What are YOU doing right NOW

[Ramjet]

Congrats to the niece nucopia. Looks like the lovely people are having a great day. Hard to beat a wedding for a happy, happy day.

 

[Mackka]

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom, everyone looks fantastic.
Mackka :flowers: :flowers: :flowers:

 

[just starting]

I finally managed to get on here to see what`s happening. The forum website was offline yesterday afternoon and evening.

Anyone know what the story is ? I assume there may have been updates preventing access .

FOZ

 

[silver]

I had the same problem FOZ :/
But..... we're here now hey !

 

[Tathradj]

Looks like it was a data base error.
Anyway, All good now.

 

[ctxkid]

playing with a victron 15amp bluetooth charger the postie just dropped off ower:

 

[nucopia]

Having breakfast now @ 10:30 am we have been up since 5 am when the roosters started crowing .. :8

 

[Jaros]

Ahh!!! we had a nice rest yesterday afternoon/evening. erfect:

 

[goody2shoes]

Doing some work on the caravan...

Love getting my tools out for a play :lol: :lol: :lol:

Must Amit I have a lot of tools

Goody

 

[Panny McGee]

Working when I should be out panning.. :goldpan: :goldnugget:

 

[BigWave]

Playing with a Stirling Engine.

Put it on a cup of hot water, and it'll chug away for 20 mins.

 

[Goldfreak]

Love the stretch beetle. Where did you get the stirling cup motor Bigwave ? I want one.

 

[BigWave]

From eBay Goldfreak. Around $30 if you search. Get mine from HK, Taiwan or China (all the same), so delivery is around 2 weeks - free, but reliable.
You have to assemble the two cam shafts to the fly wheel on arrival, but it's not rocket science.
May take a small tweak to get everything central, but then it'll last forever (Stainless steel, brass & glass)
When on the cup, wait a minute and give it a nudge. If it stops, nudge it in the other direction.
I know they work by transferring heat from the bottom plate to the top plate, and if you put ice on top, they spin even faster.
They're an "external combustion engine"
They say it can even work from the heat of your hand, but haven't tried that.
I reckon if you put it on an ice block, then it may spin in the opposite direction????
I give them to friends who have me over for coffee and show them a: "cup warmer".
Pretty useless gizmo (a real "knick knack"), but gets folk watching.
I tell people who are telling me stories of their travels, that they gotta finish before the engine stops!
As they hear it slowing down (as the cup water cools), they speed up to get to their end

 

[Goldfreak]

Saw some ebay but yours looks better, will have anouther look. Cheers.

 

[Muk]

Sitting at airport waiting to jump on a plane back to WA for work R/R sure does fly cheers Muk.

 

[PJG]

Just starting work. Hope to get out for a swing tomorrow, first time in over two months.

 

[Jaros]

Good luck on your next excursion PJG. :goldnugget: :goldpan: ickshovel:

 

[PJG]

Thanks Jaros looks like it will be Thursday now. Will probably go to Kingower.

 

[user 5263]

From eBay Goldfreak. Around $30 if you search. Get mine from HK, Taiwan or China (all the same), so delivery is around 2 weeks - free, but reliable.
You have to assemble the two cam shafts to the fly wheel on arrival, but it's not rocket science.
May take a small tweak to get everything central, but then it'll last forever (Stainless steel, brass & glass)
When on the cup, wait a minute and give it a nudge. If it stops, nudge it in the other direction.
I know they work by transferring heat from the bottom plate to the top plate, and if you put ice on top, they spin even faster.
They're an "external combustion engine"
They say it can even work from the heat of your hand, but haven't tried that.
I reckon if you put it on an ice block, then it may spin in the opposite direction????
I give them to friends who have me over for coffee and show them a: "cup warmer".
Pretty useless gizmo (a real "knick knack"), but gets folk watching.
I tell people who are telling me stories of their travels, that they gotta finish before the engine stops!
As they hear it slowing down (as the cup water cools), they speed up to get to their end

Yours might be just an interesting device but hardly useless they use stirling engines in submarines, very quiet, just need heat difference.

 

[Wishfull]

Repairing a blokes bathroom wall.