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elbekko last won the day on March 6

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  1. I've done scans with ~3000 frames, but that's always with a laptop. I think the phone is limited to about a 1000, yes. Yeah, works fine, even with a laptop that doesn't do WiFi 6. So far I've mostly done high quality large scans in either geometry or texture mode. Then optimising with the highest resolution and mesh count. Last time I went scanning I stitched some scans together, that seemed to work very well! Does result in a huge mesh though. I haven't done anything in the past week with that last scan I took, should get around to it...
  2. Protip: wear hearing protection when hammering. I'd say ask me how I know, but I wouldn't be able to hear the question.
  3. It's a valid point, and my comment was rather tongue in cheek To be honest I have no preference either way, I never really got along with my 300TDi, and a Td5 sounds alright but has a lot of issues as you say. The entirety of the fuel system is a mess, basically. Heads/manifolds are mainly a symptom of power boxes and such I think? In a way a bit like a P38, too modern to be stupidly simple, yet too old to have the newfangled stuff properly figured out. If it was my car and I'd desperately want a diesel, I think I'd either go for a fully mechanical OM605/606, or something like the M57 where a lot of the common-rail diesel issues have been figured out. But neither of those options are in Mike's budget, sadly. So, erm, how about a nice 2.4 VM? Bolts up to the gearbox, and are dirt cheap because nobody wants them
  4. I'm starting to see why you want something other than a 200TDi If a TD5 can be had for not much money and is easier to find spares for, then I'd say it's a no brainer. I agree with the others that you're buying a new unknown, but at least a new unknown that doesn't eat cams for breakfast Wish you were closer by, I'd happily lend a hand and a vehicle.
  5. That cradle, a thick rubber mat, and then the tank would probably do a whole lot to support the mass of fuel. Are the spot welds getting pulled out vertically, or sheared off? Because it might not be the fuel sloshing breaking them, but the fuel bouncing up and down pulling them out.
  6. Ouch. I'm guessing just the lever giving out as per usual?
  7. There are two that if you mix them, they coagulate and plug everything up, I'm guessing that's OAT and Glycol? Other than that, erm, the blue stuff?
  8. Oh, I forgot to add. Yesterday I mainly used the scanner in this configuration: That's the included WiFi link, which I connected my laptop to. And then just used a Bluetooth mouse app on my phone to press start/pause. Way easier to swing around without being attached to a cable, but still all the processing power of a proper computer
  9. Just how old do you think I am? That's just the style we have laying around at the workshop, I must admit I'm about 100x quicker reading a digital scale over a vernier, but I do know how to. And at least the vernier doesn't have a dead battery whenever you need it.
  10. I did a bit more scanning today as I had some more time at the workshop. The scan spray works well, but you need to remember to put the scanner into texture mode, otherwise it doesn't help at all. Also did a quick measurement comparison: I'll take that.
  11. I used some S355 for the winch cradle in my bumper, the numbers made it look very much worth it. And I noticed the difference drilling it...
  12. So a set of rings and a weekend's work for this one?
  13. Not sure how useful a turntable would be for that, just hang it off a chain and move the scanner around? I don't think that's necessary at all, it might help with photogrammetry but I don't think it'd do much for this type of scanner.
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