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Recent content by kstrauss

  1. K

    Really ?

    I have no idea whether seat belts are actually a good idea. That said, I've been a believer since I was in HS, grade 12. My favourite teacher (grade 10, math) sadly met her demise by going through her car's windshield in a low speed parking lot accident without a seat belt.
  2. K

    Really ?

    I am reminded of a discussion with an ER doctor friend. She referred to motorcycles as "donorcycles" since they often provided transplant organs. The riders were mostly young and in good physical condition. The only damage due to crashes was often the brain which she felt was obviously defective.
  3. K

    WTB Felt

    Have you checked local craft stores such as Michaels or DollarRama? They have felt but I'm unsure if it is wool or synthetic.
  4. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    I've tried that plus giving the correct spelling. This mostly results in a strange error message to the effect that my instructions violate the graphic design standards for usage. It is a shame that I can't get the spelling right since otherwise the graphic design is appealing.
  5. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    A little off-topic for machining with AI but... I have tried to use Microsoft CoPilot (ChatGPT-4 based) to produce advertising posters for some local events. I like the general look of the results but I'm plagued with the many spelling errors (see attached). Any suggestions?
  6. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    Note that a #12 drill is about 0.189 (4.8mm for those imperially impaired) and readily available at most any Canadian industrial supply store such as KBC.
  7. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    To me, the most important takeaway is understanding the problems that result from roughly converting dimensions to metric when using North American manufactured supplies. Of course, Chinese sourced components could be metric, imperial or something else! We learned that the wire is actually #12...
  8. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    Remember that #12 wire is about 0.0808 or 2.05mm so a little too big to ride in a 2mm groove. Perhaps move the tool left/right a bit to widen the groove?
  9. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    I assume that the 4.75mm rod is actually 3/16. I have a 3/16 reamer to ensure a proper fit of disk to rod but a 4.75mm one is rather uncommon in my experience. Is the wire actually #14 which is 0.080 rather than 2mm diameter? Or perhaps #8 which is 0.160?
  10. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    What is your location? What brass alloy? Of course even those who cannot help would like like some details of your project!
  11. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    And that matters how?
  12. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HP5HBT6
  13. K

    Really ?

    I didn't realize that the Forester is different. On both my 2022 and 2024 Outback XT it is a menu choice on the touch screen. Of course you cannot access the menu while the warning to pay attention when driving is displayed (wait 30 seconds or acknowledge the message with another menu button)...
  14. K

    Really ?

    I recall reading that the auto shut off was the most despised features on a Subaru. You have to re-disable it using a menu choice every time you start the car. A previous software version had the disable hidden on a second level menu!
  15. K

    Machinery's 20th

    You're certain that it is 22tpi? I believe that 1/4-24 was once used on Harley motorcycles and is even available from KBC (https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/1-372-116). Curiously, a 1/4-24 thread is used in the US Army's WWII vintage M94 cryptographic device.
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