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Monday January 28, 2013
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I was sick on Sunday, so I didn't take any pictures for that day. This is some thread one of my best friends gave me awhile ago in the summer. I am really grateful to have bright friends in my life.
How to view threads of a process on Linux
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Working on this Urban Threads Feather Heart on a V Neck tee for my sisters birthday present. Done in all back stitch with TellUride by Artiste ( over dyed ) and DMC 3811, 445 and 167
01 "Thread Quartz" Switzerland"
02) Camera: Em-1
03) Lens:60mm Zuiko + Raynox 250
04) Magnification: 8 mm, 2:1
05) Lens Settings: Iso 100, f 5,6
06) Processing: LR, Helicon Focus, PS CC
07) Lighting: 4 LED
08) Steps: Olympus-Bracketing 59 Pictures
09) 30.12.2017
Giant spools of thread purchased for fifty cents each. I think I'll use the bright green on my table cloth skirt. Or maybe that teal color.
The one on the bottom was eating the whole time. They flew, landed and moved around for some time while I watched and took pictures. Thread Waisted Wasp: Eremnophila aureonotata.
Photos posted to link to this car's project thread on the Cadillac message boards.
Wow, I think this marks my greatest length of thread-neglect! Almost 5 months! This isn't the new normal though, I will have some time again to work on the car and clear out my parts shelf which once again is getting a little cluttered with the crap I buy on ebay.
I have not done much to the car since my last update besides drive it until the first snow in December. The alternator remains un-rebuilt. Fortunately (?) I made a discovery that the noise I was hearing under certain conditions was not the alternator at all, so it won't need anything besides diode replacement (coming soon).
Now, I did find where the noise was coming from-one of the A.I.R. check valves had failed and sounded something like an accordion for a few minutes when the car was restarted hot. The A.I.R. system switches between two modes of operation-one in which the pump pushes air into the exhaust manifolds, and another in which air gets shot into the catalytic converter-both of which help to keep emissions down. The mode selected depends on what conditions the ECM sees. The check valves keep the boiling hot dirty exhaust from flowing into the hoses and pump which would ruin them in short order-ironically kind of like a diode! In my case, the check valve for the exhaust manifold had failed or was beginning to and on a hot restart the air from the pump would disturb it to create that annoying noise. So it needed to be replaced. Here is the part in question in case you have never heard of/seen it (I didn't)
It is in the vicinity of the power module
The little bastard screws onto a "T" fitting that looked more like plumbing equipment than an auto part to me. On each side of the T, there is a metal line that runs to each exhaust manifold. Clean air flows through the check valve when the switching valve directs air to it.
While the two lines came off easily, the check valve itself was stuck like you would not believe. The tee fits into a 7/8ths wrench, and the captured nut on the valve is 1 inch, and using my two largest wrenches on each with every ounce of strength I had I was only able to break them loose after soaking in transmission fluid for a few days. And even then just barely.
The exact part number of the failed valve was not available so I substituted another one that was otherwise identical. I suspect the differences in part numbers (there are a ton of them) have to do with unique backpressures for every engine configuration GM made across all their cars. I bought one spec'd for a 307 Olds V8, which I figure is as close to the 4100 in terms of back pressure as I could get. Could be totally wrong on that too. Anyway, it no longer makes the noise!
Now the other part of the A.I.R. system is for the catalytic converter. The check valve on this one was good, and I suspect it lives a much easier life than the one for the manifolds as it is not subjected to the high pressures or heat. But it needed love too, when I had the catalytic converter changed, the shop cut off the end of the pipe which entered the old bead converter at a 90 degree angle and used high temperature hose to make the connection.
I can't say I was happy with the way it looked but it seemed to do the job. Except that when braking or accelerating hard, the hose would allow the metal tubing (now loose) to move back and forth which made for an annoying knock. I wasn't sure what to do but I was certainly surprised when I learned Rockauto still stocks this pre-bent metal tubing unique for the 84-85 Eldorado. Go figure. I ordered it and when it arrived, I was disappointed to discover that it lacked the mounting bracket that goes up near the engine. So I ended up taking my old and new tube to a welder who transferred the bracket to the new one for me.
I also put a new check valve on it. Note that this valve lacks the captured nut. That is a catalytic converter check valve and it is physically smaller than the one for the manifold. They thread size is the same, but the nipple is the part that won't allow you to put the other diameter hose on it.
Here it is mounted to the "new" cat. I have to spin that clamp at the Y fitting, it should face the passenger side. Bah shops! So, that concludes today's edition of what invisible repair I managed to waste my time and money on!
Visiting the DMC factory in Mulhouse, France. DMC is one of the world's leading thread manufacturers.
All our threads are made in France since 1841.
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Photos by DMC Spain.
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I've been working on hand dying grosgrain ribbon, different weights of cotton thread, and cotton fabric for the last week.
Preserved PCC former Toronto Transit Commission streetcar #4610 threads around the HarborPark area in Kenosha WI.
I love my countertop, such a good backdrop
Doesn't look that interesting but view it full screen and it is
please comment and leave your opinions
These super cheap boxes keep embroidery thread handy and clean. And they're great for taking thread to classes or hauling it along to work on the go.
I got them at Target. They were actually the packaging for geometry supplies (compass, ruler, protractor, etc.). Fortunately, they were so cheap (under $2 I think) that I could buy the stuff and give it to other shoppers with kids to just keep the boxes.
Eyebrow and facial hair threading street salon.
An ancient method of hair removal with origins in Arabia and South Asia. A very delicate procedure, making it suitable for even the most sensitive skin. Hair is removed by using string or "thread", and pulling out the hairs by the follicle. (information taken from The Beauty Pot web site www.thebeautypot.com/south-asian-beauty/south-asian-skin-...)
A Hello Kitty tin I bought years and years ago. I'm using it to store thread. There's a pull-out tray for bobbins.
Threading battons, installation of event structure
Utopography; Location, Evaluation and Consensus, Chelsea College of Arts 25 -29th March 2014
My new studio is almost finished, and what better way to start a new year? The space is amazing...and the walls are pink. :)
Here's to a successful 2011!
Designer: Judy M. Kerr.
Source: sofar-sogood.blogspot.com/2010/05/cut-glass-snowflake-doi...
Thread: Cebelia 10. Color: #747 Sea Mist Blue.
Hook: Tulip GP #5/1/50mm.
Size: Abt. 10".
Made: March 2011.
For: Exchange/Cille H.