I was happy today doing some Amateur Radio Operating. I have a computer in my home office that in this case is also my “radio shack”. No, not the electronic stores. The name comes from the ham and ship radio equipment location and operating positions. At one time because of the whine of M/G (motor generator or dynamotor) sets and loud snaps of electrical arcs jumping gaps (rotary and other) radio operators were usually segregated...
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Feeling Clean
I took a bunch of time awhile back to upgrade “The Hobbyist Machine Shop” from what was and had become a mishmash of HTML coding and various styling forms. I won’t go into the details as that information can be found elsewhere. What I did was use some of the latest web CMS (Content Management System) publishing tools available. This RamblinDan Blog is a form of CMS. A few folks were kind enough to point...
Continue reading...Dauntless Project
I think no one has noticed the RoboBoat project has started to move forward again. I have spent a couple of weekends (not every hour) working on the hull. Progress is being made and I am reporting and showing new pictures in the blog. The project is in the “build the boat” stage and will be there for some time. I intend to do a decent construction job to produce a worthy platform upon which...
Continue reading...Shop Clean Up
I took a couple of days and went after cleaning and organizing my workshop with a vengeance. I like to have at hand the tools and material I need for a project. If I don’t take the time and effort to clean up and put things back in their normal storage, I soon can find nothing. I felt I was almost into one of those “everything is lost and nothing can be found” stages. So...
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