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Old 08-06-2014, 12:30 AM
 
Location: Eastern Montana
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Thank you Tracy, that is much appreciated, but, you do know I live in Wyoming. haha
I am NOT afraid to drive!! Besides, Wyo is just next door! LOL

Like as not, I'll be driving a Kenworth once I get there anyway. I'm sure I'll be in your neighborhood from time to time!!
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Old 08-06-2014, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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I am NOT afraid to drive!! Besides, Wyo is just next door! LOL
Yeah, but it's Wyoming, where the roads are full of starving attack deer!

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Like as not, I'll be driving a Kenworth once I get there anyway. I'm sure I'll be in your neighborhood from time to time!!
Since that's way longer than a car, does it mean you get there faster cuz it covers more ground?
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Old 08-09-2014, 11:37 PM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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Speaking of engines, here's the smallest V-12 in the world!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YfTtGCsiD8

Amazing workmanship. And I probably learned more about how they work from this than everything else combined. (Not being a mechanic.) And that's even tho the captions are in Spanish!
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Old 08-10-2014, 08:48 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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That's a sweet little engine. Makes you wonder what it would be capable of if put in a small model tractor or truck or car?
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Old 08-10-2014, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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Yeah, I had the same thought -- wouldn't I like to have it in a mini truck running around my house like a pet.
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Old 08-11-2014, 10:07 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Yeah, I had the same thought -- wouldn't I like to have it in a mini truck running around my house like a pet.
Years ago, my Uncle (a machinist) made a D9 Cat that was 2 and a half feet long and weighed about 150 lbs. It had a 1/4 horse engine and was fully remote control. He made it in the basement. When you turned it, the clutch sticks moved. He would fire it up and it would move the couch around. It had a blade on the front that was fully controllable, could tilt it, raise and lower, etc... I used to love it when he would break it out and play with it. It was painted exactly to scale and looked like the real thing.
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Old 08-11-2014, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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Years ago, my Uncle (a machinist) made a D9 Cat that was 2 and a half feet long and weighed about 150 lbs. It had a 1/4 horse engine and was fully remote control. He made it in the basement. When you turned it, the clutch sticks moved. He would fire it up and it would move the couch around. It had a blade on the front that was fully controllable, could tilt it, raise and lower, etc... I used to love it when he would break it out and play with it. It was painted exactly to scale and looked like the real thing.
Wow. That's amazing, especially that it had some real power (how much more could it move than the couch?) Whatever happened to it?
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Old 08-12-2014, 12:33 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Wow. That's amazing, especially that it ha d some real power (how much more could it move than the couch?) Whatever happened to it?
You know, I don't know what happened to it. I think my cousin has it. He's also a machinist. I watched him play with it and I was maybe 10 or so. He never took it out. of the house. I always wanted him to take it out in the dirt, but that wasn't going to happen. The top folded over to expose the engine.. Later, I graduated "Machine Tool. Technology'' school and really appreciated w Everythat he had built. Always wanted to do something like that, never did. The one thing that always amazed me was he tracks and the intriquite detail of it. Everything else was kind off self explanitory but he links in the track always intrigued me. Excellent detail.
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Old 08-12-2014, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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Y'all got a lot o' machinist genes in yer family I imagine the tracks would have to be perfect or they'd hang up.

The complexity of design on these older mechanicals is indeed utterly fascinating. I mean, ever look inside an old-style watch? Our ancestors were smarter than we give 'em credit for. If we had to go back and design from scratch with today's knowledge, a lot of the non-electronic stuff might never happen.

My sister graduated the last year that architects had to know drafting with pen and paper. When the power is out in her office, she and her husband are the only ones that can continue to work... and this is all billed-and-paid-by-the-hour work. Everyone else sits around gazing at blank computer screens and wondering where AutoCAD went.
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Old 08-12-2014, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Y'all got a lot o' machinist genes in yer family I imagine the tracks would have to be perfect or they'd hang up.

The complexity of design on these older mechanicals is indeed utterly fascinating. I mean, ever look inside an old-style watch? Our ancestors were smarter than we give 'em credit for. If we had to go back and design from scratch with today's knowledge, a lot of the non-electronic stuff might never happen.

My sister graduated the last year that architects had to know drafting with pen and paper. When the power is out in her office, she and her husband are the only ones that can continue to work... and this is all billed-and-paid-by-the-hour work. Everyone else sits around gazing at blank computer screens and wondering where AutoCAD went.
I went to school for machine tool and the prerequisite was drafting and blue printing. When I graduated I went to work as a production machinist. I soon realized that I didn't like running 25,000 blanks through a broch or cutting splines on 25,000 gears so I quit and went to work designing homes for Midwestern Homes in Rapid City. I would sit down and visit with the customer and then draft a home to their desire. Once that was complete to their design I would blueprint it. Then Midwestern Homes would build it. It was rewarding to see the final home, but it didn't pay worth a crap. $1.19 an hour. So I quit and went to work on construction in Wyoming, the starting pay was $4.25 an hour and we would get 30 hours a week in over time. It was a no brainer. Through the years I dabled in machine tool, making a part here and there when broke down and equipment was available. Even in the Navy, the ship had a machinist and if he wasn't available, on leave, they would have me fill in for him.

After the service, I went to work for a telecommunication company and decided to upgrade my skill set so I put myself through AutoCAD school. There were 6 of us engineers designing harness for robotics. One of the guys, and myself were old school and had experience drafting and blue printing. You could really tell because Greg or I would draw a final once and it was good. The others would have 8-10 "finals" and it would still have flaws. It got to where customers didn't even want to talk to the others. haha
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