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Great Wife, Definitely a Keeper
It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. Happy New year to all, Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Dantieson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ |
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Errol Groff wrote:
It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. Happy New year to all, Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Dantieson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ I've never had a wife help me do anything with tools ever since I asked my first one, "Hand me that soldering iron please", and stuck my hand out behind me without looking like a surgeon saying, "scalpel" . She handed it to me hot end first.... Jeff (Who's been hitched 42 years now...14 to the first and 28 to the present one.) -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public schools" |
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I never thanked you and Steve for the whistle plans. When my 13 year old
nephew came to visit I had him make one on my lathe and mill. He loved it! BTW, instead of soldering the tubes in place we adjusted the dimensions for a press fit and used the arbor press to assemble them. Since the center piece was aluminum this worked out well. I think this is the loudest whistle I have heard. "Errol Groff" wrote in message ... It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. Happy New year to all, Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Dantieson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ |
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"Errol Groff" wrote in message
http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. I guess I'm losing it, but I've been to the website twice now and have yet to find that. Plenty of other neat links though, wasted an hour or so |
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After getting to the web page search (CTRL-F) for whistle. It's there.
"Rex B" wrote in message ... "Errol Groff" wrote in message http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. I guess I'm losing it, but I've been to the website twice now and have yet to find that. Plenty of other neat links though, wasted an hour or so |
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Jeff Wisnia wrote: Errol Groff wrote: It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. This is a TRAGEDY! You've been together THIRTY-NINE years and you've never let her TOUCH a machine tool????!!!! She has the beginnings of a GREAT machinist in her, if on her first day EVER she completed 35 of ANYTHING! Let her do a couple more jobs like that, and she'll come home from the hospital one day and say "I'm never going back there AGAIN!" (OR, maybe, that's what you've been worried about. Nothing like a little family diversity to keep the home economy on level footing!) Jon |
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"Rex B" wrote in message ... "Errol Groff" wrote in message http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. I guess I'm losing it, but I've been to the website twice now and have yet to find that. Plenty of other neat links though, wasted an hour or so http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...istle_Plan.pdf http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...dendum%202.pdf and http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...n_Addendum.pdf |
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OK, I found them. Thanks
I guess I'm losing it, but I've been to the website twice now and have yet to find that. Plenty of other neat links though, wasted an hour or so http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...istle_Plan.pdf http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...dendum%202.pdf and http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...n_Addendum.pdf |
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I just made one of these whistles and I'm in agreement - its the loudest
darned whistle I've ever heard. Its a nice quick fun project too. Thanks, Errol. Robert "Rich" wrote in message ... I never thanked you and Steve for the whistle plans. When my 13 year old nephew came to visit I had him make one on my lathe and mill. He loved it! BTW, instead of soldering the tubes in place we adjusted the dimensions for a press fit and used the arbor press to assemble them. Since the center piece was aluminum this worked out well. I think this is the loudest whistle I have heard. "Errol Groff" wrote in message ... It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. Happy New year to all, Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Dantieson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ |
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"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ... snip----- Jeff (Who's been hitched 42 years now...14 to the first and 28 to the present one.) -- Jeffry Wisnia Strange!! That's how it is for me, too, except it's 27½ years with Susan. Things are much better the second time around. Harold |
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:57:13 -0800, "Harold & Susan Vordos"
wrote: "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ... snip----- Jeff (Who's been hitched 42 years now...14 to the first and 28 to the present one.) -- Jeffry Wisnia Strange!! That's how it is for me, too, except it's 27½ years with Susan. Things are much better the second time around. Harold I am a great believer in scratchpad marriage -- you know, one to throw away, one to keep. I'm coming up on 22 years on my second. BTW: It helps to marry a saint. --RC "Sometimes history doesn't repeat itself. It just yells 'can't you remember anything I've told you?' and lets fly with a club. -- John W. Cambell Jr. |
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