Whirlwind Missions

Friday, October 11, 2013

J&K! Fair! Whirliwatchamacalit!

Tim A. Cummins @ 11:21 pm  

One of my favorite things: PODCAST. A terrific episode called “DangerER!” The terrors of constant comparison which result in no satisfaction.
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Enjoyed a fun lunch Jesse and Kathy at Metro Diner.
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They have the most beautiful cakes.
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Then we went to the fair near Walmart. Nothing was moving but I still thought it was interesting visually. I’d like to go back at night.
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Jesse and I siphoned off the last of the gas from the van and put it in the Altima.
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We filled his car all the way up. Score!

Worked on my whirligig. It’s pretty complicated. Figuring out the math to make 24 different sticks in a 52 inch length. That wasn’t hard. The hard part was figuring out how much of an inch to turn it clockwise to keep the spiral pattern.
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It turned out to be 2 3/8″ between each hole and 3/8″ turned clockwise to get two complete 360 degree turns in 52″.

My work area.

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I need to get the swivels and other material before I put it together and glue the rods.

The rods I made from cutting off the ends of reflector poles.
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Lots of hack sawing and drilling.
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Believe it or not, I think that picture of me drilling was the first time I’ve ever used my left hand to shoot.

I think it’ll look cool. I’m still figuring out the color scheme. Had an engineering break through. Instead of trying to find a stand and a gear to rotate in, I’ll just hang it from a wire and use a swivel. Easy and super cheap.

Watched the new Elementary with Kathy. My favorite show. That and the Mentalist.

Admin duties now.

I liked the look of this mustang.
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I thought these handcuffs were funny.

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