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Arsène Wenger believes Theo Walcott is recovering his form after a brief dip over Christmas.
Walcott has been a virtual ever-present for Arsenal so far this season and is second to only Aaron Ramsey in the outfield Premier League appearances list.
The England winger missed the Wolves game in December through illness and was not at his best immediately after his return - but Wenger believes Walcott has put that behind him.
"I think he is coming back now," said the Frenchman. "He had a dip over Christmas.
"I found people were a bit harsh on him at Swansea because in the first half he looked dangerous to me. In the second half he scored the goal and having seen the game again he created some dangerous situations.
"That was not the case at Fulham, for example. In training I think he is on the way up again.
"The expectation level in England is very high for him because he started at the age of 16. But I still feel he has improved a lot this season. I am confident [that he will sign a new deal] yes, but let's see."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Iowa Lakes Alumni & Friends Association has announced the dates for the second annual Laker Athletics Hall of Fame. The induction of nine individuals will be held Friday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Max O Pelzer Student Center on the Estherville Campus. The event is open to the public and community attendance is greatly encouraged. Advance tickets are available by email: firstname.lastname@example.com or phone: 712-362-7928 and must be purchased by Feb. 21. Cost of the banquet is $20.
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Just stumbled across these pics, a Steampunk Fett. Also a Stormtrooper and Alien one as well
Just stumbled across these pics, a Steampunk Fett. Also a Stormtrooper and Alien one as well
thats pretty cool dude
I saw this and said to my-self, I am going to vibro whoever came up with that one. But it's actually pretty cool!!!
I saw the alien, stormtrooper and a predator at a convention in Norway last year. Pretty nice work, but oh.... the prices.... I think the predator went for $10.500
there's a great steampunk drawing of a totally diff steampunk boba here: http://gorillaartfare.com/2008/10/st...t-second-pass/
me want !!!!!!!
correction: I want to be that!
I wouldn't really consider those statues as "steampunk" per se. Those are more just nuts and bolts statues. "Steampunk" generally refers to an idea taken back to the days where steam and the like were the main modes of machines working. Thus having a large steam operated rocketpack or something simlar.
Though that drawing of "Fett" looks really cool I would never have guessed it was supposed to be a Fett until someone told me it was. Even still I have a hard time seeing Fett in it. Just my opnion and in no way am I trying to bag on that drawing as it looks awesome just doesn't remind me of Boba or Jango in any way.
Those look awesome! I went to a game convention earlier this year and some of the Steampunk guys had a booth set up. They make some great stuff.
I agree with you, Predator; I love that drawing but any resemblance to Fett is a little tough to find. I would love to see someone develop a Fett costume inspired by Steampunk...
Do you mean 10K??? That's AMAZING!!!
like these?
this guy does some awesome action figure customs. A lot of steam punk and a lot of characters made to fit into different times and places. The first is from a series set in the 1940's of star wars characters the other two are two steampunk ideas. more of his work is here http://www.sillof.com/C-CUSTOMS-Main.htm
wow. I'm impressed.
yeah i know i found him like a year ago and had to look it up again when i saw this thread. His work is amazing.
The wife and I are working on a couple steampunk Star Wars costumes for DragonCon. I have her Steampunk Leia almost done and working to get my SP Mando finished (at least close enough to tell what it is supposed to be anyway). I think there are a few others working on various SP versions of Star Wars characters for the con, too. Been lots of talk, but not much in the way of updates/pics yet.
I hope to have ours done by the end of next week so I can get some pics up just before leaving for DCon.
this one is for real awesome, and I can totally see the Boba in it
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Arsenal FC is pleased to announce the appointment of Lord Harris of Peckham and Sir Chips Keswick to the Club's Board of Directors as non-executive directors with effect from November 24th 2005.
Lord Harris is the founder of Europe's leading floor-covering specialist Carpetright and Sir Chips Keswick has served as a director for a number of prominent financial institutions including The Bank of England. In light of the Club's recent and proposed future growth, the considerable wealth of business acumen of Lord Harris and Sir Chips Keswick will be invaluable.
Of the appointments, Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood stated: "I am delighted to welcome both men onto the Board. They are leading figures in their respective fields and have supported the Club for many years. Their credentials speak for themselves and their contribution will undoubtedly reinforce and strengthen the Club's position as we move into a new era."
With Lord Harris and Sir Chips Keswick joining the Board of Directors, the number of members has increased to 10. Peter Hill-Wood (Chairman), David Dein (Vice Chairman), Keith Edelman (Managing Director), Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, Sir Roger Gibbs, Richard Carr, Danny Fiszman and Ken Friar OBE make up the other eight directors.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Right-Wing Media Hypes Fall In Net Worth, Ignores Burst Of Housing Bubble
Right-wing media are attacking President Obama over a recent Federal Reserve report that found that the median net worth of American families contracted between 2007 and 2010. However, right-wing media are ignoring the effects of the burst of the housing bubble and its central role in causing the decrease in the median wealth of families.
Fed Blames Housing Crisis For Most Of The Decrease In Family Net Worth
Fed: "Housing Was Of Greater Importance Than Financial Assets For The Wealth Position Of Most Families."
Housing was of greater importance than financial assets for the wealth position of most families. The national purchase-only Loan Performance Home Price Index produced by First American CoreLogic fell 22.4 percent between September 2007 and September 2010, by which point house prices were fully 27.5 percent below the peak achieved in April 2006. The decline in house prices was most rapid in the states where the boom had been greatest. For example, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida saw declines of 40 to 50 percent, while Iowa saw a decline of only about 1 percent. [Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2012 [1]]
Politico: "The Drop In Net Worth Largely Stemmed From The Housing Crisis." Politico, in a June 11 article reported:
The drop in net worth largely stemmed from the housing crisis, the Fed said in its Survey of Consumer Finances: "Although declines in the values of financial assets or business were important factors for some families, the decreases in median net worth appear to have been driven most strongly by a broad collapse in house prices."
The Fed pointed out that between 2007 and 2010, median net worth "fell dramatically for families living in all regions of the country, but especially for those living in the West -- a 55.3 percent decline. This pattern reflects the effect of the collapse of housing values in several parts of the West region. Median wealth in every other region fell 28.2 percent or more." [Politico, 6/11/12 [2]]
WSJ: "Much Of [The Net Worth] Drop Was Driven By The Housing Market's Collapse." The Wall Street Journal in a June 11 article reported:
As the U.S. economy roiled for three tumultuous years, families saw corresponding drops in their income and net wealth, according to the Fed's Survey of Consumer Finances, a detailed snapshot of household finances conducted every three years.
Median net worth of families fell to $77,300 in 2010 from $126,400 in 2007, a drop of 38.8%-the largest drop since the current survey began in 1989, Fed economists said Monday. Net worth represents the difference between a family's gross assets and its liabilities. Average net worth fell 14.7% during the same three-year period.
Much of that drop was driven by the housing market's collapse. Families whose assets were tied up more in housing saw their net worth decline by more. Among families that owned homes, their median home equity declined to $75,000 in 2010, down from $110,000 three years earlier.
Between 2007 and 2010, incomes also dropped sharply. In 2010, median family income fell to $45,800 from $49,600 in 2007, a drop of 7.7%. Average income fell 11.1% to $78,500, down from $88,300. That was a departure from earlier in the decade. During the preceding three years, median income had been constant, while the mean had climbed 8.5%.
Family incomes also dropped the most in regions of the country hardest hit by the housing market tumble. Median family income in the West and South decreased substantially, while those in the Northeast and Midwest saw little change. [The Wall Street Journal, 6/11/12 [3]]
Former Treasury Department Economist Rattner: Recession Driven Home Value Depression "Really Drove" The Change In Median Net Worth. During the June 12 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, guest, and former Obama Treasury Department economist Steve Rattner, stated that median net worth decreased in large part because of the housing crisis. From the broadcast:
So as Mika said, there was some interesting data that came out yesterday from the Federal Reserve -- their survey of family households. And what they found was quite extraordinary, which is that the -- after having pretty well in the '01-'04 period, at least increasing, after having a fairly robust period in the middle of the 2000s, the median net worth of a family dropped -- the median average net worth of a family dropped almost 39 percent between 2007 and 2010.
Now most of that is your home. That's what's really drove it. But here's an equally interesting chart. If you were at the top, you actually did pretty well. You're actually up 1.9 percent. If you were at the bottom, you lost 27.1 percent, which is not a great outcome. But if you were in the middle you lost anywhere from 29 percent to 35 percent because the people in the middle are the ones who depend most heavily on their houses for their net wealth. [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 6/12/12 [4]]
Right-Wing Media Disappears Housing Bubble's Effect To Attack President Obama
Drudge: "Net Worth Of American Family Falls 40% In 3 Years." The Drudge Report linked to a June 11 Washington Post article with headline that read, "Net Worth of American Family Falls 40% in 3 years." Drudge links to a Washington Post story on the Federal Reserve's findings. [Drudge Report, 6/11/12 [5]]
Weasel Zippers Falsely Claims "American's Net Worth Has Plunged 39% Since Obama Took Office..." Weasel Zippers reproduced a portion of the Washington Post column linked to by the Drudge Report, titling the post "American's Net Worth Has Plunged 39% Since Obama Took Office." [Weasel Zippers, 6/11/12 [6]]
- In Fact, The Report Does Not Measure Net Worth "Since Obama Took Office." The Fed report measures net worth between September 2007 and September 2010. Of that time, only about one year and eight months was under the Obama administration. [Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2012 [1]]
Instapundit On Net Worth Statistics: "How's That Hopey-Changey Stuff Workin' Out For Ya?" [Instapundit, 6/12/12 [7]]
Breitbart.com: "American Family Net Worth Nosedives 40%, Obama Approval Still 50%." [Breitbart.com, 6/11/12 [8]]
Right-Wing Media Have Attacked Attempts To Mitigate The Effect Of The Housing Crisis
Fox Calls Bank's Agreement To Pay $25 Billion To Help Homeowners And Settle Claims Of Foreclosure Abuse A "Deadbeat Bailout." On February 10, various Fox News' shows called a $25 billion dollar settlement between major lenders and the Federal government a "deadbeat bailout" of home owners, without acknowledging the existence of foreclosure abuse. [Media Matters, 2/10/12 [9]]
Limbaugh Claimed Obama Mortgage Relief Plan Had "A Racial Component." During the February 9 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show, host Rush Limbaugh claimed that a mortgage relief plan by President Obama had "a racial component," and that it pit poor people against Wall Street bankers. [Media Matters, 2/09/12 [10]]
Fox Calls Obama's Mortgage Relief Plan "Purely A Political Stunt." On October 24, 2011, Obama announced a government sponsored mortgage refinancing program. Fox News responded by calling the plan "purely a political stunt," "a re-election ploy," and "a farce." [Media Matters, 10/25/11 [11]]
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My experience in Japan has been everything I expected and more! I have traveled to numerous parts of Japan, taking in all the sights and culture that I can. I have been making the most of this experience. The thing that I find most tedious and difficult is the transportation system. If anything was financially breaking my bank, I would have to say it is taking the buses, trains, and subways. No wonder the Japanese people are so skinny…since transportation is so expensive they mostly walk and bike everywhere.
I was taken aback by how polite everyone was. I knew they were polite, but living here for four months has really put it into perspective. For example, I have gotten lost numerous times. Each time all I had to do was ask someone and they would do everything or anything they could to help, like actually accompany me to the destination, even if it was out of his/her way or not in his/her intended direction.
This is quite a cultural contrast to the United States; people don't show as much consideration to strangers. I've also noticed how respectful and disciplined Japanese people are. I joined the track team and noticed that every time they would enter the track, they would bow and greet it as if it were a person. They followed the same practice when they left the track. I found that odd, but very respectful. On top of that, they do practices on their own without a coach! They are willingly putting themselves through workouts that teammates or the captains come up with. To me, that is a lot of responsibility for a student, but shows a great deal of dedication.
I also forgot to mention that it takes a half an hour by bus each way to get to the track for some students, and yet they come faithfully every day. They practice five times a week after school from 5pm to when the bus comes to pick us up (around 7:45pm). Then it takes another 10-20 minutes to get home, depending on how far away they live. I have met a ton of people both local and international. They are all able to tell me about their country, culture, and language. Along with meeting different people I have also had to deal with many different personalities along the way. They have been both good and bad, but it has taught me to stay in control of my emotions and actions.
I know that many times in my life this will occur again. In the business world, you are expected to deal with and even manage many people, including people from other countries. Studying in Japan has not only helped me improve my Japanese speaking and writing skills, but also my people skills. I feel I have gained skills that will benefit me for the rest of my life.


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Arsène Wenger says his German stars have enhanced the "professional attitude" of the Arsenal squad.
The Frenchman is preparing his team for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Schalke and has demonstrated his respect for the Bundesliga in the transfer market, bringing Per Mertesacker to Emirates Stadium last year before signing his international team-mate, Lukas Podolski.
With a combined total of 189 caps, the German duo have pedigree as well as experience. And Wenger believes Arsenal could reap the rewards in Europe this season.
"I think so," he said. "First of all, the Germans are usually very professional. They have a very professional attitude. They are always ready to work hard. We had good experiences with the German players we had before and as well, they have a very strong team attitude usually.
"Those are qualities of course that are welcome at the top level. What has changed today in the game, is that you need to bring it all to a team. Your talent is not enough. I worked in Japan and Japanese players have similar attitudes. I'm not surprised that many Japanese players go now to Germany and that they are very well accepted there."
Podolski's lust for life has been evident since he first touched down in London after completing his move from Cologne during the summer. Wenger is delighted with the way the 27-year-old has conducted himself.
"He has a very friendly attitude and works very hard," said the manager. "He's a team player and I think you can't lie to the crowd. He's very happy here. He's a good voice to have in the dressing room. He has been received well.
"He's ready for every game. He's played very well for us until Saturday. On Saturday he was a bit less effective, like the whole team. We are very happy with him. He works very hard for the team. He scores goals and makes goals. Tomorrow there will be a little more pressure on him but he's used to that. He's got 100 Germany caps so he can handle it.
"I believe that what is important is that we keep facing our game despite the disappointment [at Norwich]," added Wenger. "This team I think has a very strong ambition, a very strong attitude. On the pitch we can show that we have the quality [that] can justify that ambition. I believe there's still a lot more to come from this team."
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'"Look at a guy like Teppo Numminen, someone that I admire so much. It felt a bit strange, at first, going up to him and saying 'Tepp, I think you should play it this way . . . ' Dmitri Kalinin was my defence partner here in Buffalo for three seasons. Now, I'm his coach. It's an adjustment, both ways. "Just like Lindy. I know it kills him inside sometimes not to be able to make a joke or pull a gag on someone. Because that's a part of him, too. But he's the boss now. The dynamics change."'
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Winless Wonders, Feb 10, 2012.
Been replaced with marshmelo............
Linsanity is being trumped by "Melonoma".
Has their schedule been more difficult? The record with and without Melo seems pretty striking to me. They should have probably been exploring ways to trade him.
12-18 with Melo. No. You don't trade a player like Melo. Those who want him, can't afford him, and those who can afford him, don't want him. Plus, he is just out of form. I have no doubts he will go back to 25/10/5 very soon. The reality is that he is an offensive juggernaut SF in a PG system. It don't work. All that Lin can do it run nice pick and rolls. Melo doesn't score off that, Chandler and STAT do. Until they get a fiercely good PG, that team is going to be a floater. NYK was playing teams with an average win % of something like 46%. After now, they only get breaks against us, the Wizards, and Cleveland. The rest is Miami, 3 x Chicago, OKC etc. 4 games back and a rapidly increasing strength of schedule? Its about to get real difficult. And they are going to have a hard time justifying all that expenditure for so little results.
But 8-1 with Lin and without Melo. Since Melo rejoined them, they are 2-8. That is a very sharp turn of events. Before Melo, Lin averaged the following: 25.0 points 9.2 assists 5.9 turnovers .698 TS% 17.9 FGA per game Since Melo returned: 16.2 points 7.8 assists 3.9 turnovers .582 TS% 13.9 FGA per game It looks like is just not having the ball in his hands as much as he was during their winning streak. Everything is down. And what has Melo done in the last 10 games? He has shot .403 (vs. .400 total for the year) with 17.1 FGA per game. The only guys on the Pistons who have a worse shooting percentage than that are Ben Wallace (.388/ 1.2 FGA/g), Will Bynum (.356/ 4.6 FGA/g), Walker Russell (.312/ 2.7 FGA/g, and Austin Daye (.301/ 5.6 FGA/g). And all of those guys get very limited playing time and shot attempts. So adding Melo to their lineup is sort of like sticking in Ben Wallace on offense and having him take 17 shots per game and then switching him out for Charlie Villanueva on the defensive end. I'd trade him. He's an all star who is shooting .400 from the field and .308 from deep this year with an assist to tov ratio of 1:1 for his career. It doesn't get much more overvalued than that. The top 3 +/- players on the Knicks are Fields, Novak, and Lin. The bottom 3 are Melo, Bibby, and Amare. He does show strong leadership qualities though. Here is his recent words of wisdom to pump up his team after the Philly loss:
is .550 asking too much from this collection ? Melo shouldn't need a PG. He should get to the hole with ease.
I'm a big fan of stats especially when it comes to sports. But they say here that Lin is a better player, ceteris paribus, than Carmelo Anthony. Just let that sink into your head for a few moments. I like Lin. Think he is a good player. Superstar? No. All-star? Maybe, but not for basketball reasons. And this is the exact reason why quantitative analysis is slightly overvalued by some. I put Melo and LBJ in similar categories. You build teams for these players. You don't just throw them in a lineup and expect results. Melo is a volume scorer, just like Ellis or Kobe, but he isn't getting the quality that he is used to in Denver. Maybe he ain't playing as well too. I don't know - we don't go way back. But I guess what it comes down to is this. Who is going to trade for Melo's weighty contract while he is out of form? In the Knicks position, I would be looking for a PF who plays defense. Not a replacement for a player who on a good night could be the most prolific scorer in the NBA.
Melo is a franchise killer.
I would not build a franchise around Melo.... I'd take GM over Melo....right now, for my franchise type of player.
Any other all stars with a worse shooting percentage and a worse ast/tov ratio? Ever? Melo is talented and spectacular at times, but he's very inefficient and shoots more than anyone else on every team he's ever been on. I think he needs to be coached by Larry brown for a while. all stars should be tradable.
Mike D'Antoni resigned as coach of the Knicks...... I'd guess that he got frustrated having to play Jeremy Lin.......... He wished he had more players like Marshmelo...........
To much pressure trying to coach in the BiG Apple. Coaches in other cities would hold on to their jobs until they were fired even if they loss 20 games in a row..... http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/new-york-knicks-coach-mike-dantoni-resigns-031412
Melo has always had pretty bad advanced stats, especially adjusted +/- (+/- where regression is used to adjust for teammates and opponents). He's offense is overrated and his defense is not good enough so I wouldn't rate him as one of the top 20 best players in the league. The same goes for Monta who's another guy who puts up awesome individual stats but it doesn't seem to improve the teams offensive rating. When it comes down to how many wins a player of his caliber adds to his team in a season I'd put him in the same category as Chris Bosh, not LeBron James.
my bet is the talk went like this.... its me or melo, and they picked melo.... look at the teams and how they played without him... Denver got better, New York played better while he was out. The closest thing to him I can come up with is the finals run that the 76ers made with AI and Brown. Great Talent to watch from afar... but wouldn't have him on my team.
Fully agree.....liked to watch AI.........but didn't want on my team.
What, this season? I agree he isn't 'the superstar' but he is a far shot from a trade piece either. .440 career fg%, roughly 54% TS, 80%FT, putting up between 20-25 points a game, on 6-7 rebounds and a handful of assists. He is far from a bad player. Even with a 30% usage rate he still manages to put 20+ PER, and thats on a team with Amare. STAT. The 6-11 PF who barely outrebounds him. We talk about Melo being a defensive liability, but has anyone here watched Amare play. I believe they should get rid of Amare. But the truth is, they are both untradable. Not because they don't want to get rid of them, but because nobody takes them. There are still doubts about Amare's microfractures, and his contract is uninsurable. No team wants to take that on. It's too costly for the risk, and he doesn't offset it with the 07-08 production anymore. 3 years of 16/7 at $20m. No thanks. I can offset those stats with 2/3 half decent guys in the forward on smaller minutes who will actually try. In fact, Maxiell and Jerebko will combine on those numbers over a game at PF, probably at greater efficiency, for a quarter of the cost. Melo? Same deal. $20 million a year for someone who doesn't add a whole heap. I mean, I like the guy. I think he has the ability (still) to be a scoring phenom. But he has never had whatever is needed to make it. As a result, he isn't worth the risk. Too much money, too much time. Trevor Ariza and Gerald Wallace look more attractive.
Melo in 2011/2012 season: FG%- 309th in the NBA eFG%- 333rd TS%- 264th 3P%- 186th FT%- 123rd Ast%- 85th Stl%- 244th Blk%- 228th PER- 67th Orating- 223rd WS/min- 147th Usage- 7th Therein lies the problem. And he's made roughly $100M in salary in the NBA since the 2003 draft. If he was at his career TS% of .543 this year, then he would rank 124th in the league, just behind Hamed Haddadi and tied with Klay Thompson. Grant Hill is scoring more efficiently than Melo this year. Rodrique Beaubois is putting him to shame.
We all watched as Melo and Amare made the move to the Knicks.We all thought it was money wasted. Maybe MSG sold tickets. Still they are better than us. Most here thought D`Antoni was in over his head. I bet LB4LB would love to sleaze his way back to NY now that Marbury is gone. Too bad that bridge is unrepairable.
Tonight the Knicks beat Portland by 42 points getting 72 points from the bench. Woodson limited Lin's shooting and gave Novak and JR Smith freedom to shoot from beyond the arc at will....and they responded going 13-24.
Novak is a sharp shooter... should have been in the 3-point contest.
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I ended up using Delo 400LE 15W-40 oil. I think it had straight 30 weight before. Starts better, and runs noticeably quieter too.
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Sounds like a great idea. I will definitely do that! I put the thermostat in yesterday (which it probably never had one in it); and ran the motor for 10 min at 2300 rpm (no load), then cooled down at idle for 5 min. and she ran warm-to-touch; at both speeds. -the motor sounded like normal, and I had good water flow out of the exhaust. So far so good. It starts on first turn of the key, everytime. Thanks!!
Re: Confused about which oil weight to use
Assuming your oil sample report is good, it would still be worth monitoring your engine's health for a while.
Buy or borrow one of those filter cutters (like a can opener). If you can't get one at an auto parts store, any place that sells tools to aircraft mechanics will have them. They are cheap enough.
At next oil change (which may be worth doing early - say after 50 hours), when you pull the filter, drain it for an hour, then cut it open. Lay the paper element out on a sheet of white paper under a bright light. Any metal fragments will show up. If some are present, send oil to same lab that did your last one for another report. If no metal visible, you are probably OK.
Either way, if the engine is still running OK, pull top off cold beer and chill out......
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Sounds like a great idea! Thanks, the oil analysis will come back in a week.
Hopefully, its not in too bad of shape..... Thanks again!
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Good advice about flushing with fresh water. If it's going to sit for a while, it might be a good idea to flush with glycol or regular anti freeze to further protect the water jackets in the block. Whenever you lay the boat up for a period of time it's also a very good idea to stuff a rag in the exhaust so air can't get into the valves through the exhaust pipe and cause corrosion.
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DixieJ, a very good idea to have your engine oil analysed. Hopefully it will give you peace of mind. The fact that the engine seized AFTER you shut it down may have saved it. They do heat soak a bit after shutdown - that is one reason to idle them for five minutes after a hard run.
The Yanmar GM series are very robust and survive well even in salt water. With the two that I have owned over the years I have probably exceeded 3000hours between them. Neither had hour meters and I tend not to worry about hours anyway - more about having a calendar-based maintenance schedule e.g. oil and filters every six months, zincs at 12 months, impeller at 18 months etc.
On both boats, for less than 50 bucks I fitted a 'T' piece and shut-off valve in the raw water inlet line to which I attach a garden hose for an end-of-season freshwater flush (the boat stays afloat in salt water all year and we don't have a freezing problem here). If you do this, it is absolutely ESSENTIAL that you start the engine on salt water and then only put fresh water in at a fairly low pressure, then shut off the salt water intake and regulate the fresh flow carefully so you don't over-pressurize. You will need to look at the exhaust outflow to gauge this. Run it in gear at 1500 to 2000 RPM for a good 15 to 20 minutes to give it a good flush, keeping a constant eye on the exhaust outflow. You want it to get up to operating temperature. Then with the engine at idle, after a few minutes to allow it to cool down, shut off the fresh water first then shut the engine down, NOT the other way round (unless you want water in the cylinders!). By taking the hose off at the dockside tap first, by the time I get back to the engine it has drawn most of the water in the hose through and I shut it down immediately. You don't want to run the impeller dry.
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WOW, such wonderful responses and insights from so many experienced sailors! I love it. I am learning so much about my motor! Simply Awesome.
This 3GMD YANMAR (raw water) 20 HP at 3400; 1981-83 built motor was installed on the boat (newly rebuilt) in 2004. I doubt if it has more than 300 hours on it. 150 hours have been put on it over the last 14 months. One 14 day trip from sarasota to Key West and Back. And recently, the trip up to Tampa, and back 20 hours over 5 days. So, As I mentioned earlier, I discovered that there was no water thermostat. I just bought one today, and I am hoping that the motor runs right when I put it on. The impeller is new, and the old one was good. It is my back up now. I am wondering if while sitting at the Venice dock, if some plastic bag didn;t get sucked toward the intake and prevent water coming in through the thruhaul. Because, after running the motor for 22 hours on new oil and filter, she has not gotten hot, or shut down, since that time. I am sending in a oil sample for analysis, just to see if there are any major issues that are derived.
Thanks to all for your wonderful help. I will keep you posted on how it goes.
(Oh, I checked the raw water strainer, and it flushed water out when I opened the thru haul seacock, so I am getting plenty of flow. It was clean).
Re: Confused about which oil weight to use
I can remember having salt water cooled Chrysler Crowns and Royals in some of my old boats. Those engines lasted decades with salt water cooling. Of course, the castings were twice the thickness of modern motors and made from non-recycled cast iron. After quite a few years, they would usually succumb to graphitization, crystallization of the iron, induced by salt water electrolysis. A lot of the new power boat V8 automotive conversions are very thin castings. I can't imagine them lasting more than a couple of years if cooled with salt water. The nice thing about the little Yanmar diesels is that they are more like the old straight 4/6/8 blocks of the past.
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Good day avicola...
Part of that discussion would obviously be how old the boat/engine when one got it. Since I am a poor man... any boat or engine I get is about 20 or 30 years old. If one buys new and trade off every few years then its a moot point. I am not in the category, although the concept of disposable everything just always seemed so wasteful to me.
On the two engines prior to this latest one they were raw cooled in salt water... pretty much killed the engine's cast where as all the main mechanicals were totally rebuildable, refreshable, or simply just fine. I guess killing a block or a head casting simply because one can afford it just goes against my grain I guess. Cost effectiveness is minor up to a point. See, I'm from the school that proper and complete maintenance and non abuse will let an engine more or less be able to keep running almost indefinitely. It's likely I'll get 400k on my 3/4 ton V8 and better than a million on my cummins... before their first rebuild. marine is no different... take care of them and they will take care of you. Yea, manufactures and their service departments hate people like me.
The 1975 S30 Farymann antique I recently purchased is raw water cooled but was in the fresh water of the great lakes most of the last 20 years... cooling passages are in good condition... compared to 30 year old ones that came out of FL or the Chesapeake, its a diamond.
As one who restored and showed true antique engines for quite a few years... and take what many would see as just a hunk of rust and have it running inside a week or two (depending on if it was complete and you have to know what to look for), engines from the 70s and 80s are very modern in comparison to the teens and 20s. It just seems disrespectful to any engine that way by letting them just rot from the inside so to speak by killing the casting with salt water. Someday they will be 90 or 100 years old too. My oldest show engine is a runnable 1907, yes a 105 year old Callie Perfection 2 cyl inboard marine. I get a special smile bringing a 80 or 90 year old engine back to life, running for the first time after maybe 60 or 70 years of neglect.
I haven't priced heat exchangers and an extra pump yet.... maybe I won't convert if its too expensive. But then I am not sailing (yet) in saltwater only the Great Lakes. It will be converted before I do saltwater however, on my principles. The heat exchanger is disposable, the engine is not in my mind. You all are welcome to do as you like... its a semi-free country. Its just my opinion.
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Drifting off subject a little, but to revive the old debate about whether to convert a raw water engine to fresh cooling is worth the money.
Personally, I don't believe it is. Raw water cooling is simple and cheap. The key to long engine life is frequent use and flushing with fresh water prior to any lay-up. If you are not using the engine frequently, a fresh water flush every time you shut down would be a good thing to consider. Because they don't run as hot as fresh water cooled engines, they may wear a little faster, but hey, just how many hours are we talking about over, say, a 15 year life?
Fresh water cooled engines still have salt water coming in to the heat exchanger and being discharged via the exhaust, so corrosion will occur in those components anyway. Heat exchangers usually have zincs to replace, just like those in the block of the salty engines. Heat exchanger tubes get salt-encrusted and weed in them, just like their salty mates. The difference in engine life might be 15 years for the salt (which I achieved with a Yanmar 2GM and it was still going strong when I sold it) and 20 years for fresh. Plus more hoses and another pump to deal with, and possible heat exchanger replacement at the 10-15 year mark anyway, so would the additional cost of purchase and maintenance be fully recovered in that time span? About break evens whichever choice you make, I guess.
Sure, if buying a new engine, I would consider fresh water cooling if I thought that I would be keeping the boat for more than 15 years. My current 2GM is now 6 years old and there is at least another year in the original exhaust elbow - thanks to continuous summer use and end of season fresh water flushing.
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Let me Be the first to ask for a price for the pattern for these 2 ? 3 Pieces ThanksTommyt
Concerning the drill, what type of load does it put on it when first starting? How many supers have you extracted with it?
How easy would this design be to upgrade to a bigger extractor? Could it work in say an industrial restaurant pot?
So everything in this assembly is food safe HDPE or UHMW plastic and won't warp.
Except for all the frames you spin. ;)
It has a rotating shaft design that turns in sealed bearings top and bottom with triangular flats ground onto the end to (loosely) fit a 3/8 in drill and rather than slowing or stopping, just lift the drill to disengage it and let it spin down.
You can disengage as long as there is not a jam up. I would suggest that anyone using a drill that is held by hand make a sheer pin connection and a yoke so you can disengage like the gentleman above does. You could play with a saw tooth shape on the yoke so only a certain amount of torque could be transmitted before it automatically disengages by itself. Then the pin could be solid.
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Mark Parrish apparently is the Canucks' answer should they fail to land Mats Sundin. Folks at TSN are calling it Mike Gillis' "Plan B," although it should be more like "Plan D," considering the discrepancy between Parrish and Sundin. As the Sundin saga dragged along (it's now rumoured that he is leaning towards retirement, if only anyone knows what means nowadays), it was clear that the Canucks had no answer should Sundin not sign. Gillis maintains that he has been talking trade with several teams regarding one or two defenseman on his team, but I would think that he would like to keep his defense intact. When Parrish was bought out, he was immediately linked to Vancouver and Nashville, two western teams that have had plenty of looks at the big forward. Both teams were in similar situations and needed to get bigger and better offensively. A lot of fans in Vancouver aren't very happy with how things have gone this summer, after all, Gillis had promised sweeping changes and a drastically different team with offense as its number one priority. So far, the only sweeping changes have come upstairs and the team remains arguably as potent offensively as it was last year, which is to say, still not very potent. Should Parrish find himself in Vancouver he will get looks on the top line with Henrik and Daniel Sedin, but for now Steve Bernier seems to be the favourite going into camp. It's tough to gauge what sort of money Parrish will get, but I would be very surprised if it is anything over a year.


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I would like one as well as well as darts if your offering those too
I would like one as well as well as darts if your offering those too
Put me down for one too if there is still room. Thanks!
However, anything I come up with would be an additional cost to me, and I don't have anything in the Budget for that. But what you could do, is sand down like 1/8" of the resin, and get a 1/8" thick alumimun plate and cut it out to shape and glue/screw it down and it would be a great way for added strength.
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I would like to be signed up for this run.
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Awesome, can you put me down for one please?
your budget stuff rocks
I'd love to get in on the run. Could I please be added to the list.
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How about dropping a metal rod ( like hanger wire or somethin?) or two through the brace peice?
Quick update:
resin did arrive tues. I have casted a few of the smaller parts, havn't tackled the larger items yet. I have the barrel in the pot as I type. Once it is ready to demold I will pull that baby out.
hopefully I should have my first Webley test done by the end of this weekend.
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I can't wait.
How did I miss this? Heck yeah! If no one has claimed it yet throw me into that last spot. Just lemme know what else I need to do.
I'd like to be added also, my son would love one of these.
Please, can you change me from the 1st run list to the 2nd run?
Thank you very much!
Yes, I made list one!
i missed out on the runs !!!! arggghhh!!!
List is closed, sorry no longer adding any more to the list.
Another quick resin update:
The molds seem to be working so far, and I got a few parts tested. I am however disappointed with the resin itself. It seems to be fine for the thicker parts, but for the thinner ones, it is far to brittle. The littlest pressure and it snaps. So that's no good.
So I'll use it up for the heavier thicker items, but will need to order different resin for the smaller thinner parts. I am going to get Smooth-cast 321.
Anyone recommend another type of resin?
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just a teaser pic
I have tried to cast two barrels already and I have concluded that I will have to make a new mold for it. I will also try to make a second mold of each part to help speed things up a bit.
Amazing, just can't find the words.
Fantastic! Looks amazing! Can't wait to get mine.
Looking great!
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11461 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles,
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
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Los Angeles Wine Tasting
Los Angeles Wine Tasting
Lifestyle Wine Events in Los Angeles
for all upcoming events & details: http://www.lawinetasting.com (new website in construction)
Having a huge passion for Wines and Spirits, I have been working in this industry for more than 12 years now, both in Europe and in the U.S.
In 2000, I worked for ChateauOnline.com in Paris. I was there a wine consultant for premium clients, in Europe and overseas, helping them to build up a wine collection. In 2001, I worked in marketing for Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH). As a product manager for Hennessy Cognac, I contributed to the launch of Fine de Cognac on the European market. End of 2001, and for two years, I was hired out by the Champagnes Piper and Charles Heidsieck (Remy-Cointreau Group) in Reims, France. I was working as a Brand Manager for Charles Heidsieck and launched new products both for the European & U.S. markets.
Since October 2004, I have been hosting educational wine events in Los Angeles area. I have been also representing a boutique wine distributor targeting high-end hotels & restaurants, wine bars, wine & gourmet stores in all South California.
The World of Wine is a great way to meet GREAT people and YOU are now part of it... CHEERS!!


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