That's what she said...
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That's what she said...
just had friend email me that he has a few weeks off work
sent pic thumb with many stitches and parts missing.
something about a sledge hammer.
he was not the weilder
wilecoyote
Contributing Member
Sorry, my torque multiplier is only rated to 2000 ft/lb so it’s getting buckets of the red loctite!
PghPanther
Has No Life - Lives on TB
There is 16.7 miles of this...........the CERN - LHC in Geneva, Switzerland. (notice the size of the worker in the middle of the photo near at the bottom)
The most expensive and sophisticated creation ever made by humanity.
The most expensive and sophisticated creation ever made by humanity.
PghPanther
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Stage 1 of 3 stages to the Saturn 5 rocket.......
7 million pounds of thrust..........enough power to run the US for a month at take off.........and the explosive power of a small atomic bomb.......and during take off the loudest noise ever created by humans.
7 million pounds of thrust..........enough power to run the US for a month at take off.........and the explosive power of a small atomic bomb.......and during take off the loudest noise ever created by humans.
coalcracker
Veteran Member
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
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ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
People have no concept of the much greater power available to humanity in fossil fuels rather than electric power.
Heavy Diesel fuel powers the worlds largest FINNISH BUILT Wartzila engine for humongous container ships crossing the oceans, with a mind boggling 110 THOUSAND HORSEPOWER.
THE LA0RGEST ELECTRIC MOTOR KNOWN is only 45 THOUSAND HORSEPOWER, on USN SHIPS, likely requiring onboard nuclear power plants to make them work. Wind, solar, or batteries to power huge motors can't equal the fuel/power needs of industrial size working diesel fuel machines.
View: https://youtu.be/WC10SOBj8JU
Heavy Diesel fuel powers the worlds largest FINNISH BUILT Wartzila engine for humongous container ships crossing the oceans, with a mind boggling 110 THOUSAND HORSEPOWER.
THE LA0RGEST ELECTRIC MOTOR KNOWN is only 45 THOUSAND HORSEPOWER, on USN SHIPS, likely requiring onboard nuclear power plants to make them work. Wind, solar, or batteries to power huge motors can't equal the fuel/power needs of industrial size working diesel fuel machines.
Bud in Fla
Veteran Member
They probably use torque nuts from "Superbolt". We used some of them on 8 inch 8tpi studs on generator end bells in a nuke plant.
Superbolt Tensioners
Replace or retrofit existing bolts to safely achieve accurate preload
www.nord-lock.com
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bw
Fringe Ranger
That looks shopped. Pretty, but shopped.
Energy density is a necessary factor.
I know on the offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the commercial divers hated those groupers because they'd hang around the BOP stack while they were trying to inspect it. They'd suck up the divers and try to swallow them, so the divers would kill any of them they'd see hanging around.
That picture is the biggest grouper I've ever seen, though. I don't know if that diver understood the danger they were in.
coalcracker
Veteran Member
A lot of that is camera angle.
LOL or get you se'f a big set of something like these:
https://www.fastorq.com/products/torque-wrenches/
https://www.fastorq.com/wp-content/uploads/NSD-NHC_Tables.pdf
Wildweasel
F-4 Phantoms Phorever
Go all out.. Try and hit 20,000rpm like the old Formula One engines could. 59 seconds
Ouch! My dad managed to catch his middle *and* ring fingers with a post maul while pounding in a steel t-post... not sure how! Multiple compound fractures. He was in his early 60s, and the idiot doctor in the ER wanted to just splint them and put him on antibiotics... said it didn't matter at his age that they wouldn't bend anymore!just had friend email me that he has a few weeks off work
sent pic thumb with many stitches and parts missing.
something about a sledge hammer.
he was not the weilder
I got him to a decent orthopedic surgeon, who did a great job with pins and tiny screws... it took about 6 months, but dad was able to play his trumpet again.
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Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
interesting metaphor / commentary on what our society thinks of books, now............
PghPanther
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Ever see a huge drag line up close?.........they always "wowed" me....
Same with Earth movers..........
Same with Earth movers..........
wobble
Veteran Member
I drove into one of those in Texas a couple decades ago. I could see it for miles and miles and miles and kept driving toward it and it seemed like it was not getting any closer. I kept driving until I was upon it and it was SO EFFIN HUGE I am still not over the scale of that crane, chain links, and bucket!
It was in N.Texas near the Oklahoma border by a few dozen miles.
PghPanther
Has No Life - Lives on TB
correct....that and portablity..........and for the time being oil/gas has nothing like it in both those factors.
Imagine something you can carry in a gallon jug that can drive a 4,000 lb vehicle with 4 200 lb people in it 20 to 30 miles........we haven't found anything yet with that kind of energy equation.
Roger Thornhill
Some irascible old curmudgeon
Airship under construction. I get nervous on twenty-foot ladders...
Those are impressive PP, but not even close to the biggest in the world.
I get nervous on 6’ ladders
Roger Thornhill
Some irascible old curmudgeon
Speaking of airships...
Airship USS Los Angeles landing on aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, 1928
Airship USS Los Angeles landing on aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, 1928
dawgofwar10
Veteran Member
Bet he missed the number two wire..
bw
Fringe Ranger
Truck is definitely fake.
momma_soapmaker
Disgusted
I don't wear high heels anymore because of it.
Me either.
Creedmoor
Tempus Fugit
Totally shopped. Look at the pile of rocks in the bed. See the repeats?
bw
Fringe Ranger
Wonder why it's threaded so far.