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In this Gimp tutorial we will create a round web 2.0 button/icon with a metal ring around it. This button is very handy for download icons and such, and it can easily be customized, especially with gradients.
This is what we're going to create, we will also look at some variations of the button afterwards.
Create a new image with a white background. I made mine 600×400.
Now create a new layer and name it "ring".
Use the Ellipse Select Tool to create a circle that measures 250×250.
Set your FG and BG color to a dark gray (333333) and white (ffffff).
Use the Blend Tool to create a gradient from the top of the selection to the bottom of it.
The gradient should be Reversed, the shape set to Radial, the Offset should be set to 20, and Adaptive Supersampling should be enabled.
The offset simply makes it so that we get more white on the top of the button, while Adaptive Supersampling makes it smoother. Our image should look like this now:
Shrink the selection by 25px. (Select->Shrink)
Use the Blend Tool to create a gradient from the bottom of the selection to the top of it.
Use the same settings as last time.
Create a new layer and name it "sphere". Shrink the selection by 5px (Select->Shrink), then fill the selection with a blue color (216eda) using the Bucket Fill tool.
Now set your FG color to cyan (4feeff).
Create a radial gradient a little bit above the bottom of the selection and approximately 120px up.
The Gradient should be set to FG to Transparent, it should not be reversed, set the Offset to 20, and make sure Adaptive Supersampling is disabled.
That should give us this result:
Set your FG color to white (ffffff). We're going to use the Paintbrush tool to add a little white at the bottom of the button.
Set the opacity of the brush to 70%, use a large fuzzy brush (Circle Fuzzy 19) and set the scale to 10.
Position the brush so that half of it is inside the selection, then click just once with the mouse.
That should give us a gentle touch of white like this:
We're going to create an inner shadow, to do this we first need to create a new layer and name it "inner shadow".
Now grow the selection by 1px. Select->Grow.
Then we fill the selection with black (000000) using the Bucket Fill tool.
Next go to Select->Feather.
Feather the selection by 20.
Now hit the Delete button on the keyboard.
Also, we don't need the selection anymore so get rid of it by going to Select->None.
Next, duplicate the layer so that the inner shadow becomes stronger.
Create a new layer and name it "gloss".
Create a selection where you want the gloss to be.
Set your FG color to white (ffffff).
Create a gradient from the top of the selection to the bottom of it.
The Gradient should be set to FG to Transparent, the Shape to linear, Offset to 0.
Now reduce the opacity of the gloss layer to 75 so that it blends in more smoothly with the rest of the button.
Time to add some text, select a font you like and write something on the button, these kinds of buttons are very good for adding short words like GO! or a symbol such as a downwards arrow for a download button.
I simply added the letter Z. The font is Verdana Bold size 100.
Next we give the text an outline.
To do that go to Filters->Light and Shadow->Drop shadow.
Set Offset X and Offset Y to 0.
That should give us a nice dark outline around the text like this:
Almost done know, we just need to give the whole button an outline, and soften it a little.
Select the layer named "ring", and then give it a drop shadow with the same settings as we used on the text.
Now we need to soften the button a little bit just where the inner shadow meets the metal ring.
We have two layers with inner shadow, so we need to merge them into one. In the Layer Dialog, select the top layer with inner shadow, right-click and choose Merge Down.
Next we're going to give the inner shadow layer a Gaussian blur of 2. (Filters->Blur->Gaussian Blur)
That's it, the button is done:
It's also very easy to make variations of this button by using gradients instead of all that
blue and cyan we made in step 4 and step 5.
Here is the button with the gradient called Deep Sea, the gradient was created
from the bottom of the selection and 450px up.
Here is the same gradient from the top of the selection to almost the bottom of it, and with the gloss shaped differently.
Here it is with the gradient Incandescent from the top of the selection to the bottom of it.
That's it, it's the end of the tutorial, tell us what you think in the comments.
July 24th, 2010
Thanks it's really helped to understand some concept . but, write more tutorial for us(newbie) and people are not so graphics expert(me not)
July 25th, 2010
Excellent tutorial!! Very easy to follow.
July 26th, 2010
They look awsome!
August 14th, 2010
Dude this is awesome. Thanks!!
August 17th, 2010
thanks the tutorial is very nice.
but where to get the fuzzy brush stokes? can we download them somewhere.
im using Gimp 2.6 and the fuzzy brushes are not in there.
August 17th, 2010
Awesome thanks! 🙂
August 24th, 2010
Thanks for the tutorial! Yes, it is quite easy to follow and understand. I really like it.
August 24th, 2010
Thanks – that was really useful! Had gimp for ages but never tried anything like this.
to the guy above – the fuzzy brushes are in with the other brush shapes – click the brush button (on the paintbrush tab on the toolbox) and scroll down the choices – took me a, erm, minute to find too…ahem.
October 2nd, 2010
A brilliant tutorial. Well laid out, each step is clearly presented and described without cutting corners, eliminating time wasted on trying to find how some simple step that is assumed is done. Everything is illustrated clearly with screenshots.
In short excellent!
October 6th, 2010
Great tutorial.
Had problems just with one thing: how do I set transparent as a background or foreground color?
October 19th, 2010
Thanks for the tutorial.
Very useful.
Keep up the good work.
October 23rd, 2010
Really cool effect. Many thanks for sharing it. Only one problem – it makes all my other buttons look crap!
October 31st, 2010
very nice tutor.
simple steps but complex icon
November 9th, 2010
Great tutorial,easy to follow,thanks…
December 6th, 2010
Thanks for this tutorial.
Same render with this script-fu : Round_Web_2_0_Button_with_a_Metal_Ring.scm
December 20th, 2010
WOW! Wonderful Tut, looks fantastic! 😀 Easy to follow, perfect for getting to know gimp too!
December 23rd, 2010
Do you realize that gimp-tutorials.com is wrapping your content? http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/tutorial/Round-Web-2-0-Button-with-a-Metal-Ring-993.html
December 25th, 2010
Good Job…
January 3rd, 2011
Amazing tutorial! Thank you very much for this. I'm a beginner with GIMP and this tutorial is amazing for me! Many tutorials skip certain steps that someone with more GIMP use would know but this details EVERYTHING. It's just perfect!
January 27th, 2011
Awesome illustration dude!! Can u do 1 more of gel lyk buttons pweaze…
'full metal-jacket gel button with glossy orbs'("o)
February 7th, 2011
That is so cool, I've been trying to do that for ages, but couldn't work out the gradients properly. By the way I'm not sure if you are aware but your webpage is embedded in another webpage http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/tutorial/Round-Web-2-0-Button-with-a-Metal-Ring-993.html
I'm not sure if their both your sites or someone is claiming your work.
February 15th, 2011
Love it, thanks very much! Very nice!
February 22nd, 2011
The only hing i didnt get was the drop shadow but easy to follow
March 1st, 2011
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March 4th, 2011
Great tutorial ! Instructions are extremely clear ! There are not a lot of GIMP tutorials as good as this one.
Thanks !
March 7th, 2011
I am a programmer. As such, I am very much a logical thinker. Sit me down to write up a program, and I can see the logic faster than I can type, which is pretty darned fast. Unfortunately, this means that I am not much of an artistic thinker. When I design something..anything..remotely artistic, be it a texture, a graphic image, or a 3D model, it tends to be very symmetrical. I have literally been known to sit down with a calculator to figure out exactly how to lay out a 3D model.
Regardless, I found your tutorial and decided to give it a try. I liked the looks of your finished product, and it pretty much hit the nail on the head for what I was looking to do. I got a bit scared when it got to the parts about manually painting in shading with a brush. I felt fairly certain I was gonna muck it up real good. Thanks to your very clear instructions though, it came out wonderful. I am actually proud of the finished image I did, which is a rare thing for me.
Great job, and I will be having a look at your other tutorials as well, and recommending your site to others.
March 24th, 2011
Nice! Love this ;D
March 24th, 2011
I've always looked around for free graphics to create my website before but it just became a big hassle and I never found the look I was really going for. Your final button looks really nice and is the kind of thing I'm looking for…your excellently laid out, simple tutorial was fantastic. Like Zod, I'm more of a programmer than a graphics specialist and, also like Zod, after following your tutorial I'm happy with the final result.
Thanks for the excellent job.
April 6th, 2011
Love it, thanks very much! Very good comment
April 18th, 2011
Thanks a lot for this turorial, it's great!
April 28th, 2011
Great post, helped me out a lot!
It's amazing how something can be laid out so simply by someone who knows what they're doing.
April 28th, 2011
Thank you – very easy to follow for a someone totally new to all this. was amazed at the final result – have tried a few other tutorials but they just didn't explain all the steps as well. Will be looking for more tutorials from you.
May 4th, 2011
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It helped me a lot!
May 22nd, 2011
Yup, it's an amazing tutorial, and it's amazing how people come up with stuff 😀
I mean everything is done with gradients?
Thnx again, and i'm waiting for more tutorials like everyone else 😀
June 24th, 2011
Thanks for the info!
I have the final result of a tutorial I did back in Dec. 2009. For the life of me, I can't find the actual tutorial. I've uploaded the result (http://www.box.net/shared/j6izu7bt825d406bqkcl). Do you know where I may find the original tutorial?
June 30th, 2011
Very Nice tutorial. even for experienced graphic designers.
July 17th, 2011
Super cool!!!!!! tutorial…….i was schoked!!!to see what i created by following your tutorial……
July 22nd, 2011
Wowsome coolness squared. Thank you! Really Gimple to follow.
July 27th, 2011
I am impressed! I have never done such a complex task before and it was really so easy to follow.
September 24th, 2011
Thank you. Very much impressed!!!!!!!
October 25th, 2011
soooooo omg wow!!
October 31st, 2011
Great effect, good job!
December 23rd, 2011
Surprisingly easy to follow 🙂 I'm more of a web developer then a graphic designer. Learning PS I always imagined to be hard.
January 1st, 2012
Thanks man, really gave me a good idea of how to use simple techniques like gradients to achieve stunning effects! plus very clear tutorial. 5 stars all round 🙂
January 19th, 2012
Awesome Tutorial. Very nicely written. Kudos
January 24th, 2012
Great tutorial! Thanks!
April 7th, 2012
Thanks! Its great Tutorial.
April 7th, 2012
Really great tutorial! Everything was explained in great detail, which I am happy about as I'm a gimp newbie. I am actually pleased about my final product as it wasn't what I expected it to be!
Fantastic tutorial and I am recommending this to other gimpers.
April 23rd, 2012
I love it!
May 29th, 2012
very nice tutorial..,:)
June 17th, 2012
Best tutorial ever on GIMP
June 18th, 2012
Thanks very much for this tutorial! Having very, very little GIMP (or any other type of similar program) experience, I was able to make a few of these up. Trial and error on my part, as I am replacing my keyboard on my HP TouchPad…I have to make 2 buttons at the same time, (2nd button is the button press).
I found I had to zoom in quite considerably, 1400% or more, to make sure the edges were perfect, as I was taking my keyboard png files and making the new buttons on top of the old ones.
July 18th, 2012
Thanks very much . really great tutorial.
August 10th, 2012
This is great,very easy-to-follow tutorial. i learned a lot about gradients! thanks a ton, please keep it up! 😀
August 22nd, 2012
I too am having trouble finding the large fuzzy brush (Circle Fuzzy 19). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Apparently GIMP 2.8 doesn't come with all the brushes as the previous versions. I found that the originals can downloaded here:
October 5th, 2012
Thank you for this tutorial. As someone who needed to learn this quick you made everything clear, concise and very easy to understand. Thanks!
October 8th, 2012
One question when you have a chance…I see now how to edit the text layer, but I find that when I do, the drop shadow I created for the text will not edit. Is there an easy method to keep the same basic button design but be able to edit the text AND change the drop shadow?
October 18th, 2012
The answer to a quest in finding a great gauge skin – instead of a button 😉
Fantastic tutorial, thanks a lot!
October 26th, 2012
This is a really great starting place for some of buttons I'd like to replace in the forseeable future (actaully a fairly large number) thanks.
October 30th, 2012
Wow! And GIMP turns out to be logical! Thanks a lot for a GREAT tutorial. Btw, the new GIMP 2.8 is a huge improvement over the older versions…
January 8th, 2013
thanks, that was amazing!
January 16th, 2013
Wonderful Art Work. Beautifully laid out tutorial. Very simple to follow. Complex appearance made too simple to create. Thank you for this amazing tutorial. 5 Stars from me. 🙂
May 8th, 2013
Great tutorial, very easy to follow with amazing results. My only modification would be to add an inner shadow to the text instead of a drop shadow. That would make the text look like it was inset or embedded into the button instead of raised on top. If you do a search on "GIMP inset typography" you should be able to find a tutorial, but it basically consists of using the Layer Effects Script-fu script from the GIMP repository, and selecting Inner Shadow.
July 27th, 2013
Thanks so much!
August 18th, 2013
thanks alot.. how could i use an image instead of text…..actually i wanna make a logo
January 18th, 2014
Thank you very much!!!
April 28th, 2014
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May 11th, 2014
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December 10th, 2014
Great tutorial, but I am having problem in creating different gloss shape. How can I create different shapes?
March 6th, 2015
Great job in simple and clear words! Thanks.
June 18th, 2015
[…] Round Web 2.0 Button is a tutorial at mygimptutorial.com that takes you step by step through the creation of a button with a 3d effect. It points out brushes, effects, colors, and even pixel placement at times. I had to veer very little from the instructions to make a button to suit my needs. The only mention I could find of the author was that it was posted by a user named yay in 2008. So, thank you Yay, for the wonderful lesson in image manipulation. […]


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|9th March 2009, 04:22 AM
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Negative Feedback?
Been fooling around with a Bogen AP 30, after I was able to fix the power supply. It actually doesn't sound bad. I bypassed the tone section, balance control, and volume pot (since I have a monitor controller, it's a bit redundant) and sounds even better now.
Another thing I wanted to fool around with was the negative feedback loop, experimenting with the resistor value.
I don't know much about it, but I've heard that it's used to stabilize, lower distortion, and increase gain of circuits. I've also heard that too much of it causes a very sterile "solid state" sound.
Anyways the schematic shows the NFB resistor as being 27k. The value in the unit was actually 19k. Now it would make sense to me that lower resistor values would allow for more negative feedback, correct? If this is true, i have had some very strange happenings. I started with a 33k resistor and moved all the way up to a 120k, and each time the amp grew in volume and seemed to really come alive. I figured the opposite would happen. Could anyone explain to me what's going on here? I'm lost as to why the circuit is behaving the way it is. The schematic is included for reference.
|9th March 2009, 04:28 AM
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Sorry, the resistors I'm referring to are circled in the schematic here.
|9th March 2009, 04:32 AM
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Got your negative feedback ideas mixed up a bit. Adding more negative feedback reduces gain, reduces distortion, and if not done properly, causes instability. So when you increase the value of that feedback resistor, the feedback ratio decreases and the gain goes up - exactly what you are experiencing.
|9th March 2009, 09:16 AM
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What Boris said: you're increasing gain. "Coming alive" is the same thing as "turning up the volume."
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|9th March 2009, 10:00 AM
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|9th March 2009, 10:42 AM
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Re: Negative Feedback?
Some years ago I did a fault find on a sim circuit; which had no fault on it. This type of circuit uses the resistance of 2 input tube heaters to set class A o/p stage cathode bias. Even the other channel is paralled. Replacing the two input tubes with other vendors types with slightly different heater current ratings can drastically effect emission. It's not my type of circuit arrangement.
As to nfb, I notice there is no phase correction cap on 1st amp stage anode (where nfb is connected to cathode). Reducing 27K to a lower value will increase suspectibility to HF instability, a square wave will easily show this up. By all means tweak it, if the amp makes a squealing noise when turned off or turned on with LS in circuit, instability is close.
|9th March 2009, 05:23 PM
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What is this phase correct cap you speak of? Would it be a useful addition to the circuit? Also about the 12ax7's heaters in the bias circuit, the original bogen tubes are in those positions, so this should hopefully not affect the bias.
You also say that the OP stage is biased for class A? Also, what would happen if i completely removed the negative feedback? Any ideas?
|11th March 2009, 01:41 PM
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I think it's a dangerous idea to remove the negative feedback look entirely. It's there for a reason.
Without negative feedback, the drivers will have way too much gain for the finals and will push them into distortion and probably into grid current at high signal levels. Could damage your amp.
Negative feedback loops in the kind of amp you have usually have a capacitor as well as a resistor in them to tailor the feedback at different frequencies to compensate for the fact that no device has a perfectly linear frequency response. The gain of the driving stages is carefully matched to the finals for a certain level of NFB to give the best output level, lowest distortion and best stability at the most common drive levels. Good amps have very carefully designed NFB loops and it's hard to improve on those of good manufacturers. If you want to tweak your NFB, do so in small increments paying attention to HF stability and distortion.
I have had some good results in subjective sound quality by replacing the cheap factory R/C with premium parts, notably replacing ceramic caps with silver mica ones.
There are good treatments of NFB loop designs in the popular books on tube amp design going all the way back the Audio Cyclopedia.
Good luck. And be cautious.
|11th March 2009, 04:01 PM
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You will need a oscilloscope and 1KHz square wave for optimising the phase comps cap on first stage. The value all depends on o/p tranny quality.
My guess is as no compensation caps are fitted in the amp, the front end triode HF roll off including the HF o/p tranny roll off (-3dB down point) is probably quite low, i.e 15KHz. In this case no small caps are fitted.
If you remove the global nfb, the loop gain will be at max. Ideal for guitar. In many amps typically 50mV for full o/p instead of 500mV (20dB nfb). Also the noise, microphony will be noticeable and in flighty amps, the amp might howl if LS is close by the 1st stage tube.
The annoying aspect without nfb loop is one hears everything in the house turning on/off, i.e fridges, light switches etc.
Failing experience and test equipment I would choose nfb resistor values +/- 25% from nominal. An amp should accept the variation. Ceramic caps have a tendancy to resonate, and any move to polyester or others is an advantage. The coupling caps to the output stage grids be a good quality type with decent voltage ratings.
Hope this helps
It's worth keeping your eye on the value of the 12AX7 heater volts for the first two stages.
|12th March 2009, 04:37 AM
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Great, thanks for the info. I had some time over the last couple of days to really sit down and dig into this. What I did was take a scope, with a calibrated 1K sine input and hooked up a 50K linear potentiometer in place of the NFB resistor. I set it so the amp will start clipping at 1.5V input. Does this sound about right? I then took the value the pot was at and fitted a resistor of close value. Is the capacitor really necessary in the NFB loop? If so how would I go about finding an optimum value. What should I look for on the scope? Also how can you tell by looking at the schematic that this amp is a class A amp? This is one thing I haven't learned yet. I know the basic differences between the classes, but not how to identify them on a schematic (if possible). Thanks, everyone has been more than helpful to me!
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I'm sorry, but I preferred the old site, unless this new one is to change a little. The new one is just "too big", everything is fatter and takes 10x more space than it did previously. The amount of scrolling now kills me and it makes it more difficult to navigate.
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she used devacurl low poo, one condition, ultra defining gel, and set it up and above.
she didn't really aim to break up clumps she just didn't so anything to really encourage them, iykwim.... Basically, she low pood and and conditioned me upright then used her hands to scrunch out a tiny bit of water (I usually apply to soaking wet but she saids water can pull down waves). Then she squeezed and scrunched the gel in my hair section by section... She kind of grabbed sections vertically and squeezed then did a traditional scrunching method.. Then blotted with microfiber and scrunched in a bit of pomade (this seemed to make it dry not crunchy yet gave hold). Then she clipped me and put me under a dryer. When she SOTC, she gently fluffed my hair.
do you do the ouidad rake and shake?
I get the medusa noodle effect. I don't think my hair has enough curly to clump into the nice thick ringlets (well, except for the odd ringlet I sometimes get in the under layers). What stylers are film formers? Also, what are your thoughts on Rockin Ringlets? I see it in your signature and have been thinking of trying it.
I agree... I notice the goal for most wavies here is the clumpy noodle look. For me, I can coax my hair into clumpy curls but within a few hours they fall into weird clumpy waves and its not pretty. The girl in the picture has gorgeous hair...,really makes me want to grow mine.
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For the same price I would go Glock 26 all day long.
This is a discussion on Can't pull the trigger... within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Okay, im looking for a new EDC. I am having trouble deciding between the Glock 26 and the XDs. Academy sports has them both for ...
Okay, im looking for a new EDC. I am having trouble deciding between the Glock 26 and the XDs. Academy sports has them both for the same price so that's not an issue. I've shot both, like both. I guess I could buy both but the woman wouldn't be too happy lol. I carry IWB most of the time. The glock is a bit fatter as you know. Any info to push me either way? Lol thanks in advance!!
For the same price I would go Glock 26 all day long.
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I'd go for the Glock 26 personally...but then again I may be biased since I own one lol. G26 holds more rounds and can use larger (15 and 17 round) magazines as spares while carrying or at the range. My G26 is a great shooter.
Have both, carry Glock 26. Higher capacity, easier follow up shots, cheaper ammo...all the right reasons. :):):)
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In addition to the above replies, the XDs is still too new. Take it from my personal experience - don't buy a new model gun from ANY maker the first year or so after it comes onto the market. There are always bugs to be worked out. Reading lots of reports of light primer strikes with the XDs for now. Stick with the Glock 26.
The number of people killed because they didn't have "enough gun" is dwarfed by those who had none at all.
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Sounds like the camp is solidly in Glock's favor. I'll add my vote in that direction. The XD line hasn't won me over.
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XD. Feels thinner, feels better to me. I feel that the XD points more naturally (for me anyway) Both are absolutely reliable. I also like the striker indicator on the XD.
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I like the Glock 26 quite a bit....I don't carry one, but I got one for my wife....and I'd borrow it if the situation arose. I agree with the XD line being too new for me - although it could be said that the Gen 4 Glocks are very new as well. Either way - I'd choose the Glock over the XD.
Well I went ahead and got it lol. Hopefully gonna go break her in tomorrow!
Me, I'd get a Glock 19.
There as easy to conceal as a 26 and ride better with the slightly longer barrel. Plus the 19 holds more rounds.
I have both and prefer the 19.
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Ok guys so I bought the necessary tools I needed to measure my deck clearances. I wasn't able to find one of those specialty deck clearance dial indicators so I basically am using a magnetic base dial indicator on the piston center to find exact TDC then using a straightedge and feeler gauges to determine the distance between the deck surface and the piston surface. This seems to work fine and I don't see anything wrong with using this measurement method. Below are a few pics of the setup I just explained.
The only problem is the piston will rock because the rings aren't on so the one side will read lower than the other. In the pic below the right side of the piston has been pushed down so it is reading a good 8 to 10 thou. lower than the left side.
If I take the measurement right dead center of the piston on the pin centerline I will get a reading dead in between the far left (lower reading) and the far right (higher reading). My question now is which one of these measurements should I be using as the piston deck height? One would assume use the left side reading (lowest numeric reading) for safety reasons as that is the absolute highest point the piston face will travel. However, once the rings are on the piston I would not be able to rock it like that as it would be physically impossible and all readings should be the same reading that I am getting at the piston centerline, correct? So far I am finding a max of 0.002" difference from left to right bank so I don't think the second machinist was taking the measurements from all the same locations on each piston (be it extreme right, left, or centerline). I am going to have to take my lowest number (highest piston) once all 4 corner cylinders are measured and base my head gasket thickness on that to come up with a quench between 0.040"-0.050", correct? The only part I am not sure about is do I go on the safe side and take my lowest number (would be on the left side of the piston in the pic) to base my calculations on or do I use the piston centerline measurement since this number should be where the piston sits with the rings on. Please correct me on anything I have wrong here but so far it is looking like I can just taylor my gasket thickness to my lowest reading and be ready to roll with a good quench.
That's all for now,
In my experience, I use the measurement that is taken directly above the pin, and I basically ignore the piston "rock".
At the center above the pin to the deck, plus the gasket is what I use to shoot for a 0.040" quench. I feel that with steel rods and a 7K RPM redline, the 0.040" quench has the needed "safety factor" built in already. Others may well disagree w/this, and that's OK.
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You can't lose now. My money's on you, because you're into the details and specs and developing your own collection of instruments. We measure with the wrist pin. I'm all for determining the actual height this way, as long as you're using your piston/rod in the bore they will live in. When setting up our rod indexing fixture I was surprised in rod length variation. Since this thread started I decided to recheck all of our balanced rod sets. We had five sets of factory rods balanced to themselves. I found two rods that were more than .001" long or short. Checked to sets of new aftermarket "h" beams, different brands and they varied by several .0001", but better than I said.
I'll be interested to see how this comes out. Good luck..
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You know most mahine shops go by reputation and what a lot of guys tell ya.They can't be all wrong.But like everyone else is telling you the second guy is jiving you.You may have possibly told him where it it was before,and has a case of the red *** or just plan is knocking the guy for other reasons hint-[$] How many blocks and engine parts were on the floor waiting for work,what was the time frame for your work to be done?.Many variables and money involved here.Did you get a sheet back from the first machinist for the work and specs he did?.If not you should have! With all the money the 2nd guy wants,you might be able to pick up an aluminum block somewhere!Paisano
SorryI almost forgot,how come you took it to another shop,most machine shops will either do most work in house or else send out to someone else that they trust.For exampole the balance job.They wouldn't want their work that they did to your stuff not to get screwed up.They want it done right the first time.And wou will get a sheet as to the total weight of the rotating mass also on a balance job. Believe me that makes a diferrance if they care about there work.
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This is off subject a bit, but I just realized you're in Vancouver. I feel free to drift from subject, because I don't think you have any kind of sbc problem you can't handle here, and that you just needed to hear a few people say what you were already thinking.
I just started wondering if the dollars were that far different from the South Eastern US to Vancouver, BC? I started thinking about it yesterday afternoon driving back from the machine shop; where I picked up a 638 block and a 0010. The total bill for the pair was $100. Both were decked to 9.004".
I know I get an exceptional deal on decking there, but ..Really.. What would it cost in Canada done by a typical honest shop? How about Washington State?
Which by the way Bills Machine on hwy 99 in Lynnwood, Wa, outside Seattle is suppose to be a really good shop. Anyone know those guys well enough to recommend them? Bill and Jim Grader?
I did not receive any paperwork after I had all that machining done at the first shop, the only paperwork I got had $800 on the bottom . At this point, however, it is appearing that all of my questionable machined measurements are actually well within the realm of a street/strip build and that I was a little mislead by the second machinist (I think he was adding a couple thou. to his measurements as well). It is a shame that the first shop did not give me a sheet with all the machining measurements they did but I plan on taking absolutely every measurement and recording it myself so I KNOW for sure what they are. I'm definately blueprinting everything myself. As far as that deck height issue is concerned, I am going to assemble the entire shortblock (after I get my rotating assembly balanced, might throw a third shop in there for this) and once assembled I will take my shortest deck clearance measurement to determine my head gasket thickness. Duntov, thanks for your overwhelming interest and information you have provided in this thread, it's of great help. To answer your question, I haven't been able to find a shop anywhere in my area that can deck a block for under $60 CAD a side, $120 for the block. It's not that there is a shortage of machine shops in Vancouver but business for them is dead so they make up for it by jacking up prices for everything. I thought after hosting the Olympics this winter our economy was supposed to change for the better, but with all the machine shops I have dealt with it seems that if you don't know the owner on a first name basis they won't be doing you any favours, quite the opposite actually. If all the rest of my measurements check out within the allowed tolerances, I will be satisfied and confident with the support from you fine fellows to bolt it together and hold on for dear life
Hi Keith, yeah, when doing the piston deck height measurements, stand at the side of the block and measure at either 3:00 O'Clock or 9:00 O'Clock on the piston, along the pin line. Never mind the piston rock. Put it together at 0.040" and you'll be fine. Vizard had to go down to 0.026" before he got piston to head interference.
I did not read through all 3 pages of posts so if someone already suggested this sorry..
You need to measure the block from the main to the deck in all 4 corners? See if its square to the mains. I've seen so many cranks that are ground wrong and rods that are bushed to short and piston pins that are in the wrong place. You can not go off the piston in the bore. Try and move a rod and piston around and then measure..
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Hey all just thought I'd break the ice with a few lines. I used to live in Detroit and moved here to South Eastern KY about 14 years ago. Just recently started carrying a firearm here in KY if it's visible it's legal. A few months ago I started looking into carrying concealed after a friend was held-up and robbed, while openly carrying himself. Not only was his money,watch,and security taken the trash also took his 1911 his father left him after passing away. I just started hunting a few years ago( really late start huh), abd have always been very into weaponry, first knife collecting, then firearms. I'll always be very into safety, and would like any advice to keep me,and my little girl safer than we are now. I'll be looking forward to the future input from all of ya, and I'll be happy to throw in my 2 cents' worth here and there also. Take it easy
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Sounds like your friend's ordeal could be a thread all by itself!
Was he alert to his surroundings? Pretty bold to pick a victim with a gun!
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Welcome to the forum. You'd be wise to get that concealed carry permit and not carry in view of the bad guys. Sorry to here about your friends situation and the loss of his late fathers 1911.
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- Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving. In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, milk, butter and salt. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 4-5 minutes or until sauce comes to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in raisins and vanilla. Serve warm sauce with pie. Yield: 8 servings (1-1/2 cups sauce).
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I just published Forrester's fourth annual report "The Business Impact Of Customer Experience, 2012" using updated data from the 2012 Customer Experience Index. Once again, the news is good for companies hoping to get a financial boost from their efforts to improve customer experience.
In the industries we modeled, the revenue benefits of a better customer experience range from $31 million for retailers to around $1.3 billion for hotels and wireless service providers.
What's behind these impressive numbers? It's pretty simple, really.
- Companies with better customer experience tend to have more loyal customers. We've shown through both mathematical correlations and actual company scores that when your customers like the experience you deliver, they're more likely to consider you for another purchase and recommend you to others. They're also less likely to switch their business away to a competitor. These improved loyalty scores translate into more actual repeat purchases, more prospects influenced to buy through positive word of mouth, and less revenue lost to churn.
- We model the size of the potential benefit using data from real companies. In each industry, we create an archetypal "ACME Company" that scores below industry average in the Customer Experience Index (CXi). We then look at what would happen to ACME's loyalty scores if it went from below average in the CXi to above average for its specific industry based on the actual scores for companies in that industry.
- Benefits add up fast even with conservative estimates. To keep things realistic, we moderate the amount of improvement we expect ACME to get. We assume ACME will only close about 50% of the total gap that exists between leaders and laggards (75% if it's a really small gap). We also assume that only a fraction of customers who would consider a future purchase actually do buy again and that only 2% of customers who hear a recommendation from a friend act on that recommendation to become a customer. All of these assumptions are documented in the model and there for readers to play with if they want to try out different scenarios. But because of the scale on which most of these companies do business, even a small improvement in loyalty scores adds up to a big dollar value.
After four years of doing these calculations, we're convinced that investing in customer experience is worth the money, but we still love to hear real-world examples of this dynamic in action. What have you done to improve customer experience and what kind of financial or loyalty benefit have you seen?
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Syria Without Assad Is Not An Improvement
posted at 9:10 am on August 15, 2012 by Michael van der Galien
The entire world has watched for weeks and even months how Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has terrorized, tortured and killed his own people. Europe and the United States were quick to condemn the violence, almost immediately calling for Assad to step down.
Although the dictator was initially supported by Russia and China, these two countries have also grown to understand that he can't be permitted to stay. He has killed too many people; besides, he doesn't seem able to restore order.
Supported by the West and especially Turkey and Saudi Arabia, the rebels are stepping up their attacks against the Assad-regime. They are clear about their goal: they want to remove Assad from power.
Assad might be one of the world's biggest sponsors of terrorism, but that does not automatically mean that it is in the West's interests to replace him with the aforementioned rebels.
The suicide attack on ministers and members of Syria's security forces two weeks ago proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that the rebels consist of Islamic fundamentalists, rather than of secular liberals, ready and willing to embrace democracy. Saudi Arabia's support for them too should be reason for concern: the House of Saud is a big proponent of Wahabbism – as extreme, fundamentalist and violent a version of Islam as they come.
This is the kind of Islam the West has come to loath and fear – and with good reason. Saudi women are massively oppressed, homosexuals are publicly executed, and Christians and especially Jews are considered to be slightly less than human. Heck, they're so hated by Saudis that they're only able to live in special resorts; if they leave these heavily secured neighborhoods they're considered fair game for extremists.
The only reason the Saudis are considered somewhat respectable is their willingness to sell oil to the West. Other than that, the differences between the Islamist regime of Saudi Arabia and that of Iran are minuscule.
Interestingly enough, Iran continues to support Assad. The reason for that is simple: Assad supports Shi'a terrorists and Iran is a Shi'a country. The Wahabbis, on the other hand, are radical Sunnis. This means that they are Iran's natural enemies.
The above leads me to conclude (and fear) that the real battle in Syria is not between democrats and a ruthless dictators, but between Sunnis on the one hand, and radical Shi'a and a powerful minority of Alawis on the other. The former are supported by the radical Sunnis of Saudi Arabia, the latter by the extremist Shi'a of Iran.
No matter, then, who wins, the West – and freedom – will lose. There is no use in replacing Assad with the rebels; it will not lead to less oppression, only to the oppression of different groups and individuals. Relatively speaking the situation in Syria may even become worse if Assad is ousted: the dictator protects minorities because he considers them their allies. Once the Sunni majority gains power, however, their circumstances will radically change.
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The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC) was established by the Nebraska State Legislature in 1976 as part of Legislative Bill 984. Construction was completed in June of 1979 and the new institution was opened in August of 1979 as a 176-bed, maximum custody, reception, diagnostic, evaluation, assessment, classification and assignment facility.
As provided by State Statute, all adult males sentenced to the Department of Correctional Services by the County and District courts of the State of Nebraska are received into the correctional system at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center. In addition, the institution houses ninety-day evaluators sentenced by the court for assessment, county safe keepers, interstate transfers and returned parolees and escapees.
The single structure, two-story institution consists of nine inmate housing units and a Skilled Nursing Facility, which includes nine licensed hospital beds and a fully staffed initial admission clinic. Administrative offices and the Skilled Nursing Facility are located on the upper level of the institution. All other inmate housing, as well as programming areas, including a gymnasium and custody and case management offices, are located on the lower level.
DEC has been accredited by the American Correctional Association since 1981.
Due to the short length of stay at the institution, there are no industry programs and limited education programs. Each newly admitted inmate, following review of the admission order to ensure legal commitment, begins participation in an intensive medical, psychological, and social assessment process. This process culminates in the finalization of an individual classification study and specific programming recommendations to the Classification Officer relative to custody status and institutional placement. Varied program services are offered and encouraged through recreation and library programs. The maintenance of family and community ties is encouraged through the visitation, mail and telephone programs. Religious programming is also available to the inmate population. Several other opportunities including Alcoholics Anonymous and a Pre-Release program are available for inmate participation.
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The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has a liberal policy for visitation. Generally any family member or friend may visit as long as they do not have a recent criminal conviction, do not have criminal charges pending, are not on the visiting list of another inmate, are not a former employee, or pose any threat to the safety or security of the facility. Each visitation request is individually reviewed. Individuals wishing to visit an inmate at DEC must first obtain a "Visitor Request Form" (VRF) from the inmate they are requesting to visit. All persons wishing to visit must have their own VRF completed and approved. Minors up to age 19 must also have notarized, written permission from their parent or guardian to visit and must be accompanied by an approved adult. The completed VRF must be returned to DEC at the address shown on the form. Do NOT send the form to the inmate. It takes 2 - 3 weeks for the document to be processed. If the visitor applicant fails to answer all questions or provides false information on the form, this will likely result in the denial of visitation privileges. The inmate will notify you if your visitation form is approved or denied to visit.
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Christopher Marlowe. This study of Marlowe's poems and plays gives particular attention to their place in the crises and debates of late-sixteenth-century England. It interrogates Marlowe's ambiguous position on the borderland between heterodoxy and orthodoxy (sexual, political, religious). It examines his construction and/or subversion of an Elizabethan "other" (sodomitical, Jewish, papist, barbarian). It tracks his re-writing of Roman poetry and medieval drama, and his experiments in tragedy, comedy and the presentation of radical ideas.
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After a quick trip to aime, Victoria Beckham headed out into the brisk London, England chill on Thursday afternoon (January 24).
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In Dennis Ziemienski's new show "Celebrating Our National Parks" at Altamira Fine Art, our parks are monumental. Man's presence, for the most part, is small and humbling. In every image, you'll find homage and acknowledgement that they, the parks, were here before us; and they, not us, are Earth's great achievements.
DENNIS ZIEMIENSKI: CELEBRATING OUR NATIONAL PARKS, is on exhibit at Altamira Fine Art in Jackson, Wyoming, August 15-27, with an opening reception on Thursday, August 18, 5-8:00 pm.
As I write, 11 works from the show are posted on Altamira's website; two have already sold. Ziemienski's painting has always been marked by an appreciation of all things vintage. At times I've felt his work can be a little too obvious, but in this show, being obvious about color, scale and our precious parks is the point. These are spectacular tributes to some of America's greatest treasures: Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park, Arches National Park, Glacier , Yosemite and Devil's Tower National Monument. This year is the National Park Centennial, and if you are one of the millions whose lives are deeply affected by personal park experience; if these wild and gorgeous places have made their mark on your soul, then you are bound to be transported by this tremendous exhibit.
Works reflect National Parks grandeur and scale. Ziemienski's smallest painting measures 18 x 24″, and the largest canvas is 36 x 48″.
"The stunning beauty, history and wildlife provides an unlimited source of inspiration and subject matter for my paintings." ~ Dennis Ziemienski
Growing up near Yosemite, I spent many summers there. Two decades ago I moved to Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park; stepping off the plane here for the first time my pulse quickened, stunned by the Tetons' visual impact. Those halcyon summer months spent at Yosemite's lakes, beneath the waterfalls, hiking valleys, camping in the pines~~I can smell it. I thought I'd lost that sense memory forever. Thank goodness, I was wrong.


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We were served notice of a default judgement on Apr 21st. It says we must respond in 10 days. Is that business days or including weekends ?
Also, we're still pro-se at this point....but will be getting an attorney soon.Is there any reason I can't simply mark-up the complaint with a response and return it to the courthouse via fax or overnight mail ?
Stay away from those who make the bad guys look good, and the good guys look bad.
PA50plus:We were served notice of a default judgement
on Apr 21st. It says we must respond in 10
days. Is that business days or including
weekends ?
Calendar days is the standard. I would go with that.
PA50plus:Is there any reason I can't simply mark-up
the complaint with a response and return it
to the courthouse via fax or overnight mail ?
One reason for not doing it that way is it's not proper procedure and you risk ending up with the default judgment.
Do it right. And remember, whatever you send to the court you have to serve on the other party (probably OK to just mail it).
It's 10 calendar days. Under the PA rules of civil procedure, you don't count the first day but you do count the last day in determining the 10 days. In addition, if the last day under that computation falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a state or federal holiday, that day is not counted and the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday is then the last day for filing.
Whenever you see something is due in X days, always assume it's calendar days unless the document says otherwise or you verify the rule. That way, you are always safe. If you assume business days and turn out to be wrong, that's a real problem. If you assume calendar days but it turns out that it was business days, then you're no worse off except for the pressure of getting it done a few days earlier than required.
Yes. The PA rules of civil procedure specificallly provide a format that must be used for filings with the court. You have to prepare a separate document in that format and file it with the court. Simply marking up the complaint won't meet that requirement. You evidently can mail the response but you cannot fax it. You need to file with the court the original, and a fax won't meet that requirement. You will also need to copy the opposing side in the manner required by the rules.
Wow, thanks so much TaxAgent. We' ve got a Westlaw account, so I'll look-up the format. By your definition, we still have several days to respond. They go by the postmark date then, correct ? So if the deadline is this Friday (which it is), and we're postmarked Friday, we are "good to go" ?
Do we need certified mail or will USPS priority with delivery verification be good enough ? Mail to the prothonotary of the court then ?
Interestingly, underlying this frivolous lawsuit, is a TAX issue. They are suing us because we've uncovered tax fraud and even criminal tax evasion. Interesting, eh ?
The time to respond was after you were served the Complaint. By not filing an Answer to a Complaint on time (30 days), a plaintiff may seek a default judgment.
A default Judgment is an adjudication, an Order of the Court finding you responsible for the allegations in the Complaint according to the proof plainitff gave at the default trial. You did not get to go to the trial because you did no file an Answer to the Complaint, and went into default. A defaulted party is "out of court" and no longer in the case.
After a default Judgment is entered, a defenant may Appeal or motion for relief. This is much harder than filing an Answer. you will need an attorney ASAP.
Good luck,
from a California lawyer who does not practise PA law.
My Westlaw account just got canceled.
Can you provide me with a sample format ?
Document templets showing the format rules should be available at the local law liabrary.
PA50plus:By your definition, we still have several
days to respond. They go by the postmark date
then, correct ? So if the deadline is this
Friday (which it is), and we're postmarked
Friday, we are "good to go" ?
No, no, no! While the PA civil procedure rules permit filing by mail (and thus do not insist you hand it in person to the clerk), it still must be RECEIVED by the court by the last day in the rule, not postmarked that day. The rule says nothing about accepting postmarks. So, if you mail it, mail it by express mail or whatever to ensure that it is received there on time. That also gives you confirmation of when the court got it. But if for whatever reason it doesn't make it there on time, you are out of luck. This is why many lawyers hand file things with the clerk anyway even though mailing is permitted. They typically bring the original and a copy and have the clerk stamp the copy too as proof of when it was filed.
PA's rules of civil procedure can be found here:
In those rules it specifies the format to be used. Your court may have local rules that provide further details on what is required; I suggest you see the clerk for that.


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