What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[ChrisNLA]

Another update.

Drove to lunch with a coworker. Left Starlink tuned on and my phone connected while we ate.

About 30 minutes into lunch, GladiatorLink (as I have named it in the settings) went down.

Checked the data page - I suspect the voltage got low enough that the antenna turned off.

So, with the efficiency loss via the inverter, it will work for about half an hour before it gets unhappy and turns off.

I remote started the truck from inside the restaurant and the WiFi came back on. Proves that theory.

Once it's direct to 12V I anticipate getting a little longer truck off time before it gets unhappy about voltage.

I considered getting fancy and powering it via a time delay relay. So that when I shut the truck off I have internet for, say, 15 minutes before it automatically powers it down.

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[ChrisNLA]

They ran fiber in our area a year or so ago so we jumped on it. Having the speed and bandwidth are great if you have kids using it all the time. Only problem is when power goes out so does the net. Makes for “fun” times. We are most likely going with StarLink for the house and another for vehicle travel. Best part is with new employment opportunities, Internet can be a write off since it’s primary use is for work. Have to see how the plans work with running a home based dish and another in a vehicle. Probably can’t have 1 account cover both.

Starlink was recently running a deal where you get a home antenna and you would get a mini for free, you just had to keep service on the mini.

Or something like that.

They always have something going on. But you can do it on one account best I saw.

 

[BourbonRunner]

Ouch. As careful as I am, my table saw scares me more than any tool I own. That includes some pretty dangerous tools, that don’t bother me in the slightest. I’m glad it was “just the tip”

You ain't kidding. I got incredibly lucky, mores0 because Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore is both the National Hand Center and the very best hand center in the world. 6 stitches of what looked like 30lb test mono pulled everything back together. The surgeon at the follow up said I missed the bone by a hair. He stressed how lucky I was considering he sees the absolute worst from table saw injuries. He said if I was to continue woodworking as a hobby to get a Sawstop because it's $90K per finger plus a bunch of operations to reattach and Sawstops are a cheap insurance policy.

I sold my 10" Dewalt and bought the Sawstop. I'd post the pics but I'm not sure anyone wants to see the hamburger I turned my finger into. LOL

Far as the discussion on 5G/4G/reception: Here in Central MD there's few places that don't have any signal. I even had enough on Assateaugue Tuesday to take a quick call.

But you're right about Starlink and how its changed the game. I can go camping in the middle of nowhere in Western MD and still be on duty as needed.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I sold my 10" Dewalt and bought the Sawstop. I'd post the pics but I'm not sure anyone wants to see the hamburger I turned my finger into. LOL

Missed opportunity.

 

[WILDHOBO]

We typically have one bar of 4G at out house, if that.

There are several places nearby that we go to where signal goes away alltogether. Which I find hilarious considering I'm an hour outside New Orleans.

Heck, my cell phone barely works when I'm at work unless I connect to their WiFi, and town is only two miles away.

Louisiana isn't 50th for nothing.

I’m 30 minutes from Denver and it’s the same. 5g? That’s hilarious. 1 bar of 4g is our norm as well.

 

[WILDHOBO]

You ain't kidding. I got incredibly lucky, mores0 because Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore is both the National Hand Center and the very best hand center in the world. 6 stitches of what looked like 30lb test mono pulled everything back together. The surgeon at the follow up said I missed the bone by a hair. He stressed how lucky I was considering he sees the absolute worst from table saw injuries. He said if I was to continue woodworking as a hobby to get a Sawstop because it's $90K per finger plus a bunch of operations to reattach and Sawstops are a cheap insurance policy.

I sold my 10" Dewalt and bought the Sawstop. I'd post the pics but I'm not sure anyone wants to see the hamburger I turned my finger into. LOL

Far as the discussion on 5G/4G/reception: Here in Central MD there's few places that don't have any signal. I even had enough on Assateaugue Tuesday to take a quick call.

But you're right about Starlink and how its changed the game. I can go camping in the middle of nowhere in Western MD and still be on duty as needed.

You can send it to me in a PM. I don’t get squeamish. But no pressure obviously. my saw is a 1920’s delta. Your dewalt was probably powered by robots from another planet, in comparison.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Missed opportunity.

I’d have put a winch on one of them.

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