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I wouldn't quite say that. Maybe some additional impetus will help: Not quite finished, but getting there (pardon the awful pix; also, couldn't get everything in one shot): The desk I've had for years and it serves its purpose. As for hardware, there's too much to list, so I'll leave it at that. As for some of the items in the display, here's how I describe them: My collection of balls: A pair of brass balls; Balls of steel; I've even got balls that come in different colors. Red balls, blue balls, and radioactive green. --for the discerning collector of fine things. An authentic Viking key from ~ 1000 A.D. Because you never know when you might have to unlock a Viking. A Viking axe. Because you’ll need to give a Viking something to do if and when you unlock him. Meat hooks for when the Candyman visits; and a few more dental tools just in case friends stop by someday. Pulled teeth. Because sometimes you have to pull teeth to get what you want. The next best thing to pigs with wings. Vintage coffin nails and graveyard dirt in vintage fluorescent radioactive jar, right next to a lump of uranium ore. They all somehow seemed to fit. Everyone should have at least one BIG bug. Here we have a collection, and they’re all named Hank (one’s confused about its gender). Glass. Lots and lots of glass. Because it’s made from sand and you can pound it. A midget washboard. For the midget guest room. Ode to the CCP’s Beer’s Virus Pandemic of 2020—TBD: The Reliable TP (toilet paper) holder and a pencil. Because anything associated with wiping your butt should be reliable; and TP is something you can count on (that’s what the small pencil is for); Community wiping sticks with obvious grip ends. They were good enough for the Samurai, so they're good enough for me; Spare antique, perforated TP, some of the first. So you don’t have to compete with anyone for it anytime, anyplace; Electric corn cob wiping device. Powered by the grid; The three seashells. In case the power goes out and you’re fresh out of fresh wiping sticks; One each ex-live bat. Because, well, you know. A pack of condoms. Because s***bags have learned to come in packs. A vintage, civil war era lead smelter. Because I did that when I was younger too (I took the lead). Can also be used in custom fitting dentures. A large, vintage, wooden meat tenderizer. For those who like to pound their meat before they cook it and eat it. That's it for now, more to come. Time to get my KPE 3090 working.

Thanks It's just one part of a big project I've been working on since November: Looks like you're going to be busy as well:

^lol. the following arrived yesterday (sans beer's virus):

bant coz he can be a bit salty at times too.

:::: cough :::: bant.

bant coz yeah, pookie can be a real crackerjack sometimes...

^bant coz so that's how i ended up here.

Ah, understood, E. Just sent a little something to help with the general effort.

So, where is the donate button, I can't find it? I'd like to contribute some green stuff to the effort (which can be exchanged for a wide array of other multicolored stuff).

Should be here Friday:

Haven't posted anything over here in a while (been busy with certain esoteric aspects of my projects--see a small sample of them below), but as J7SC already knows thanks to his participation in the ban thread over on the other forum, I'm down to no. 7 on the "unofficial" EVGA 3090 KPE notification list. I should have the opportunity to purchase one during the next drop EVGA makes of the KPE, which could be this week or a month from now.

Yep, half the page's source code builds out, then stops. Only a 500 server error is showing up in the dev console.

Sure. I'll use it to keep track of the alternating current used by certain circuits in my project. Hope that helps.

^^^well here's a blast from the past: Posted it over on the other site; figured I'd post it here too. Not quite a Kill-A-Watt meter, but it predates even me and will be used in my project. It's a completely restored 1926 Westinghouse OB electric meter that actually works. Not here yet, but should be before the holiday next week: Comes with new copper seals as well.

Hi folks, been busy, more deliveries today, but we're getting there (Gollum and I). Just a quick update. Just ordered muffler bearings. small ones with 8mm openings to use for the secret "rgb" lighting control portion of my build to route ac and/or dc cabling; the larger one, well, can't have a big muffler bearing build if you don't have a big muffler bearing: That's it for now, gotta run.

One of my favorite movies growing up as a kid Rumor has it that the science behind that temporal displacement device helped spawn the basis for the Chrysler Turbo Encabulator (which in turn helped create the demand for muffler bearings (or vice versa)): ...which brings us to current day tech, with the advent of the Turbo Encabulator 2.0. Now anyone, anywhere, whether rich, poor, or somewhere inbetween, can have their cake and eat it too:

Naw, no disappointment here. The bit showed up and the fans are now attached to the heat sink and hooked up to the motherboard, Just got sidetracked (not enough hours in the day and/or night). I'll post more pix in a day or two.

Hey BD, good to see you here as well :)

subbed: The TJ07 is a great case, I had one as well back in the day

I imagine that once they've launched all their satellites successfully, some sort of redundancy will also be in place. I was just wondering about the possibility of problems that could be caused by micrometeorite and/or space debris impacts. Not sure what the chance of that happening is, but it's probably something they've already thought about as well.

Not sure the radioactivity will make it go faster, jump higher, but they showed up (in different packages): Got some other stuff in the pipeline as well that I'll mention later, but what I need most right now is a four foot square piece of plywood. Might have to make a trip to Lowe's tomorrow.

Just a short update: Adapter for the torque driver is on the delivery truck, should be here in a couple of hours at most. That will let me finish up mounting the W-3265 on the SR-3. Managed to order an i9-10900K from B&H for $549 shipped. I use their PayBoo checkout there, so no sales tax. Figured the Dark Z490 deserved the top cpu for it. In the meantime, got some minor wiring I need to finish up on the control panel. Just need to add pwm fan connectors to the four pump rpm wires so I monitor pump speeds. I'll use shielded cabling for those as well.

^^^Dazmode had what I needed at the best price point, and what I received from them in terms of service and product oozed quality. While their postal shipping rates may be a little more expensive, their UPS rates were about the same I'd pay here and they're not much further away from me than businesses like ModMyMods and Frozencpu. Plus, I love my UPS guy, he's great and takes care of me and gets an Xmas tip every year Good luck with the TT Core P7 build project if you go in that direction.

I was thinking you can't have a Manhattan Project without some requisite props. While I'm on the hunt for the same Soviet geiger counter/dosimeter used initially at Chernobyl just after the blast, I ordered some odd bits: I'll print the pic above out myself, frame it, and hang it on the wall above the project. Also thinking about adding an old style knife switch like what follows to enable/disable any custom lighting I add after the fact: Anyway, as promised the other day, following are some pix of the rewiring I did to support moving the temp sensors from the front ports of the MORA-3 420s to the rear ports on each of them: I decided to use Belden shielded cabling to help ensure the signals being passed to the AQ6-XT weren't impacted by the other signals/voltages on the back of the control panel: In the following image you'll note the loose ground wires associated with the shielded cabling I used. I'll be connecting those together and attaching it to the star ground run just to the right of the AQ6-XT: As for crimping the Dupont pins onto the wires, I used Dupont's HT-95 crimping tool (also see HT95 Handpistol mini PV AWG 22-32 User’s Guide, in PDF format, which includes alignment instructions for the tool). It's not cheap and there's a bit of a learning curve involved with its use, but once you know how to use it properly, it does make for perfectly crimped Dupont pins: In the next image, given the size of Dupont pins and how the HT-95 works, Dupont added a spring loaded guide pin assembly to facilitate correct alignment of the inserted terminal before performing the crimp: ...with the following image just a blow up of the guide pin to see it easier: For those who might be interested in getting their hands on an HT-95, you can find them on ebay in reasonably good shape (if not almost new) for anywhere from ~$100-$300. They're also branded as Berg (instead of Dupont), but you have to be careful with such listings and make sure you're getting a tool set up to crimp what we call Dupont pins. Careful inspection of the images in ebay listings will determine that, and you want one that looks like the one I pictured here. Alternatively, the Dupont/Berg HT-208A is also an exceptional tool, used for the same purpose (up tp 26AWG). I have one of those as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't show up on ebay as often as the HT-95: For those who would like to know more about the connectors and terminals used in their builds, as well as the tools used in crimping them, I highly recommend Matt Millman's COMMON WIRE-TO-BOARD, WIRE-TO-WIRE CONNECTORS, AND CRIMP TOOLS. It's a great source of valid info. Anyway, last but not least, I got my first order from Dazmode in Canada this past week. Just some two-pin extension cables and a few temp sensors. I was pleasantly surprised with the extra touch they added to my small package though: