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  • 01-26-2013, 11:33 PM
    lonboy
    [QUOTE=krac; from the looks of things I am not alone. My only real escape is riding my 450 KTM in the woods of VT with friends.[/QUOTE]

    i hear that. my escapes also involve a 450 KTM - but mine has no front brake and only turns left!

    seems like there are a lot of ac mechs who ride the 2 wheeled off road death machines! might make an interesting thread?
  • 01-26-2013, 11:51 AM
    XcelTech
    LOL I like your setup Orion242 but where in the world is your IQView. I mean come on, you gotta have some kind of fancy expensive outdated piece of equipment on there the customer should never use but tries to anyhow. LOL
  • 01-26-2013, 09:24 AM
    krac
    With all the connectivity options available today, its hard not to be online with a project. My favorite is the using in-flight wifi. Not the fastest but something about working from 40,000 ft is really cool plus my phone is off. Long way from the 300 baud modem days! Since my company has projects going all over the country I tend to work in long weekend vacations, which from the looks of things I am not alone. My only real escape is riding my 450 KTM in the woods of VT with friends.
  • 01-25-2013, 11:13 PM
    lonboy
    Quote Originally Posted by ncboston View Post
    I don't think I know her. What does she look like?
    now that's funny - don't care who you are!

    Wish I could take a vacation. Never taken more than a long weekend in my 58 years. And even then had to put out some fires from the river campground over a 300baud acoustic mod.

    I guess that's the price you pay for runnin your own show. No regrets though - i dig what i do and am paid well.

    the bottom line,
    Real controls guys don't (can't) take vacations
    lb
  • 01-22-2013, 07:35 PM
    ncboston
    Quote Originally Posted by orion242 View Post
    To heck with the phone...

    How about a tropical island with a handful of frosty beverage.
    I don't think I know her. What does she look like?
  • 01-21-2013, 09:50 PM
    orion242
    Quote Originally Posted by lonboy View Post
    I look forward to the day when all I need to carry is my iPhone.
    To heck with the phone...

    How about a tropical island with a handful of frosty beverage.
  • 01-21-2013, 08:36 PM
    lonboy
    I can't tell ya how many times I've had to connect and overide some setpoint in between the heat race and the main. I look forward to the day when all I need to carry is my iPhone.
    cheers,
    lb
  • 01-17-2013, 03:48 PM
    Igotworms
    Heres a couple pictures of my office. Its a little messy id like to get everything networked at some point. And that 20 year old HP Laerjet still works like a charm.
  • 01-16-2013, 10:06 PM
    orion242
    Home. Its what I would refer to as my cave. Reworked the whole room, was working on putting it back together over the holidays. Plenty of pissing around to do yet.
  • 01-16-2013, 08:14 PM
    noskilltech
    Attachment 347661

    I have one of those. It's quite the disaster right now since I've been feverishly testing some stuff, but it sure makes life a little easier when you can actually bench test stuff in a working environment before deploying it. I really hate to be the a$$ that says something works on paper, but not in the real world.
  • 01-16-2013, 07:39 PM
    joey791
    Quote Originally Posted by orion242 View Post
    You had the same idea as me. When your done, bring your strippers and control screw driver over here. I got some wiring to do yet.

    Attachment 347361
    Nice is that your house orion, or at your work?
  • 01-16-2013, 08:20 AM
    orion242
    You had the same idea as me. When your done, bring your strippers and control screw driver over here. I got some wiring to do yet.

    Attachment 347361
  • 01-04-2013, 08:45 PM
    Cagey57
    Quote Originally Posted by joey791 View Post
    Nah that was this morning I'm fueled by Leaded Coca-Cola and Marlboro lol
    Yep, and I can see the ash tray, Coke can, FX-20/60(Jace) VAV100 series and a Functional Device Power panel.

    Looks like home away from home !

    We don't "Do" controls we "Live" controls !
  • 12-31-2012, 06:34 PM
    Chris_Worthington
    Quote Originally Posted by ncboston View Post
    I'm not a controls guy, but I do like to tinker.
    Attachment 341871Attachment 341881
  • 12-31-2012, 05:21 PM
    ncboston
    I'm not a controls guy, but I do like to tinker.
    Attachment 341871Attachment 341881
  • 12-31-2012, 12:13 AM
    MatrixTransform
    -36° 37' 25.41", +150° 1' 15.76"
    9 hrs by car, no phone, no laptop, no showers.

    Attachment 341611
  • 12-29-2012, 10:05 PM
    bdivell
    That looks very familiar, I'm working on getting more organized since the kids keep getting into the gear. I have mounted a 36 x 24 panel with perforated back plate in my basement for testing.

    Quote Originally Posted by joey791 View Post
    Nah that was this morning I'm fueled by Leaded Coca-Cola and Marlboro lol
  • 12-28-2012, 08:42 PM
    joey791
    Quote Originally Posted by crab master View Post
    Yep, even going hunting my laptop is in the truck.

    However if it is vacation you have the wrong drink on your desk, unless that's one of those hide a can slip covers...

    Nah that was this morning I'm fueled by Leaded Coca-Cola and Marlboro lol
  • 12-28-2012, 08:35 PM
    wolfdog
    I almost got the cavity search (did get searched 2x) for a couple of precision screwdrivers in the bottom of a carry on.
  • 12-28-2012, 07:31 PM
    crab master
    Yep, even going hunting my laptop is in the truck.

    However if it is vacation you have the wrong drink on your desk, unless that's one of those hide a can slip covers...
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