Macros and Monarches
A Saturday morning outing with a local photo club
Python in MSP
A pretty good meeting with the local Python community
I had a blast at the meeting. It was almost a 3 hour round trip drive for me and it was a great evening.
Lightning run
A quick photo trip to western Meeker County
About 30 minutes west of our house
Camping for the 4th of July (2015)
Another one of our annual trips
The Hoaglun and Christie families camping at Baker Park
Arduino.MN --- crazy
Standing room only
Wow... tons-o-people ---standing room only by the end of the night. Great presentations, great people, great food too!
Field Day 2015 - Montana
We had a little road trip to the Double Arrow fire tower near Seeley Lake, MT
Ben (N2BEN - 14) and I (NG0R) had a good time in Montana. We did not see any bears this year (unlike last year). We had a great Friday afternoon with our mountain bikes and visiting some waterfalls.
It was pretty hot (almost 100F on Saturday & Sunday) and completely dry. It was nice being close to the town of Seeley Lake which has a GREAT bbq joint. Overall the trip was pretty fun and will make for a nice presentation that I can share with some of our local radio clubs. It was doing all of fabrication and testing prior to the trip.
73 De NG0R & N2BEN
ALS = Antenna Launch System
The next generation of spud gun
This thing rocks !!!!!!
After this picture was taken I added a fishing reel to the barrel. It has been a VERY effective way to get wire antennas up into trees. This is way more effective than a slingshot.
Lulzbot Taz 5 bubbles - failure
The Lulzbot Bot 5 has failed again for the second time in less than 3 months.
The heated print bed failed and started to delaminate. The massive air bubbles are the result. It made printing unreliable and an 80% failure rate.
The warranty process SUCKED. The tech folks were great but the management was a bunch of jerks. They are so customer un-friendly that I would recommend people purchase a 3D printer from someone else.
I ended up having to buy a replacement bed.. wait for slow shipping... swap the beds... ship the old bed back... and wait several weeks for my money to refunded. They had NO sense of urgency or understanding that people might be doing real work on their machines.
I can't express adequately how disappointed that I am with their warranty process.
I love my Taz 5 but I would not buy it again and not from Lulzbot... bummer for them since I will share this experience with everyone that I know.
Ben testing the new bear gun
We have a trip to Montana coming up soon. We bought a new bear gun for the trip and thought that it might be a good idea to test it at the range prior to going to Montana.
Ben (14) shooting a M&P 45 ACP
Catching the brass on a tarp for reloading
The 45 was pretty fun to shoot. The shells are huge compared 9mm. It is an impressive comparison in person. Overall we were pretty happy with the M&P 45 ACP.
LED test fixture
For another upcoming project...
I am getting to fabricate a quill ring light for my vertical mill. I will be using LEDs and I needed to figure out how the LED holders work and fit into the project. I decided to 3D print a test fixture for the project so that I could mock it up and figure which parts that I liked the best.