High School Robotics

[EddyCurr]

This thread is an uplifting read.

I tip my hat to dalee100, ChrisK, Hawkeye, Mcgyver, rklopp & Mike of the North for the good work you are doing and the level of contribution you are making.

Bravo, gentlemen.

[RB211]

I would of loved something like this. I went to a school with a bunch of assholes who were destined to be lawyers and other liberal arts majors.
We had an engineering club that was great at first. We went on a field trip to Hughes Aerospace and sat down with the engineers who made the Hubble Telescope. A year later, some bitch teacher wanted to be a part of the engineering club and dumbed it down to a level that the mainstream idiots could participate. Completely destroyed it. Perhaps this is why today I am absolutely hostile to sharing my tools or shop with anyone.

[Bob Engelhardt]

Dude I am joking.

-D

I think that an appropriate emoji or two in your diatribe () would have made the jokey-ness apparent. Maybe you need some remedial work on your emoji literacy

[Doozer]

I have a friend that was the technology teacher at the HS what I went to.
He is a bit older than I, but when I went to college, he worked there in
the engineering department running the labs and maintaining the equipment.
So when my friend became the technology teacher at my old HS, of corse
we kept in touch. He of course was in charge of the robot competitions
and whatever else technical the HS programs were in to.
So he knew I had a shop. At the time, I worked for a shock absorber company
that had a linear actuator division. I used to get a lot of parts from that division
and I had many motors, ball screws, sprockets, gears, linear rails, etc.
So much that I would always give my friend at the HS parts for the kids to
use when building their robots. I also machined shafts and brackets for them.
I gave them a small CNC mill that I came across. They made a project of it
and retrofitted the controls. I did a lot behind the scenes for my friend and
the kids at my old HS. It was fun and they long ago had gotten rid of the
lathes that the HS used to have. Never had any mills when I was there.
Auto shop was gone too. Anyhow, I guess I was the only resource thay
had for a while. So yes, volunteer if you can and kids are always worth
investing your time to help. I tutor the young engineers at work who are
right out of college. They know engineering from the books but not how
something like say, vectors apply in real live. How to do simple trig in your
head blows their mind. Tricks like using the number 3 instead of Pi in your
head to figure area or circumference is good enough, is a good trick too.
Keep helping the next generation. Even if they don't seem to appreciate it.
Some day they will remember a word or 3 that you taught them.

--Doozer

[eKretz]

I have a friend that was the technology teacher at the HS what I went to.
He is a bit older than I, but when I went to college, he worked there in
the engineering department running the labs and maintaining the equipment.
So when my friend became the technology teacher at my old HS, of corse
we kept in touch. He of course was in charge of the robot competitions
and whatever else technical the HS programs were in to.
So he knew I had a shop. At the time, I worked for a shock absorber company
that had a linear actuator division. I used to get a lot of parts from that division
and I had many motors, ball screws, sprockets, gears, linear rails, etc.
So much that I would always give my friend at the HS parts for the kids to
use when building their robots. I also machined shafts and brackets for them.
I gave them a small CNC mill that I came across. They made a project of it
and retrofitted the controls. I did a lot behind the scenes for my friend and
the kids at my old HS. It was fun and they long ago had gotten rid of the
lathes that the HS used to have. Never had any mills when I was there.
Auto shop was gone too. Anyhow, I guess I was the only resource thay
had for a while. So yes, volunteer if you can and kids are always worth
investing your time to help. I tutor the young engineers at work who are
right out of college. They know engineering from the books but not how
something like say, vectors apply in real live. How to do simple trig in your
head blows their mind. Tricks like using the number 3 instead of Pi in your
head to figure area or circumference is good enough, is a good trick too.
Keep helping the next generation. Even if they don't seem to appreciate it.
Some day they will remember a word or 3 that you taught them.

--Doozer

So I guess the big question is:

What did they call you?

[Dan Dubeau]

So I guess the big question is:

What did they call you?

How do you think he got that nickname. "Man, that guy's a real Doozer...."

[reggie_obe]

So I guess the big question is:

What did they call you?

Whatever they called him: Dude; Dbag; Sensei; Master Doozer. doesn't mater, that he gave his time and knowledge does.
That's is a character trait lacking in so many, both young and old.

[eKretz]

Whatever they called him: Dude; Dbag; Sensei; Master Doozer. doesn't mater, that he gave his time and knowledge does.
That's is a character trait lacking in so many, both young and old.

You're missing the point... But I digress.

[Doozer]

We joke here most of the time.
You know the old saying,,,
Girls say nice things to each other
and don't mean it.
Guys say mean things to each other
and don't mean it.
Just how it is.
So much is lost with text.
If we all got to together for a shop meet
I am sure we would have a few beers
pick on each other, and laugh like cousins.

---Doozer

[Mike of the North]

The FIRST championship is in Houston this weekend, Here is a link to the event. https://www.firstchampionship.org/?_...sfp=1689105906


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