Edited October 12, 2020 by ironbut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 I always wanted to visit Churchill for the polar bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velomane Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 @acidbasement How did you get up there? Mom and dad worked up there in the early sixties. I was fortunate to do a half-dozen trips there when I worked for Via Rail in the nineties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted October 12, 2020 Report Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, velomane said: @acidbasement How did you get up there? Mom and dad worked up there in the early sixties. I was fortunate to do a half-dozen trips there when I worked for Via Rail in the nineties. We drove 8h to Thompson and took the overnight train to Churchill. Goddamn, I love taking Via Rail. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velomane Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 If it's not too late, be sure to stop at Pisew Falls on the way back. It was my peaceful spot when I lived in YTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, velomane said: If it's not too late, be sure to stop at Pisew Falls on the way back. It was my peaceful spot when I lived in YTH. It's on my list, for sure. If the train is on time, it's possible on this trip, but the train is rarely on time 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 So, glue is basically solder, right? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 I'm glued to this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Can we make this a sticky thread? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Well it all depends on the glue. There is good glue and then there is not so good glue. Your welcome. Feel free to ask me any time with your technical questions. Edited October 16, 2020 by Augsburger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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