Random Thought Thread

SharpBits said:
I gave up watching, listening, or reading the "news" many, many years ago and I am better for it. My shields are up and little gets through.

Too many people are thinking someone else's thoughts and ideas and opinions.
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Entertainment can also warp views. I know it has mine.
Interesting how many shows/movies are really “documentaries”.
A friend told me “they” always tell you what they’re going to do through entertainment. I didn’t believe him until I noticed some similarities myself.
Or maybe it’s the whole life imitates art thing.
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toker said:
Obviously, I know what that is, but can you explain to my dim witted friend sitting next to me what that is and what it can do? Preferably , in words a child can understand.
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That is a very nice NHX4000 4 axis Mori Seiki Horizontal Machining Center with a pallet changer. It went for 125 plus buyers premium (147,500) which I think is probably around $0.30 on the dollar. They got a fair deal but it wasn't a steal.

I have an NH5000 (larger, previous generation) 4 axis Mori Seiki Horizontal Machining Center with a pallet changer that I use to bevel almost every knife that leaves our shop. It is a very useful machine tool.

This newer machine, that I would have liked to have had, was not just a pallet changer mill. It had a small built-in pallet pool so instead of just two pallets you've actually got five.

Each pallet has four sides and the B-axis is full forth so you can have lots of multiple setups on any particular pallet which is helpful for a small shop like mine because we're tight on space and this would be a single machine capable of doing the entire folder project.

For the folder development work, I would really like to have every setup of every component set up simultaneously throughout the shop because of the roll of the interdependencies of the details on the design. People are going to have high expectations for the technicals on our folder and we are known to fully flesh out a design, if I miss a detail I'm not going to get a pass. It has to be perfect and a machine of this nature would have made that a lot easier for me to attempt to do.
 
bluemax_1 said:
I’ll have to check that out. You live in a much colder climate than I do.
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When I first moved here, a Doc said that eating sunflower seeds helped, so for a while I swapped my favorite daily nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans) for them and never saw a difference). After getting some frostbite in my fingertips a few years ago, I seem to be less tolerant of the severe cold or the aggravating skin splitting.
 
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Nathan the Machinist said:
That is a very nice NHX4000 4 axis Mori Seiki Horizontal Machining Center with a pallet changer. It went for 125 plus buyers premium (147,500) which I think is probably around $0.30 on the dollar. They got a fair deal but it wasn't a steal.

I have an NH5000 (larger, previous generation) 4 axis Mori Seiki Horizontal Machining Center with a pallet changer that I use to bevel almost every knife that leaves our shop. It is a very useful machine tool.

This newer machine, that I would have liked to have had, was not just a pallet changer mill. It had a small built-in pallet pool so instead of just two pallets you've actually got five.

Each pallet has four sides and the B-axis is full forth so you can have lots of multiple setups on any particular pallet which is helpful for a small shop like mine because we're tight on space and this would be a single machine capable of doing the entire folder project.

For the folder development work, I would really like to have every setup of every component set up simultaneously throughout the shop because of the roll of the interdependencies of the details on the design. People are going to have high expectations for the technicals on our folder and we are known to fully flesh out a design, if I miss a detail I'm not going to get a pass. It has to be perfect and a machine of this nature would have made that a lot easier for me to attempt to do.
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Thank you for that, it even kinda sorta makes sense to a caveman like me now.

Seeing as I’m new to this CPK world, is there a concept drawing or render of what the folder would look like?
 
beeinak said:
It seems the only guys being picked to fight are past their prime for sure, but I would definitely hate to get hit by Tyson or Hunt at any age. Hunts walk-offs after throwing a punch were amazing.
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Years ago, walking down the street from my federal building office, I spotted a tall dude who looked familiar and when he got close enough, I yelled to him: "Mitch "Blood" Green!" He couldn't believe I recognized him and was so appreciative of it. He was a (former?) gang member / leader who, as I recall beat Tyson in the Golden Gloves back in the day. (Lost to him as a pro.)

His hand could have wrapped around a basketball.

It really made his day that I knew who he was...and we talked boxing for a little while before he went on his way.

I've met a few other pros over the years. Esteban De Jesus who was the first man to beat Duran as a lightweight. I spotted him in my gym locker room and he was another really humble man who appreciated being recognized.

Jake La Motta and Rocky Graziano are a couple of others I met. (Saw Duran at the Miami Airport while I was there for an investigation, but didn't have a chance to chat with him.)
 
Blues said:
I think his day has passed. But he was a wrecking ball.
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This is my favorite Mark Hunt story

kotaku.com

Be Careful, The Next Guy You Trash Talk Could Be A UFC Fighter

Mark Hunt might be the heaviest hitter in the UFC. He’s almost certainly the toughest fighter living in Australia right now. His autobiography Born to Fight comes out on September 29, but I was lucky enough to get an advance copy. There’s a game related story in there that I have to share.
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