I enjoy seeing your work. Keep it up.
Posted by: tobben at September 13, 2009 05:47 AMHal,
Your coping calculator is ingenious! I belong to the Antique Airplane Association in Longmont, Colorado. We are rebuilding a 1946 Taylorcraft, working with many young people, to teach them fabrication skills and having a blast.
I have read your whitepaper on the geometric math for calculating the fishmouths. I would like to write a Python script to control a 2-axis tubing spinner, to allow your algorithm to control a plasma cutter. On your web site, I see you mentioning a CNC plasma cutter, so you have probably already accomplished what I intended.
I'm not out to steal your idea, but rather expand on it in a simple way. If you would like to colaborate/help with something like this, let me know. Otherwise, I thank you much for posting that whitepaper, and will certainly give you credit for the marvelous idea.
Lastly, I was deeply touched by your account of your brother and the pains of your childhood. I had an unusual childhood too, but no comparison to the heartaches you must have endured. Obviously, you have risen above a lot of that through your creativity; our gain and hopefully some form of satisfaction after deep memories of pain. If you are interested in corresponding, as friends, I would feel honored. You obviously are not one to be preached to, so I promise not to go there. I am more interested in some of the same handiwork that we both love and enjoy.
I hope you respond and we can become friends.
Cordially,
Dan Smith
Longmont, Colorado, USA