Speeds and Feeds » Distractions http://veridicalsystems.com/blog Personal Musings of Steve Marquess Sat, 05 Mar 2016 20:12:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5 Photovoltaic System http://veridicalsystems.com/blog/photovoltaic-system/ http://veridicalsystems.com/blog/photovoltaic-system/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:25 +0000 http://veridicalsystems.com/blog/?p=44 In the fall of 2012 we completed a major photovoltaic system installation.  In addition to giving us tree-hugging bragging rights and potentially being a reasonable financial investement this system also provides backup power to keep the business computing infrastructure running through the frequent power outages in this area. As of May 2013 (six months of operation) this system has generated 8.5 megawatt-hours and seamlessly overridden multiple utility outages that would have meant hours of lost work each time.

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Yes, I contracted a severe case of “metal ilness” a few years ago. It might be contagious, my brother has been afflicted for many years and I have two uncles who spent their entire careers as master machinists and tool and die makers. I started with a small Chinese lathe but quickly discovered the overwhelming appeal of “old iron” when I was looking to upgrade my tiny little benchtop drill press with a free-standing model.  On a whim I bought a 30+ year old “jig borer”, figuring that for about 25¢ a pound I couldn’t go too wrong and that it would make one heck of a drill press even if badly worn.

Well, it cleaned up very nicely and that “drill press on steroids” ruined me for ever being satisfied with lesser machines.  Now my 760 sq-ft workshop is jammed full of some 15,000 pounds of machinery.  If only I had more time to play there in the “man cave”.

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