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  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,768
    edited 2011-09-23 06:45
    Piston engine aircraft did not need guage tappers because of the vibration caused by the engine. Now maybe the guage needs a vibration motor like used in a cell phone!
    Jim
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2011-09-23 10:16
    I have always referred to the device in question as a "vacuum chamber", but vacuum reservoir causes a bit of a brain stumble, so it's funner.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-09-23 11:40
    ok, ok.... So what's the joke about a pumpkin???
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-23 11:48
    Sadly, this is one of the times when the forum search works all too well......put in 'laser' and 'pumpkin' and you'll find Ken relating different details of the same tragic tale in two different threads!
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-09-23 11:51
    Around Halloween someone decided to try using the laser on a pumpkin. It resulted in a multi-thousand dollar repair to fix/replace the optics and other things. Being a laser owner myself, I would be interested in the details as to what exactly caused the damage.
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-09-23 11:54
    They attempted to cut a pumpkin with a laser?? Wow..

    (I thought I was the only one who did crazy stuff like this.. heh..)

    Forum gold.. How on earth did I miss this.. link?

    OBC
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-09-23 12:05
    Here's a video of laser carving a pumpkin, as a bonus they use an ingenious rotary fixture;
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-23 12:15
    This like an Eggbot on a LARGE scale! ...and it has a laser instead of a pen! Next Halloween, it could be time for PumpkinBot!!!
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-09-23 12:19
    Not a bad idea at all!
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-09-23 12:28
    Geeze, I wasn't even thinking about that incident when I mentioned a pumpkin,
    I really did want to see a vacuum formed plastic pumpkin for halloween...
    Sorry about that. :blush:

    Just goes to show you, Oh how the past will haunt.
    Even Charlie Brown always knew the Great Pumpkin would return every year...


    -Tommy
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-09-23 13:01
    TIL: Pumpkins invoke bad memories for Parallax employees. :)

    OBC
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-09-23 13:39
    Well, I for one, will never mention pumpkins on this forum again, But..
    It was part of the UPEW guided tour of 2010,
    Maybe just don't tell the tale to groups, and specially if the group has me in it..:smile:

    I don't want vacuum formed vegetables anymore, I want plastic propeller beanies...

    Oh and an Automatic Anti Pressure\Pressure Gage Tapper-ing system too.

    -Tommy
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-09-24 10:08
    A little early but there were no pumpkins harmed with a laser (or suction) in this photo...
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  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-09-24 14:27
    It was part of the UPEW guided tour of 2010,
    True TT, but "those who did it, know their shame" =) The battle cry around here is "no more gourds! no more gourds!"
    A little early but there were no pumpkins harmed with a laser (or suction) in this photo

    Eh tu, Schwa-bay? Then die Pumpkin! :D

    -Matt
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-09-24 17:01
    I'll not be goaded into gourd gossip.. I have sworn off of any mention of Cucurbitaceae of any size.

    -Tommy
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