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About Art

55 years old. By training, ability and experience I am a master toolmaker. My most recent projects include designing and building a process to grind a G rotor pump shaft with four diameters and holding all four diameters within plus or minus 4 microns of nominal. This was an automated process using two centerless grinders refitted to my specifications using automatic load and unload machines plus automatic feedback gauging. I also designed and built an inspection machine to check for the presence and size of a straight knurl on a hinge pin using a vision system for non-contact gauging.

True Luxury!

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Art

True luxury is an inside remote control panel for your generator. After three winters here in New England we finally found the correct control panel for the generator in our 1987 Rockwood. The silver button to the right activates a … Continue reading →

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Onan Fuel Filter

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Art

Saturday morning we’d just finished breakfast and my plan for the day was to veg-out at the local library for the afternoon. Then the generator shut itself down. Diagnosis? Bad fuel pump. Two trips to the auto parts store and … Continue reading →

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Religious Exemption

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Art

Curtis Cavanaugh commented on this. Curtis Cavanaugh 20 hrs · She had no problem serving members of the LGBT community, but she just could not provide services for a gay wedding. Of course, she must lose everything because of her … Continue reading →

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I Went to Staples Yesterday, and all I got was a run-around.

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Art

When you live on public benefits you spend a lot of time maintaining those close relationships with government officials so you can prove that you’re not cheating the system. It was time to prove that we are still eligible for … Continue reading →

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1987 Rockwood Backup Light Lens

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Art
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If I were wealthier than Croseus . . .

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Art

If I were wealthier than Lydian King Croseus, the US government or at least the people’s representatives would have been falling over themselves to help me out. But I’m not. Workplace rules are feel good rules that can’t be applied … Continue reading →

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Love is stronger than hate.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Art

Je Suis Charlie 13 January 2015 The irony of this whole tragedy is this: If the Muslim equivalent of the Christian Ku Klux Klan had simply waited, the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo would have died a natural death due to … Continue reading →

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I stole this from Gawker Because I Wish I Could Write This Clearly.

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Art

Well, I was on Ars Technica and there was a link to this story on Gawker by Hudson Hongo about the response the Nashville, TN police chief gave to a concerned citizen, a concerned citizen who thinks that the police … Continue reading →

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I met a couple living in their RV in Hooksett. Ray Duckler, Concord Monitor

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Art

Last week I met a couple living in their RV in Hooksett. Their home stretched like a commercial airplane, narrow and tight. It’s messy and cluttered, with barely space to set down a cup of coffee, but the engine works … Continue reading →

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Lynn Fixed our Antique RV Sharp Microwave-Convection Oven Today!

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Art

We once again have a working Microwave oven. A couple of week ago the microwave part of our RV combination microwave-convection oven went out with a roar. The 2.5KVA capacitor that acts as a voltage double and makes the magnetron … Continue reading →

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