LOL!

 

I really need some explanation on that lol. like WHY did he do it? I mean kudos i guess because he DID do it but WHY!?!?

Also maybe this answers the why... but is he high? $8k for that?! Does he think his custom work is worth something? lol so many questions left unanswered.

 

While going back looking for a post I came across this again and decided to correct some of what @britannia is thinking.

Britannia, you are making an incorrect assumption that hardening and heat treating are the same. Metal hardening is a process usually involving heating a work piece to a high temperature and then quenching the metal for a fast cooling. A process that works with almost any carbon metal. Heat treating is a very different process. First most metals are wrapped in a heavy, high temperature foil to keep oxygen away from the metal while heating. Paper is also often added inside the foil to burn away any trapped oxygen inside the foil. The metal is then heated in an oven to a precise temperature depending on the type of metal and the desired goal of the heat treating. Once the metal reaches the temperature it is taken out of the oven and the foil is removed so oxygen can now reach the metal. Once cooled the metal is put back in the oven set to the desired temperature for drawing or annealing. This brings the metal to the desired hardness which is the hardness of the entire work piece. The hardness is not limited to the surface and a desired depth. This is called heat treatment because it's a treatment and not hardening. Although the metal can be hardened, heat treating can also be used to soften a metal. Heat treating is most commonly related to high carbon or tool steels but it's not limited to these metals. For example, aluminum and titanium can be heat treated also although they can not be reliably hardened by heat and quenching. It was the discovery of a way to heat treat aluminum that made aluminum the primary metal used in aircraft. Aluminum is different from steel in that it requires days of cooling after the initial heating for the metal structure to become hard. Finally, there are many gears that are heat treated all the way through.

A last thought, heat and quench hardening can also be annealed but there is no pre-determined temperature for a consistent final hardness. Annealing is accomplished by the color the metal changes to when reapplying heat. Still, color is only a guideline and does not indicate a precise hardness like can be reached with heat treating. Also surface limited hardening is a choice. An entire piece can be hardened if allowed. Controlling how deep a hardness goes is often controlled by the process like case hardening where the medium is heated instead of the piece directly. Salt is commonly used. Hardening is also much quicker than heat treating. This reminds of the movie, "The Worlds Fastest Indian," where Hopkins was making his own pistons to handle the cylinder heat and stress.

White, I imagine britannia's comment had to do with your melonizing distributer gear question????

 

Is there some kid out there telling themselves they have to have this truck? I liked where the presenter said in the video, "I've #### better looking turds than this." I'm sure he was referring to more than the brown and gold car. lol

 

I went to the pawn shop to look at tools.... they had this for a hundy, so I took it.

 

And...., LOL... it came with a phillips screwdriver, a tape measurer, and a spring clamp under the drawers.

 

Always look under and behind drawers! That's where the treasure is hidden.

 

I'm not sure if just Utah has gone nuts.... but this run on TP and bottled water is just stoooopid!

 

It's not only Utah:

"Concerns over coronavirus are driving product-shortages across Colorado, as shoppers stock up on hand-sanitizer, toilet paper and medication.

King Soopers issued a statement on its website:

“Due to high demand and to support all customers, we will be limiting the number of sanitization and cold and flu related products to 5 each per order.”

Some Gazette and OutThere Colorado readers have reported long lines at local grocery stores and vacant shelves where now-high-demand products were once displayed. In one case last weekend, paper products including toilet paper and paper towels were essentially sold out at the Costco just off North Nevada Avenue."

One article showed a picture of people lined up out the door and along the building to get in at that Costco.

BTW, nice score on the tool box set, White.

 

It's not just where you are, it's similar here in the UK...

We use dust masks in one area of our production facility and trying to buy them so we can use them at work is becoming a nightmare, the places we normally get them from have sold out of pretty much all they do and have no real date on when they are getting more in.

I actually had to resort to ordering a couple of packs of lesser quality ones (that will do the job, just) from Amazon UK but they came in at over twice the price of our normal ones just so we can keep production going...

Fingers crossed things calm down soon but I have a feeling it's going to take a while.