DennisThornton 4,769 #26 Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Jeff-C175 said: They are selling on Amazon now! Made in China! https://www.amazon.com/YiiHaanBuy-Alethiometer-Unique-Decorative-Clock/dp/B07PSC5LRK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=alethiometer&qid=1613499495&sr=8-2 Yeah. I saw they were on eBay too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,695 #27 Posted February 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said: They are selling on Amazon now! Made in China! https://www.amazon.com/YiiHaanBuy-Alethiometer-Unique-Decorative-Clock/dp/B07PSC5LRK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=alethiometer&qid=1613499495&sr=8-2 I'd be interested in that if it wasn't so cheaply made Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,606 #28 Posted February 16, 2021 But... but... Al Gore’s inner web said only 6 were made...!?? It’s on the googley inner web so it must... gotta be... true... right?!?!?! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #29 Posted February 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Al Gore’s 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #30 Posted February 16, 2021 Flux capacitor!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Too much red 65 #31 Posted February 16, 2021 8 hours ago, gwest_ca said: Will bet a little one was helping with carb maintenance. Garry That's a good possibility. The previous owner had sons and I know one was very mechanically inclined. Don't know what would possess someone told do that but when you're a kid, things don't have to make sense for you to do them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Too much red 65 #32 Posted February 16, 2021 8 hours ago, gwest_ca said: Will bet a little one was helping with carb maintenance. Garry That's a good possibility. The previous owner had sons and I know one was very mechanically inclined. Don't know what would possess someone told do that but when you're a kid, things don't have to make sense for you to do them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 17,017 #33 Posted February 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, Too much red said: That's a good possibility. The previous owner had sons and I know one was very mechanically inclined. Don't know what would possess someone told do that but when you're a kid, things don't have to make sense for you to do them. Ah Ha! It was put in there for a joke! Or to piss him off! Guy probably sold it to you because it never ran right! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,246 #34 Posted February 16, 2021 2 hours ago, DennisThornton said: "Only six alethiometers were ever made." I had to Google... Philip Pullman trilogy. An excellent read for strong juvenile into mid-teens readers. IMHO, skip the movie version of the Golden Compass. It was made as a star vehicle. Some important subplots and language/themes were blunted to avoid "confusing" (or, in my opinion, offending) viewers who like their entertainment blatant if not bland. Titles: Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass. Apologies for staying off topic... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,246 #35 Posted February 16, 2021 2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: But... but... Al Gore’s inner web said only 6 were made...!?? It’s on the googley inner web so it must... gotta be... true... right?!?!?! Gotta be. Probably. Maybe. IDK. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #36 Posted February 16, 2021 Now I want to know two things. What's inside the rock? How many alethiometers were actually made? (I assumed that in the story, there was only 6...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #37 Posted February 16, 2021 Well, let's see.. A flathead wooden handle screwdriver, from the oil pan of a 1935 Ford fire engine. A 1927 Wheat penny between the tank and block of my '27 Maytag engine. Had a '71 Rupp 440 snowmobile with JB weld over the burnt pistons.. Good friend found a preserved corn cob pipe in the water tank of his 1907 Fairbanks Morse engine. Never had much with my WH's.. at most, I think I once found a mouse skeleton behind the throttle plate of a K181. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldWorkHorse 3,045 #38 Posted February 16, 2021 13 hours ago, Too much red said: Some people do some crazy stuff to save on gas mileage! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,246 #39 Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, DennisThornton said: Now I want to know two things. What's inside the rock? How many alethiometers were actually made? (I assumed that in the story, there was only 6...) Yes. Six. It is an important part of the plot. Clueless about the rock. THAT is crazy! Edited February 16, 2021 by Handy Don 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,834 #40 Posted February 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said: Antikythera mechanism I had to google that one.... you guys are on crack it's a rock!....or is it??? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranger 1,758 #41 Posted February 16, 2021 A man I know bought a chainsaw from a local auction. Trying to start it, it would only fire but not run. Eventually he decided to strip the engine only to find someone had fitted a nice carved/turned “WOODEN” PISTON!!! Another friend bought a nice looking electric drill for a couple of £’s, it wouldn’t work when he plugged it in, he stripped it to find the armature had been replaced by a bag of sand to “make the weight feel right”!! 2 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,874 #42 Posted February 17, 2021 As cold as it has been in some places.... at first I thought it was carburetor icing, then I thought it is not melting, then just a mystery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,022 #43 Posted February 17, 2021 Found 1/2 of the idle screw inside the OPS .60 nitro engine in one of my R/C boats once. It was jammed between the big end of the rod and the crank case. That explained why it went from 20 something thousand rpm to no revs instataiously in the middle of the back stretch. This was a rotary valve engine. The screw got chopped in half on its way through the valve. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,329 #44 Posted February 17, 2021 You know those little pearls that accumulate in the float bowl of the carb. when you use gas with ethanol, perhaps this is the world's biggest ethanol pearl. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,834 #45 Posted February 17, 2021 You win the prize @ranger.... if there is one.... bet the look on your friends face when he saw the sandbag or the guy with the wood piston was priceless! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #46 Posted February 17, 2021 14 hours ago, bcgold said: Doesn't pass the sniff test. https://www.fotoforensics.com There is something odd about the picture but what are you seeing in the FotoForensics scan? Neat site by the way! Didn't know of it. Thanks for sharing it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #47 Posted February 17, 2021 52 minutes ago, DennisThornton said: There is something odd about the picture but what are you seeing in the FotoForensics scan? Neat site by the way! Didn't know of it. Thanks for sharing it! I believe the image has been photo shopped , he has striped the image of any identifiable meta data. Here's the meta data from Pat's mushroom picture. File File Type JPEG File Type Extension jpg MIME Type image/jpeg Exif Byte Order Little-endian (Intel, II) Image Width 2048 Image Height 1536 Encoding Process Baseline DCT, Huffman coding Bits Per Sample 8 Color Components 3 Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1) EXIF Make EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Camera Model Name KODAK EasyShare Z5010 Digital Camera Orientation Horizontal (normal) X Resolution 480 Y Resolution 480 Resolution Unit inches Modify Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Y Cb Cr Positioning Co-sited Exposure Time 1/200 F Number 3.5 Exposure Program Program AE ISO 64 Sensitivity Type ISO Speed Exif Version 0230 Date/Time Original 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Create Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Components Configuration Y, Cb, Cr, - Shutter Speed Value 1/194 Aperture Value 3.4 Brightness Value 4 Exposure Compensation 0 Max Aperture Value 3.5 Metering Mode Partial Light Source Unknown Flash Auto, Fired Focal Length 7.3 mm Sub Sec Time Original 000 Sub Sec Time Digitized 000 Flashpix Version 0100 Color Space sRGB Exif Image Width 2048 Exif Image Height 1536 Interoperability Index R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB) Interoperability Version 0100 Exposure Index 64 Sensing Method One-chip color area File Source Digital Camera Scene Type Directly photographed Custom Rendered Custom Exposure Mode Auto White Balance Auto Digital Zoom Ratio 0 Focal Length In 35mm Format 41 mm Scene Capture Type Standard Gain Control None Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Unknown Compression JPEG (old-style) Thumbnail Offset 20480 Thumbnail Length 6100 Thumbnail Image (Binary data 6100 bytes) MakerNotes Preview Image Size 640x480 XMP Rating 0 FlashPix Code Page Unicode UTF-16, little endian Used Extension Numbers 1 Extension Name Screen nail Extension Class ID 10000230-6FC0-11D0-BD01-00609719A180 Extension Persistence Invalidated By Modification Extension Create Date 2003:03:29 17:47:50 Extension Modify Date 2003:03:29 17:47:50 Creating Application Picoss Extension Description Presized image for LCD display Storage-Stream Pathname /.Screen Nail_bd0100609719a180 Screen Nail (Binary data 41127 bytes) Preview Image (Binary data 40987 bytes) Meta Serial Number KIYXV13824381 Metadata Number 0110 Composite Aperture 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/200 Create Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57.000 Date/Time Original 2016:01:23 22:53:57.000 Image Size 2048x1536 Light Value 11.9 Megapixels 3.1 Scale Factor To 35 mm Equivalent 5.6 Circle Of Confusion 0.005 mm Field Of View 47.4 deg Focal Length 7.3 mm (35 mm equivalent: 41.0 mm) Hyperfocal Distance 2.85 m Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Too much red 65 #48 Posted February 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, bcgold said: I believe the image has been photo shopped , he has striped the image of any identifiable meta data. Here's the meta data from Pat's mushroom picture. File File Type JPEG File Type Extension jpg MIME Type image/jpeg Exif Byte Order Little-endian (Intel, II) Image Width 2048 Image Height 1536 Encoding Process Baseline DCT, Huffman coding Bits Per Sample 8 Color Components 3 Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling YCbCr4:2:2 (2 1) EXIF Make EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Camera Model Name KODAK EasyShare Z5010 Digital Camera Orientation Horizontal (normal) X Resolution 480 Y Resolution 480 Resolution Unit inches Modify Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Y Cb Cr Positioning Co-sited Exposure Time 1/200 F Number 3.5 Exposure Program Program AE ISO 64 Sensitivity Type ISO Speed Exif Version 0230 Date/Time Original 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Create Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57 Components Configuration Y, Cb, Cr, - Shutter Speed Value 1/194 Aperture Value 3.4 Brightness Value 4 Exposure Compensation 0 Max Aperture Value 3.5 Metering Mode Partial Light Source Unknown Flash Auto, Fired Focal Length 7.3 mm Sub Sec Time Original 000 Sub Sec Time Digitized 000 Flashpix Version 0100 Color Space sRGB Exif Image Width 2048 Exif Image Height 1536 Interoperability Index R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB) Interoperability Version 0100 Exposure Index 64 Sensing Method One-chip color area File Source Digital Camera Scene Type Directly photographed Custom Rendered Custom Exposure Mode Auto White Balance Auto Digital Zoom Ratio 0 Focal Length In 35mm Format 41 mm Scene Capture Type Standard Gain Control None Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Unknown Compression JPEG (old-style) Thumbnail Offset 20480 Thumbnail Length 6100 Thumbnail Image (Binary data 6100 bytes) MakerNotes Preview Image Size 640x480 XMP Rating 0 FlashPix Code Page Unicode UTF-16, little endian Used Extension Numbers 1 Extension Name Screen nail Extension Class ID 10000230-6FC0-11D0-BD01-00609719A180 Extension Persistence Invalidated By Modification Extension Create Date 2003:03:29 17:47:50 Extension Modify Date 2003:03:29 17:47:50 Creating Application Picoss Extension Description Presized image for LCD display Storage-Stream Pathname /.Screen Nail_bd0100609719a180 Screen Nail (Binary data 41127 bytes) Preview Image (Binary data 40987 bytes) Meta Serial Number KIYXV13824381 Metadata Number 0110 Composite Aperture 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/200 Create Date 2016:01:23 22:53:57.000 Date/Time Original 2016:01:23 22:53:57.000 Image Size 2048x1536 Light Value 11.9 Megapixels 3.1 Scale Factor To 35 mm Equivalent 5.6 Circle Of Confusion 0.005 mm Field Of View 47.4 deg Focal Length 7.3 mm (35 mm equivalent: 41.0 mm) Hyperfocal Distance 2.85 m I don't know what any of that stuff means. If you're saying it's photoshopped it's not. I haven't used photoshop but once that I know of. I took the picture on my phone (galaxy note 8) and posted it one here. I don't know why I would take the time to photoshop something like this, I am gaining absolutely nothing from doing so. I took another picture from slightly further away. Doubt it would change your mind on anything but again, why? What would I benefit from doing that? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,695 #49 Posted February 17, 2021 13 hours ago, Too much red said: but when you're a kid, things don't have to make sense for you to do them I'm 50 and that still very much applies. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,695 #50 Posted February 17, 2021 Any post removal pics of the foreign object? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
