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Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
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Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
Rat's I hit it too soon.
I didn't mean "why" but rather "how"... |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 06:22:40 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! How? Carefully. I'd like to see his shop and the tools he uses to make the engines. I always thought model airplane engines were marvels, but this guy takes the cake. I'd love to have one, just to put on the desk and start once in a while. But, I'd like to spend a week with the guy building one even more. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Jan 7, 9:22*am, Tim wrote:
John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. *I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?" |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Jan 7, 10:39*am, Tim wrote:
wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. *Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Same here. My uncle was an aviation machinist, and very bright on top of that. He always had something going on! He once built a fold-out tent camper that was just cool as hell! He even sewed all of the canvas on an industrial sewing machine that he got for a few bucks because he had to fix IT! This camper worked like a charm, he used conduit for the arms, and it would set up in just a few minutes. Had windows in it that zipped down, and he got the zippers from somewhere that made them, they were seconds and he had a big box of them. Looked a little funky because they were all different colors, but he was frugile, too! |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:39:49 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?" We all are. But for some reason, liberals tend to use it as a 'name' for conservatives. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Jan 7, 10:53*am, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:39:49 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. *Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?" We all are. But for some reason, liberals tend to use it as a 'name' for conservatives. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking."- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - John, thanks for interjecting your political bull**** into yet another thread...... |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Jan 7, 7:53�am, John H. wrote:
We all are. But for some reason, liberals tend to use it as a 'name' for conservatives. -- John H Uncalled for. Particularly in this thread, remotely related to boating as it's about engines. Why try to start a political war in every thread? |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
My did did something of the same thing! He built a camper top for our
'66 pontiac stationwagon, and it folded out to one side, set up like a tent and we kinds could set it up in about 9 minutes. we all had a job to do. it would sleep 6. mom and dad on the car and us four kids (we were obviously little at the time) on the fold out. people at campsites (when tehre were such things) thought ti was great and had lots of quesitons about it. Dad in just the past eyars was really intrigued with magnetic power and thought he could make an extremely efficient magneting motor. Spent lots of time experimenting. I really didn't think he could pull it off, but hey, he had about as good of a chance as anyone, I suppose. He did made lots of cool stuff. wrote: On Jan 7, 10:39?am, Tim wrote: wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. ?Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Same here. My uncle was an aviation machinist, and very bright on top of that. He always had something going on! He once built a fold-out tent camper that was just cool as hell! He even sewed all of the canvas on an industrial sewing machine that he got for a few bucks because he had to fix IT! This camper worked like a charm, he used conduit for the arms, and it would set up in just a few minutes. Had windows in it that zipped down, and he got the zippers from somewhere that made them, they were seconds and he had a big box of them. Looked a little funky because they were all different colors, but he was frugile, too! |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm I have seen his work - one of my good friends who runs a heavy equipment shop and is a collector of IH tractors/trucks and what not had several models of some of his more rare IH standalone engines made by this guy. Very impressive to say the least. |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:57:46 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote: On Jan 7, 7:53?am, John H. wrote: We all are. But for some reason, liberals tend to use it as a 'name' for conservatives. -- John H Uncalled for. Particularly in this thread, remotely related to boating as it's about engines. Why try to start a political war in every thread? Yeah, you're right. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
On Jan 7, 11:10*am, Tim wrote:
My did did something of the same thing! He built a camper top for our '66 pontiac stationwagon, and it folded out to one side, set up like a tent and we kinds could set it up in about 9 minutes. we all had a job to do. it would sleep 6. mom and dad on the car and us four kids (we were obviously little at the time) *on the fold out. people at campsites (when tehre were such things) thought ti was great and had lots of quesitons about it. Dad in just the past eyars was really intrigued with magnetic power and thought he could make an extremely efficient *magneting motor. Spent lots of time experimenting. I really didn't think he could pull it off, but hey, he had about as good of a chance as anyone, I suppose. *He did made lots of cool stuff. wrote: On Jan 7, 10:39?am, Tim wrote: wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. ?Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Same here. My uncle was an aviation machinist, and very bright on top of that. He always had something going on! He once built a fold-out tent camper that was just cool as hell! He even sewed all of the canvas on an industrial sewing machine that he got for a few bucks because he had to fix IT! This camper worked like a charm, he used conduit for the arms, and it would set up in just a few minutes. Had windows in it that zipped down, and he got the zippers from somewhere that made them, they were seconds and he had a big box of them. Looked a little funky because they were all different colors, but he was frugile, too!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's good stuff! A lot of people around me, my wife included was just brought up different. She is still amazed when I fix things instead of calling someone else to do it. I thank my lucky stars that I learned that when something is broke, you fix it. |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
"Tim" wrote in message ... John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! You might still be able to buy the small spark plugs. I remember when I flew model airplanes in my youth, that some kits got one of the early .60 motors. Straped it to a sawhorse and started it up in the basement. Their mother made them sell it when she saw the sawhorse being pulled across the basement. But the interesting part was it was a 2 stroke, with spark ignition and coils. Not a glowplug engine. |
Tom, these kind of people simply amaze me
True. I've stopped to help someone on the road before, and find it was
something minor, (that's in the days when you could) , wire around a connection or something to get it going, but I'd also tell people it was a TEMPORARY fix, and get it repaired right as abosolutely as soon as they could. Some would ask me, "how'd you know that?" My standard reply was "Well, my dad taught me how to make it home at night." That was always good for a chuckle... wrote: On Jan 7, 11:10?am, Tim wrote: My did did something of the same thing! He built a camper top for our '66 pontiac stationwagon, and it folded out to one side, set up like a tent and we kinds could set it up in about 9 minutes. we all had a job to do. it would sleep 6. mom and dad on the car and us four kids (we were obviously little at the time) ?on the fold out. people at campsites (when tehre were such things) thought ti was great and had lots of quesitons about it. Dad in just the past eyars was really intrigued with magnetic power and thought he could make an extremely efficient ?magneting motor. Spent lots of time experimenting. I really didn't think he could pull it off, but hey, he had about as good of a chance as anyone, I suppose. ?He did made lots of cool stuff. wrote: On Jan 7, 10:39?am, Tim wrote: wrote: On Jan 7, 9:22?am, Tim wrote: John H. wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:47:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: http://www.minimodelengines.com/index2.htm Wow. Talk about works of art. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." John, It's one thing to make a mere model of an engine the size of a half dollar, but to make one run, especially a 4 cycle with valves , carb, and some type of spark apparatus. ?I'd like to know why they make a spark plug about the size of a ball point pin tip! The five cylinder radial engine is simply amazing. No kidding! I've been around some people that are highly skilled and love doing unimaginary machinging for a hobby, (but non like this!), and I've found them to either be really laid back and talkative, or very quiet and straightforward. But either way it seems they are a bit eccentric. And thats not really bad either. ?Maybe they're truely infected with "binary thinking?"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Same here. My uncle was an aviation machinist, and very bright on top of that. He always had something going on! He once built a fold-out tent camper that was just cool as hell! He even sewed all of the canvas on an industrial sewing machine that he got for a few bucks because he had to fix IT! This camper worked like a charm, he used conduit for the arms, and it would set up in just a few minutes. Had windows in it that zipped down, and he got the zippers from somewhere that made them, they were seconds and he had a big box of them. Looked a little funky because they were all different colors, but he was frugile, too!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's good stuff! A lot of people around me, my wife included was just brought up different. She is still amazed when I fix things instead of calling someone else to do it. I thank my lucky stars that I learned that when something is broke, you fix it. |
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