Thursday, May 21, 2026
Bender
I Bought a Liquidated 45 Ton Metal Bending Robot
Watch Wes Work
I remember going with Marc a few years ago to look at used CNC machines. They were awful. Huge boxes of custom alien electronics. I did not understand how anyone could make these work without spending a fortune on more obsolete, alien electronics. Marc did eventually buy one machine and got it to work, at least a little bit. I wonder what ever happened to it.
Old posts about Marc's CNC machine:
Maid in the Shade returns
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| B-25 Maid in the Shade |
She flies with the Confederate, er, Commemorative Air Force:
B-25J Mitchell “Maid in the Shade” was built in early 1944. She’s very rare – one of 34 B-25Js still flying. Nearly 10,000 were produced.
Used mainly as a low altitude strafe and skip bomber. Was used in America’s first large-scale bombing offensive in the Philippines - sunk 8 ships and shot down 5 planes.
Combat History – Based out of Serraggia Airbase, Corsica from Nov 1 – Dec 31, 1944.
Assigned to:
- 57th Bomb Wing o 319th Bomb Wing o 437th Squadron
- Combat missions flown:
- 13 over Italy
- 2 over Yugoslavia
I've made several posts about B-25s including one about this same airplane.
10 Short Videos #6139
Model A Ford driving up a hill
Nature Did It First - mechanical ornithopter
From Pixels to Pure Realism ✈️๐ฅ- Mixed Reality Cockpit
Wild pour - Casting something in a red hot mold
This Rocket Landing Didn't Seem Real ๐
3D printed UV reactive holographic panels (white to purple on inception)
5000+ feet on top of a glacier๐ณ๐ค๐ผ✈️ - Ski plane takes off
I Was NOT Ready For This ๐ - North Korea rally spoof
ARMA REFORGER IRL - F-111 ๐บ๐ธ - sweeping swept wings
Staging for Rocket Sledding!!
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
East Side Snarl
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| Railed: It’s the most annoying traffic jam in Portland. (Whitney McPhie and Sophia Mick) |
I thought getting to South Waterfront was the most fouled up road mess in Portland. Seems I was wrong (unbelievable, I know). Willamette Week tells us that the eastside has a real problem that makes my complaints about South Waterfront sound like entitled white boy whining:
It’s the Most Annoying Traffic Jam in Portland. Here’s How to Fix It by Garrett Andrews
Long trains moving extremely slowly equal maddening waits for drivers on the Central Eastside.
Problem is the railroad cuts the eastside in two and there are only a few place to cross it that are not grade level crossings, which means at rush hour those few crossings are going to be jammed as well.
Here's some more pics from the story:
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| The railroad crossings at Southeast 11th and 12th avenues. (Brian Burk) |
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| A Union Pacific train passes through the Central Eastside. (Brian Burk) |
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| Portland Railroads |
The portion of eastside of Portland near the Willamette River is full of railroad tracks. It's hard to get a clear view of the situation. If you zoom out you see orange lines running from top to bottom.
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| Union Pacific Albina Yard Portland (black blotch on previous map) |
Zoom in to see how many tracks and you can only see five percent of the line.
10 Short Videos #6138
True Professionals at Work
Solid Rocket Throttle Control
Can Donnie locate every country in Europe without a mistake???
Freezing live water lines
Smart forklift driver
Who Says Metal 3D Printing Can't Do Mass Production.
THIS GUY IS GOOD
CNC Tube Bending Machine for Furniture & Motorcycle Industry | Brazil Large Radius Tube Bending
Micro Drones: The New Era of Spying
Lion Mayhem
DRC680 Supermono
Dr C introduction
Matt Clementz
Supermono racing motorcycles use single cylinder, four-stroke engines under 800cc displacement.
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