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This strip has individually controllable RGB LEDs which can display any color in any sequence programmed.  I want to use these everywhere.

Testing the lockout timing on a fencing scoring box.  The scoring box must show touches for both fencers if they both hit within 300 milliseconds.  There were questions on the timing of this box, so I built this tester with an Arduino which would send signals for two touches spaced by an adjustable time.

This is the Atlas-Imperial diesel engine powering Tug Irene.

Tug Irene recently departed on a two day cruise around Seattle's lakes and the Puget Sound.

A nice bar conversation with a drummer last week put me on to the ability to convert my acoustic drums to electric.  I already had an electric kit, which I hate playing because the pads make so much noise.  Some fiberglass screen, some dental floss (a.k.a. "fencing thread"), and a set of piezo triggers comes out like this.  It's very quiet and the triggers pick up everything.  One down, four to go.

When my friend bought a diesel powered tugboat, Tug Irene, I somehow became a Chief Engineer on a diesel powered tugboat.  There's so much great engineering/maintenance in a working tugboat.  Here's our first time dropping the anchor.

Staubli RX-60 Clamp & Screw System

This cell was the first actual assembly I performed with the RX-60.  This the jaw design was unique because it used two different sides of the gripper for grabbing different parts.  The rotation needed to perform this got interesting with the screwdriver attached. Attaching the driver to the robot's wrist, freed up the fingers for gripping.

Staubli Offset Translation Demo

I just made this demo to show off the offset axis capabilities of the Staubli.

I designed and machined this shaft puller for my friend's outboard motor, after a day of trying everything else.

This controller for an IPG laser included everything needed to control the laser with a computer through a Measurment Compuing digital acquisition board and Visual Basic.

C-axis rotation band replaced on Mydata TP-9 part placing machine.

Complete Overkill

I needed to do pad printing.  I had a manual printer and a robot not being used, so I made this pad printer.  This is probably the lamest application of a robot, but it does the job well.

SMT Circuit Board Manufacture

My company purchased SMT equipment so we could make our own circuit boards.  I currently program and operate the equipment.

This robotic assembly cell incorporated a Sony SRX-611 robot and a Dukane Ultrasonic Welder to pre-test, assemble, weld, and post-test this sensor.