[sdiy] Satisfying DIY

[Harry Bissell Jr]

And with the current state of world affairs..
that "lifetime" could be shorter than you think :^P

H^) harry

hey HERE'S a new idea.  Cars filled with a 'lifetime
supply' of gas. When it runs out you just landfill it
with all the 'lifetime lithium battery' stuff.

Well except for the Peasant, who will just deep-drill
into the tank and refill it ... with home-made ethanol
no doubt :^P



--- Ian Fritz <ijfritz at earthlink.net> wrote:

> So what I did about that was to use the money that
> would have gone into car 
> payments to buy call options on the energy spiders. 
> Made enough money in 
> just a few months for a lifetime of gas.
> 
> Old Chinese proverb ... "What you can't change you
> must welcome."
> 
> :->
> 
>    Ian
> 
> 
> At 10:15 PM 8/14/05, Tim Ressel wrote:
> >Ouch! As usual, our beloved Mr. Bissell cuts right
> to
> >the bone. Yep, gas is starting to pinch. Rule:
> Don't
> >piss off the corner grocer.
> >
> >I was thinking about pulling the truck with a
> >thouroughbred race horse and stringing christmas
> >lights all around it. Then it would be a high-bred
> >electric...
> >
> >--Tim (pun intended) Ressel
> >
> >
> >--- harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >
> > > HAH... silly American
> > >
> > > You fall in our nefarious TRAP !!!
> > >
> > > so no CAR payment, eh ???
> > >
> > > we fix you GOOD !!!
> > >
> > > we make domestic gas prices go up uP UP !!!
> > >
> > > Take your money long time, Joe...
> > >
> > > H^) harry  (secret member NWO)
> > >
> > > (I avoided mentioning HOW we raised those
> prices...
> > > that exercise is
> > > left to the
> > > individual :^)   Maybe I should go into POLITICS
> ???
> > >
> > > "If elected I will slash taxes, raise per-capita
> > > income... and instruct
> > > NASA that
> > > in ten years, we will have a quiet, reliable BBD
> > > !!!"
> > >
> > > Tim Ressel wrote:
> > >
> > > > Tom,
> > > >
> > > > I have the exact same story, except it is a
> 1971
> > > Chevy
> > > > pickup. Can you say 'no car payments'?  I
> figure
> > > the
> > > > $300/month payments i was making will keep
> > > > "Truckasaurus" (fossilized transportation) in
> > > upgrades
> > > > and repairs forever, with cash left over. I do
> > > most of
> > > > the work myself. It is lots of fun, and save
> Big
> > > Moola
> > > > come repair time.
> > > >
> > > > Synth-DIY tie-in? Oh, well, I carry my synth
> gear
> > > in
> > > > it... :-)
> > > >
> > > > --TimR
> > > >
> > > > --- Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > While not 100% sdiy related ( except that I
> > > listen
> > > > > to my music on it ), I
> > > > > finished rebuilding my Dynaco ST120 amp
> finally.
> > >  I
> > > > > have another one to
> > > > > finish up which I'll do tonight after I
> finish
> > > my
> > > > > 3031 case project...
> > > > >
> > > > > I finally did locate some diodes with the
> proper
> > > > > voltage drop.  I couldnt
> > > > > find any large caps to fit the space of the
> > > original
> > > > > power supply caps, so I
> > > > > wound up getting modern snap-in's and making
> PVC
> > > > > rings that fit the mounts,
> > > > > and gluing the new caps into the rings with
> > > > > silicone.  I replaced every
> > > > > electrolytic cap, every chunk of silicon,
> and
> > > the
> > > > > two tant's ( with ones with
> > > > > 3 times the original voltage rating... ). 
> Also
> > > > > replaced ( and uprated )
> > > > > every 2watt or larger resistor and made sure
> > > that
> > > > > any previously warm
> > > > > resistor or diode was now properly spaced
> off
> > > the
> > > > > board. One thing that was
> > > > > harder then I expected was finding good
> > > transistors.
> > > > >  The MOSFETs I needed
> > > > > for the power supply ( 2SK1058's ) are
> tricky to
> > > > > find to put it mildly, and
> > > > > decent high voltage TO3 case outputs are a
> > > little on
> > > > > the scarse side these
> > > > > days.  Once I found a suitable part, I did
> find
> > > > > multiple manufacturers, it
> > > > > was just hard finding a current device to
> use.
> > > > >
> > > > > This was extremely satisfying work to do and
> was
> > > > > just the ticket to get me
> > > > > in good spirits for working on harder
> projects.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >  - Tom Arnold       -  Free Synth DIY
> webspace
> > > > > http://www.sdiy.org
> > > > >  - SynthGeek        -
> > > > >  - BBD Fanatic      -  "...is it a virus, a
> > > drug, or
> > > > > a religion?"
> > > > >  - echo evho wjxo   -    Juanita Shrugs.
> "What's
> > > the
> > > > > difference?"
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> > > >
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