ADA: Ask Doc Anything!

[XEMON]

A bit yes, but the speed of each object (you and the paintball) will be invertly proportional to the respective mass ...

[XEMON]

As a machinist, how often do you do an operation by hand?
I don't mean break the corner with a file on the lathe, I mean, clamp the part in a vice and file/cut something by hand (like squaring a hole ...)

[Meleager7]

I think you would could propel yourself around as well , just by shooting in the opposite direction! :O

[BrickHaus]

I work on Nuclear equipment, and safety wire is still used on some of those assemblies. I tell ya, getting a 1/16th hole through the head of stainless 3/8-16 bolt isnt too bad, but you get about 4 bolts to a drill bit.

[XEMON]

No ball drop and virtually infinite range to begin with ...

[un2xs]

How would zero gravity paintball games differ from current modes of play?

[Roger7pball]

Paint markers and frequent inspections?

(actual markers not our toys)

[Walker]

I'm well familiar with using safety wire. Riding dirt bike back in the 60s and 70s, you used a lot of it (or carried a lot of spare nuts and bolts..lol).

You'll get there, when you get there.... No worries, no hurries...

[DocsMachine]

Informally? Anything they could get their hands on. I have no doubt somebody tried tree sap at some point.

Formally? Shellac. For anything more vital than that, they drilled the head and literally tied it to something with wire, so it couldn't unscrew.

Safety Wire example.

I know I owe you a couple other responses, I'm getting there, I'm getting there!

Doc.

[Walker]

Doc, what did machinists use before Loctite came around?

[Walker]

Both please....

[Walker]

PM inbound......

[DocsMachine]

Hey Doc, What's the status of the stock (L) Market?

-No black in stock, last batch I did before Covid apparently shut down any decently-priced anodizer I've been able to find, was pretty much sold before I even got it back. (Months late, again thanks to Covid.)

I have a small stash of unannoed, waiting to be sent off, and a new shop to send them to (crosses fingers) but I've been waiting to finish a couple other batches of parts first.

I also have a handful of partly-done Cater-style tank rings, but holy crap do those things take for-friggin'-ever to drill. (I just need to add a $5,000 indexer to my CNC mill to kick those out. )

I can set you up with either or both, if you'd like.

Doc.

[Walker]

Hey Doc, What's the status of the stock (L) Market?


Walker

[DocsMachine]

that's not what my wife was saying when I brought the second lathe home ...

-That's specifically why I never got married. 😁

(Seven lathes, five mills and counting...)

Doc.