I have 10 bitcoins in a wallet. Mined them over 3 months in 2012. Free and clear. Don't know the password lol. Was about $250K in value the other week. :shakes head:

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:welcome:

Nice to know I'm still welcomed. ;)

How's the day working out?

I'm waiting on lunch time to roll around. :yum:

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Since you're floating around. How often do you keep in touch with AK? We are getting a bit concerned on the state of the site with it having heavily outdated vbulletin software, bad certificates, major vulnerabilities, and overall slowness. Jar has had multiple renewals for users sent in with payment who have yet to be made premium and forget about the masses who never received decals.

Busy AF. Better than the alternative tho.

I've not touched base with him for awhile.

I'll try to get ahold of him and let him know he's backed up again.

With all this pandemic going on I know this is not one of his priorities right now and I understand.

I do understand your concerns and have passed those concerns but I'm still only the Palace guard here!

I see it's now at $350K. I've got a brute force program I've used on it. Can't even fathom the number of passwords I've thrown at it. Pretty sure it was a random password generator password with 14-25 characters. So I think I'm looking at just having to wait until the hardware gets more powerful to crack it.

Yea I hear you.


Well gotta run.




For everyone PLEASE stay safe and for those who have been personally affected I can only send my condolences and prayers.

stay strong will get past this with everyone doing their small part to stay safe. :tiphat:

I'll hound ya again in another week or 2 haha. We do appreciate your efforts sir. We just want to continue seeing the forum flourish. And seriously, let us know if any of us can help in some way. You have enough IT guru's on this place that we can get either make this place fort knox or create a massive dumpster fire.

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Happy Friday, playing softball and we are one and one. Good to hear from Trips. Stay safe and sanitary.

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Shoot me a PM with your phone number.

Total JAR move.

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Don’t let the EX know :rolleyes:

Ooooo... one on one personal service.

Actually, I think I'm going to treat myself and double the budget for a Miller 211. It's probably nicer than I deserve, but damnit, I want a Miller. Plus a buddy of mine had a good point that a 120V machine is nicer for doing sheet metal work and the 211 is a dual voltage machine. Always good to be versatile.

120v machines aren't really worth it. Low duty cycle, don't control as well. Get a 230v machine. I have a Lincoln 180 Pro with the wiring kit and gun for aluminum. I can weld just about anything with the right gas. If you can, weld with MIG and gas. Flux core is dirty and the weld isn't as nice. Takes practice to make it look nice. The only upside to flux core is that you don't need gas most of the time.

Miller makes a good machine. Also get a good cart that will hold a gas bottle. If you don't get a good cart. You will be kicking yourself later, and hating the cart.

Gas bottles. I have 3 that I lease for 5 years at a time. CO2 for carbon steel, Tri Mix for stainless steel, and Argon for aluminum. You can buy the bottles out right if you want to. But if the bottle or valve goes bad. You're stuck with it.

The only 2 things that I can't weld. A broken heart and the crack of dawn reps. :tiphat:

Oh definitely. I already weld and have all the above mentioned goodies as well. The only piece in question is the machine itself. I own a Chinese made 120V unit, which has done the job it was originally purchased for, but it is a $300 Chinese made 120V welder.

Now that I'm all grown up and customizing the Ghia, I want a more legit machine (and one with more balls). To quote my neighbor, "I'm at that stage in my life where I'm too old to use cheap tools and drink cheap tequila."

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happy holidays brother..

we love you dude.:hello::hello:

kin folk:hello::hello:

mr. bonez, aka kin folk, what it do?

If you're to that point in life. Then you're ready for a 480v machine. :tup:

I want a Lincoln or a Miller A/C D/C TIG/stick machine with a water cooled torch. :tup:

It's in the divorce decree so I have to ;)

If I'm being honest, that's one of the reasons I'm not really in any hurry to crack it lol

The collection has started.

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Happy Tool Day, Lein :tup:

And tonight’s featured special (-0:09) “Return Of The Gunfighter” :tup:

480 is a spicy meatball. I would love to learn TIG. Maybe now would be the time to invest in one of them multi machines.

Currently playing on my TV downstairs via Plex server is Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

:hello: Night Folks, if everything goes well tomorrow...I’ll have a climate controlled garage :ugh2:
Efficiency in the beginning may be like :wtf2:
But we’ll see, some insulation will follow :tiphat:

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Kokfighter... lol

So Rusty... is there any truth to sheet metal being more difficult with a 240V machine or do you think my buddy just doesn't have it set up correctly?

If thinking about a tig/stick machine. Get one that is A/C D/C. Plus a water cooled torch. Most metals on welded on D/C. Aluminum is welded on A/C. The reason for the water cooled torch is that when welding aluminum. The torch gets fvckin' HOT!

Hiya eDubZ.

It's all set up, and the diameter of the wire. Sheet metal 24 thru 18 ga, use .024". Most people try to use .030". That diameter wire comes with most machines. Which will go from 22 ga to 1/8". .035" from 18ga to 1/2". .045" from 14 ga to over 1/2".

Makes sense.