u/Dizzy_Palpitation_33

This was a new cylinder. Was taken apart for modification. This included shortening the cylinder by a few inches, the piston rod, and remachining the threads seen in the photo w/ lathe and manual threading. Gave it new O-rings because it was leaking a little during first test. But other than that, it seemed to have survived…

Until Fluid sprayed everywhere when retracting it for purging air. Extract and Retract was only done a handful of times, less than 5 seconds each. Bolts and pipes were tightened on very well. It is not very usable in the current state.

Cylinder was made to provide 10,000 lbf, maybe the modification affected this? Maybe the Chinese metal was too weak? Would “bottoming” the cylinder out for a second too long have caused this? Any thoughts here?

Figuring this is unfixable, but we are looking to try brazing or maybe even JB Weld for just ONE good run. It’s for a school project, not very high risk

Please help! Repotted my monstera for Earth Day (last week?) and then gave it a good watering after. New soil is an aroid specific very chunky mix, with some potting soil added. I had to break up the root ball as it was previously in very dense soil from the nursery, but was able to preserve most roots. I have never had any pest issues, and plant has been heathy for the last 6 months. Pot has good drainage holes. I repotted because the plant was spitting out so many leaves and I gave it 1.5-2 inches diameter larger pot.

Leaves are super super droopy, and are turning yellow around the edges. It is happening to almost very single leaf. They are also no longer shiny

Lighting conditions haven’t changed. I did water it last night because I thought it needed water. Roots looked fine when I looked at them. I know transplant shock is real, but I didn’t think I’d lost my plant from it, especially not in the springtime. And especially not over the course of 1.5 weeks! Last photo is what it looked like before repotting. Please help!!