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CompulsiveCatfish
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by CompulsiveCatfish » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:48 pm
Here is my crew hard at work heat-treating a blade for a Granite Grinder. The fellow on the left is repairing the rotary thingy on the Karny-Treker mill, the one in the middle is treating the blade with the furnace while the fellow to the right of the truck grinds a crystal into shape.
More photos to follow.

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AdrianTheGeek
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by AdrianTheGeek » Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:26 pm
Not bad at all. Now we wait for the local forum idiot to bitch about this one.
james+burgundy wrote:nice parts
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Tuefish
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by Tuefish » Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:41 pm
In B4 flash.
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Warhead
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by Warhead » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:06 am
Nice, I like the lathe thingy. This is good, my kid likes Power Miners and wants me to build a barracks and mining town so I'll be looking here for some ideas.
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Coximind
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by Coximind » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:49 am
I like it, from what I can see. Can we have a pic without the supernova effect in the middle?
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Bullshit.
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CompulsiveCatfish
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by CompulsiveCatfish » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:31 pm
Sure. When I get a chance to take pictures without the horrible glare. I added the starburst in an attempt to make use of the glare put off by my workshop lights.

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REALITY = STUFF HAPPENS
Religion sums it up like this: REALTY = STUFF HAPPENS BECAUSE GOD MADE IT HAPPEN UNLESS WE DISAGREE THAN SATAN DID IT.
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Coximind
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by Coximind » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:12 am
Thank you.

to me why it does that though.
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Warhead
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by Warhead » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:45 pm
It looks like you used flash on a reflective surface, in this case a gloss varnish wooden shelf. Perhaps no background would help eliminate glare.
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CompulsiveCatfish
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by CompulsiveCatfish » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:49 pm
Actually no flash at all.
That was a grab from a webcam.
I have overhead several big sodium-vap high-pressure lights in addition to tube lights and several smaller spot lights on the machines.
I think it's just the interplay of the lights causing the glare, next time I'll take the pics upstairs in my home-office.
Science can sum up the universe like this:
REALITY = STUFF HAPPENS
Religion sums it up like this: REALTY = STUFF HAPPENS BECAUSE GOD MADE IT HAPPEN UNLESS WE DISAGREE THAN SATAN DID IT.
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by Pvt Expendable » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:31 am
Ah well its good enough to get e athumbs up from me,...
hint, found using a well lighted room reduces glare and shadows, really well
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Tuefish
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by Tuefish » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:24 pm
Warhead wrote:It looks like you used flash on a reflective surface, in this case a gloss varnish wooden shelf. Perhaps no background would help eliminate glare.
InB4 success!
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