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by Lloyd
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Re: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

I had a 'life first' last night. I get up early, but I decided to 'chance it' on the launch's going up on time, because the weather was so good, and this was a manned mission. I've been watching our manned space launches with my naked eyes since the very first Mercury launch, which I got to view fro...
by Lloyd
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: Chemistry
Topic: Strobe Chemistry
Replies: 3
Views: 47

Re: Strobe Chemistry

Yes,
I saw where some of your text had appeared above a page's opening table. I thought that must have been a web formatting issue.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: Chemistry
Topic: Strobe Chemistry
Replies: 3
Views: 47

Re: Strobe Chemistry

Bravo, sir!
It took me a while. I established a login on JOP, but the confirmation went to my spam folder, and I only just now found it!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Re: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

Yippee! I just got to see today's SpaceX launch, viewed from our driveway. This is #13 for that booster, and it landed right in the middle of the target on the drone barge! Wow! Lucky 13. It was spotlessly clear weather, so we got to watch the launch all the way to main engine cutoff. Still no pictu...
by Lloyd
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Re: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

This morning's news said that once the Australian dish swung into view, they started to get meaningful data and images! Hoorah!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Re: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

And, Richard, I believe it's been moved forward a bit more than an hour to about 21:24 GMT.

I'd tune in early to the coverage site, and just see what's going on.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Re: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

The landing is scheduled for 17:30 EST (22:30 GMT?). It will be broadcast live on: https://www.intuitivemachines.com/im-1

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!
Replies: 7
Views: 71

Yeah, boy! Moon, here we come!

IM-1 just had a successful deceleration burn and is in a stable 92Km circular orbit around the moon!

Now THAT is pyrotechnics at its best!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: May you all have the best New Year!
Replies: 0
Views: 56

May you all have the best New Year!

I wish that 2024 may be a year of renewal and reward for all of you. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ken Kosanke
Replies: 1
Views: 266

Re: Ken Kosanke

Yeah... One by one, our fireworking icons are passing-on. I suppose, because they were pioneers in an endeavor which has become fairly pedantic today, they're not being replaced by many folks who will carry the same honors to their graves. There just aren' t as many frontiers to explore. He was, as ...
by Lloyd
Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Today's solar eclipse
Replies: 1
Views: 56

Today's solar eclipse

Watchin' the eclipse through a shade-13 welding lens. We'll only get about 60% here in Florida, but even that is too good to miss!
L
by Lloyd
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Contact with the owner of Pyrobin
Replies: 2
Views: 3056

Re: Contact with the owner of Pyrobin

It was Norlief Sletteboe, but I have no contact information for him.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Contact with the owner of Pyrobin
Replies: 2
Views: 3056

Contact with the owner of Pyrobin

Does anyone here have contact with the owner of the site once known as Pyrobin? It is supposed by some to have had its base in The Netherlands, but the site is down. A few US users are offering hosting, if the owner is willing to bring the site back up. It held a rich repository of files and formula...
by Lloyd
Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!
Replies: 8
Views: 2046

Re: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!

I'm aware that Ned reenabled my ability to log in. I must yet renew my subscription in order to again be a member. I cannot read that thread until I renew. I'm still working through a couple of issues I must push out of my mind before I can do that with any degree of comfort. FWIW, I've never felt t...
by Lloyd
Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!
Replies: 8
Views: 2046

Re: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!

I'd rather not say. I've already been falsely accused of maligning Mr. Gorski by one of two people who wished me off his site. The got their wish. I'm not going to stir up any more trouble. But you can be certain that if the individual addresses me personally, even with a legitimate question, I shal...
by Lloyd
Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!
Replies: 8
Views: 2046

Re: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!

Richard, That's roughly 7.25 cubic meters of material, the way it stacks on US pallets of 4x4x4 feet (of material). It was four full 1287lb pallets. Pyro, I'm not aware of having been kicked off FW.com -- I left for personal reasons. Nothing ever happened that would have warranted my having been kic...
by Lloyd
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Friends and LOTS of jute!
Replies: 8
Views: 2046

Good Friends and LOTS of jute!

I obviously underestimated by more than half how much jute fuse yarn I had in stock. Friends Greg and Steve came over and loaded-up over 5000lb of the material, and that was all they had room or energy for. And I still have about 1000lb left! But BOY, did it ever clear out a lot of space in my shop....
by Lloyd
Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Back in business
Replies: 1
Views: 2006

Re: Back in business

Accckkk! That's quite-nearly an insult!

I'm glad that was all it was. Both the UK sites I follow were down for most of the week, and I thought it might have been an area outage.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A dangerous hacking scam going around
Replies: 1
Views: 2010

A dangerous hacking scam going around

I don't know if this has 'hit your shore' yet, or not. Here, we have a new hacking scam called "Juice Jacking". It involves sending out free, unsolicited, and unpurchased USB 'splitters' for your computer. You receive one in the post you never ordered. Such a splitter cable contains a chip...
by Lloyd
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A great disappointment!
Replies: 9
Views: 2192

Re: A great disappointment!

Yeah, I can feel for that. Satire can get completely lost in a translation, because it's HIGHLY language-dependent, and often idiomatic. 'Straight' language can often be translated accurately, but idioms are almost always lost completely in translation. Worse, Dickens is full of idiomatic satire! Ll...
by Lloyd
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This would _almost_ be funny, but a pain!
Replies: 0
Views: 2011

This would _almost_ be funny, but a pain!

This is almost funny, but it was a PITA to fix. I'm fitting a big concrete mixer with screen and cover for charcoal grinding. When I checked fit on the parts I'd cut (to just under the 'nominal' i.d. of the mixer's mouth), they were impossible to get in the mouth of the drum -- huh? I checked the pa...
by Lloyd
Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A matter every pyro should consider...
Replies: 1
Views: 2020

A matter every pyro should consider...

A thread came up on FW.com that needs to be forwarded everywhere fireworkers congregate. It has to do with 'what's left over' if you pass away unexpectedly. Most of us 'log' our explosive materials, but most of us (including me) don't bother to keep a log of chemicals and apparatus that our spouses ...
by Lloyd
Sun May 21, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: Too many thunderstorms here...
Replies: 0
Views: 3240

Too many thunderstorms here...

The first manned ISS mission by a private company just went up! We couldn't see it with the naked eye due to cloud cover between us and the Cape, but it's up, and well into it's second-stage insertion burn!

Yippee!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Sun May 21, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A great disappointment!
Replies: 9
Views: 2192

Re: A great disappointment!

I agree! The arts are distained by our youth. The most common complaint by our young folks about art and literature education goes something like this: "That CR*P doesn't have anything to do with 'real life'. Why should I have to study something I'll never use?" They'll never understand th...
by Lloyd
Fri May 19, 2023 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A great disappointment!
Replies: 9
Views: 2192

A great disappointment!

A pyro friend was on a 'whirl-wind' 30-day tour of Europe and England recently. He visited the grave of Charles Dickens, and stood pondering all he'd done for his art. A 20's-something British woman walked up and asked her beau, "What was he, some sort of author, or something?" I had such ...
by Lloyd
Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Safety
Topic: 'Not _exactly_ safety, although...
Replies: 2
Views: 3281

'Not _exactly_ safety, although...

Although, it has to do with my personal well-being while working on pyro. Our 'summer season' has shifted into top gear. I'm making more and more of the multi-shot plates I manufacture that are used in the theme parks and on stage. To that end, I'm trying to work ways to save 'wear and tear' on my a...
by Lloyd
Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Customer Service!
Replies: 0
Views: 2070

Good Customer Service!

Good customer service is rare in the USA. I got some, today! We had an out-of-warranty A.O. Smith water heater become 'unserviceable' due to a failed or defective fitting on the anode rod. The heater worked fine, but the anode could not be removed or replaced. I called them expecting a run-around. I...
by Lloyd
Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:57 pm
Forum: Media Room
Topic: ROLL CAP MANUFACTURE
Replies: 2
Views: 3391

Re: ROLL CAP MANUFACTURE

Dave, That's also been covered extensively over on fw.com. There are a number of 'side tasks' that aren't as exciting as making caps, but still marvelous to watch. Since it's a public YouTube video, I'll take the liberty of citing one of the links here, about making sparklers: https://youtu.be/LU4jm...
by Lloyd
Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:49 pm
Forum: Useful files
Topic: I am impressed by this new tool!
Replies: 0
Views: 3926

I am impressed by this new tool!

As most of you know, I'm a sort-of 'tool guy', and love to do machining. I had a tough job to do. It was 112 7/8" (22mm) holes drilled 2" deep (51mm) in a block of 2" thick 6061 Aluminum stock. To be sure, the first 'peck' was scary. Did I get it right? Are the locations OK. Are the s...
by Lloyd
Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Useful files
Topic: AFN Articles
Replies: 57
Views: 39969

Re: AFN Articles

That's an interesting treatise. Strobes are 'out of my ken'. I'm partial to glitters and flitters, mostly, and have hardly made any strobes, at all.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Oct 20, 2022 4:07 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: Hooray! Dragon 5 launch a success (so far).
Replies: 1
Views: 1230

Re: Hooray! Dragon 5 launch a success (so far).

And, the Falcon 9 today enjoyed an on-time and successful launch to orbit (LEO). There still remains to deploy the 54 Starlink satellites. The sound arrived here from The Cape about 5 minutes and 13 seconds after liftoff. Man, SpaceX does a good job! The first stage landed well, and this was its 10t...
by Lloyd
Mon Oct 17, 2022 11:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A bit of a setback
Replies: 7
Views: 1671

Re: A bit of a setback

Well, Richard, Congratulations on getting it right! Sometimes, digital systems show perverse problems that have nothing to do with common sense. I've been a 'digital technician' ever since 1971. Still, there are many times when all I can do is scratch my head, and drop back to a different approach t...
by Lloyd
Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:16 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: Hooray! Dragon 5 launch a success (so far).
Replies: 1
Views: 1230

Hooray! Dragon 5 launch a success (so far).

Yippee! Our weather was perfectly clear. I got to watch the Dragon 5 launch, almost to SEPROS! We heard it, also.

What a treat!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A bit of a setback
Replies: 7
Views: 1671

Re: A bit of a setback

I'm in the habit of doing 'full image' backups of my laptop drive, with a package called AOMEI Backupper Professional. I've had to do one or two 'drop-backs' over the several years I've used it. When I did, I got a clean, bootable copy on the new drive, with all the files intact, except those I'd cr...
by Lloyd
Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A bit of a setback
Replies: 7
Views: 1671

Re: A bit of a setback

Ooof! Sorry to hear you had that happen. I always despair when that happens to me!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:28 am
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: An appointment at 0833 EDT
Replies: 1
Views: 1233

An appointment at 0833 EDT

I have an appointment tomorrow morning -- on my front driveway.

If the weather holds, I'll be able to watch Artemis go up with my naked eyes.

Let's HOPE!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 'Starting to get more orders!
Replies: 0
Views: 1240

'Starting to get more orders!

Just four days ago, I shipped plates to a customer, and today I got an order for two more sheets of goods.

It's not a LOT of money, but it's 'income'. It seems that the business is picking-up!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!
Replies: 4
Views: 1346

Re: We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!

Now that commercial space flight is a reality, there are a lot of launches from The Cape every month. Perhaps when you eventually come as a guest to one of our FPAG events, you'd get the opportunity to see one. It was clear-enough last evening that we were able to track it with unaided vision at lea...
by Lloyd
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:21 am
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!
Replies: 4
Views: 1346

Re: We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!

Yeah, boy! ALL the way up! It's so neat to see them in person!
L
by Lloyd
Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:15 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!
Replies: 4
Views: 1346

We're going to see it with the 'nekkid eye'!

The weather is crystal clear, the line of sight between us and the Cape is clear, and there's an 80% chance of liftoff tonight for the SpaceX Denuri (South Korea's) moon mission.

We'll all be out there watching!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri May 20, 2022 12:06 am
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: The BIGGEST rockets of all!
Replies: 0
Views: 1427

The BIGGEST rockets of all!

We got to watch the launch at 'the cape' at 18:54 EDT/22:54 GMT with naked eyes, from our front yard!

I've lived here in Central Florida since before the first Mercury flight. As many as I've watched go up, it still never gets old!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bowing out...
Replies: 5
Views: 1710

Bowing out...

Folks,
Thank you for your efforts and time spent making this a good site. I wish you well.

I'm in the process of 'trimming' my activities to only those that have immediate, financial impacts. So, I must bow to you, and ask you to accept my absence.

Thanks!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blessings of safety.
Replies: 0
Views: 1303

Blessings of safety.

We were predicted to get 2" (TWO-INCH, 50.8mm) hail this afternoon. The Lord is blessing us. So, far, we haven't had even a severe thunderstorm.

And, they're now predicting this front will be past us by 8pm. I'll keep praying for safety!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Media Room
Topic: Living near 'The Cape' hath its privileges.
Replies: 0
Views: 1374

Living near 'The Cape' hath its privileges.

And, again this morning SpaceX launched successfully! We live only 90 miles from the Cape, so we frequently may watch the launches with the naked eye. This time (unlike on the 9th mission), the booster made it down to the recovery barge. I have not yet heard if the 2nd stage made it down successfull...
by Lloyd
Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Descartes???
Replies: 2
Views: 1432

Re: Descartes???

Hmmmm... I wonder if I just 'made it up'? Nah... (I don't think so).

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Descartes???
Replies: 2
Views: 1432

Descartes???

I have attributed the quote, "All things mechanical must eventually stop." to Rene Descartes. But I cannot find a reference to the quote.

Perhaps it's because I have misquoted it???

Thanks,
Lloyd
by Lloyd
Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Videos... I hope!
Replies: 13
Views: 2271

Re: Videos... I hope!

OTOH, Richard, I was chilly, that morning! <grin>

I've lived here since 1958, and spent two years in jungle heat preparing for and serving in Vietnam. So, I'm quite comfortable in this climate.

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Videos... I hope!
Replies: 13
Views: 2271

And... you could see it from my shop door!

With the naked eye, no less. I just watched the Atlas-5 launch from the cape.

Extraordinary!

Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:10 pm
Forum: Media Room
Topic: If you're in the USA... job offering!
Replies: 0
Views: 1273

If you're in the USA... job offering!

Fireworks by Santore, Inc. is hiring.

I can't post the image of their ad, so please contact:

careers@fireworksbysantore.com
www.fireworksbysantore.com

Apply soon, if you want it!
Lloyd
by Lloyd
Fri Feb 04, 2022 6:28 pm
Forum: Rockets and Tooling
Topic: Where to buy sieves / screens in the UK?
Replies: 11
Views: 1902

Re: Where to buy sieves / screens in the UK?

Good!
The 20-mesh is perfect for dry mixing. The 60 for pulverizing slightly-lumpy individual ingredients. And, the 8-mesh for granulation of damp compositions.

I'd say you're 'all set'.

Lloyd