Heavy tire controlled explosion test - videos

[ranald]

Looks like they were trying to seat the bead of a tubeless tire by injecting some volatile gas like propane then light it the rapid expansion will seat the bead. I've used starting fluid 100's of times to inflate stubborn tubeless tires before I got around to getting a tire flater tank with a 2" valve and nozzle. That reminds me I need to check with the guy I loaned it to he has had it long enough. If he doesn't return it soon I may have to build another

It fires me up about folk who borrow gear & don't return it. I lent my F-in Law some kit & asked family to retrieve at their leisure after his funeral. The next door neighbour had the lot (& some of Brian's). 2 of my homemade saw stools which had 10" by 2" oregon pine tops that were great for painting or working on ceilings or set them up as scaffold with a plankfor working on eves etc. Also good when I worked big/full sheets of ply etc. He also claimed the Makita 3hp plunge router was Given him and the boat live bait tank. Karma will bite him.There were other tools that didn't really bother me as I had duplicates.

[stillldoinit]

[QUOTE=ranald;128279]It fires me up about folk who borrow gear & don't return it.
I have to Qualify the following story by saying I am a recovering alcholic, 40 years sober.
A couple years after I had gotten married we lived in a rental house next door to a couple about 10 years older than us and they had 2 young children. We became very good friends and after we moved a few times we still got together occasionally as friends do. Roger and I were out in the garage just hanging out and I happened to see a metal case skill saw laying on shelf under the workbench and I just commented, "I have had this saw for several years and I have no idea where it came from". Roger said, "It's mine, I loaned it to you about 15 years ago when we were neighbors". This conversation took place after I had been sober about 5 years. I may have borrowed tools or money from others when I was still drinking and in a blackout and anytime I need something, I always try to make sure that if it is borrowed to return in better condition than when taken, or just go buy unless high dollar value probably never needed again. Now if I loan something, I always think about my past. I had a friend who is in the same sober club as me that said that if someone asks to borrow money, he will just give them money never expecting to get it back, that way if it never comes back he has nothing to be angry about. I put my wife through hell the first 10 years of our marriage and spent the last 40 years making it up to her. Hopefully I haven't borrowed anything that hasn't been returned since that saw.
Bill In Buffalo

[ranald]

[QUOTE=stillldoinit;128383]

It fires me up about folk who borrow gear & don't return it.
I have to Qualify the following story by saying I am a recovering alcholic, 40 years sober.
A couple years after I had gotten married we lived in a rental house next door to a couple about 10 years older than us and they had 2 young children. We became very good friends and after we moved a few times we still got together occasionally as friends do. Roger and I were out in the garage just hanging out and I happened to see a metal case skill saw laying on shelf under the workbench and I just commented, "I have had this saw for several years and I have no idea where it came from". Roger said, "It's mine, I loaned it to you about 15 years ago when we were neighbors". This conversation took place after I had been sober about 5 years. I may have borrowed tools or money from others when I was still drinking and in a blackout and anytime I need something, I always try to make sure that if it is borrowed to return in better condition than when taken, or just go buy unless high dollar value probably never needed again. Now if I loan something, I always think about my past. I had a friend who is in the same sober club as me that said that if someone asks to borrow money, he will just give them money never expecting to get it back, that way if it never comes back he has nothing to be angry about. I put my wife through hell the first 10 years of our marriage and spent the last 40 years making it up to her. Hopefully I haven't borrowed anything that hasn't been returned since that saw.
Bill In Buffalo

Thanks for your story, Bill. I really think you can move on and not be "recovering",:life is short & 40 years is a big chunk of anyones. Your partner is still beside you.

My previous wife & a friend both passed at age 38. I remember incidents like the one I posted and I think I've let them go but when I'm fired up I realize I still have to work on that "letting go" some more. I had a "friend" who really stuck it to me over his greed & cheating & i'm so glad & blessed that I didn't go into business with him afterall. I've forgiven him & I pop by for a coffee & chat ocassionally. Talking to him now, I see he hasn't changed & I realize & accept it's in his nature like "the scorpion & the frog" and dont bear any malice but will never trust him again. You might say 'forgiven but not forgotten'.

[Loose Ctrl]

[QUOTE=stillldoinit;128383]

It fires me up about folk who borrow gear & don't return it.
I have to Qualify the following story by saying I am a recovering alcholic, 40 years sober.
A couple years after I had gotten married we lived in a rental house next door to a couple about 10 years older than us and they had 2 young children. We became very good friends and after we moved a few times we still got together occasionally as friends do. Roger and I were out in the garage just hanging out and I happened to see a metal case skill saw laying on shelf under the workbench and I just commented, "I have had this saw for several years and I have no idea where it came from". Roger said, "It's mine, I loaned it to you about 15 years ago when we were neighbors". This conversation took place after I had been sober about 5 years. I may have borrowed tools or money from others when I was still drinking and in a blackout and anytime I need something, I always try to make sure that if it is borrowed to return in better condition than when taken, or just go buy unless high dollar value probably never needed again. Now if I loan something, I always think about my past. I had a friend who is in the same sober club as me that said that if someone asks to borrow money, he will just give them money never expecting to get it back, that way if it never comes back he has nothing to be angry about. I put my wife through hell the first 10 years of our marriage and spent the last 40 years making it up to her. Hopefully I haven't borrowed anything that hasn't been returned since that saw.
Bill In Buffalo

Recovering also. This May will be 13 years. I still feel the pull when my anxiety levels are up or during any emotional times.

[jjr2001]

Man that was exciting! I wonder if they survived!

[that_other_guy]

........That reminds me I need to check with the guy I loaned it to he has had it long enough. If he doesn't return it soon I may have to build another

Hey Frank, can I borrow the new one?

[Frank S]

Hey Frank, can I borrow the new one?

Only if I decide to make 2 of them LOL

[Rogerm]

Back in the 70s I worked with a guy who had been inflating a tyre when it burst on him. The small fragments of rubber would come out of his skin. His face and neck looked as though he had been burnt.
In that video anyone standing close to that cage would have been lucky not to have suffered the same fate, along with some serious hearing damage.

[Ralphxyz]

Thanks Frank, I could not think of what they were doing.

Ralph

[crotchetyoldbastard]

Thanks Frank, I could not think of what they were doing.

Ralph

Don't feel bad, Ralph; they didn't think about it, either.