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roonerspize t1_jcy7r6b wrote
Reply to Replacing stair tread by unhappyoptimist_
Need more details & pictures.
roonerspize OP t1_j5r0j4g wrote
Reply to comment by fusion260 in Keep an eye on the Eastern sky tonight starting at 6pm: Rocket Lab Electron Launch from Wallops Island on Eastern Shore. by roonerspize
Bummer. I'm over here on the shore about 15 miles away. It went up successfully.
roonerspize OP t1_j5r0a6d wrote
Reply to comment by freetimerva in Keep an eye on the Eastern sky tonight starting at 6pm: Rocket Lab Electron Launch from Wallops Island on Eastern Shore. by roonerspize
Bummer. Light pollution?
roonerspize OP t1_j5qtnn9 wrote
Reply to comment by fusion260 in Keep an eye on the Eastern sky tonight starting at 6pm: Rocket Lab Electron Launch from Wallops Island on Eastern Shore. by roonerspize
Live stream is up by the way. T minus 20 some minutes
roonerspize OP t1_j5p3i91 wrote
Reply to comment by BureauOfBureaucrats in Keep an eye on the Eastern sky tonight starting at 6pm: Rocket Lab Electron Launch from Wallops Island on Eastern Shore. by roonerspize
To add to the coolness, Rocket Lab brings a healthy amount of Kiwi irreverence to the process.
Like back in 2018, they launched "It's Business Time" with a nod to the Flight of the Conchords song of the same name.
roonerspize t1_j462mfz wrote
Reply to comment by Camp_Coffee in 3D printing reaches new heights with two-story home by speckz
Also, their staircase is taking steps up.
roonerspize t1_iyxsaic wrote
Reply to comment by needsexyboots in USPS will have a Main Street Station stamp in 2023 by BatmansNygma
So a fountain pen and some parchment is what you should get instead.
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Reply to comment by lockslob in I am taking apart a small engine, and wondered how I should label the bags I am placing screws in. by Wooble_Gopp
we should probably not hang out during allergy season.
roonerspize t1_iwq4r5w wrote
Reply to comment by Beautiful-Page3135 in I am taking apart a small engine, and wondered how I should label the bags I am placing screws in. by Wooble_Gopp
That's the same thing my surgeon told me and now I sneeze when I hear a rooster crow.
roonerspize t1_iwq0rar wrote
Reply to comment by Beautiful-Page3135 in I am taking apart a small engine, and wondered how I should label the bags I am placing screws in. by Wooble_Gopp
> I just toss them in a cup and hope for the best later.
Reminds me of one of my dad's favorite jokes. "I took my 39 Ford apart and put it back together. I had a bucket of parts left over and 3 speeds in reverse."
roonerspize t1_iwq0kvh wrote
Reply to comment by Wooble_Gopp in I am taking apart a small engine, and wondered how I should label the bags I am placing screws in. by Wooble_Gopp
Additionally, poking them in the cardboard to hold them also gives you a chance to see in which order you removed them.
I've poked them in and then drew a circle around one set of the bolts and labelled them "cowling" and the next ones are "carb mount" and then "head" and "valve cover" etc. and I'll write notes beside different length ones to remind me which specific hole they went in. If you throw all the head bolts in a ziploc bag and one's longer, then it's a bit more difficult to remember where the longer one goes, especially if you don't get back to fixing it until a year later.
Also, record brief video clips of confusing disassembly parts. Like, when I'm taking apart an electric motor and want to remember which color wires go to which lug, I record a video of me pointing to each one and saying the color. If you're doing small engine and the carburetor linkages and springs, I suggest you record yourself pointing how they fit together.
roonerspize t1_jcyjz4f wrote
Reply to comment by unhappyoptimist_ in Replacing stair tread by unhappyoptimist_
Thanks for pics. No, I wouldn't replace the remaining ones; they appear to be in good shape. Even this one might be repairable with gluing it back together if your glue game is good. It's just the nosing broke off along the grain.
But, it also looks like it's easy enough to get the old tread off and replace it with a new one of the same thickness. If the thickness isn't the same, then it will be a forever trip hazard.