1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

@Yota X

You don't need a table of water either.

I just cut the suspended parts off; be sure to either have something holding the other end or soften the landing for when it falls. I remember just holding the edge of the piece as I finished the cut to lay it down gently.



This was 1/4" thick mild steel.



Used it as my saw table.



Still got plenty left.

 

1/8" hmm...

I have a bunch of scrap aluminum in a bin in the shed; depending how small those brackets are I can possibly get a piece or two cut from them. It's clean as hell, just small plates all in 1/8".

 

Ah yeah you have to travel slowly too for that.

But it'll cut it if you're on 220V; capacity is 7/8" steel but some youtubers have cut 1" steel with the plasma cutter.

It's a real beast.

 

Oh yeah, it was going through it on 55 amps I guess? Just shooting slag all over the place. Kept having to stop to make sure I didn't start a fire, which is common when I do things like that. Then smoke alarms went off so had to stop.

 

That's odd, I thought it'd have you at 60 amps but I don't know I only refer to the manual when I'm cutting on the table.

I just have 1/8" memorized at 35 amps and really just dial up slightly if it's thicker. Much more forgiving when you're just lobbing off steel with the hand torch.

Your pressure was probably at 60psi I take it?

 

I put it to 60 and it wasn't as good. Maybe the psi didn't match. Idk it was literally the first cuts I made. Idk wtf im doing. Just testin out that plasma ray. lol.

Btw, the Amazon special 3 stage filter didn't even make it to the opening ceremony. Regulator took a shit instantly. lol

 

Oh for sure, and I look forward to you figure that out!


















So I can just ask for settings and not have to do the work myself

 

Fuck




Even tho we're both too tall, I've convinced the missus we need one when we buy acreage

 

I'm interested in you doing the work as well, because I'll need to cut aluminum sheet when I get my cnc plasma set up lol

 

It's the details that gives AI away, like how a few of those stars on the flag have too many points/look like starbursts

Saw this article about how AI recreated a college party scene and some of the people had huge gaping mouths full of teeth that would have made Steven Tyler envious.....it's unsettling how good AI is but it's still not quite there yet

 

100%. This is supposed to be David Lee Roth. lol

 

Wait so there is actually a Chinese balloon floating in us airspace?

I thought that was a meme... wtf

 

At this point I think we are all just amazed it's still floating.

 

Why worry about an old-fashioned weather balloon? The Chinese Military provided drone maker DJI with software to map the country in detail and send all the data back to the mother ship in China. There is a reason for the blue list of friendly companies with the US and another reason that the company is not on the list.

 

That's why I have a hard time believing it's a "spy balloon"... Like really... With all the tech they have now they're going to send a fking balloon over here to spy on us lol.

It's probably some college students weather balloon project that got blown way off course

 

Sofia found a new show to watch called Vlad and Niki, just a couple kid brothers doing everyday antics with video editing 101 gimmicks. She loves it.

I looked it up and those 2 little kids and their parents are raking in 64 million annually off YouTube, jesus christ I'm in the wrong business

 

@Ozark_RegCab have you been to see Beckham Creek Cave Lodge over in Newton County? I've driven by it and explored the trails around it.

https://youtu.be/E961nT7DZRs

 

That's essentially what the official reports are saying. It's a Chinese-built balloon. There's no apparent reason for it to be here. It's probably just drifting aimlessly, but maybe park your super-secret stuff in the garage just in case.

Also, North Carolina residents have been specifically asked to not shoot at it.

 

It's size is much larger than a traditional weather balloon. Also note that it may seem like trivial technology but it is effective. It can float over the US soaking up plenty of signals as well as meter how the US responds to it. February 2022 a similar thing was spotted near Hawaii with F22s scrambled, but no official statement on the incident was ever made. The US has said they have flown these over us for the last few years but the details remain classified. Makes you wonder why this one was made so public.

 

I haven’t seen it but I think I saw it on a show once.