Cozy Girrrl

We are looking forward to watching you modify the lawn mower.

Told ya so

Uh I don't know TMan, there's an uncanny resemblance... you sure that was a Long-ez?

"if you have a decent CAM system with a well setup post proccessor there is never a need a manually edit the code, and any alterations can be done in the CAM system itself very very quickly" ...thats why I keep plugging away at it

Now it should be titled "Watch Waiter's Lawnmower"

You are so sick! ..but I like it

TMan, Acad is probably all you need for most things, all of the 3D renderings on our web site are ACAD. Its when you get into compound curves and variable radius fillets and want to generate G-code you need more exotic programs. You can tell Surfcam to drive a fillet up two instersecting surfaces, they may themselves both be compound curved, with a start radius of 1" and an end radius of 1/16". Thats very cool. So far every bit of g-code we have generated has been done with MS-Notepad ...yeah so exotic it's easier just because if you do a lot of it then it becomes like shorthand. I'd like to see someone go edit or troubleshoot g-code generated by a high end CAM program, you can't. You have to run the code through a graphic interface to see each block then in most cases use the CAM software to generate new blocks to paste in. Learn to write the simple code and annotate heavily and you can go back and fix anything quickly. I am still working on re-learning how to use the CAM programs we do have. I find myself designing in ACAD, exporting into somethng else. I love Rhino results but hate the interface and feel as if I have two broken arms when trying to draw anything in it, same with Surfcam. I'd get better results with a crayon. Practice practice. Its not the program its just what you grew up with. (implying I actually grew up at some point )

Yes, build a tub for the pump, when you do the blow down valve and then bleed the system again it is going to foam out the vent on the pump all over the place.

Steven, unless your employer is purchasing it for you be prepared for a shock

My guess is they are not following the very simple instructions then. It has to be done with the right pump as well. Waste over and above straight plans technique plus peel ply? -cheapest paper towels available -pallet wrap The instructions are explicit to do a layup same as you would normally. The technique is intended to produce "highly conformal layups without bubbles or voids" Though parts will not come out resin rich it was not intended to be "Vacuum Bagging" to produce lightweight parts. I'd say they are typically lighter. ...Chrissi & Randi

TMan, You need the Jefco to seal the floor, I believe it was Vance who pointed out to me that he cannot paint the underside of the nose due to brake fluid seeping through the floor, the foam and out the bottom skin. Auto body shops sell cleaners to remove stuff on the surface but when you have seepage and saturation you are pretty much scr........ T'ain't nuthin gonna stick to that no mo.

Nice schnozz!

Rick, what a cool web site, thanks for the link to that, I will definately add that one to our fave's...Chrissi

All Right! The Thigh Master version of canard brakes, damn why didn't I think of that? Suzanne Summers would probably sue me if I did. I can see it now.. "Honey, your butt is getting big, go flying would you!" ...Chrissi

They are both good

It was observed by reality based folks at SNF that He Who Shall Not Be Named has become something of a non-entity.Being able to pair up Tracy's ECU with the EFISM (Electronic Fuel Injection System Monitor) that we have been working on with Ed Anderson (Ed's the brains, we just make it look pretty) will make fine tuning the rotary much easier plus the added safety of a volume based fuel management/advisory system. All that in a 3 x 1.5" package http://www.andersonee.com/page6.html

Hey, watchit! At my age the malls are overrun with yuppie spawn, a new welder is a lot more useful than yet another pair of shoes or the latest purse craze and the right man will find me more attractive because of the beads I lay down on aluminum than the ones I wear around my neck ...Chrissi

Not yet, Yes Tracy has been playing with P-ports. Personally I am not in favor of gluing parts on any engine in an aircraft, with the exception of composite airframes I do not like adhesives period, long term something is going to come apart unless there is a huge surface area and very little load. If they weld them on or thread them in then I'd feel better about P-ports. ...Chrissi

Just tuned in this morning, so cool to watch your gear go up and down! ..Chrissi & Randi

Thats because we replaced it with an even better one Up until recently all welders were 60 Hz in, 60 Hz out. The next generation of inverter welders synthesize the A/C output so they can vary the output frequency as well. In the case of welding aluminum the high freq means that rather than radiating omnidirectionally it radiates more out the end of the electrode as if you were D/C welding steel, narrow focussed penetration. In fact you can sharpen the electrode as if it were for D/C welding steel. We have an application that needed this ability. It has a lot of other nifty features I look forward to playing with and the water chiller is much appreciated too No, we do not farm much out any more though we are outgrowing this house and barn and need to move the whole thing to a hanger, we are running out of space and available power. So, we do have a very nice, lightly used Lincoln Square Wave 175 Pro TIG available with cart and some accessories to a good home. Please somebody buy it so we can buy a hi-res CNC plasma cutter???

Looking forward to it, I never thought we'd be making chips to make plastic airplanes but I am not complaining at all..ok, just a little bit because we'd really like to work on our own plane! You should buy our TIG welder that is for sale and do your own welding, shame on you ...Chrissi

"As I remember it, you take a rag saturated with a ammonia, stuff it into the fuel tank via the filler and after a short period, rub the outside of the strake with a rag soaked in Phenolphthalein. Upon hitting a wiff of ammonia the rag turns pink. " If I remember correctly from grammar school days; its also a wicked laxitive

Putting the blanket on a Turbonetics ceramic ball bearing water cooled turbo should not be a problem, have the turbo and pipes hi-temp ceramic coated. Do not put wrap on any pipes, like Lynn said it shortens the life of the pipes but more importantly it also prevents inspection. Pipes are going to crack and break somewhere, sometime, especially with a turbo, especially with a rotary, inspect often and see it coming, wrap it up and what? wait for the surprise? Tracy's ceramic coated pipes worked like magic, the heat goes out the pipes not into them. ...Chrissi

Unfortunately for T3 turbos. The right turbo family for our use is a T04-E Wrapping exhaust is a no-no ...Chrissi

Tony, I seem to remember those beautiful pictures and the staggering price that went with them, so no worries about a land rush of people going there