Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXXIII!

• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 21:56

  titanium, weight for weight, isn't as good as carbon fibre...
  
  and with carbon fibre, you can mold it to whatever shape you want.. so your design must be strong to do away with the weak points.. directional strength is very important
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  We considered that - but the costs are too great.
  
  Heck, if we had the dough, we would have gone for titanium.
  
  In the end, we decided that aluminium gives the best combination of weight, structural strength, corrosion resistance and cost.

• Wanda

  9 Jan 07, 21:56

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I'll put up the thread by this weekend
  
  so far we have duck, char siew, and a salad

  You forgot the sinful chocolate?
• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 21:57

  wondering about that orange duck
  
  pork ribs.. are actually assam sour.. so rice is good with it.. maybe the braised duck... see what i can conjure up apart from that..
  
  hmmm.. got to check also... i have to work some weekends too
  
  

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I'll put up the thread by this weekend
  
  so far we have duck, char siew, and a salad

• fudgester

  9 Jan 07, 21:59

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  titanium, weight for weight, isn't as good as carbon fibre...
  
  and with carbon fibre, you can mold it to whatever shape you want.. so your design must be strong to do away with the weak points.. directional strength is very important
  
  

  Unfortunately, $$$$ is the limiting factor here.
• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 22:00

  yeah.. that's why aluminium is the best all around for the price and weight...
  
  however, joining it, can't use traditional welds
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Unfortunately, $$$$ is the limiting factor here.

• fudgester

  9 Jan 07, 22:02

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  yeah.. that's why aluminium is the best all around for the price and weight...
  
  however, joining it, can't use traditional welds
  
  

  Yeah... we're using tungsten inert gas welding.
• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 22:03

  hey.. good stuff.. if i knew what the heck.. i never got further than "common welding will screw up aluminium"
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Yeah... we're using tungsten inert gas welding.

• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:04

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  You seemed to have done very well in getting good job offers. What do you think contributed to it? Good results? Or good perf at the intw?

  I only got one job offer and went for two interviews
  
  hmm
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:05

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  You're still unemployed, right? If so, you should have time aplenty to attend this event.

  what event?
  
  
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:06

  i did welding and stuff b4!
  
  not bad, but then didnt continue coz its not my specialisation
• Wanda

  9 Jan 07, 22:08

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  I only got one job offer and went for two interviews
  
  hmm

  So you're really focused huh, and in no hurry to get into just any job.
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:09

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  So you're really focused huh, and in no hurry to get into just any job.

  not really
  
  i got this job offer and i am quite undecided
  
  and partly also because i am not in a hurry to rush into a job
  
  
• Meia Gisborn

  9 Jan 07, 22:13

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Unfortunately, $$$$ is the limiting factor here.

  Am I correct in assuming you attempted to TIG weld the joints on the wheelchair?
  
• Wanda

  9 Jan 07, 22:13

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  not really
  
  i got this job offer and i am quite undecided
  
  and partly also because i am not in a hurry to rush into a job
  
  

  Hmmm....think it over and keep us posted. Try not to lose sleep over it.
• Meia Gisborn

  9 Jan 07, 22:17

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  what event?
  
  

  My misread. The 'decisions' to which you alluded in your previous post, pertained to job offers, yes?
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:17

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Hmmm....think it over and keep us posted. Try not to lose sleep over it.

  as of now i am losing sleep over it
  
  -_-!!!
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:25

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  My misread. The 'decisions' to which you alluded in your previous post, pertained to job offers, yes?

  yesh
  
  
• Wanda

  9 Jan 07, 22:26

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  as of now i am losing sleep over it
  
  -_-!!!

  Then accept the job first...and decide what to do later?
• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 22:37

  jeez.. Tom & Jerry is mundo violent
  
  but so hilarious
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:38

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Then accept the job first...and decide what to do later?

  its an US MNC, so the style a bit diff
  
  its a yearly renewable contract, altho in actual fact everything is like perm
  
  if i regret, i have to live it out for a year
  
  
• laurence82

  9 Jan 07, 22:39

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  jeez.. Tom & Jerry is mundo violent
  
  but so hilarious

  the thing is, there are so many ways you could chase a mouse
  
  
• Wanda

  9 Jan 07, 22:41

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  its an US MNC, so the style a bit diff
  
  its a yearly renewable contract, altho in actual fact everything is like perm
  
  if i regret, i have to live it out for a year
  
  

  Eh...1 yr out of ...what??... 40+ yrs of working life is not much.
  
  Anyway, good luck! I got watch Naruto...
• kopiosatu

  9 Jan 07, 22:43

  everything is starting to look better for 2007~
  
  my thai CD shipment is here
  my thai lessons start on the 17th jan
  my bike will be back soon
  february hopefully i can close a deal which can earn me more than 2 month's pay!
• the Bear

  9 Jan 07, 22:45

  that's great
  
  soooo.. saturday dropping in for drinks with us right?
  
  

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  everything is starting to look better for 2007~
  
  my thai CD shipment is here
  my thai lessons start on the 17th jan
  my bike will be back soon
  february hopefully i can close a deal which can earn me more than 2 month's pay!

• Fatum

  9 Jan 07, 22:47

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Yeah... we're using tungsten inert gas welding.

  why does it have to be welding ? ....