BAD NEWS

[Jon]

Looks like Use.com turned off the images. Let me know if you're ready for me to make the switch.

[mklotz]

Looks like Use.com turned off the images. Let me know if you're ready for me to make the switch.

Yes, it appears they were serious about their warning. Please, proceed. Give me a heads-up when it's done.

I took advantage of their offer and downloaded all the resized, watermarked images I had stored there. Not a biggie since I had all the originals stored locally (What, me trust anybody on the interweb?). Their download was nicely organized and I'm still in the process of dissecting it and storing it locally; it will save me the trouble of having to process the originals again if I ever upload to the web again.

[Jon]

OK, all set. Thanks for taking one for the team with the original Photobucket debacle; I wouldn't have implemented this caching function if that whole disaster didn't happen. All your use.com images are replaced, including the ones that appeared in posts that other people made quoting your original posts.

Fixed posts with use.com images replaced:

#35502 - The Miterset
#35504 - Low profile slitting saw arbor
#35505 - Speciality hammers
#35507 - Workshop garotte
#35508 - Modifying small screws
#35510 - Hole centering aid
#35511 - Hole diameter gage
#35512 - Hander
#35513 - Shifting chuck jaws
#35514 - Shop IV stand
#35613 - Shop gadgets
#35614 - Tap holders
#35615 - Getting the most from your Dremel
#36574 - Modifying small screws
#36579 - Cutting short stock in the bandsaw
#36582 - Centering aid for polygonal stock
#36583 - One tool - two uses
#36585 - Shorty scriber
#36586 - Wire tie tool
#36588 - Sharpening tiny drills
#36590 - One liners
#36613 - Modifying small screws
#36632 - Modifying small screws
#36644 - Slide hammer prick punch
#36649 - Tripod quick release
#36697 - Rounding-over jig for small parts
#36699 - Catcher for small part-offs
#36703 - Simplifying the measurement of bores
#36796 - Drilling holes in spheres
#36798 - Drilling orthogonal holes in spheres
#36799 - Tools from cut nails
#36802 - Miniature die filer
#36805 - Monster fly cutter
#36832 - Combined height gage and rule holder
#36833 - Marking out tool
#36837 - 5C indexing tool and miniature indexing table
#36838 - Depth gage improvements
#36840 - Depth gage reader
#36841 - Miniature milling table
#36843 - Sine bar protractor
#36845 - Soldering/gluing fixture
#36904 - Crenellated height gage
#36907 - Tools by Elmer Verburg
#36914 - Tooling block
#36922 - Magnetic DTI holder
#36925 - The toilet steam engine
#36932 - Customizing a Unimat
#37017 - Lathe swarf tray
#37018 - A machinist's plumb bob
#37020 - Miniature hand puller
#37021 - Chuck speeder
#37022 - Curve tracing aid
#37027 - Three way tool post
#37028 - Tailstock depth gage
#37033 - Customizing a Unimat
#37079 - Bore light
#37081 - Expanding the utility of the boring head
#37082 - Tools from the gun shop
#37084 - Large scale center finder
#37087 - Milling light holder
#37089 - Improving the Leatherman
#37093 - Angle checking tools
#37403 - A scale to weigh ungulas
#37590 - Homemade fishing tool
#37592 - Parting-off oiler
#37605 - Quickie deburring tool
#37608 - The HENCH
#37617 - Help for tired old eyes
#37677 - Compact marking gage
#37678 - More lathe safety thoughts
#37680 - Adjustable spanner
#37681 - Lathe hand crank
#37683 - DI inspection tool
#37688 - Wigglers
#37691 - Lathe spindle tools
#37693 - Working with small parts
#37771 - Height gage probe
#37773 - Sorting tray
#39301 - Book-holder-opener
#39302 - Hole center spacing gage
#39491 - Improved hole center spacing gage
#39492 - Blue collar sinebar
#39495 - Scale square
#39496 - Adjustable micrometer
#42596 - Foredom sanding jig
#44789 - Small parts cups
#44897 - Sanding blocks
#44899 - Ellectro - mechanical tachometer
#44900 - Miniature indexing faceplate
#45039 - The Halitosis Howitzer
#46046 - Desk hook
#46465 - Ship model rigging tools
#47500 - Miniature lantern tool post
#47640 - Miniature lantern tool post
#47646 - Miniature drill press vise
#47670 - Miniature drill press vise
#47674 - Miniature drill press vise
#48109 - Cordless drill with a cord
#48111 - Tactile key identifier
#48256 - Dremel fan
#49668 - Dremel fan
#51104 - Deep throat caliper
#52866 - Quick and dirty no-spill container
#54767 - Prick punching aid
#54771 - Tap wrench guide
#54781 - T-handle tap wrench guide pin
#54786 - Slide hammer center punch
#54831 - An X-Acto jar
#57893 - Pocket tools
#58466 - Speedy lathe chuck key
#58800 - Angle grinding jig for bench grinder
#63615 - Thread checking
#63685 - Extension pin vise
#63966 - Fish hook storage
#64120 - Bench block enhancements
#64384 - "Little Job" cement mixer
#64917 - Foredom-Panavise carrier
#66433 - Model Deck Gun
#66453 - Mill depth stop improvement
#66459 - Miniature milling table accessories
#66460 - Large size adjustable transfer punch
#66523 - Elbow engine
#68722 - Quick and dirty drill gage
#68896 - Faceted ringsaver
#69574 - Improvised deep throat calipers
#69970 - Ruler bits
#69972 - Shop lens holder
#70042 - Miniature bending brake
#70044 - Engraving pantograph
#70110 - Better V-block clamps
#70130 - Tailstock alignment buttons
#70229 - Foredom tool bench hanger
#71521 - Machined branding iron
#71904 - Equatorial sundial
#71917 - Binary in the shop
#72148 - Breath-powered engines
#72449 - Car jack speeder
#73466 - Beefy bender
#74544 - Tapping with a screwdriver
#74617 - Sphere drilling jig
#74802 - Making an elephant foot
#74911 - Rolling uphill
#75126 - Swarf caps
#76417 - Repurposing an old tool
#76420 - In praise of Evaporust
#76762 - Sharp side down
#78474 - A stop stop
#79053 - Cup hook driver
#79271 - Chuck thread hygiene
#79342 - Simplistic spinner
#79709 - Color your Pozis bronze
#79933 - Color your Pozis bronze
#80403 - Remotely controlled relay
#81233 - Measuring tapers
#81392 - Chinese plan for failure?
#81613 - DIY Screw size gage
#81789 - Metal chess set
#82203 - Prismatic jaw for Panavise
#82732 - Color your Pozis bronze
#83007 - Metal identification tool
#83427 - Lathe alarm
#83429 - Countersink gage
#84001 - Accurate angles without a sinebar
#84240 - A different take on work stops
#85086 - Bench motor
#85187 - Help me find a modern use for this tool
#85262 - What is this tool?
#85264 - Accurate angle measurement
#85267 - Help me find a modern use for this tool
#85643 - Pot chuck
#85644 - Lantern pin vise
#85656 - 4way tool post
#86094 - Pot chuck
#86591 - Dead simple lathe tool height gauge
#86593 - Tilting V-block setting aid
#87441 - Improvised fly cutter
#87865 - Quasi-involute V-block
#89102 - A simple spider
#89313 - Powered watch winder
#89913 - Curved barrels for firearms
#91042 - Sensitive drilling platform
#91265 - Miniature die filer
#91833 - Miniature generator set
#92106 - 5C collet stop
#92107 - Hand turning rest for metal lathe
#92190 - Wobbler Steam or Air Engine
#92193 - Wobbler Steam or Air Engine
#92202 - Wobbler Steam or Air Engine
#92318 - Tool hanging hook
#93661 - Marlinspike
#93720 - Screw holding device
#94929 - Miniature tap wrench
#95038 - Miniature tap wrench
#95069 - Low profile manual counter
#96567 - Deburring Tool
#97016 - Locating A Corner on a Mill
#98899 - Adjustable micrometer
#99044 - Metal polishing advice
#99089 - Measuring female tapers
#100081 - Audible resistance checker
#100256 - Audible resistance checker
#100543 - Rolls-Royce retracting anti-theft hood emblem - GIF
#100837 - Foredom handpiece hanger
#101577 - Making miniature nut drivers
#101635 - Making miniature nut drivers
#102095 - Low profile slitting saw arbor
#102615 - A bean bag for the shop
#102905 - Fly cutter for the lathe
#102906 - Fly Cutter Attachment for Lathe Faceplate
#103354 - 123/2 blocks
#103562 - Miniature drill press vise
#103861 - Coffee stirrer pearl tweezers
#104327 - Optical Center Punch Self Holding Punch
#104421 - Improvements to a pin vise
#104839 - Miniature bench grinder
#104841 - Miniature arbor press
#105336 - Measuring tapers
#106289 - Milling and CNC Machine Hold Down Clamps
#106929 - Sensitive drilling platform
#106959 - Miniature Craftsmanship Museum
#107721 - Miniature tap wrench
#108987 - Demagnetizers
#109052 - How it all got started
#109134 - How it all got started
#110131 - Miniature indexing faceplate
#111053 - Simplifying the measurement of bores
#111217 - Miniature drill press vise
#111570 - Source for Spill Proof Oil Can
#111839 - Stepping off a polygon
#112210 - Calculating the radius of a circular segment
#112234 - Travis Steam Engine No 4 build
#113158 - Improved clamps for third hand
#113221 - Improvised tangent bar
#113279 - Pantograph
#113343 - Pantograph
#113919 - Better photos with a polarizer
#114068 - T-handle for Allen wrenches
#114188 - Electronic diode tester
#114541 - Collet inserts for square stock
#114579 - Mini bench block ring saver
#114724 - Customizing a Unimat
#115150 - Miniature indexing faceplate
#115461 - Tactile key identifier
#116353 - DIY transit from junk
#118221 - Base for a Milwaukee handheld
#118263 - Miniature drill press vise
#118290 - Miniature drill press vise
#118450 - Mill depth stop improvement
#119215 - Panavise accessory arbor
#119622 - Miniature machinst's clamp
#120045 - Drill chuck arbors
#120627 - Shop bracelet
#121042 - Splinter tweezer magnifier
#121280 - Nospill oil can mathematics
#122160 - Small screw thread gauge
#125087 - Bandsaw boxes
#127092 - Oil applicator
#128212 - Resistors for current measurement
#128490 - Resistors for current measurement
#128538 - Resistors for current measurement
#128824 - Meet Fritz, my new helper
#129433 - No twist Dremel collet wrench
#129781 - No twist Dremel collet wrench
#131829 - Extending the range of calipers
#131876 - Extending the range of calipers
#133109 - Eccentric Turning Setup for 3 Jaws Chuck
#135356 - Pellet trap
#136460 - Ultra-tiny sanding disk
#140047 - 0.22 pellet dispenser

[Frank S]

Jon you are the hero of the day. I've been on many forum sites where the administrators would have said tough not caring how badly the forum got screwed up

[mklotz]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JON.

I remember what a PIA it was converting from Photobucket to Use.com. The thought of doing it all again for all the posts you show in that list would bring me to my knees. I'm dead sure that, were it not for your efforts setting up the cache, I would have simply thrown up my hands and retired from the field. We all know how the absence of a picture can render a post meaningless and that would have been a shame.

I hope our readers take a lesson from this experience...NEVER trust any online photo storage medium, even one you pay for. Even if, like me, you're smart enough to keep copies of the original photos at your home/office, online storing the down-sized versions used for forum posts can lead to a debacle like we saw with Photobucket and, were it not for Jon's foresight, would have seen with use.com.

These days digital storage is dead cheap; use it wisely. I keep an external hard disk connected to my computer and use it for on-the-fly backups during the week plus a weekly general backup. Every month everything gets backed up to two 64GB thumb drives. These are stored in two separate locations in the house, one very secure and one less so but easily grabbed in case of fire. Don't trust just one thumb drive; like everything else, they can fail. Remember to store them in locations not normally searched by thieves - garage, under bathroom/kitchen sinks, etc..