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Aaron Cake
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 Posted - Jul 01 2012 : 10:40:09 AM
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| Probably not a lot though. AdSense on YouTube is not a huge money maker from my experience. I think you need a lot of views and the type of audience that will click on anything as long as it's bright and flashy (kids, much of the adult population). |
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wasssup1990
Nobel Prize Winner
A Land Down Under
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Posted - Jul 02 2012 : 12:33:41 AM
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| I earn a surprising amount of money from website advertisements but from YouTube, not much. That's probably because I haven't been bothered to create content - just random shit. |
When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity.
When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Jul 07 2012 : 10:52:16 AM
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| This website earns enough, but far less than it did before the economy crashed. Advertisers are just spending a lot less on clicks, because people are spending a lot less on their products. YouTube earnings are low, quite low. Partly because I don't use interstitial ads. I hate those things. If I wanted to see commercials, I'd watch television (and not use my PVR to skip them). |
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eze
Apprentice
Canada
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Posted - Jul 08 2012 : 07:43:41 AM
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i just clicked on every ad twice. Do the clicks have to come from unique IP addresses in order to payout or should I just click everything like 50 times every time I visit your page? By the way, I got a standup sandblasting cabinet complete with media and an extra light for $200! I had to drive all the way out to Hamilton but in a Honda civic with a trailer it only cost me $25 in gas round trip. Check it out:
I am just amazed at how quickly it cleans up old parts to brand spanking new.
Quick shine on the bench grinder wire brush and voila
Like take these handlebar ends for example - Before sandblasting and after:
And then this is the part sandblasted and the other finished.
Both parts cleaned and ready for paint in just under 10 min. Would have cost me around $30 for both those parts if done in a shop and I have two sets of brake calipers, clutch and brake levers, handlebars and a butt load of engine parts to blast (i know I said the words butt and blast in the same sentence) so I think I did good. Been watching the online classifieds for about 3 months until this beaut came up so I just had to snag it.
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2012 : 10:46:17 AM
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Google detects click fraud (clicking on every ad twice  ) and automatically cancels those clicks. The advertisers pay for those clicks so ads should only be clicked if there is genuine interest. That said if I Google something and see what I want in both a paid ad and the free results, I'll click the paid ad just so that the company knows their advertising is working.
That blast cabinet looks exactly like mine, except red while mine is blue. Nothing like media blasting to clean stuff up. I wonder how I ever wasted time with wire wheels before. The only thing I've found is that the suction blasting gun that comes with the cabinet is pretty week and just uses a load of air. So I drilled a big hole in mine and slipped in the nozzle from my 5 gallon pressure blaster. |
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eze
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Canada
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 09:23:23 AM
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on that note, have you ever clear coated bare metal? I am going to try it on these clip on handlebars using VHT clear coat.
Hope it keeps up and doesn't rust. Will keep you posted on the results. |
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Yerboogieman
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 12:13:34 AM
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| I had an old amplifier out in my garage that was black and I spray painted part of it red. Then I got tired of it and started sanding it. About mid way through, I stopped because I thought it looked cool with bare metal, red, and black and I clear coated it. No rust so far. That was around 3-4 months ago. |
If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over? |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Jul 21 2012 : 10:30:18 AM
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| As long as the clear is quality I don't see any problems. A 2 part clear is likely what you want because regular spray can stuff dries with pores caused by the solvents evaporating. There is catalyzed clear available in a can from Eastwood though. You break a little glass ampule of the catalyst inside before you use it, and then have about an hour or so to spray. POR-15 is also available clear though if exposed to sunlight it will discolour. |
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Yerboogieman
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2012 : 12:38:52 AM
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| Awhile back I bought a can of a Duplicolor clearcoat and it was horrible. The nozzle would clog and since it was an "all direction" spray can, you couldn't clean the nozzle. So I bought the $1.99 stuff. (I forgot the brand) Works the same, easy to clean, and it works with my gun attachment. I still don't recommend the 99 cent crap at walmart though. |
If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over? |
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eze
Apprentice
Canada
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Posted - Jul 27 2012 : 07:34:57 AM
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I found that if you keep a cap full of paint thinner and drop the spray head into it and clear it with the air nozzle from an air compressor to clear the hole, you can get some pretty decent results out of a rattle can. There is a decent article on it here: http://domlnator.tripod.com/id21.html and it is rather a pain to have to constantly go back and forth to ensure you don't have any paint spittle, drops or inconsistent spray but it is possible to get semi-pro results from a rattle can. It just takes five times longer so the moral of the story is.....get an HVLP spray gun which is my next step for sure. FYI: I have also found VHT clear to be a very good product. Out of the can, the clear is pretty tough, but if you can bake the parts after they have been coated, the finish is not only rock hard, it stands up rather well to chemicals such as brake fluid which is what I used to test the finish considering I am going to be coating the brake master cylinder. I will post pics as soon as I get a chance to snap them.
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Aaron Cake
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Canada
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Posted - Jul 28 2012 : 11:02:06 AM
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That's been my experience with VHT as well. Baking makes a huge difference in the quality and toughness of the finish. At this point I also have a cup of acetone readily available when using any spray can, especially the weld through primer. High solid counts mean the nozzles clock quickly so after use, a quick dip in acetone and blast of air helps tremendously.
The little spray gun I've used in the Cosmo videos (painting the engine parts) was about $30 at Princess Auto and I've likely used it 50 times since purchased. Some paints are only available in cans (like POR-15) so the gun is the only choice. Or if doing a large area or bunch of items with just basic hardware store paint, a can of Tremclad is $6 vs maybe needing 5 rattle cans. Of course to run a gun you need air, and that must be filtered dry air. Really for everyday painting it probably doesn't matter if a bit of compressor oil or moisture get into the gun. For POR-15 and other high end products, the air supply must be perfectly clean. A water/air separator at the compressor with a filter, and then a desiccant filter at the gun is necessary. |
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Yerboogieman
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
577 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2012 : 1:15:28 PM
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Originally posted by eze
I found that if you keep a cap full of paint thinner and drop the spray head into it and clear it with the air nozzle from an air compressor to clear the hole, you can get some pretty decent results out of a rattle can. There is a decent article on it here: http://domlnator.tripod.com/id21.html FYI: I have also found VHT clear to be a very good product. Out of the can, the clear is pretty tough
I bought a can of Red VHT niteshades (not black, I promise) for my tail lights and it comes out really nice. They have all types of VHT paint at O' Reilly's. Who really helped me out with my gas tank over the weekend. |
If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over? |
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eze
Apprentice
Canada
66 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2012 : 08:51:31 AM
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| Hey Aaron, are you still a fan of Mapquest or have you 'converted' to accept Google as your savior? :) |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2012 : 11:05:32 AM
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I too have purchases Nightshades, though only to use to tint the face of the shop clock.
Google maps has been my choice for a few years partially because it is integrated into the toolbar. Just visited Mapquest and yep, it basically does the same thing it always has. Just that Google maps integrates a lot more stuff like POIs, bicycle routes, etc. Plus reviews can be hilarious. Lookup Google reviews for your old high school.
Interestingly, mapping London to St. Thomas in Google maps as a bicycle trip picks almost the exact same route automatically that I did last week when I planned the same trip. |
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eze
Apprentice
Canada
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Posted - Jul 30 2012 : 7:00:39 PM
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Hey Aaron, I went through all your links and reported all the bad ones...Hope you don't mind. I know your email probably looks like you've been spammed pretty bad but I thought you might want to trim the fat so to speak.
Some great links on the page but a lot of them are not working. Cheers (free of charge)
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