On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:52:48 -0500, brian whatcott
wrote:

Anthony W wrote:
Flash wrote:
Lately the signal to noise ratio has gone sour, but

rec,crafts.metalworking

has been pretty fair, too. Lots of knowledgeable people still there,
but an increasing number of cross-posters dump on it, too. Just have
to look and ignore some threads, posters.

Flash

I tried that group for a few day and I found it not worth the insanity...

Tony

It was quite a few years ago that I mentioned the use of 6061 alloy in
aircraft, and was consistently abused and sneered at by some kind of
free lance tech writer, for not knowing that 2024 was the ONLY aerospace
aluminum alloy then in use. So I gave up on it....

Brian W


thats why we like aeroplanes and not aerospace.
.....like aerospace is waaaaay out there man.

but in aeroplanes we get to play with 3003, 5005, 2011, 6061 and lotsa
kool stuff that cant be used in aerospace.
hell yesterday I even machined some god awful steel component and made
it look pretty. I replaced a worn spinner support in 1214.
we have lots more fun in aeroplanes.

....they dont even have propellers in aerospace. how backward is that!

I've even got brass nuts I made myself on my aeroplane.

but you hafta admit that aerospace has way cooler x-prizes.
there is one for a home made space vehicle plonked on the moon with a
home made rocket. you hafta remotely drive up to some expensive nasa
thingy on the moon and spray graffiti on it. I think thats what the
task is...

(I think the problems I'm having with my truss fuselage are tipping me
over the edge :-) ohhhhhh bugger column bending. why cant you just
build things heavy )

Stealth (it looked easy) Pilot