Youtube hearted comments of Comm0ut (@Comm0ut).

  1. If you don't want advice don't vomit your personal life onto the internet. People who put their business IN the street are FOR the streets. Real men prefer woment with dignity.
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  2. Nice to see India understand it needs to be a MARITIME power despite its large land mass. India would benefit by developing a strong shipbuilding industry to compete with it's geopolitical rivals. BTW is harboring a vessel stolen by pirates an act of war? Somalian government de-facto suppor of piracy should be actionable, not that there is much to do to a permanently failed state other than gunboat diplomacy.
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  3. Any geographic/strategic choke point is inherently a liability. The Canal is now a more costly obstacle.
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  4. M113 FOV hulls are aluminum alloy, mostly 5083. The alloy armor was tested and found more effective for the weight used than steel. APCs were a fundamentally bad idea since their light armor made them dangerous while their cross-country mobility coerces their use in AFV roles.
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  5. It would be interesting to see some WPS for military vehicles of that era and learn what welding rods were used.
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  6. Good video, silly title. Nice internal component shots. That post-Normandy particle separator (now common on helicopters) may be the first of that style.
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  7. NOLA voters get what they asked for, and the location is terrible because that city should be INLAND or dispersed. Only the seaport and French Quarter have reason to exist.
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  8. The wisest choice I made in my life was learning to wrench. It's never too late and there is no better hobby because wrenching saves absurd amounts of money over a lifetime while greatly expanding your options far beyond vehicle repair. Wrenching cars and motorcycles made learning industrial maintenance and repair easy which made working on aircraft easy (cars are miserable compared to fixing fighters for Uncle Sugar) which made working until retirement interesting fun. Never buying a new four wheeled vehicle made paying off my modest homes and acreage easy and I do all my own work on those homes and shops except electrical inspections. SO CAN ANYONE READING THIS. (My wife was a skilled CH-3 helo crew chief.) My newest trucks are 2000 models, one Silverado built from body and frame donors where I used to work and various F150s (at this point self and bros GIVE each other extra trucks) all bought used and cheap. (I prefer broken vehicles because I know why they were sold and many owners just want them gone.) If you're new to wrenching start with something popular with a large user base and aftermarket support. Have faith and patience with yourself. Ordinary people built your vehicles after all.
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  9. GOOD. People with attitudes who think they're free to disregard laws in nations which in NO WAY belong to them merit harsh correction. There really are no legitimate motives for tourism in these areas so the locals already know foreign tourists are there to buy pleasures legal or otherwise. They chose their fate.
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  10. Not my problem because I go in the opposite direction from the herd. Buy on the crash, not before.
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  11. If more Americans wanted to be truckers wages would be driven DOWNWARDS. Do not encourage even more drivers because it only makes life worse for everyone. (If you want a stable life with less competition, become a truck mechanic instead. )
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  12. Many Dialarcs (and Lincoln Idealarcs) remain in commercial/industrial use. Most reasons for going inverter involve mobility not cost. BTW Dialarc, Idealarc and even monsters like my 340 AB/P will run off a 50A source but not maxed out. The old machines cost less used than a replacement inverter board. Used machines are cheap enough to have both. Also worth noting if you already have a stout RPC (rotary phase converter) they will run transformer machines. (Shop Floor Talk fora have some useful threads). I have an RPC to run three phase machine tools and air compressors. In your manual (Miller and Lincoln have them for free download so get one for everything) info on breaker size etc for various three phase connections shows why that's worth considering. When I built my shop I had a new service placed on a pole with a breaker panel so powering large machinery is NBD (and getting power before shop makes building the shop much easier and more convenient). If you want to run big rods or weld aluminum at high amps appropriate transformer machines are worth having. My old Miller will output 500 amps and the arc is delightful. It was 250 bucks because the seller saw a "three phase" sticker on a box mounted to it. I knew I could run it single phase because I download manuals BEFORE buying. It's the size of a fridge and weighs about 1300 lbs but those downsides only matter when moving it. Tip: A Tommy Gate can be "assisted" by a couple of ag jacks when (not grossly) overloaded for the popoff valve. It's easy to accumulate used industrial welders with some looking. I have lighter machines too because covering all bases pays off.
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  13. Professionals can do more with manuals. The industry relies on driver churn to depress wages so the less thought required the better. For little straight delivery trucks autos are fine across the board.
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  14. They're cheap to build, don't require short tracking when they lose a wheel, and troops HATE breaking track and love wheels. Tracks will come back if weight requirements for APS drive the need but these "armored cars" are good enough and most importantly affordable, FAST and comfortable for passengers. Most will be used in constabulary operations not modern nation-state war and wheeled vehicles are ideal because they don't damage paved roads enough to matter.
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  15. They are popular for arc gouging which some businesses buy them for because gouging is hard on modern inverter machines whose replacement boards often cost more than a used motor-generator welder. Manuals are fairly easy to find. Motor-generator welders were a way to get high DC amps before modern solid state rectifiers and (when DC aircraft generators from WWII engines were very common surplus and dirt cheap) a popular homebuilt welder construction method. Since the motor end is normally three-phase they will run off a rotary phase converter of suitable size (which you can also make then enjoy three-phase tools and equipment without paying business rates or where you cannot get three-phase at the pole). Some owners convert them to gas engine drive which makes for a rather long trailer but at the right price why not? Others harvest the generator end and make PTO drive conversions for their tractors etc. Lincoln sold towed PTO driven welder heads similar to their SA series which are interesting in their own right. Look up Lincoln Tractapac.
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  16. Sad about Youtube rules but Google are run by weak people who cater to weak people. Backlash may eventually bring back the good old days when it was cool to harshly put them in their place away from adult discussions.
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  17. I worked in the used car business and the dealers who were often VERY well off did not buy new cars. They bought at auction and if a salvage yard owner needed a part to sell he'd pull the dealer tag, sell the part, put that car in the yard and drive something else. These guys looked like any mechanic but had serious cash, property, vacation homes etc.
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  18. Modern medical care prolongs dying, not quality of life. When I can no longer care for myself I shall exercise my right to check out on my terms. One useful thing many old people learn is life is not always precious and instinct is not always wisdom.
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