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 Pipefitter[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipefitter], Pipe-welder, Highly Educated Prole, and technology enthusiast.
-* '''I am working in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_River_Refinery WOODRIVER]This is near St. Louis, four and a half hours south on I-55. I have a (work) apartment in Alton '''
+* '''I am working in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_River_Refinery WOODRIVER]This is near St. Louis, four and a half hours south on I-55. I have a (work) apartment in Alton. Currently working 50+ hours a week'''
 * I am a traveler-pipefitter[http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/roadtrash/info], this means I may not be in the Chicago Area (let alone the country) at all times, email me for post-card.
 * My (home) apartment is located 30 miles west on I-90, traffic affects my attendance at the space.
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 * '''email is''': fitterdave.chicago a t gee-mail
 * If you need something welded up and have the parts cut, cleaned and prepped; no problem. We can schedule something usually.(see top of entry)
-* Want to learn to use the [https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=welders welders] and have '''3 hours to kill''' for Authorizing? Just need some advice on technique? We can work something out usually.
 * I usually only Authorize one person at a time. This is something I try to plan out.
-* When I am at home and between projects (not actively working) I have time to kill, when I am working usually I am gone and working 50+ hours a week. I will list on top of page if I am in town or not.
 * If you write me an email like this:
 ''Hi Dave. I'm a member at pumping station 1. I was hoping to get certified from you on the aluminum welder. What is it good time for you''
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 All the welders are on the wiki and at the space. A little research goes a long way.
-=== Projects ===
-==== T-shirt Launcher (done, abandoned) ====
-* AKA the big ugly spud gun
-* Fellow Member Will and I were discussing the power racing series, someone said wistful comment of: "I wish we had t-shirt cannons like nascar" And I said "okay".
-* Neither of us know what we are doing exactly, My skills of a pipefitter have caused this first attempt of a project to be built out of sch80 pvc (ugly grey) to be a safer build then what I have seen on the internet (sch40 tends to blow up after repeated abuse)
-* I received a paint ball gun to take apart since that's what the "pros use"
-==== LN2 tapper, Liquid Nitrogen withdrawal, J**Z Jug project (done) ====
-* okay, Ryan is a nut, in a really good way that I understand (and highly respect) and he procured/arranged/stole a liquid Nitrogen (LN2) Storage Dewar, it is intact, and filled.
-* There is no safe way currently to pour/ withdraw this fun substance in the space, he mentioned how much it costs to get a withdrawal device and I replied "its cheaper to make one" (currently the system works, has some minor bugs, need a handel for the cap)
-* Since I have worked with piping this stuff before (1 1/2" piping delivery system I designed) it has made me very, '''VERY''' careful to the point I appear to be casually calm. I am actually scared of what this stuff can do potentially, then again Tesla coils scare me and they are cool as hell.
-* '''LN2 IS COOL AS HELL''' (''pun intended'')
-* I have hammered a nail with a Bananna,and smashed various thing while they were frozen
-* There is now a set up I feel comfortable with, it IS taking a long time to build up pressure for withdrawal. Ryan had blogged this.
-==== Learning 3D printing ====
-::::::: '''or WOW I am in over my head'''
-* UPDATE: seems I know quite a bit more then your average member about the process now (2015)
-* Making various things on the maker bot, because it is a easy learning curve and I lack the basic 3D modeling skills most have.
-* Tools: I have stuck to the easy Makerbot supplied tools and am learning to fiddle around with basic settings by trial and errors.
-* I have learned something from each of my printer failures, well maybe not from the last one. I was too busy laughing at how bad and funny looking it turned out.
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 * + 16 years pipefitting. 8 years traveling, 9 years happily divorced, 5 years DEBT-FREE!
 * Finished formal union trades apprenticeship (5 years of training). '''Educated Union member'''
-  (no I won't talk politics, I will talk about positive action for more educated skilled craftsmen)
+  ([http://profoundlydisconnected.com/skill-work-ethic-arent-taboo/ no I won't talk politics, I will talk about positive action for more educated skilled craftsmen])
 * Welding Certifications(expired/2015): 6g x-ray on Stick, Tig, Mig, and Combo. for Carbon and stainless.
 * My hobbies are: Practical uses for RFID/NFC, Body modification,(ask me how to combine the two[http://gerrykoeva.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/2006-03-30_-_hands.jpg]), 3D printing (read Makers yet?[http://craphound.com/makers/download/]), and locksport.
 * "There is no short-cut for time and effort"
 * '''"Actions speak louder then words"'''