Re: [vcf-midatlantic] museum report
Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic writes:
Jeff G. and I got to the museum at 8am today. JG stayed to about 4pm, then I worked solo for a while; Jeff B. stopped by around 8:30pm and helped for a while. Then I helped him with his VCF East exhibit until 10. How late did he stay after I left? You'd have to ask him!
Jeff G. and I spent the first two hours planning and re-making the the PDP-8 storage cart. Didn't want to rush this time. :) We cut a thick piece of plywood for the entire width of the top shelf, lowered the shelf one inch to the posts stick up at each corner, and notched the plywood for the posts so the wood can't slide out. It worked quite well. See this picture: http://vcfed.org/evan/8top.jpg ... one of these days
What did you notch that with? A tree saw? A holesaw would have made a nice rounded corner cut. ;)
I'll shop for black rubber or plastic caps to fit into the poles. You can see the complete bottom shelf, added for stability, in this picture: http://vcfed.org/evan/8front.jpg.
What's thin inside/outside diameter? There's a well stocked hardware store here which has such caps. I just purchased some for the legs of my currnet high power rocketry launch rail project. Let me know the sizes and I get a set for you before VCF.
Oh and we replaced the VT-100 with a DECwriter III aka LA-120. Cleaned that up and it looks almost new (from a few feet away): http://vcfed.org/evan/la120.jpg.
Where's the tractor and printhead/platten cover?
On 4/8/2016 6:24 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
What did you notch that with? A tree saw? A holesaw would have made a nice rounded corner cut. ;) Brian, We worked with the tools I had. I had a circular saw & sawsall. Sorry if our work has not met your high standards. Mock our efforts if you must, but you have not been in attendance for these work sessions. In my book, that means you don't get to criticize. There is still a lot of cleaning & setting up to do, including sweeping & mopping the floors. We will be working Sunday, I trust you you be stopping by to assist us? Regards, Jeff Galinat
Jeff, If you need tools , feel free to reach out to OMARC - we have quite a bit of stuff on site that is readily available . The other side of this is someone being injured trying to "make do". With what's on hand. Quite frankly, I'm amazed at the progress, considering the overall budget. Martin
On Apr 8, 2016, at 7:15 AM, Jeff Galinat via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 4/8/2016 6:24 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote: What did you notch that with? A tree saw? A holesaw would have made a nice rounded corner cut. ;) Brian, We worked with the tools I had. I had a circular saw & sawsall. Sorry if our work has not met your high standards. Mock our efforts if you must, but you have not been in attendance for these work sessions. In my book, that means you don't get to criticize. There is still a lot of cleaning & setting up to do, including sweeping & mopping the floors. We will be working Sunday, I trust you you be stopping by to assist us? Regards, Jeff Galinat
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