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Gizmo

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Posted: 01:24pm 14 Dec 2010

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Well its that time of the year again, where's that Santa hanging off the windmill pic, ah, here it is....

Well I've finally sold my place. Didn't get what I wanted, but you never do. Its a relief to have it sold though, the last year paying rent on one place and the mortgage on another has taken its toll financially. I was paying more in rent, mortgage, insurance, bills etc than I was earning, so it was a tough year

, lots of hours earning extra income.

Next year will be better. I can start looking for my new home, a place with lots of open space to raise a windmill tower or several

I can also put more time into my hobbies and interests. I've been virtually absent from this forum the last year, so that will change. I want to tweak the forum, get it running smoother and more informative, and add more grass roots projects to the web site.

Thanks to all of you who have contributed to the forum over the last year. We have a lot more members with interesting projects on the go this year, its good to see the fresh idea's on the forum. It doesn't matter how big or small your project is, its the fun and satisifaction you get out of it that matters.

So from myself, the cat, and the dog, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Glenn

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brucedownunder2
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Posted: 09:30pm 14 Dec 2010

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Thank You Glenn for another year of forum ..
Nice to hear you have sold and can now move on .
Will you move down this way or stay around Mackay..?

Ilda and I wish all the forum members and their families a safe ,happy, Christmas and New Year.

Bruce

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Barry T Coles

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Joined: 30/07/2009
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Posted: 12:59am 15 Dec 2010

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Merry Christmas & a great New Year to all.

Cheers
Barry

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I dont have the time to make them all myself.

neil0mac
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Joined: 26/12/2009
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Posted: 10:22am 19 Dec 2010

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Thanks for a forum that has been able to garner such a wide diversity of people who (like you!) are capable of thinking outside of the box.

Happy Christmas (and an New Year of innovation!) to all.

Trev

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Posted: 01:14am 22 Dec 2010

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Good on you Glenn, for this great wind, solar, electrics club.
All the best to you and everyone.

Me too, have been scarce on here. I thought going back teaching would give me more spare time. This year has been exceptionally busy though, mainly with the new Trade Traing Centre. Moving all tools / equipment / machines / materials etc and setting up in the new centre. Searching, sourcing, buying and setting up new machinery. Building storage walls / racks / covers & guards / welding bays / new work benches / machine tool trolley cabinets. There was so much to do. I cast 40 belt buckles for yr 12 students and others.

I have also shifted my foundry and renovated that space for Live by Nature health clinic. Concreted & tiled floor, changed tin shutters to sliding glass windows, pine tongue & groove wall lining and ceiling, changed roll-a-doors to sliding glass and mini orb the rest of the front. Fit toilet and shower (shower yet to fibreglass and tile). Make fibreglass septic tank. Make hand basin cabinet and do all the plumbing & drainage. Make reception table, consultation table, display shelving and storage cupboard. This was the first year for ECOEXPO too.

I will eventually get back to windmills. I bought magnets quite some time ago, like over a year ago , for an axial flux. I did start in the September school holidays, but have lacked spare time ever since.

Well thats it, a busy year in a nutshell.

May next year be better for everyone.

Edit: I did get the WarP 11 in my EV too. I need to get some performance data in the EV pages sometime.
Edited by Trev 2010-12-23

Trev @ drivebynature.com

isaiah

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Joined: 25/12/2009
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Posted: 04:32am 22 Dec 2010

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Thank You Glenn for the Forum and Bub73 and I really like the help the guys here put out. We hope the move goes well for you and I know moving can be a real pain, you'll find things you thought you lost and some things you wont know where they came from.
Every one out there have a HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON
Charlie
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fillm

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Posted: 04:09am 24 Dec 2010

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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all members past and present on the forum , and thanks to Glenn for another year of "The Back Shed"

And with the new year comming, brings us all together with new challanges to show and discuss.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All

PhillM ...Oz Wind Engineering..Wind Turbine Kits 500W - 5000W ~ F&P Dual Kits ~ GOE222Blades- Voltage Control Parts ------- Tower kits

KarlJ

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Posted: 10:27am 24 Dec 2010

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Merry Christmas to all

my reminder is for all to keep safe.....

We were doing the right thing getting driven home from the BHP Christmas party at the Burswood Casino here in Perth -very well plastered indeed.... when

to my horror the stupid driver nailed the throttle when the light went amber
-we were turning right
Bloke travelling the opposite direction also thought the same and accellerated to beat the light.

Result was an offset head on collision with an impact of 80 (them) and 30km/hr (us)

to say it was a mess was an understatement with 7/9 persons going away in an ambulance.
the wife and i literally walked away with a couple of bruises (me) and scratch (wife).

Took 4 hrs to clean up the mess on the Great Eastern Highway.

Just a reminder it can all be over very quickly indeed.

Keep safe and if someone takes note and drives a little safer then great

Karl

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Gragra
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Joined: 25/12/2010
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Posted: 10:36am 25 Dec 2010

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Merry Xmas.
Newbie here. Discovered the topic around Yagi antennas for Next G. This has interest for me as I'm 20km from Telstra's repeater in rural NSW (home is Sydney). I get one or two lights out of three, with the BigPond Elite 3GWB21 modem, but never three so far. I'm getting -43dBm according to my Wicd app in Ubuntu.
So I'm attempting to build one of the Yagis mentioned in a few posts; one's at perite.com but there's another interesting antenna described as a 'biquad' built and sold in NSW. The website's at www.broadbandantennas.com.au. It's expensive and the guts are covered up in a black box. I wonder if there's a design out there for a biquad Next G antenna for a home build that can operate around that 900MHz frequency. There are heaps of 'wireless' biquads for picking up Access Points, but none seem to deal with Telstra's mobile broadband frequencies. Many posts mention 2.4GHz, but isn't that the wireless signal from the modem or Access Point?
All the best.
Gragra

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vasi

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Posted: 09:57pm 28 Dec 2010

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... an a Happy and Healthy New Year from Romania to all forum members.

Best regards,
Vasi

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SpitsFire

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Posted: 04:25pm 31 Dec 2010

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Happy New Year to all.
SpitsFire

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catchnthe-))))

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Posted: 07:46pm 01 Jan 2011

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Yes Merry Christmas to All And a Great and Happy New Year.

A large thank you Gizmo for such a great site and the time it must pull from your day.
A heart felt thanks from usa.

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