Members agedhorse Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 Every once in a while I come across something out in the field that is... shall we say... imaginative. Here's something that a customer was proud of, they saved a few bucks by not buying the proper rack mounting but ended up costing themselves a couple hundred dollars by crushing the case and cracking a PCB. Gotta love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mogwix Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 Anybody have an idea what's wrong? Looks like connection timed out while you were trying to upload a photo, too much server traffic. Create an account at http://photobucket.com and upload your pic there, then copy the BBCode line it gives you and paste it into your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 No pix AH try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 Okay now got pix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 3, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 Still working on sizing. I am using 72DPI but the photo is still too big. Good learning experience though. Not having any luck, either resizing through Photobucket or my photo editing software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ear Abuser Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 it looks like the bolts were big enough......they probably could have used velcro and been OK.You've got to wonder why someone would waste that much effort to save a few bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 How does this look for you gents? And to think, someone on my local craigslist is selling a couple of those accessory rack adapters for ten bucks each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 3, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 How does this look for you gents? And to think, someone on my local craigslist is selling a couple of those accessory rack adapters for ten bucks each. How did you scale the photo size down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members preacherman672 Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 If you have a PC MS paint will do it easy enough. Start menu/all programs/accesories/paint Image/stretch-skew In the stretch menu change both values to something lower than 100% Keep doing this till it gets the right size then save Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pharmboyjoe Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 "Hillbilly Engineering" NOT! There is no bailing wire nor duct tape to be found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gomer Pyle Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Course tread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lifeloverwg Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Seems like duct tape would have worked just fine. Or gaff tape for all y'all that come from a high dollar holler. Winston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crownman Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Still working on sizing. I am using 72DPI but the photo is still too big. Good learning experience though.Not having any luck, either resizing through Photobucket or my photo editing software. I use this website quite a bit for resizing pictures, works great. http://www.resizepic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted October 4, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 This all would've turned out just fine, if only he followed the tightening sequence and the torque spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ear Abuser Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 That is 6ea. 7/16 or 1/2" fine thread cad plated bolts, nuts, and washers 1/4-20would have been plenty(I'm a poet!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 1/2"-13 grade 8 bolts... yes expensive hardware. For some reason the image displays at the correct size now. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted October 4, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 1/2"-13 grade 8 bolts... So you finish your gig one night, and head out to the truck. But you notice some coolant on the ground beneath the front tires. Damn! Snapped head bolt!Well, now all you need to do is open up that rack, and you've got your replacement head bolts ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pharmboyjoe Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 My hillbilly side would have put 4 eyehooks 1 inch back from the corners, strung bailing wire between them, more bailing wire between the wires in a "H" pattern, secured with duct tape. Am I opening up too much of my soul here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Balladeer Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 I see the antennae are nicely boxed in at the back. That should boost the bass reception... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Of course there's the aluminum strip running right above the antenna, about 1" away. Can't help range either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrJoshua Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Looks like the guy works in an industrial facility. We have tons of bolts like that that we picked up from scrap on old jobs. They come in handy sometimes. I don't think I'd try to use one (or eight) to hold down a wireless receiver, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mogwix Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 If you have a PC MS paint will do it easy enough. MS Paint can do it but it's horrendous. I use photoshop to do all my resizing, but if you don't want to spend $600 on a program to change image sizes you can use a free program called GIMP, but I've never used it so I can't really comment on it. In photobucket however, on the upload screen click the "options" link: It'll take you to a screen that has this: Click message board, or whatever you want it's maximum size to be, then save. When you upload images it'll automatically make them smaller if they're bigger than the image size you specified, which can take some time depending on your connection and the size of the image. It'll scale images down proportionally so it doesn't stretch or anything, and does it with a decent level of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 4, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Thanks, I'm sure this is a help to others, not just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 Thanks, I'm sure this is a help to others, not just me. True... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted October 4, 2007 Members Share Posted October 4, 2007 How did you scale the photo size down? I used Photoshop 7.0, although almost any program would be able to resize a picture. In Photoshop, there's a menu function that lets you resize to whatever you want. You can do it by percentage (as I usually do... I think I shrunk your picture to 55% of its original size) by pixels, or by inches/centimeters. There are other very capable photo editing programs out there that are free, such as Irfanview. Mogwix's option is probably one of the easiest, most painless ways, especially if you're going to be hosting the picture on photobucket anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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