“Have a lived life instead of a career. Put yourself in the safekeeping of good taste. Lived freedom will compensate you for a few losses. . . . If you don’t like the style of others, cultivate your own. Get to know the tricks of reproduction, be a self-publisher even in conversation, and then the joy of working can fill your days.” George Konrád-
“Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.” Rose Wilder Lane-
"In the garage I feel safe No one cares about my ways In the garage Where I belong No one hears me sing this song In the garage" Rivers Cuomo-
“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” Robert M. Pirsig-
Some friends and I headed up for a quick weekend riding the beautiful Copper Harbor trail system. After noon the Keweenaw Adventure Company shuttle starts running until 5pm…
Today I was tinkering with dampers with the hope of opening up the compression and rebound for the faster needs required suspending the front end(lower spring rates). I…
The Funny Fork future involves public testing including data collection with hope for scientific testing to parallel ‘seat of the pants’ rider feedback. Data collection will be…
A health and fitness company was interested in improving the elastic band training experience with their existing product by giving the user feedback and a rep counter. Resistance…
The Funny Fork project started as the simple desire to understand the handling characteristics of suspensions systems which were non telescopic in nature. Having few modern interpretations of…
Ridden today is the FF-02 on Silver Lake Wisconsin local singletrack. This setup is a low to Zero trail setup meaning the self centering forces acting upon the…
The Funny Fork project started as the simple desire to understand the handling characteristics of suspensions systems which were non telescopic in nature. Having few modern interpretations of…
After years of watching my brother shred and several more years talking about what a carbon board would feel like it’s time to build one. Carbon boards exist,…
Although this project is still in development it’s time to share some progress. Serious Simulations reached out to JGW looking to move their Industrial Design by Peter Solomon Design into…
So the Gore Kart begins. I want to list some goals before diving in further. 1. Suspension sag and spring rates that allow some control over weight transfer….
After years of amassing a large model database of cad models it was about time to contribute to the online community. Luckily tools exist like Thingiverse.com, and…
Not that anyone asked, but these are some of my favorite reads of the year. Some of this is technical, some fiction, some documentary, maybe some not even…
Visiting a friend gave me the opportunity to spend some time testing the FF-01 and 02 on unfamiliar terrain, most of which had about 10x the elevation my…
It seems obvious to me after viewing that the Rocket Sled must have been produced to test new materials at speed, but what wasn’t obvious were the methods…
Stumbled upon this awesome YT channel called Applied Science. Favorite part is the silver vapor deposition on the vinyl record sample, very cool stuff. http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/
In 1950’s as Freeman Dyson puts it, the Russians had Sputnik existential threat, so if you were a scientist looking for money you had a target market, and…
The Mini Ductor Venom is the 2016 PTEN Innovative Specialty Tool Award Winner. Elgin, Illinois – August 5, 2016 – Induction Innovations, Inc. today announces that the Mini-Ductor…