2004-04-23
The midnight itch
Its almost a curse, now that I know the web is full of useful information, I've got to go find it. Or at least some of it. Here's how I described it over on midnightmachinery.
Its almost a curse, now that I know the web is full of useful information, I've got to go find it. Or at least some of it. Here's how I described it over on midnightmachinery.
Why is it that ever since I build a fire in the woodstove with the window in the front where you could sit and watch the bright yellow and pale blue flames dance for hours that I have had this unshakable urge to heat up, cool down, melt, cut, bend and creating anything and everything out of any material I could get my hands on.So that kind of sums up what's been going on besides working and chasing the kids around.
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And its not just enough to do it, I've got to keep researching, finding out more, learning about tungsten (with its high melting point), nanosteel (still only 40% of the strength steel is theoretically capable of), stirling engines, nickel tetracarbonyl, ranque-hilsch vortex tubes, aerogels and it goes on and on.
And now I need twice the income I did before, because besides the beautiful LCD panel (IBM T221) I have my eyes on, now I need a TIG welder as well. Oh, did I mention my plans to build a solar heliostat for melting steel?
