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#41

Wood burning / Re: splitting rocket-sized woo...

Last post by keithturtle - October 05, 2017, 01:10:13 AM

Yes, but it is incredibly slow compared to this thing.  Working on my own version of the popular "wheel of death" as found on web.  Trying to balance speed (rpm) with marse (added ballast) to make an effective splitter for 2x4 size wood and smaller. Not concerned with big stuff that I'll use the hydraulic splitter for.

Safety is questionable as well

Turtle

#42

Wood burning / Re: 20# tanks stove

Last post by keithturtle - October 05, 2017, 12:59:02 AM

Nothing with that design.  He put up a site sharing all his work.  He does not believe "brain drain" is a good thing

http://batchrocket.eu/en/designs#brick2

Turtle

#43

Wind / Re: Personal

Last post by zero - September 30, 2017, 02:02:32 PM

Quite a bit of what?

#44

Wood burning / Re: 20# tanks stove

Last post by zero - September 30, 2017, 02:00:50 PM

That's very impressive work. Last post to that thread wan May. Wonder what's happened since?

#45

General Discussion / Re: Alternatives to windoze

Last post by zero - September 24, 2017, 11:29:01 PM

Problem: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

Solution that works and is safe at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1543280

Christian Mertes (cmertes) wrote on 2016-09-11:   #20
Thanks for this nice workaround, John, but I would strongly suggest not to execute that first line. If you have already, set the permissions back to 755. Instead, the better way to fix this permission problem is the following line:

sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/

May I at this point also say that the continued existence of this trivial bug is a disgrace and a reason for me to question if there are structural problems within the core Ubuntu development community that may easily lead to more serious problems.

I totally agree with Christian's sentiments here. Very disappointed that this bug has affected so many for so long and still has not been addressed.

#46

Wood burning / Re: 20# tanks stove

Last post by Ozone - September 11, 2017, 09:20:46 PM

Think Zero has lost the plot

#47

Wind / Personal

Last post by Ozone - September 11, 2017, 09:14:22 PM

I can produce quite a bit   

#48

Wood burning / Re: 20# tanks stove

Last post by keithturtle - September 11, 2017, 02:14:07 AM

Not sure how you adapt that to a rocket but watching with interest!

An experienced rocketeer gave me the inspiration for a two-piece cast core that will indeed fit inside a 20# tank

http://donkey32.proboards.com/thread/2180/another-attempt-apply-rocket-technology

I'm still working out the details, but making progress slowly

Turtle

#49

General Discussion / Re: Say Hello!

Last post by Ozone - August 26, 2017, 11:07:53 PM

Hi Zero, have you lost the way

#50

General Discussion / Re: Say Hello!

Last post by zero - June 24, 2017, 01:40:55 AM

So may we expect to see a microwave device that freezes food soon?