After updating the spreadsheet (see the previous entry), I’m thinking the Industrial Hobbies unit is the one I’m after. I can’t afford CNC just yet, but the base machine looks really good.
I’m going to cheap out and try and use it as a general purpose drill press as well. Most of my recent drilling required a bit more accuracy than my Sears drill press was capable of providing. If setup time starts being a problem I can always drop $100 on a cheapo import from HF or Grizzly.
[tags]machining,metalwork[/tags]
After reading the ARRL General book and spending a few days going over the question pool I screwed up my courage and took Element 3. I was so nervous when I went in that I filled out the FCC application incorrectly — definitely not a good way to start the exam. Went through and answered the questions I knew cold then counted them: 26, enough to squeak by. Answered the ones I’d skipped, turned in my exam and was really relieved to hear that I’d only gotten one wrong.
Now to set up an HF antenna and do some QRP on the low bands. Unfortunately for me the nearest ham store is in Cleveland, a 2.5 hour drive away, so it’s all mail order or Radio Shack until I can spare an entire weekend day. On the other hand, they do have a better selection of wine over that way, there’s a Trader Joe’s, and a few other things we don’t have here in Pittsburgh.
[tags]amateur radio,hf,qrp,Pittsburgh[/tags]
Hey kids, remember what life was like before the web? Remember when VR was the future of computing?
Experience life before the InterWeb bubble! See geeks reverse engineer $200 toys because they can’t afford $20,000 peripherals! Thrill to 68HC11 assembly, state-of-the-art 386 coding, and Amiga parallel port interfaces!
In other words, I found my PowerGlove list backups.
[tags]Virtual Reality,Nintendo,PowerGlove,hacking[/tags]