At 01:58 PM 9/5/01 -0700, you wrote:
To: Harry Hotspur Wade
I have owed you a follow-up report on my wheel turning effort. . . .
The biggest lesson learned was that the surface of cast iron is very tough
to cut through, (snip)
Steve
Steve,
Congratulations on the job. Yes, the skin can be
At 10:08 PM 9/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
I also recommend the carbide tools, but then you need a
much harder grinding wheel,
I don't know what's done in commercial practice but normally, since
most carbides come pre-ground and are dirt cheap, amateurs generally don't
bother grinding
At 10:08 PM 9/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
I also recommend the carbide tools, but then you need a
much harder grinding wheel,
I forgot one more thing that goes with the previous post. Carbides are
very brittle (hence the tendecy to chip) do NOT like intermittant cuts.
That will kill one
At 07:58 AM 9/10/01 -0700, you wrote:
When you refer to intermittant cuts do you mean as on a very rough surface
where the tool bit is not cutting continuously?
Steve,
Yes, exactly. A condition where the tool bit isn't in constant contact
with the work because of variations in the surface
At 04:21 PM 10/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
Why do I get the feeling that you have detected the twinkle in my eye
Keith Taylor
I was simply forewarning you, the 4-wheel brigade makes up a large
proportion of the garden railway world, and justifiably so. It's a great
non-intimidating, low cost,
.
Best regards,
Harry wade
Nashville Tennessee
PS With regard to my criptic, inside joke reference to Geoff Spencely,
he's a transplanted Brit, a fine fellow, and for many years a resident of
California, the land of fruits and nuts, where he must fit in because as
far as I know they haven't ask him
At 07:20 PM 10/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
Well explained, Harry,
In fact, as explicit as any Brit could be! I don't know how long I've been
around either--thank goodness. Only problem I have with the list's
contributions is that they are so full of gas! Even in Diamondhead,
it's getting so gassy,
At 12:03 PM 10/24/01 -0700, you wrote:
Incidentally, I am pleasantly surprised as to how many colonists over here
know about Brit locos--take that Harry Wade chap for example,
I would explain how that came to be but it would require travel back in
time and I'm afraid that in the soon
At 06:13 PM 10/24/01 -0700, you wrote:
Harry you can tell me your story off-list!
Geoff.
Sure.
tools and do it yourself. Affordable is of course relative.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 11:29 AM 10/26/01 +0100, you wrote:
Harry mentioned that affordable is a relative term. (big snip)
I currently have 4 live steamers,
the most expensive one . . . a $900 boiler and chassis kit.
To illustrate the alternative . . . . for that amount of money you can
buy a reasonably well
At 03:49 PM 10/26/01 -0400, you wrote:
My family doctor gave me a tip
add a little baking soda to the alcohol and it will make the flame burn a
very noticable orange color!
Keith
Interesting. Can we assume for the moment that there are no
side-effects to this cure?
Cheers,
Harry
At 04:52 PM 10/26/01 -0400, you wrote:
Harry, I have noticed no side effects.
Keith,
I was thinking in terms of solid residue but then I was barred for life
from chemistry classes after I allowed two old alchemic enemies to get
together and renew an ancient animosity, thus leveling the east
At 05:33 PM 10/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
Ok, I have the equipment, I have built a simple pot boiler, Plan on
building a
simple steam engine. All not too hard. but I haven't seen a good detailed
article on building a gas burner to heat the water. Where can such
information
be found?
These sources:
At 12:26 AM 10/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
If you love machining, it's great. But be aware that your highly skilled
time is saving you something in the range of $1-$2 per hour, depending on
what the competing RTR or screwdriver kit costs.
Victor
I don't quite understand this savings comparison,
At 02:04 PM 10/27/01 -0700, you wrote:
Hi listers.
die had no reducing screw. Just a chamfer on the outer edge
And two divits where the lathe dieholder locking set screws would catch
the die.
The must be some technique to get the die set to cut the correct diameter
thread.
Any help ?
royce
At 10:52 AM 10/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
I knew I could count on your formidable experience.
royce
Royce,
I do have some experience in a very narrow area but I don't know
everything by a long shot, and don't want to, but since I've struggled with
this very thing you describe I thought I'd
At 07:54 PM 10/28/01 -0500, you wrote:
I cannot duplicate it using the keystroke sequence you reference. What
email client are you doing this in (the alt+248). I am using MS Outlook.
Chuck
Chuck,
I use Eudora LT ver.3.0.6See my recent post to Royce.
Cheers,
Harry
me know off-list
so we can get a rough count. I'm awaiting further information on castings
availability and pricing. The object will be to consolidate orders to
eliminate to the greatest extent possible duplicate costs.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 01:55 PM 10/29/01 -0600, you wrote:
To prevent further confusion about the degree symbol ( ° ), it will only
work on the keypad, not the numbers across the top of the keyboard
Being a CAD guy myself, I understand how Harry knew the trick,
Trent,
I'm not a computer wonk so I'm just using
At 03:18 PM 10/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
Could you find out wheel dimensions, details, spoke count, etc. so we can
determine if they'd be suitable for another design we might have in mind?
Jim
Jim,
I don't know what accomodations to scale have been made in the DEE
project design but
At 01:56 PM 10/29/01 -0800, you wrote:
Regarding wheels for the Dee project, I'd like to see the book before
commiting to buying wheels for the loco. What's your time frame for ordering
wheels, as I don't anticipate receiving the book till late November at the
earliest.
Royce,
The time
.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 12:22 PM 11/1/01 -0800, you wrote:
Bob,
I think maybe you should email Marc with your concerns.
Bob was pretty much right-on with his assessment, and remember the
magazine is no longer Marc's to do with as he pleases. The corporation's
needs must be met. IMHO emailing a complaint, at
At 12:22 PM 11/1/01 -0800, you wrote:
Bob,
I think maybe you should email Marc with your concerns.
Bob was pretty much right-on with his assessment,
I meant to say WALT was pretty much right-on with his assessment . . . .
Cheers,
Harry
At 02:24 PM 11/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
It is an organic substance, . . . .
When grown as fuel, it is cut out of the earth with
a square ended shovel into brick sized and shaped blocks that are roughly
the consistancy of clay. When they dry out, it is a hard fibrous substance
that burns hotter
For anyone interested, I have posted photos of samples of wheel
castings from Mark Wood (UK) and Walsall Models (UK) in the SS Livesteamers
photo drop box. URL per below. The photos show Walsall castings in photos
Wals-1 thru 5, and Mark Wood castings in photos Wood-1 thru 4. The
At 06:17 PM 11/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
Are the wheels from both vendors as cast?
Charles
Charles,
Yes, other than the partial machining and a light coat of flat black
primer you see on the Walsall wheels, nothing was touched. I think the
Wood wheels may receive a very fine grit or bead
At 02:29 AM 11/11/01 -0600, you wrote:
That fella's too tough for me!
Did he also make morning coffee from the water from the tri-cocks?
Trent
Trent,
Not exactly, tea would have been the order of the day. Although I'm
sure it must have happened, in what I read there was never a mention
At 05:29 PM 11/9/01 -0500, you wrote:
This sounds like a fun winter project.
Peter
I was kind of thinking along those lines myself.
Cheers,
Harry
At 12:44 PM 11/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
In answer to Peter, Harry and Robert,
If the loco were mine, it would be a great winter project.
Keith,
We understand his dilemma, I've had a few can you take this box of
bits and make it run? inquiries myself. This is one of those unfortunate
At 04:18 PM 11/10/01 EST, you wrote:
Trent,
Another reason may be that the point (or area) of most aggressive and
invasive corrosion in a boiler is the area or line where water turns to
steam. Since in a superheater tube a further steaming is taking place,
going from a saturated state to a
At 06:46 PM 11/12/01 -0600, you wrote:
One of my friends has a 7.5 gauge steamer and he uses a tap on the
side of the boiler that he puts a hose onto to steam clean his engine
before putting it away.
Trent,
That's called a steam lance and I've always been surprised that more
large scalers
At 07:59 PM 11/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
I was thinking the other day that this may be workable with our steamers.
We'd just have to use a very small nozzle on the tip to limit flow. :)
Trot
In some instances one could rig up a diverter tee on the steam line so
that the throttle valve is also
At 08:02 AM 11/14/01 -0800, you wrote:
Jim McD and I agreed that if we were marshals then we ought to have guns.
Oh yeah, that will solve ALL our problems.
One thing that bothered me about being Deputy Track Marshal was
. . . . . . wipe the rails free of oil before the next Daylight or
At 02:32 PM 11/16/01 -0800, you wrote:
(being a novice) what the problem is, but it seems that a .001 clearance
should
produce a free turning eccentric strap.
Royce,
That it should, but I anticipate two problems. The first is that for that
diameter, and for very close fits, the
At 02:52 PM 11/17/01 -0600, you wrote:
There is supposed to be a really spectacular meteor shower tonight -
4:00am (CST) Sunday morning.
Trent,
The last time I stayed up way past my bedtime on the promise of
something really spectacular I was greatly disappointed!
Cheers,
Harry
At 06:14 PM 11/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
So, who is going to be the first to make a Hogwart's Express?
Gary in Eugene,
First, can you tell us what up front? You know it's not a King, so is
it a . . . .
[ ] A Saint [ ] A Hall [ ] A Royal Scot
[ ]
At 07:27 PM 11/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
http://www.visitcumbria.com/whitehaven/whavhog.htmPhotos of the actual
train used for Harry Potter's Hogwart's Express.
Not even close. Someone is taking credit where no credit is due (as we
can expect) and now any loco or train painted red will be
At 09:36 PM 11/19/01 -0600, you wrote:
It actually is a 4-6-0, though I don't know the loco's class.
5972 - Olton Hall.
Built Swindon Works (GWR) April 1937. First shed allocation Neath.
August 1950 shed allocation Carmarthen. (Fitted with 3 row superheater.)
March 1959 shed allocation
See http://www.hpgalleries.com/mgallery6.htm
Cheers,
Harry
At 08:47 PM 11/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
I took the opportunity to ask the web site at
http://www.visitcumbria.com/whitehaven/whavhog.htm
how they claim their engine to be the Hogwart's Express.
Who would desire to falsely claim to children and train nuts
that this engine was in the movie. Perhaps
At 09:51 PM 11/20/01 -0800, you wrote:
It is too bad that the purists are so upset.
But Gary, it's their JOB to be upset! :-) Seriously though, you're
right about the publicity and exposure, and this was first thing that
occurred to me when I learned that this played a part in the HP
At 04:56 PM 11/21/01 -0600, you wrote:
I own a SR#24 Roundhouse,
If the appearance suits you this is really a superb engine.
My other engine is a Aster Mikado and it will pull all the cars that I own
Of course to each his own, but the large scale club I belong to (and
helped found)
Will anyone on the list who is a member of G1MRA, or a prospective member,
and who lives in the following states:
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
and Tennessee
please contact me off-list.
Cheers,
Harry
At 06:05 PM 11/24/01 +1000, you wrote:
Harry
No I'm not in the US But in Oz (Australia), just curious, as I have not yet
received my mags etc.
Tony,
They began arriving at US destinations a little over a week ago.
Cheers,
Harry
At 06:58 AM 11/24/01 -0800, you wrote:
Although I'm getting the impression from your and Harry's input that my
problems are more related to surface finish.
Royce,
It's difficult to say without seeing your particular problem first
hand, but my first guess would be a question of clearances.
At 11:32 AM 11/24/01 -0800, you wrote:
I found both apple cider vinegar and distilled white vinegar.
Which to use?
Bob,
The white vinegar.
Cheers,
Harry
Anyone interested in a good buy on a small lathe? This notice just
appeared on the Machinists's BBS, IMHO it's a great bargain (because it's
fully tooled) and someone shoiuld jump on this quick:
For Sale: 6 Atlas lathe with tooling
By: Brett near Portland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, 24
At 08:35 AM 11/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
Small Scale Steam Issue #3 has an article I wrote for an axle pump I
designed and installed on my Aster Mikado.
Jim Curry
Something that should be introduced into discussions on water pumps, if
it hasn't been already, is nitrile balls. One of the
At 09:18 AM 11/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
I think my Aster Grasshopper had a nitrile ball, ng in my opinion, switched
to s.s. and it sealed right. Good point tho, experimentation is the answer.
Jim
Jim,
My use, and all I'd seen so far, were in larger scale work. It may be
that nitrile won't
At 06:54 AM 11/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
prussian
The most widely used brand name is Hi-Spot blue #107 made by Dykem
(the layout blue people.) It's available in a .22 oz. tube and a little
goes a long way.
Now I have more info than I have time to use it. Do other's of you have
the
Has anyone yet tried replacing wicks with the ceramic/firebrick plug
as described in Ken Parkinson's article in the last SitG? I'm keen to try
this, and I've seen what I think is exactly the material he's using, but
can't find it locally and don't know what to call it. Firebrick around
At 01:25 PM 11/29/01 -0800, you wrote:
But when I opened the container I had just bought, it was black as coal
and had a strong odor.
Steve,
If it has an acrid, almost sour smell you may have been given hypoid
gear oil. Often this looks black or greenish-black like steam oil but it
smells
Does anyone have current email adresses for Hank Peacock, Ken
Matticks, and Jim Grummans?
Cheers,
Harry
At 08:40 PM 11/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
Here is another link I forgot to add.
Robb DeVries in Michigan
Thanks Robb, I saw your pictures on the board. I could see the benefits of
a small mushroom head. Great looking flame.
Cheers,
Harry
At 02:19 PM 10/11/01 +0100, you wrote:
Terry Griner asked:-
Would this be thick enough to be a boiler?
Terry,
I agree with Mike, strong enough for the barrell but I wouldn't
recommend it for the heads, which I'm guessing is what you want to use it
for. IMHO the cost and bother of staying it
what
is typical in Ga1, the boiler is called upon to contribute an increasing
amount of the structural spine of a locomotive and for that 1/32 simply
won't do.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
and
face the OD to 2 and clean up the ID at the ends. Viola! 2 tube.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 10:39 AM 11/30/01 -0500, you wrote:
Harry:
A year or so ago I ordered a set of wheels from Bob Paule.
Jim,
I'm almost certain Bob was supplying Walsall wheels. There wouldn't be
anyone else to buy from actually. I have several sets of their wheels and
those are made the same way.
The
Trent,
I have narrowed the search for firebrick and I can't be certain yet but
I may have located the material, or something closely akin to it, here in
town. It's a refractory material used for heating boiler applications
called insulating firebrick - lightweight. It is firebrick, but
At 11:48 AM 12/15/01 -0600, you wrote:
Yes, the size of bricks that were on the shelf was slightly larger
than the typical building type brick.
Trent,
I've made more progress since I posted you. I have found a mfg
(I'm sure there are others) and will write to ask them for samples the
At 07:16 AM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
Trent,
. . . . . . . . Besides, I am interested what you two are doing with the
light firebrick, Gas Burners?
Terry
Terry,
Nothing sinister, and I think I've mentioned all this before on the
List at one time or another. I've been intrigued by the
) within the next couple of days.
Also, Jim Curry advises that he is preparing to make available laser cut
frame sets for the DEE loco. Anyone interested in that please contact Jim
or me.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 11:03 AM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
Throw my hat-er check-in with the order.
OK but be specific, is that one set DEE?
hw
, depending upon the exchange rate, plus post,
so we are probably looking at around $200 per set all-in.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 09:58 AM 12/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
Howdy all.
. . . . . . . The bad news is the engine is still using excessive steam oil.
Must be that pumpin' action we've heard so much about. :-)
hw
At 12:15 PM 12/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
Harry et al,
Hah! I knew that would lure the critter out of his hiding place!
I agree with Geoff on the lubricator valve business. I've often wondered
if there was some product already available that could be adapted to make
this building job
At 12:35 PM 12/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
Cox was bought a few years ago by another company, but is still in business
and still producing their engines and various other products.
Thanks for this information Steve. Worth looking into, expecially if the
remote valves are such that they could be
At 04:47 PM 12/19/01 -0800, you wrote:
So, I convert mm to inches by mulitplying by 4 and . . . . .
Royce,
Once I relented and commited to memory two numbers 25.4 and .03937, the
rest was a piece of cake.
At 02:46 PM 12/19/01 -0800, Richard wrote:
1. Good looking, model engineering metric
of
spotty hole sizing or drilling, mostly oversize.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
of my fathers. My
well-intentioned restoration destroyed for all time whatever value it
had, which was considerable. Restore very very carefully. Long before
the advent of Antiques Roadshow I learned the sometimes the most beneficial
thing that can be done is nothing.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville
At 10:24 AM 12/21/01 EST, he wrote:
Did you check these guys? Project frames for 10GBP = $15.
http://www.justtheticketengineering.co.uk
Pete
Don't ya' just love these guys?
hw
I was reading some old issues of Model Engineer magazine this week and
found an article that was of interest to me and pertinant to our hobby so I
thought I'd pass it along. The article appears in Model Engineer #3342 (5
April '68) and was written by P.F. James, member of the Reading (UK)
. What I need would be roughly 3/4-1 diam x 1/2-3/4 high, maybe
a dozen of them. I know where I can mail order in 100's, and the only
thing available locally are small plastic things with sticky backs. Any
help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 09:15 AM 12/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
Harry, I believe that you are looking for adjustable levelers.
Mike,
Thanks for the try, and close, but those would be just a little much
for the application I have. I always, ALWAYS try to exhaust every possible
local alternative before asking for
At 09:08 PM 12/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
Yes, it would be interesting to know if the max pressure is in the
300 psi range, the 600 psi, or higher. I'd suspect it's pretty low,
i.e. the fuel systems we use would never be able to produce the
pressures used in the tests. But, it's a guess.
At 11:36 AM 12/29/01 -0800, you wrote:
I am going to print the wicks that are a-flaming for next years Xmas
cards---beautiful-!!
Geoff
Geoff,
Make of it what you wish but I consider those to be utility grade
flames and for Xmas cards and other personal greetings I'd think you'd want
to treat
At 06:15 PM 12/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
I've got 2 drivers w/rust, I need them cleaned before painting.
Jim,
I thought if you were inquiring about possibly building one that would
be simple enough to do but surprisingly a very quick search on Google
didn't turn up anything on building a
At 05:45 PM 1/1/02 -, you wrote:
I have had good service with respect to forking out back issues from -
Stephans RR History - Talbott TN
Art,
I wasn't aware such a place existed. Amazing what one finds in one's
own back yard.
Regards,
Harry
At 02:05 PM 1/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
Thanks to everyone for all the input. One thing I hadn't considered was
tumbling in a (fine sand?) that Keith has. Gratis is cheaper than
wholesale.
Jim,
Very cheap to rig up a tumbler. I hear walnut shells are great as a
tumbling medium.
Regards,
a lateral move into live steam should be an easy one, and there is also
a much greater depth of experience and knowledge on the List than is
apparent from the usual daily banter. The focus here is on Ga1 but quite a
few of us dabble in other gauges, scales, and steam project types.
Regards,
Harry
At 09:44 AM 1/4/02 -0600, Trent wrote:
Welcome aboard Les.
List,
With regard to Les's workshop I'd like to point something out, and
this is a pet thing of mine but I promise I won't harp on it. Those of you
who visited Les's site should have noticed his WW (watchmaker's/jeweler's)
style
At 11:32 PM 1/2/02 -0600, you wrote:
Do you mind to elaborate on your thoughts of inconsistent firing due
to the wet-dry-wet-dry cycle?
Trent,
Sorry for not getting back to you, this message got temporarily lost
in the que.
Did you ever see the Laurel Hardy scene where the Boys
At 06:01 PM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
the w-w is still made by Derbyshire, levin, boley, lorch and others.
Keith,
Boley is gone.
Regards,
Harry
At 06:50 PM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
boley is still stocked and sold by s. la rose co. in north carolina,
Keith,
Not unless someone has opened Boley back up. They may still list them
but Boley sold out to Bergion (I think) a European watchmaking tool
manufacturer who promptly closed the
Anyone have a current email address for John Shawe? The last one I have
for him is bouncing.
hw
with conventional files. For the average person it
would be far more cost effective to select a suitable wheel from say
Walsall (where the Dee wheel castings are coming from) and buy them
machined, insulated, and quartered on axels.
Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville, Tn
At 06:22 PM 1/21/02 -0600, you wrote:
How is the Pattern Repository doing? Is there anything in it yet?
Mike Eorgoff
Two driver patterns. Neither specific to a particular locomotive, and
one of those is on the road somewhere with Salty.
Regards,
Harry
At 10:59 AM 1/27/02 -0800, you wrote:
SSSM DOES list 1/8 long 6BA setscrews only, but some
longer ones would give better purchase on the threads, don't you think?
Royce,
I only takes a few threads to develop the service tensile strength
of a screw so although a longer screw would be
At 07:05 AM 1/28/02 -0800, you wrote:
On the other hand, I've waited months for orders from other suppliers in
England.
Royce
Don't get me started . . . Oops too late. How about eleven months and
three weeks for an order of standard, stock, off the shelf, fittings from a
well
At 06:16 PM 1/28/02 -, you wrote:
Won't pay our taxes, won't drink our tea!
Art
Art,
Oh I don't know about that, one of your teas is still my favorite, and
the cost of the tea itself isn't so bad, nor the taxes, but I have to come
there to get it so it ends up costing me around $1500/lb!
At 02:15 PM 2/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
Careful with the light bulb idea.
All this is far afield from what we're concerned about in Ga1 but as
long as we're at it, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using a very
small muffin fan to keep air circulating through a stored boiler. In
7-1/2 ga
At 05:00 PM 2/1/02 -0800, you wrote:
Greetings list,
Geoff--Burp!
Give 'em 'ell Geoff! A man who knows the roar of splitting hairs when
he hear's it. :-)
Regards,
Harry
At 07:10 PM 2/2/02 EST, you wrote:
I pulled out Small Parts Inc. catalog, page 424, is list of small nylon
bristle brushes.
Bob
They're up to about $119.50 each now aren't they?
Regards,
Harry
At 09:28 PM 2/2/02 EST, you wrote:
They're up to about $119.50 each now aren't they?
No
I was joking. Small Parts can be pricey.
Regards,
Harry
Could anyone with Ga1 UK passenger stock, specifically GWR and/or BR, of
any mfg, give me an tread diameter dimension for the wheels? I'm curious
as to what wheel diameters are being or have been supplied for carriage
bogies.
Regards,
Harry
At 07:57 PM 2/3/02 -0800, you wrote:
The hypothesis is that cleaning contributes to work hardening the copper.
Richard,
The copper would have to be stretched or otherwise displaced (worked)
to do that and a brush with enough stiffness to do that really would damage
flues.
Regards,
Harry
At 09:41 PM 2/3/02 -0800, you wrote:
So, to put you on the spot, Harry...
Oh please please please don't throw me in that briar p . . . I mean put
me on the spot Richard. :-)
what do you think in terms of brushes in copper flues?
Well, I may not be able to help you much, not ever
At 11:42 AM 2/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
Hi Folks,
John Page
John,
Please contact me off the List (again) I have marine stuff from the
idiot simple to a lifetime project (but not Weymouth unfortunately) and
some of it might be what you are looking for.
Regards,
Harry
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