Recent content by ShopShoe

This is an amazing project to follow. I am really surprised you are able to move along so quickly with it. Thank You for posting, and thanks again for your comprehensive descriptions of the process. --ShopShoe

Looks good and runs well. I really like watching these run. Congratulations on a successful build and Thank You for posting. --ShopShoe

Brian, I like this one a lot. I can almost hear it running in my head. Lots of motions to watch and wonder..... Excuse my kibitzing, but I do feel that it needs a belt pulley on the shaft as it might power some of your mechanical toys in a display. --ShopShoe

SmithDoor and Friends, I was reading an account of the pre-WWII submarines, and came across a description of a device that was also a paper "computer" referred to as an "Is-Was" that was used to project location from known historical sub position data. I think that was replaced by the...

Terry, Thank You in advance for starting what will probably be another outstanding series of posts on this build. I always am amazed and learn a lot about problem solving from your projects, and this one will probably provide a remarkable number of examples. --ShopShoe

And from my childhood in the 1950s: A lot of people had electric refrigerators (acquired in the post-WWII boom), but kept their old iceboxes for times when they needed extra cold storage for parties and family gatherings. Most small towns in the central USA still had "locker plants" which...

FYI my iPhones have come with a compass app. --ShopShoe

So...... Further Down the Rabbit Hole.... Amelia Earhart's navigator was using a "Bubble Octant," according to several histories and films made about her disappearance. Does anyone know anything about that instrument? --ShopShoe

I'm sorry to hear this news. I enjoyed corresponding with Stan a few times back when he was active daily. I also enjoyed his shop expansion descriptions and the corresponding more-elaborate projects that new equipment allowed. --ShopShoe

An auxiliary suggestion: Whatever method you choose, make a practice run using a plastic material to work through the steps. That is what I did the first time I wanted to cut a gear and I found where the errors in the process can creep in. (I got the famous "half-tooth" due to losing my place...

GreenTwin, I see it. --ShopShoe

"Anything to do with a metal shop always has angle grinder sparks flying!" And how many times do we see a "machine shop" where there's a whole lot of arc welding going on? ... And a nod to UK, Australia, etc made programs where the same stock footage of that famous large steam pumping engine...

Good save. I'm glad it worked. Inventing solutions to problems with whatever is available is one of the things I like about this hobby. --ShopShoe

My wife was a nurse with many jobs in the field, in and out of hospitals. We can sit and catch a whole lot of inconsistencies in medical shows all the time. To the general list: Thunder sounds, then lightning (backwards) Usually helicopter sound effect has chirping belt noise, only the Bell...

What / How will you use this? A curious mind wants to know. --ShopShoe