more Scotch...
Jul. 28th, 2004 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayThe main auger bearing has failed, after 2.2m. Ice lens. Being able to drill in 10m of massive sandstone means little compared to doing so in analog field conditions. Need better cuttings removal, quick bit changeout (so we could have put in a better ice bit instead of keeping the rock bit going, might have saved the bearing).
OTOH, we've found 8 fault modes, done all of the vibrational diagnostics tests, and gone 3 times further into frozen breccia than any previous drilling here, even those using commercial equipment.
Then again, I'm under deadline pressure on a proposal for Antarctic drilling tests in 2005-08... due tonight. Way behind in email, have barely looked at LJ. Some nice chats after midnight last night (waves atpatgreene, geekchick (just like old times, with the webcam ;) and tenacious_snail), but I need to get more than 4 hours sleep...
However, I'm not freezing anymore... not just because of the Chivas 18-year or Oban, either. The first few days here, I shivered continually and ate voraciously. Both have been greatly reduced. And the sleet stopped today.
OTOH, we've found 8 fault modes, done all of the vibrational diagnostics tests, and gone 3 times further into frozen breccia than any previous drilling here, even those using commercial equipment.
Then again, I'm under deadline pressure on a proposal for Antarctic drilling tests in 2005-08... due tonight. Way behind in email, have barely looked at LJ. Some nice chats after midnight last night (waves at
patgreene, geekchick (just like old times, with the webcam ;) and tenacious_snail), but I need to get more than 4 hours sleep...However, I'm not freezing anymore... not just because of the Chivas 18-year or Oban, either. The first few days here, I shivered continually and ate voraciously. Both have been greatly reduced. And the sleet stopped today.
