Saturday, April 4, 2020

Home - Majestic Arms

Upgrades & accessories for the Ruger Mark series of 22 caliber pistols:
https://majesticarms.com/

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Storage Ideas for Dillon Tool Heads

$20 per tool head plus the part on the wall ($35):

$16 each - they mount directly to wall (search eBay for "Dillon 550 Wall Mount Tool Head Holder"):

$15 each - wall mount - (search eBay for: "Dillon 550 650 Custom Tool head Wall and bench top Mount with storage")   You choose options: Color, Caliber:

Amazon - MCD Toolhead Stand for Dillon Precision 550 Reloading Equipment
Price: $19.95 + $3 shipping
Would need fabricate a wall-mount of some sort - Organizes and stores 3 sets (2-place also available) of Dillon 550 caliber specific reloading components in one location. Constructed of a durable high-quality heavy gauge acrylic plastic.
https://www.amazon.com/MCD-Toolhead-Precision-Reloading-Equipment/dp/B07WJSWKNP/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=dillon+550+tool+head&qid=1585871925&sr=8-3

Other ideas also ...



Toyota 32-valve V8 engines

Toyota UZ engine family: 32-valve quad-camshaft V8s -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_UZ_engine
"The 4.0 L; 242.1 cu in (3,968 cc) all-alloy 1UZ-FE debuted in 1989 in the first generation Lexus LS 400.
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The 2UZ-FE was a 4.7 L; 284.6 cu in (4,663 cc) version that uses a cast iron block to increase durability, as it was designed for low-revving, high-torque pickup and SUV applications.  It debuted in 1998.
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The 3UZ-FE, is a 4.3 L; 261.9 cu in (4,292 cc) version - debut 2000. It has an aluminum block and aluminum DOHC cylinder heads."

These engines are being used to increase power in engine swaps:  https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=54112

Adam Savage's One Day Builds on YouTube

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Intel's Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) - help autonomous vehicles act more assertive

"Here's something you don't often hear: Driverless cars are too obsessed with safety. But Intel and its subsidiary Mobileye think automated vehicles (AVs) should relax and take more risks, so they've developed a program called Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) to make AVs act more like human drivers. We know what you're thinking: Humans are terrible drivers. But Intel says more assertive AVs will make for safer, freer-flowing traffic."
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a27243155/autonomous-vehicles-safety-intel-mobileye/
"... The system provides an AV with a playbook of preprogrammed rules that define safe and unsafe driving situations. Rather than playing it ultraconservative like most AVs, RSS allows the car to make more-assertive maneuvers, right up to the line that separates safe and unsafe. Much like a human driver, an RSS-equipped AV knows a crash is possible even if it merges onto the highway at the correct speed, but it won't dissolve into inaction based on the small chance that another car will misbehave."

2019 Ford Ranger 4x4 Review

One Note: "A pavement-friendly auto mode, like the one available in the Chevy Colorado, would allow the transfer case to behave like an all-wheel-drive center diff, ideal for on-road bad-weather conditions."
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a26448787/2019-ford-ranger-4x4-truck-by-the-numbers/