This could have happened while flying to Dallas…. “Hi, I’m Dan Kautz” “Hi Dan, My name is Dr, Ben Dover. “ “Naw… really? Wow! Are you an MD?” <Don’t go there Dan…> “No, PhD… I manage the operation of all the universities in Rhode Island.” “Wow, that great. I am a Construction Services manager for Schneider Electric.” “Who is Schneider Electric? Sounds like a German construction company. You make electricity or build...
Continue reading...My Anchorage Project
Many readers of this blog know I did a project for my company (Then TAC, now Schneider Electric) in Anchorage, Alaska. It was for the US Government, the FAA to be precise, at the Air Route Traffic Controll Center located there. This was one of the most enjoyable projects I have ever run. I am not able to show pictures of the project, but all the sight seeing I did while there is linked from this...
Continue reading...Canary Islands
I just sent some machine gears to the Canary Islands. You have heard of that place. Little islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. What I found interesting was the gear order was from Spain. I was naturally thinking of mainland Spain. The city name was Guimar and that didn’t cause me any excitement. The name of the Spanish state was Tenerife. That sounded familiar but I didn’t know why. (Site of the...
Continue reading...All Geared Up
I sell machine gears from a web store that I own and operate. It is called The Hobbyist Machine Store. The gears that I sell are for two very popular machine tools called a mini-lathe and a mini-mill. There have been tens of thousands of these machine sold all over the world. The one major flaw they have are some plastic gears in the drive train. I supply replacement steal gears for the plastic ones....
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