jorjen Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Is there no more Gil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwt Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Is there no more Gil? Perhaps the evil (and hilarious) thebes has thwarted beloved Gil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 14. No table saw is available. Only a circular saw. Alex points out that the majority of pieces are the same height. Therefore a piece of plywood can be ripped with the circular saw if one can find a good guide. The solution is to use the factory-cut edge of another sheet of plywood. Once the sheet is ripped to the proper height, almost half the cuts have been made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 15 Alexs diagram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 16. The smaller parts are difficult. The "prisms" are three inches tall. Hans makes them up out of four pieces of plywood. During assembly the pieces are held in position using brads placed on a piece of scrap wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 17. The "ramps" are ripped in a similar fashion so that they are three inches wide. Then the ramps and prisms are positioned on the back of the front board. The first section of the expansion is being formed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 18. While the glue is drying, the explorers come upon the Cave of Winds where papers fly in a whirlwind. Professor Lidenbrock believes Arne Saknussemm must have left his technical papers here before the winds started. The explorers can catch only a few of the papers in their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 19. The Professor recalls the ancient practice of tar and feathering. He has Alex spray Hans with adhesive. The Professor assures Hans he will make a fortune if he adapts the technique to down gathering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 20. Hans returns to the Cave of Winds. All the flying paper eventually sticks to him. There seems to be pages from half a dozen technical articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 21. Professor Lidenbrock assembles two articles and is astounded at what he reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 22. "It was a matter of folklore that corner horns were used to demonstrate Armstrongs FM in the late 40s, but this is the first real proof," he tells them. (No photo, just .pdf file. Size: 0.8 MB) FM Demonstrations 1935 1947.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 23. Another article shows a photo of a corner horn on the fist page and an advertisement on the last page. (No photo, just .pdf file. Size: 1.6 MB) FM for Tropical and Mountainous Countries.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 24. Stay tuned next weekend for another exciting episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 And I thought this was going to be about fishing!!!! [:@] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 And I thought this was going to be about fishing!!!! [:@] At least then he would be getting paid scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 30, 2006 Author Share Posted April 30, 2006 Whoops, we're out of space. The Journey will return when space becomes available. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 25. Before starting work, Alex manages to assemble another document. This one is a report by an Englishman on, among other things, Klipsch horn speakers. It says here, "Before we acquired a Klipsch speaker, we were told by various audio experts that we would be disappointed in its performance, because of the breakup of the high and low frequencies between the tweeter above and the woofer below. However, each expert who expressed this opinion admitted that he had neither seen nor heard this type of speaker." The Englishman did not find a problem. "How does this work," Alex asks. "Experts who have not heard it state it sounds bad. Oh. This must be the ultimate subjective evaluation. Absolutely no data at all!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 No picture, just the article. 1.0 MB file. Developments in England.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 26. The explorers turn to cutting pieces of plywood. The cuts are made using a circular saw and a cutting guide. This saw has a graduated, cast aluminum, protractor for cuts on an angle. With care, very accurate cuts can be made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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