Rental car

Here is a HHR I rented to drive around Seattle in 06. What a hooptie, tool, toad of a car. Really not sure why I decided on it but damn was it a sorry choice.

Now this is a nice car. A 300 Chrysler smooth and roomy. The Suprano look, At least 4 bodys can fit in the trunk!

This is the latest ride. Lots of attitude and mean stance. Runs like on rails and tight interior.

Only down side is it was not a Z28

Aircraft

Schweizer helicopter, one of Andrews friends was very gracious to show us a helicopter he works on. Cool machine.

Interior, Now let me get this straight. This flys? Rudder. stick - left, right, forward, backward, power - up, down And you have to tell someone where you are going!




It even has a special cover! Thanks Matt for the tour!

Three blade, must be a nice ride.

Seattle Trip Baseball

The Dugout. When I got there I was invited to stay and watch the game from here! It must be because I know a couple of the coaches. First time I was in one during a game. What a blast, these guys were funny.

Here is Andrew as first base coach. Check out the intensity. Some how he turns this intensity on and off but, when it comes to Baseball, he is always on. Increadable resource for a novice like me.

The Pitcher was on today! But I hear he really was only at 50%! Damn I can't imagine 100%

Seattle Trip Shooting

Glock 9mm, 17! in the clip Damn I miss my Sig. The Pink menace a 22 that Alex vowed not to shoot. It would run then jam or leave one in the chamber. Not hot enough load or spring too weak. Alf, I know will solve this. It does feels great and rapid fire is nice


Alf's Friend is some shot with a Glock .40 Check out Alf's hold, unique. Andrew shooting 9mm with some serious accuracy! All I can say is you can definately handle a 1911! Can you say Gold Cup?


Wait, Is this Alex shooting a pink Gun? No, not Alex he said he would never shot a pink gun. Who ever this is, He can hit! Am glad he is on our side.

Sacramento Shooting

Here in Sac, Zac is showing Hannah how to shoot those cute 22’s. He was very methodical and professional to say the least. Incredible shot as well!
Note to self I need to practice….

Now I know Zac should be a Range Master because he was very interested in helping the girl in the next booth to shooting a Taurus 9mm.
How conscientious, RIGHT.. Close your mouth Zac you are drooling.


The last pic is Andrew down range changing the target that we peppered with no reguard for grouping or hits for that matter or as we call it the fun target. Definitely not at 50 Meters!

Seattle Trip Flowers

The first thing you cannot avoid is how beautiful the entrance to Janet and Alf’s home is! Flowers everywhere. Just spectacular! An incredible job that she makes look easy.

Small fix = big job

Remember those labs where you had to deal with a combination lock? Well these locks have been giving Students, Teachers and lab Tech's headaches for years. Either the combination or the universal key doesn't work. They are ancient, probably made in the 50’s! The cost to repair them is approx $50 each through a locksmith, if we took them off for them, and the guarantee is only 30 days.
Today is the day these locks go to the pile of good ideas gone bad within a few months and are pains for the next 25 years.
I designed and built a jig, out of aluminum scrap, to drill the holes in the exact place necessary. Since I have to do this whole lab of 55 drawers and doors a jig is by far needed. It took about an hour to drill all the holes. Now for the work getting into the drawers and doors with faulty locks…

Can I make a Picture Frame?

Why not make two? The wood is Walnut and Birch. The inlay is the opposite wood. Simple lines was all I was thinking. Since most frames are 45 mitred joints I choose a much older lapjoint because they are mirror twins. This was fun but only took a couple of days and were gone almost before I could take a picture!

500 lb gorilla

Here The cage is closed and he is standing in an agressive pose

Open display, designed for maximum access

Just pieces of a male Gorilla on plastic

Cage frame on welding table

Outline of Gorilla frame

Got this request a while back to build a cage and just recently ran across the pictures.

The Gorilla was in really bad shape.

They were using it in anthropology to display its skeletal features and size. But, they were dragging it on the floor to the room on a plastic sheet. It was also in pieces when I got it.

Brackets, brackets, brackets

These are part of the optical table project. They hold a target and a motor at a certain angle. The slots are to fine tune the instruments.

And more stuff made...

Here is the CNC to make small accurate stuff. Photo Diode holder.