3/21/24

Thursday, yesterday was a rare workday. Looks like we got several wins, the demo was widely accepted, and we got an attaboy from sales as a support case led to a sale.  I expect things to go downhill from here. 

Worked out this morning on the elliptical.  Working from home today, well cause I can. 

Worked on the Kadet project last night. Got a good chunk done. Found some rules of thumb for model plane design. Think I'm in the ballpark. 

Got the cut plans for the special project box. I might cut it tonight to see how it will work. Cut foam tomorrow. 

Cut the box… it did not glue up straight. A bit warped.  Going to recut tomorrow and get some clamps.  Also, going to use thin CA to assemble instead of carpenters glue.

3/20/24

Took M to the airport this morning. Got back in time.  Looks like there was a big fire in the over 55 trailer park across the street. The club house burned down. The road was blocked on the way home. 

Also, there was an armored car heist that lead to a shelter in place, SWAT situation in Amber too. 

Things are going right to hell today. 

3/19/24

Tuesday, Downtown, cold , winter is back..  Late meeting forgot to check. Going home at 2 and back on the meeting at 3.

Starting to make my Todo list for the weekend:

• Box for special project

• Charge Connector for RC nav lights

• Kadet on Fusion 

I should be working on the Kadet on Fusion this week, but after work I turn in to a vegetable.  

3/17/24

Monday, Cold today workout in basement!   

Still waiting on tax doc from a work broker.  What a slipshod operation these guys have. Said it would be done last Friday, nothing still. Will check again in the afternoon. 

I feel sorry for the guys at work as I had to just get on people to get the project done. I wanted this task done and been hearing excuses for a month. Tomorrow I want it done or I want to know why.  

Getting Camera equipment ready for M today. She is going to use it next week. 

Made orange box for Hilltop Bookmarks

3/17/24

Had breakfast and met Jonanas from Washington crossing RC club at their field.  It was a really nice place and he was a great guy we talked RC for about an hour. It was a nice sunny day bit windy. The plans looked great but in bad shape. I hope I can get some scanned. 

Came home and worked on a special project. 

Make burritos for lunch, left them on too long and darkened them to much. 

Went for another 2 miler walk on the path. 

Worked on part for the Kadet, Got 4 components modeled.

Made a links for the laser data and log.  Now I'll be able to keep track of time. 

 

3/16/24

Saturday, a bit colder this morning. Worked on Kadet project last night. A guy called that I got in touch with at the swap meet. We are going to meet and he is going to give me a bunch of plans. Wow can't wait to see them! 

M and I are going to redo the bookmarks. Due to marking from the honeycomb support. It must have been dirty. 

We did the book marks again. Mike came over and he helped with doing a glass etch test array. We also made the box again for the book marks. Putting the score line on the outside of the bend really helps. He showed me the work he did on his yard pergola. He has subassemblies ready for us to do a final assembly. 

I spent the rest of the time importing the canvases for the Kadet and am just about ready to start modeling parts. 

We rescued a old oak rocking chair that need a little love and glue. M really loves it. The price was right, free!

M and I went for a walk on the path. Boy, I was beat. 

3/15/24

Fri Yay!  Working from home. Really nice yesterday we took a walk on the path. It was good to get out in the sunshine, and great to have the time after work before it got dark.

Did work today, then wen out again with M on the path. M found a miniscule yellow plastic duck on the sidewalk. Placed on a cable TV hatch. Left the little duck in place maybe it will find it's intended target. 

Worked on bookmarks. Made them but doing side B they got dirty from the grid. Going to have to do them over again. 

3/13/24

Wednesday, up early again.  Try to go to sleep a bit later.  

Work is just so taxing…

3/12/24

Frickin' Tuesday. Went downtown to work. The Demo for upper management is just a wreck. Too long too many  cooks.  I just want out, but have to motor  on.  

Walked to and from work today. Starting to be nice weather and Love, love, love the time change and more daylight. 

The bookmarks were a smash at the bookstore. Have the new plate and will make a jig this weekend.  

3/11/24

Monday, Dentist today.

The weekend was a blur. I went out the RC swap meet in Lebanon with John. We drove out and it was raining pretty good. They parked us in the grass, We did not get stuck thankfully. John and I wandered the halls among all the RC stuff. We met a bunch of fellows from the clubs we belong to.  I was on the hunt for plans. I ended up with covering and balsa. I got plywood for the laser cutting.  

I came home and M and I made the bookmarks for Hilltop Bookstore. I got a good feel for how this is going to go.  I'm going to need to make jigs to position stuff in the laser to get things right.

Sunday, cleaned up the basement to make room for  the wood and just get rid of all the junk from the packaging.  I took the blueprints for the Kadet to Staples to get scanned. I shoed Mike the laser. He seemed to be impressed. 

Monday, went to the dentist to get a crown replaced.  Ugh Dr Joe is a nice guy but I'm just never liking the dentist. Sorry Joe! Took the rest of the day off.  Doing a bunch of little chores. Got the Mac working in the docking station really well. Now I can leave the work laptop there. I think that is a win! 

3/8/24

Really crumby sleep last night. I think the stress is on me. It's Friday, going to try to relax a bit more. Let's see what work will do today.

Opened up the laser, put it on the riser and connected it al together.  Loaded up the coolant and it is ready to fire up.  

Spent the evening adjusting the mirrors, one was out, since it was the first time it took about 20 minutes to get the adjustment just right. 

Make some simple cutouts and ran a test.  Made an engraving of a plane and a bike thing for M.

Seems like fun! 

3/7/24

Been kaos this week. Working downtown, not getting time to come up for air.  I'm stoked about the time springing forward this weekend. More time at the end of the day to walk and get outside. This week has been cloudy and rainy, raw is the operative word. 

Very stressed out from work. The work, the people, everything about work is killing me.

Did the demo for the RC club last night. After a very long meeting, showed the demo and the guys kinda of liked it.  

3/4/24

Monday, Cloudy outside, Lots of work to do this week. Not real motivated for this week. 

Could only do a 30 min treadmill today.  See how the day goes, maybe get in a walking mile outside today.  Not going to rain until tonight. Laser should come today. Have to check on shipment progress.

The laser was delivered int good condition. Partially unboxed it in the garage just to check for damage, none found. 

The rest of the day at work was booked solid. Had to give all the guys the word on the pay review. All of the guys came out pretty much ok. 

Chris and Mike came over to get the equipment from the garage into the basement. The laser was the biggest and bulkiest. It went down without a fight. This evening I assembled the base and am ready to get a team lift of the laser into the final position. 

Contacted John to go the Lebanon R/C swap meet.  A good 90 minute drive away on Saturday, I'm going to hunt plans to make kits from. Not going to buy any planes this year.

I contacted Sig Manufacturing late of Montezuma  Iowa, I found they had a bunch of kit plans so I ordered a bunch. I'll put them in the library. 

3/3/24

Sunday, really nice day out here. Spent the whole day yesterday messing with plane plans. Found that using CorelDraw works to do a bunch of the stuff that I wanted to do.   Edit PDF and Drawings.  It also does tracing but you need a good graphic to do it well. Either way it’s going to be tedious to do and will take more time than I expect.  

It was good to do that as it was raining like crazy on Saturday. Good day  to stay inside and dry. Just a very wet Costco run with Mike for the essential coffee beans was the only reason I was out of the house. 

We made cheesy popcorn and watch DrDolittle on streaming,  It was a cute little move. 

Got the bench for the laser sorted and unpacked the air filter. Ratchet strapped it to the bench so that it rolls with it.   Now just waiting for the laser on Monday. 

Sunday was a great sunny day! We got in a 2 mile walk on the path. The chimney guy finished up his work. It really looks good. However he left his battery charger in the back yard.  No worries. 

For lunch we grilled up a couple of burgers. Oh man that was so good!  Tasted like summer.  I tried the best I could to keep awake for the rest of the day.

M helped me out with zoom for our club meeting. I'm doing a Fusion 360 demonstration for DVRC. I hope they like it.  

3/1/24

New Month!  Spring is beginning.  Sunny today, good workout and it's a Friday.  Work will be a pain in the ass, 

Pest guy and chimney guy busy at work today.  

Packages from the laser were delivered today.  

Was doing research and found that I have a Great Planes Cub.  And I have the plans ! Hooray!  The cub needs a bunch of work and converting to electric. I now can make parts for that!  That makes the Teleamaster, FourStar, Cessna, and the Rascal / Kadet, that I have kit plans for.

2/29/24

Leap Day!   

Made power point for club yesterday, I hope it goes over well.  Need a picture from the field, try this weekend.