![]() See the (badly rendered and not perfectly accurate) image below for what I mean.Īnd if so, what kind of steel should I use? I don't know a ton about metallurgy, and there are a lot of big terms out there like Rockwell C, air-hardening, and other stuff. So for a 3 hammer, you need a minimum of 60, 75 is better, 100 pounds is good. You can purchase split rail fencing materials at most hardware stores, but the original way to do it is to split the logs yourself. Add some wire mesh to make the enclosure more secure. For forging a knife, you want at least twenty times of mass of the hammer. For a more modern take, fence posts are drilled all the way through so that the rails can be inserted into the slots. Even an unhardened Rc42-45 cast steel anvil will work fine if it has enough mass. This would allow for a stronger piece of steel to become the main surface of my anvil, and also creates a table. Mass and inertia is what an anvil is all about. So, in discussion with my shop teacher, I've been looking into welding a piece of steel onto the face of the track, which I have already flattened. I think that the best height is: When you are making the cut, grinder sets to somewhat same level with your pelvis, or little lower. I've seen several drawings of RR anvils that are turned on their end which I don't think is for me. Being very inexperienced at smithing, I'd rather not limit myself to such a small 'whacking surface' like the ones shown Link removed Clamp the piece of track to suitable height. That being said, I want to make this piece of rail as useful as possible. But I'm trying to start blacksmithing as part of a project for school, and I want to be show that you don't have to drop hundreds of dollars on an actual London Pattern anvil. Now, before y'all start cringing, I understand that RR Track is not the ideal anvil material. Protective gear is advisable, especially for the eyes and ears.I got 12" of railroad track given to me as a gift, and I intend to make it into an anvil. If you use a sledgehammer head be careful that it's forged and not cast iron for the same reason. ![]() railroad concerns took over and converted much of the original Take in the many. The same goes for some hammer heads, don't hit two hammers together if they're cast. Anvil Graphic Black org has listings of Iron Mountain Best Western and. People are right to say that cast iron is no good, it's far too brittle and could be dangerous because bits can fly off like shrapnel. For things like this it's best to treat is as a bit of fun - mooch around waiting for a good opportunity rather than treating it as a shopping expedition. I could do that, then weld some clips to the plate and use the clips to bolt the. This guy welded a piece of steel plate to the bottom of the anvil. ![]() I thought about tack welding the plates to the track anvil and then use lag bolts to secure the plates the wooden base. You could end up with a real beauty of a small anvil for next to nothing if you're lucky, but it really is down to luck on the day. In this example the guy mounted the anvil on a couple of railroad plates. Some smaller anvils come with a chunky stand.Ī lot of engineering companies go bankrupt every year, check out the auctioneers and ask for a catalogue. You could drill and bolt several pieces together if you wanted to make it more easily portable, you could make a stand that way too. Ask to look in their scrap bin (it will be a big skip somewhere in the yard) and if you find a bit that's a bit too heavy they might even offer to chop it up into manageable sizes for you.įor these purposes you don't really need to worry about steel's metallurgy, you just need as big a lump of steel as you can reasonably lug about if you're going to. How to Use a USB Drive as a Secure Unlock Key for Your PC Horizon Chase Turbo s First. They will have guillotines that can cut through two inch steel plate as easily as you cut through paper with a pair of scissors. Railroad Track Anvil Vise Forge Blacksmith 7h ago Sartell 20. You could also try looking in the Yellow Pages for local fabrication shops, try to find a firm that makes heavy duty stuff. It weighs about 400lb, you can really build up your arm muscles trying to bend it. I bought a lovely anvil from the local scrap merchant for 40 quid. anvil for jewelers and precious metalsmiths usually weighs between 45 and 75. ![]() Scrap steel fetches anything between practically nothing and about 100 quid per tonne depending on the state of the economy. secure in place and tend to ' dance ' around the bench - top. Don't let them fleece you for it though, they have that kind of reputation. Most scrap merchants will be only too pleased to get rid of heavy lumps of steel because they're too thick to go through their metal chewing machinery. ![]()
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![]() DJ Music Mixer's innovative feature set, reliable mixing engine and intuitive interface will insure that you " Rock the Party " every night. It is leading-edge and aspiring DJ software for professional and novice DJ. You can use the trial version for two hours. We did!Įditors' note: This is a review of the full version of DJ Music Mixer 5.0. Its two-hour trial is long enough to get acquainted, and plenty of time to have fun with it, too. Many controls can be locked for party time, too.ĭJ Music Maker 5.0 costs about the same as a minute of studio time. But the Effects tab let add echo, reverb, distortion, gargle, and other effects, and the 10-band stereo parametric equalizer (that's 20 sliders) not only compensated for room acoustics but also included lots of preset environments. We started with two similar tunes dubbed off an LP, which made for an interesting mix without any effects. This program proved easy enough to simply start playing files and pushing buttons and sliders to see what came out of our speakers, which is a good thing because there's no Help file, though the publisher's Web site has some screenshots and other resources. But once we'd added some tunes and loaded one each into Deck A and Deck B, the console's colorful buttons and displays came to life. DJ Music Mixer's dark-toned console is busy, too, at first glance. But DJs only have two hands, which means two turntables, which means two tracks for DJ software that do with digital what DJs do with vinyl. Designers always try to pack as many controls and displays into the smallest possible space on mixing consoles. What proved easier about DJ Music Maker? The console, for starters. We tried the registered program, which proved easier to use than we'd expected. The free trial version is limited to 120 minutes of mixing time. ![]() DJ Music Mixer 5.0 works with Windows XP to 8 and requires DirectX 9 or better. It has some features that many free tools and other competitors lack, such as independent media players for each deck, automatic beats-per-minute calculation, real-time pitch control, and real-time monitoring with external mixers and sound cards. Like pro consoles, DJ Music Maker has dual control suites, one for each deck, with both offering variable pitch, looping, cueing, and multiple crossfade options, plus effects, sampling, and recording. Like many mixing programs, Program4PC's DJ Music Maker duplicates the classic DJ console, only without the turntables. ![]() ![]() ![]() The myth of Phaethon can have similar connotations. If a character or aircraft is named Icarus, then it's fairly obvious that this is going to happen. The popular English saying "flying too close to the sun" (alternatively "fly too close to the sun, and you will burn") comes from this story and trope. ![]() Many of its allusions may fit the same tropes. The original story may be seen as an early example (indeed significantly pre-dating the Trope Namer) of Ludd Was Right if taken literally as an Aesop about the dangers of manned flight, or of Tall Poppy Syndrome if seen as an allegory about soaring ambition. Thus the story warns against single mindedly chasing one's ambitions and being too prideful of oneself in doing so. In this reading, Icarus tries to get closer to the sun not out of ecstasy, but out of blind ambition and hubris about his own capabilities. (Incidentally, Icarus was also warned not to fly too low, as the water would also damage his wings.) The moral of the story in this reading is to not act recklessly and to heed the warnings of others, especially those with more experience and knowledge.Ī second popular variation of the trope however takes a different angle by focusing on the Ambition Is Evil lesson the story can be interpreted as. The reason behind their trouble may vary problems will range from extreme temperature changes to oxygen deficiency at high altitudes. (It's particularly common with characters who have only recently gained the ability to fly). This story has had an influence on modern media, with a number of stories about flying characters going too high and suffering the consequences. ![]() Eventually, the sun melted the wax off his wings and they disintegrated, causing Icarus to fall to his death. Icarus, however, overcome with the joy of flying, started soaring higher and higher toward the sun. Attaching the wings to their arms, he and his son Icarus managed to escape, flying over the ocean. The father, Daedalus, constructed two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers. In the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus, a father and son attempted to flee from an island where they were held prisoner. When the time came for him and his son to escape, he warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun because if he flew too high, the wax holding together the wings would melt from the heat of the sun and not to fly too low for the spray of water from the sea would weigh down the wings.- Randall Munroe, What If? #30: "Interplanetary Cessna"Ī specific Mythical Motif and Stock Shout-Out to the myth of Icarus meant to highlight a character's reckless negligence and dangerous ambition. ![]() So from feathers of birds, he glued them together with wax to form wings for him and his son. The innovative Daedalus came up with an idea to the island, not by land or sea, but by flight. Anybody who had entered the maze, were never able to leave.Īfter the completion of the labyrinth, King Minos locked Daedalus and Icarus in a tower to keep the existence of the Minator a secret. King Minos ordered Daedalus to design a prison to contain the feared Minator but instead of creating a prison cell, he designed a labyrinth so the Minator could never escape, but so won’t anybody whom sets foot inside the maze. Daedalus worked for King Minos in his palace in Crete, Island of the Minator, a half human and half-bull monster. The story revolves around Daedalus, a skilled craftsman in Athens, and his son Icarus. You might have heard of the tragic story of the fall of Icarus, a Greek myth about the death of a boy who flew too close to the sun despite his father’s warnings. We can learn from these stories and apply them to our lives in this new age. The Ancient Greeks were wise and philosophical thinkers so they had a lot to teach from stories and myths about life that was passed down for millenniums. Jacob Peter Gowy’s The Flight of Icarus (Source Jacob Peter Gowy – Museo del Prado, Public Domain) ![]() ![]() Over all, Piranha is a good old-fashioned horror delight for genre fans. The supporting cast is good as well and has a number of veteran actors - Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller, and Barbara Steele. Stars Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies are quite good, making for some amusing and unlikely heroes. Pino Donaggio's music score is beautifully well done. In fact the movie packs some truly gory images. The special FX aren't half bad, especially considering the limited budget. Dante's direction is nicely done, keeping the energetic mood of the film high. The screenplay by John Sayles has lots of good suspense and a witty kind of humor. 350-358., doi:10.1671/ film of B horror director Joe Dante is this fun, exciting Jaws spoof that's the best of its kind! A school of deadly, mutant piranha is released from a government laboratory and it's up to an alcoholic man and his detective love-interest to warn folks down stream! A fast-paced, campy, and humorous ride all the way, Piranha is a genuinely entertaining B film that recalls not only Jaws but many of the classic monster flicks of the 50's. " Megapiranha paranensis, a New Genus and Species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the Upper Miocene of Argentina." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. piranha: noun any of various usually small South American characin fishes (genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus) that have very sharp teeth, often appear in schools, and include some that may attack and inflict dangerous wounds upon humans and large animals - called alsoRN caribe. The 30-year-old was fishing on Sunday with two of. 1009, 2012., doi:10.1038/srep01009Ĭione, Albert Luis, et al. A man was reportedly eaten by piranhas after he jumped into a lake to escape from a group of bees that attacked him and his friends. ![]() " Mega-Bites: Extreme Jaw Forces of Living and Extinct Piranhas (Serrasalmidae)." Scientific Reports, vol. " Sound Production in Red-Bellied Piranhas ( Pygocentrus nattereri, Kner): an Acoustical, Behavioural and Morphofunctional Study." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. " Safety in Numbers? Shoaling Behaviour of the Amazonian Red-Bellied Piranha." Biology Letters, vol. " Functional Morphology of Feeding in the Scale-Eating Specialist Catoprion mento." Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. " Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela." Biotropica, vol. " Tometes camunani (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), a New Species of Phytophagous Fish from the Guiana Shield, Rio Trombetas Basin, Brazil." Neotropical Ichthyology, vol. " Feeding and Ecomorphology of Two Species of Piranhas (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Viana Lake, Maranhão State, Brazil." Ecologia, vol. In short, most Piranhas are omnivores and eat both meat and fruits, as well as seeds, insects, fish and plant matter. ![]() " Phylogeography of the Piranha genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus: Implications for the Diversification of the Neotropical Ichthyofauna." Molecular Ecology, vol. " Molecular Systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the Identities of Piranha Species and Unraveling Their Evolutionary Histories." Zootaxa, vol. " Attacks on Humans by the Piranha Serrasalmus rhombeus in Suriname." Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, vol. " Piranha Attacks on Humans in Southeast Brazil: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Clinical Treatment, with a Description of a Bite Outbreak." Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, vol. ![]() ![]() Later, though, I found that while this might work for some tools, it could result in a failed Linux installation, if I was using the USB drive as a Linux installer. At first, I thought the best solution was to set the computer to boot in Legacy (i.e., BIOS) rather than UEFI mode use my YUMI drive for installation or maintenance as needed and then return the computer to UEFI mode. The conclusion reached here is that none of the three tools reviewed below offered a solution for booting most tools in a UEFI system. I couldn’t use that approach in this case because (a) a DVD was too small to contain all of the tools I wanted to install and (b) in any case, my laptop didn’t have an optical disc drive. Even so, the multiboot DVD did provide a workaround. Later, I suspected that the problem may have been that I wasn’t yet aware of the difficulty or impossibility of booting a UEFI (i.e., non-BIOS) system using a USB device designed for use on BIOS (a/k/a Legacy) systems. As described in another post, I had worked up such a DVD for my own use on a laptop that did not seem to want to boot from USB. ![]() Note that it was also possible to create a multiboot DVD or, possibly, a multiboot Blu-Ray disc. The focus here was on “multiboot” devices, meaning that a single USB drive might contain multiple tools and installers, with a menu allowing me to choose which one I wished to boot. The alternate boot system might be a Linux “live” CD it might be a diagnostic tool, or an ISO made from a Windows installation DVD it might be something else. This post talks about using USB drives to boot computers with something other than the installed operating system. ![]() (Note: a more recent post updates part of this post.) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Choose from over a million free wallpapers from the Steam Workshop with new wallpapers being uploaded every day! Can't find a wallpaper that fits your mood? Let your imagination go wild by using the Wallpaper Engine Editor to create your own animated wallpapers from images, videos, websites or applications. Having a dedicated GPU is highly recommended, but not required. As a general rule of thumb, 3D, 2D and video based wallpapers will perform best, while websites and applications will require more resources from your system. ![]() Many options to tweak quality and performance allow you to make Wallpaper Engine fit your computer perfectly. You can choose to automatically pause or completely stop the wallpaper while using another application or playing fullscreen (including borderless windowed mode) to not distract or hinder you while playing a game or working. Wallpaper Engine aims to deliver an entertaining experience while using as few system resources as possible. Support for Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE.Use the free Android companion app to take your favorite scene and video wallpapers on the go.Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv (for local files, Workshop only allows mp4).Wallpaper Engine can be used at the same time as any other Steam game or application.Use the Steam Workshop to share and download wallpapers for free.Animate new live wallpapers from basic images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.Create your own animated wallpapers in the Wallpaper Engine Editor.Wallpapers will pause while playing games to save performance.Multi monitor environments are supported.Many aspect ratios and native resolutions supported including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.Use interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse.Personalize animated wallpapers with your favorite colors.Use animated screensavers while you are away from your computer.Bring your desktop wallpapers alive with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.NEW: Use the free Android companion app to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device. Choose an existing wallpaper or create your own and share it on the Steam Workshop! In addition to that, you can use the free Wallpaper Engine companion app for Android to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device and take your live wallpapers on the go. Various types of animated wallpapers are supported, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos and even certain applications. Expand the collection of 4K Ultra HD videos.Wallpaper Engine enables you to use live wallpapers on your Windows desktop.Add a 'Break Reminders' feature that can be flexibly customized according to your preferences.Add a new Auto Mode option: Pause when idle time exceeds X minutes.Adapt to the new system version, Sonoma 14.Dynamic Wallpaper Engine is designed to provide an interesting experience while consuming as little system resources as possible.Auto mode, pause the video when Power Disconnected.Auto mode, pause the video when other apps are active, not disturbed at work.Break reminders, with flexible customization if you want it.Manual control, video pause, resume and mute.Set different wallpapers on different displays.Supports global hotkeys to control wallpaper, hide desktop icons and show screensaver.Supports multiple screen aspect ratios and video native resolutions.Supports The playlist, list loop, shuffle loop.Supports "Dynamic-ScreenSaver", personalize your lock screen.Supports "keyword searching" in videos.Multiple types of 4K Ultra HD videos, anime, scenery, cute, game, creative, Beauty, Ancient, Movie, etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All battles happened on the map in real time, so you’ll get to see it all in detail. Train your soldiers, unlock legendary generals and boost the weapons to make sure you won’t be defeated. The game is filled with battles, so make sure you’re paying enough attention to army development. You’ll need to gather resources, expand your land, build new houses, and train an army. The game lets you explore governing styles of different civilizations, and each one comes with a pack of famous leaders and generals, which is fun. Your goal here is to guide your kingdom and turn it from one clan into the most significant force in the world. Each nation comes with unique lands, resources, architecture, and all that, so it is worth trying them all. Thus, you can restart the game over and over again once you get bored and get an entirely different experience. There are quite a lot of options here: Rome, Egypt, Britain, France, China, and more. You start this game by picking a nation to play for. Next up, there’s a game that lets you build a journey of your own empire. You may also like: 11 Best Crafting And Building Games Rise of Kingdoms The game also lets you develop your kingdom by gathering resources and trading them with other players (cause e you can’t be at war with everyone, right?). You’ll get to defend your borders with towers and walls, and add a couple of guards here and there to stop your enemies from slipping in. And don’t forget about training and power development: make sure your soldiers work out and prepare for real fights all the time.Īnd it is a strategy game, you’ll need to come up with an attack plan and make sure you won’t get caught by surprise. You’ll need to build up an army, hire the generals, find armor, and more. Plus, you get to conquer new lands by defeating the armies of your opponents. As the game goes on, you’ll need to gather resources and use these to add new buildings, improve your defense, hire workers, and all that. As usual in such games, you start with a small piece of land with practically nothing in it. The concept of this one is standard for the genre: you get to build a fortress and bring your kingdom to its glory. Let’s start with a classic kingdom-building strategy game. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() And unions build the middle class," Biden said.ģ. He argued his proposal to tax wealthy Americans and corporations was a fair approach, since the small number of ultra rich only expanded their portfolios during the pandemic while middle-class and low-income workers suffered. "The American Jobs Plan is a blue-collar blueprint to build America," he said. The president, who regularly touts his own blue-collar roots, maintained that his plan was targeted to those who had been left behind as other nations emerged as leaders in the development of new technologies. To win that competition for the future, we also need to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our families, in our children," Biden said. "We can't be so busy competing with each other that we forget the competition is with the rest of the world to win the 21 st century. Tim Scott's Republican Response To Biden's Address, Annotatedīiden said he wanted ideas from Republicans, and there was room for compromise, but he made it clear he wouldn't wait if negotiations didn't progress, saying: "Doing nothing is not an option." should support up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. Biden also said low-income Americans should be guaranteed to spend no more than 7% of their income for child care for kids up to the age of 5. The Families Plan provides money for two years of preschool and two years of free community college, extending the current 12 years of public school American students now get. But since swearing in, he's made clear that he views his role is to use the government to transform the economy, targeting those at the lower rungs of the economic ladder. It would convert some items initially designed as temporary coronavirus relief to more permanent federal mainstays for millions of families.īiden was viewed as the moderate in the 2020 Democratic field. These would dramatically widen the social safety net for Americans from preschool age to those on Medicare. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have spent weeks debating what should ultimately qualify as infrastructure, and Republicans introduced their own, much more-targeted $568 billion proposal.Īnd Biden spent much of the primetime speech Wednesday outlining another massive domestic program - his American Families Plan - a nearly $2 trillion plan that includes initiatives pushed by progressives like Sen. ![]() It was a more low-key and traditional litany of policy priorities instead of the often unpredictable and unscripted moments seen in former President Donald Trump's speeches on Capitol Hill. ![]() ![]() It amounted to an updated New Deal, but one that faces a precarious path to get through razor-thin margins in both the House and Senate.īecause of the pandemic and Biden' personality, the hour-plus speech was a stark contrast from his predecessor's. President Biden's joint address to Congress looked back over the challenges he faced taking office 100 days ago in the midst of a pandemic - and declared "America is on the move again."īut the speech also outlined an ambitious, active role for the government to continue helping Americans struggling, as well as new proposals to boost the country's ability to compete. Biden made the pitch for a larger federal role in American society and marked history in the House chamber with two top women: Vice President Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress. ![]() |
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