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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II  Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:02 pm |
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Posted a pic on my blog, pretty exciting... ...actually I'm pretty pumped it turned out so well, still need to drill some holes in the top to vent heat from the transformer. http://noiseislife.tumblr.com/
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:39 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:51 am |
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The wire is currently around 14", could probably get a couple more inches out of the existing setup.
It's all just held together by tension so it would easy to swap out longer pieces of threaded rod if a wider cutter is ever needed.
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:09 am |
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Again, very nicely done. You da man. I'm excited to see what Nick can do with this and a block of styrofoam. Think we could do a spot welder next? (yes, I'm just full of ideas, aren't I?... I'd love to help, though) (oh, and here's an example video)
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:13 am |
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Theo wrote: Again, very nicely done. You da man. I'm excited to see what Nick can do with this and a block of styrofoam. Think we could do a spot welder next? (yes, I'm just full of ideas, aren't I?... I'd love to help, though) (oh, and here's an example video) So am I!!!
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:21 am |
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Theo wrote: Think we could do a spot welder next? (yes, I'm just full of ideas, aren't I?... I'd love to help, though) (oh, and here's an example video) That looks pretty cool...and terrifying...
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:29 am |
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noise wrote: ...and terrifying... Well, yes.  "I'm going to melt some 12-gauge copper wire"  "AHH! Hot!"  Still, add some good insulation, an actual safety enclosure, swap the tacked-on wall-type lightswitch with a heavy-duty momentary footswitch... Steve Austin will be that spot welder... better than he was before...
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Post subject: Catapult Saturday III Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:27 pm |
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10:00 AM at Michael's garage, tomorrow morning. You can PM him if you need directions. There will be Real Coffee which I shall provide. The 'pult frame is a nice sturdy thing, now; with a few more nuts for the carriage bolts (which I'll pick up), we should be free to concentrate on: spoon creation
rope spring & windlass
foam hands
and of course the Cherry Bombs. 
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday III Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:58 pm |
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n.b this will actually be real meet up 2, same time and place as that.
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Post subject: Re: Catapult Saturday II (not III, wups) Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:16 pm |
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metis wrote: n.b this will actually be real meet up 2, same time and place as that. Uhmmm... yeah. You are correct. Lemme merge this into the proper thread... 
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