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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.

Pete Karasz V65 Fuel Pump Relay Schematic

Hi Art, That drawing was preliminary and is incorrect. As I recall I sent copies to you, the Pelican and some others for comment. Part of the error was an incorrect interpretation of connector pins due to the error in … Continue reading

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Finished with Trailer Modifications

This is one of those jobs that if you don’t start you will never start. If I sat down and tried to do the math first I never would have gotten around to doing the actual work, so I didn’t … Continue reading

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New and old pictures of the bike trailer.

Now that spring is finally here I’m taking some time to fine-tune the motorcycle trailer I put together last November. I knew I had too much weight on the trailer hitch but I already had enough stress taking care of … Continue reading

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Citizen’s United and now Unlimited Campaign Donations

What could go wrong? Try this on for size and see if you can wrap your head around these thoughts. You work for UPS. You get hit by a car while doing your job, nearly die and it takes a … Continue reading

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What’s the difference between preying on children as a criminal and preying on children as a professional?

I skimmed through a Rolling Stone magazine recently, my aging eye caught the cover photo of a shirtless Justin Bieber. I’m old and lame but not dead. Yet. But I do read the words in addition to looking at the … Continue reading

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You heard about that missing Malaysian airliner?

No one steals an airliner full of people for a good reason. If the Boeing 777 did climb to 45,000 feet than releasing cabin pressure will cause the passengers, anyone without a supplemental oxygen mask to lose consciousness and eventually … Continue reading

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What happens when a motorcycle tangles with a car,

and there is no physical damage to the motorcyclist? I’m still dealing with my permanently disabled status here in New Hampshire, granted in July 2013, and how that wiped out the last of my plans and dreams. At 57 I’m … Continue reading

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Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014 according to news reports that I’ve read died of a self administered heroin overdose. Because he was Philip Seymour Hoffman and not some un-famous person, you know an average human … Continue reading

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Equal Protection Under the Law

Equal Protection Under the Law, Only exists for people with money. On television, television shows that are sometimes referred to as “procedural” or police drama always show the alleged criminal sitting with a lawyer at his side. The police officer … Continue reading

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Weaning Citizens from Entitlement Programs, From Food, From Shelter

New farm bill to cut SNAP benefits by 8.7 Billion dollars! Wow! the 5 billion dollar cut back in November 2013 reduced our SNAP benefits from frugal but comfortable to, we ran out of food money starting the third week … Continue reading

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