Tables are good things. thye mean good freinds and good conversations. I had two good table expereinces today. After work I had a Gnerator board meetign at Red Thread on battery st. in Burlington. It’s a beutiful coworkign space overlookign the lake.. honestly, i coulndt work there.. the view is just too beutiful ! .. So is our board.. no ?
usta bit later.. after a great relaxing yoga class from Diane.. we all sat aroudn our new borrowed table for Tuesday soup.. ..
On a point of Blogging backlog/..earlier this week I heard that Gordy Howe had died. He was called ‘Mr Hockey’ by many folks.. All I remember calling him is Mr Howe.. I knew him because in the mid 70’s my dad worked for the Houston Aero’s.. a new team in the World HockyLeague..
Gordy and his family came to houston to play.. two of his sons Marty and Mark played with him .. His daughter Cathy went to high school with me. We’d see them at school, around town and at the games
It was pretty bizzare goign to watch hockey in Houston Texas.. most of us had never really seen ice before.. let alone hockey… or Canadians for that matter
. I’ve never been a sports guy.. but I really liked those games .. We’d go down to the Galleria which had an ice rink.. it was always nice in cool in there no matter how hot it was outside. Our freind Jerry Tropiano would call the games . We
d watch the playes slide back and forth.. but what we really loved was the fights.. and Mr Howe was an expert at that..
When I heard GOrdy of died.. My first reaction was to call my dad… but.. …. it was a funny feeling
Spent the day building a new smaller tesla coil from a kit. It’s from OneTesla.. anddespite a few design issues.. it’s a sweet build.. Cant test it until tomorrow.. but have my fingers crossed
they did a great job putting this together.. even the packaging was great.
I built a varnishing jig out of an old powerweels motor .it rotates it as the laquer dries to keep it even.
. so far it has 10 layers of urethane.
here’s the interupter
the driver board.
the crazy complicated endcaps
the half bridge with IGBT’s mounted
and here it is ready to test as soon as I get soem copper foil tomorrow to connect the secondary
it’s about 15″ talk and about 2 pound.. hopign to get 18″ sparks from it..fingers crossed !
I just hit a young deer on my way home just now. I was coming on the freeway coming back form burlington. The deer ran out into the highway jsut as I started ot go down French Hill in Williston. There wasn’t much other traffic.. so I swerved as fast as I could.. but I could not completely miss the dear. I think my righ bumber hit him/her I was so scared before … and so sad after.. We saw each others eyes before. . I heard it hit the car.. but did not see what happened … there was nothing I could do.. I couldn’t even stop.. There was no turning around at that point.. I didnt knwo what to do .. so I drove home.. The car is not damaged at all.. so soemwhere in my heart, i hope the deer is not badly hurt..but I know thats not likely.
My heart is goign out to that young deer .. and wondering why our paths had to cross like that.. It makes me so sad.. I wish it peace whatever happened. I’m so sorry. so so sorry..
