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1. 06:52 AM - Alvin Schubert (tbyh@aol.com)
2. 06:53 AM - Re fitting nut plates (G & R Hewitt)
3. 06:54 AM - Web Design (Jack T. Textor)
4. 07:33 AM - Re: Web Design (wildhorsesracing)
5. 07:49 AM - Re: Alvin Schubert (John Hofmann)
6. 08:09 AM - Re: Web Design (chase143)
7. 11:04 AM - Web Design (Wayne Bressler)
8. 11:20 AM - Re: Web Design (ivan.todorovic)
9. 11:51 AM - Re: Re: Web Design (Matt Redmond)
10. 12:02 PM - Re: Web Design (Ryan Mueller)
11. 01:02 PM - Re: Web Design (ivan.todorovic)
12. 02:06 PM - Re: Web Design (Bill Church)
13. 02:12 PM - Re: Re fitting nut plates (Bill Church)
14. 02:19 PM - Re: Web Design (Jack)
15. 04:52 PM - 799B, Douwe Blumberg's Piet, feast your eyes (helspersew@aol.com)
16. 05:04 PM - Douwe Blumberg's Piet...Feast your eyes (helspersew@aol.com)
17. 06:25 PM - Re: Douwe Blumberg's Piet...Feast your eyes (Gary Boothe)
18. 08:10 PM - Re: 799B, Douwe Blumberg's Piet, feast your eyes (H RULE)
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Just a note to point out that it was E. Alvin Schubert (not "Shuster) who
wrote "How I Make Propellers." His first name was actually Edward, but he
always went by Al or Alvin. I grew up in the town where Al lived -- Tremp
ealeau, WI, which is about halfway between La Crosse, WI, and Winona, MN,
along the Mississippi River.
Al was a very bright man and although he was valedictorian of his high sch
ool class (among his "tinkerings" as a teen-ager in the 1930s he built a
generator and wired his folks house) he never got to go to college. I al
ways wondered how far Al would have gone had he had that opportunity. I'm
willing to bet that he would have been one of the fellows working on the
Manhattan Project or the B-29 and later the space program. He was very go
od at math and designed and built his own airplane and, as you all know,
propellers. He also advised and made a couple propellers for Bernard for
his Corvair-powered job -- one of which Bernard called the best propeller
he ever had. I don't know, but it's possible that prop is flying yet toda
y on "The Last Original."
Alvin passed away about 10 years ago and our EAA Chapter still misses him
very much. Al had a homegrown wisdom that was very much in keeping with
Bernard Pietenpol and the fellows of that era. And, by the way, Al appare
ntly planned (or at least considered) to build a Pietenpol because at his
estate sale I purchased the Air Camper plans that Al had purchased from
Bernard in the 1960s (and one of Al's propellers that he had carved for
his own VW-powered "Der Fledermaus" airplane). I am using those plans to
build my Air Camper...someday it will fly! (Right now the fuselage and ta
il feathers are in the basement along with a "pile" of other parts includi
ng a set of Charlie Rubeck wing ribs!)
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone!
Fred B.
La Crosse, WI
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| Subject: | Re fitting nut plates |
Re fitting nut plates in various places in my Piet, I have used a lay up of
fibre glass with great success.
The aim is to have a means to prevent the nut plate from pulling thru the
wood & to prevent any movement of the nut plate and also not to degrade the
wood fibres in any way
My method is to lay up several layers of fine cloth to make a thickness of
about .070 or 2MM on a sheet of glass, an area of 6 square inches will make
sufficient for the whole project.
When this has cured, cut into strips slightly wider than the nut plate &
length to suit
Drill hole one size larger than the screw or bolt diameter, attach the nut
plate to the fiber glass then drill the small holes which mount the nut
plate.
Counter sink these holes to allow a small alloy rivet to fit flush with the
shiny surface.
Then rivet the glass to the back of the nut plate.using small countersunk
alloy rivets.
Then drill the wood to the exact size of he bolt , finally use a bead of
glue around the edges of the glass strip (Araldite is fine) take care not to
get glue near the nut plate
This works really well with the floating type of plates which will self
align thru the enlarged hole
This was used to anchor the bolts on the tail plane & also to mount the
aileron hinges.
If this is hard to understand I could try to take pics of the whole thing.
Regards Graham Hewitt
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I'm looking for some help on redesigning my website www.textors.com
<http://www.textors.com/> . I want to update all the pictures and
resize them so they will load faster. I used Front Page to put it
together. People have told me Front Page is out dated and should not be
used. If anyone can lend a hand with suggested software (free is nice)
or ideas I would really appreciate it. I'm thinking 4 or 5 pages would
be plenty. Go Daddy is currently hosting. Thanks!
Jack
DSM
PS I'm pretty lame when it comes to this stuff, simpler the better.
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I have had good luck with all of the Coffee Cup software - =0Ahttp://www.co
ffeecup.com/=0A=0AIt's cheap and easy!=0A=0A -jim pantas=0A=0A=0Awww.wildho
rsesracing.com=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Jack
T. Textor <jtextor@thepalmergroup.com>=0ATo: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
=0ASent: Tue, December 22, 2009 9:52:27 AM=0ASubject: Pietenpol-List: Web D
esign=0A=0A =0AI=99m=0Alooking for some help on redesigning my websit
e www.textors.com. I want to update all=0Athe pictures and resize them so
they will load faster. I used Front Page=0Ato put it together. People hav
e told me Front Page is out dated and=0Ashould not be used. If anyone can
lend a hand with suggested software=0A(free is nice) or ideas I would reall
y appreciate it. I=99m thinking=0A4 or 5 pages would be plenty. Go
Daddy is currently hosting. Thanks!=0AJack=0ADSM=0A =0APS =0AI=99m p
retty lame when it comes to this stuff, simpler the better. =0A =0A=0A=0A_
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| Subject: | Re: Alvin Schubert |
I knew Al when I was a teenager. My Dad and I used to go to his barn on
occasion just to visit. He was a nice man. I remember propellers all
over his barn and he gave me a booklet he wrote about Der Fledermaus (I
still have the booklet). It was a low, polyhedral wing with a 1600 cc
VW, if I remember correctly. Single place and looked a bit like a baby
T-18.
-john-
John Hofmann
Vice-President, Information Technology
The Rees Group, Inc.
2810 Crossroads Drive, Ste 3800
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608.443.2468 ext 150
Fax: 608.443.2474
Email: jhofmann@reesgroupinc.com
On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:39 AM, tbyh@aol.com wrote:
> Just a note to point out that it was E. Alvin Schubert (not "Shuster)
who wrote "How I Make Propellers." His first name was actually Edward,
but he always went by Al or Alvin. I grew up in the town where Al lived
-- Trempealeau, WI, which is about halfway between La Crosse, WI, and
Winona, MN, along the Mississippi River.
>
> Al was a very bright man and although he was valedictorian of his high
school class (among his "tinkerings" as a teen-ager in the 1930s he
built a generator and wired his folks house) he never got to go to
college. I always wondered how far Al would have gone had he had that
opportunity. I'm willing to bet that he would have been one of the
fellows working on the Manhattan Project or the B-29 and later the space
program. He was very good at math and designed and built his own
airplane and, as you all know, propellers. He also advised and made a
couple propellers for Bernard for his Corvair-powered job -- one of
which Bernard called the best propeller he ever had. I don't know, but
it's possible that prop is flying yet today on "The Last Original."
>
> Alvin passed away about 10 years ago and our EAA Chapter still misses
him very much. Al had a homegrown wisdom that was very much in keeping
with Bernard Pietenpol and the fellows of that era. And, by the way, Al
apparently planned (or at least considered) to build a Pietenpol because
at his estate sale I purchased the Air Camper plans that Al had
purchased from Bernard in the 1960s (and one of Al's propellers that he
had carved for his own VW-powered "Der Fledermaus" airplane). I am using
those plans to build my Air Camper...someday it will fly! (Right now the
fuselage and tail feathers are in the basement along with a "pile" of
other parts including a set of Charlie Rubeck wing ribs!)
>
> Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, everyone!
>
> Fred B.
> La Crosse, WI
>
>
>
>
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Hello Jack,
I'm no IT expert, but I manage several websites (pro bono) for friends, church, sports team, etc. Most hosting companies offer the templated sites, and software with price of hosting, and all very easy to use (yes, go daddy, being one). Often using a secondary software is more trouble then it's worth (the simpler the better for me too), so I would recommend bundling the service! I've found www.networksolutions.com to be a little superior to go daddy for several reasons: about the same price, but more of a professional approach, much easier to set up and maintain a site, far less advertising, easier picture management. No sales pitch here, just my 2C.
If I can be of any help at all, feel free to contact me off-line.
Steve
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=278575#278575
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Jack,
What exactly are you trying to change?I don't see any problem with
using FrontPage. If you're keeping the site simple, you should be
able to do things pretty easily using FrontPage.
I use Microsoft Expressions which replaced FrontPage.
Let me know more specifically what you're trying to do, and might be
able to help get you set up.
Have you considering making the site like a blog? Wordpress is a
great open-source program that is very flexible.
Wayne Bressler Jr.
wayne@taildraggersinc.com
Taildraggers, Inc.
taildraggersinc.com
Sent from the phone that made the Blackberry obsolete.
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Jack,
As Wayne said, it is not obvious what you are trying to achieve. Front Page is
outdated, but replacing it won't make your photos load faster. If you are trying
to reduce traffic generated on your site, the best way to do that is to resize
every single photo, you are looking at few hours of work in front of you.
This will have an side-effect that photos will load faster as well.
Best software to do this job is Adobe Photoshop, but it costs several hundreds US$. Best free software capable of doing it with good results is Gimp, http://www.gimp.org/ .
Ivan.
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=278595#278595
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You might take a look at http://www.fotosizer.com/
It claims to be a free batch image resizer.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, ivan.todorovic <tosha@sezampro.rs> wrote:
>
> Jack,
>
> As Wayne said, it is not obvious what you are trying to achieve. Front Page
> is outdated, but replacing it won't make your photos load faster. If you
> are trying to reduce traffic generated on your site, the best way to do that
> is to resize every single photo, you are looking at few hours of work in
> front of you. This will have an side-effect that photos will load faster as
> well.
>
> Best software to do this job is Adobe Photoshop, but it costs several
> hundreds US$. Best free software capable of doing it with good results is
> Gimp, http://www.gimp.org/ .
>
> Ivan.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=278595#278595
>
>
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Jack,
Are you wanting to redesign your whole site, or are you happy with the basi
c
setup and just want to update your pictures and manage the sizes?
If you are fine with your basic design, then just worry about updating the
content. If all you are doing is resizing images, maybe cropping some (ligh
t
editing), then there is no need for tools such as Photoshop or GIMP: that's
swatting a fly with a sledgehammer. I would recommend a small, free program
called Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/. It's a lightweight image viewe
r
that lets you easily crop and resize your photos. You can even do batch
resizing....you could put all your photos in one folder, and resize all of
them to a given size in one fell swoop. If you want help on how to do so
just let me know. I can put a couple step-by-step videos up on Screencast t
o
walk you through the process.
As far as Frontpage being outdated....well, if you can use the program, and
it will construct webpages that look like you want them to on current
versions of common browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari),
then there is no need to switch to a new program. If you want to try a more
"modern" program, here is a free WYSIWYG HTML construction alternative:
NVU: http://net2.com/nvu/
Hope that helps....email me offlist if you have more questions or need any
asssitance.
Ryan
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Jack T. Textor
<jtextor@thepalmergroup.com>wrote:
> I=92m looking for some help on redesigning my website www.textors.com.
I
> want to update all the pictures and resize them so they will load faster.
I
> used Front Page to put it together. People have told me Front Page is ou
t
> dated and should not be used. If anyone can lend a hand with suggested
> software (free is nice) or ideas I would really appreciate it. I=92m thi
nking
> 4 or 5 pages would be plenty. Go Daddy is currently hosting. Thanks!
>
> Jack
>
> DSM
>
>
> PS I=92m pretty lame when it comes to this stuff, simpler the better.
>
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Ryan Mueller wrote:
> ... If all you are doing is resizing images, maybe cropping some (light editing),
then there is no need for tools such as Photoshop or GIMP: that's swatting
a fly with a sledgehammer. I would recommend a small, free program called Irfanview...
Well, on this list we have to be opinionated about everything :-)
I would not call these tools sledgehammers, there is a reason people use it. If
Jack managed to make his whole site, he is more than capable to learn them quickly,
and they can do things in a way Jack may yet to discover and find useful.
Although I agree NVU is good idea as alternative to Front Page.
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Ivan,
Sure, we're all entitled to our opinions here, but I think you missed Ryan's point,
which stated specifically "If all you are doing is resizing images, maybe
cropping some (light editing)...".
Photoshop is a great tool, and packed with all sorts of features that Jack (or
anyone else) might find useful ... BUT if the only thing you need to do is resize
or crop some photos, then spending a few hundred dollars on Photoshop would
be akin to using the proverbial sledgehammer on the proverbial fly. It is a
much bigger tool than is necessary to get the (very simple) job done.
Bill C.
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| Subject: | Re: Re fitting nut plates |
Not to be a Smart-Alec, but why don't you just put a dab of glue on the tabs of
the nut plate?
Your method seems like a lot of extra work, with basically the same net result.
All the fiberglass plate gives you is a little more surface area for the glue.
When attaching the nutplates for my empennage hinges, I used two tiny little brass
screws (#0 x 1/4" long, I believe) to secure them, and also carefully applied
epoxy. The epoxy is probably overkill, but I won't have any worries about
the screws coming loose. I am NOT concerned about the penetration of the little
wood screws. Then again, I also wouldn't be worried about the use of Tee nuts
either. The advantage of nutplates is that the hole in the wood is only the
size of the bolt, whereas with a Tee nut, the hole in the wood needs to be bigger,
since the threaded portion of the nut is embedded in the wood.
Bill C.
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Great comments, I've got some thinking to do. Really when it comes down to
it I really jut need to resize and add photos. I have the software for that
and yes it will take some time. Thanks so much to all for the thoughtful
comments!
Jack
DSM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Web Design
I'm looking for some help on redesigning my website www.textors.com
<http://www.textors.com/> . I want to update all the pictures and resize
them so they will load faster. I used Front Page to put it together.
People have told me Front Page is out dated and should not be used. If
anyone can lend a hand with suggested software (free is nice) or ideas I
would really appreciate it. I'm thinking 4 or 5 pages would be plenty. Go
Daddy is currently hosting. Thanks!
Jack
DSM
PS I'm pretty lame when it comes to this stuff, simpler the better.
18:22:00
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| Subject: | 799B, Douwe Blumberg's Piet, feast your eyes |
Here are the photos of Douwe's airplane.......
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| Subject: | Douwe Blumberg's Piet...Feast your eyes |
More pics of Douwe's airplane.....
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| Subject: | Douwe Blumberg's Piet...Feast your eyes |
Beautiful, Douwe!!! (thanks, Dan)
.and an Official Insignia! That's important...
Gary Boothe
Cool, Ca.
Pietenpol
WW Corvair Conversion, mounted
Tail done, Fuselage on gear
(16 ribs down.)
Do not archive
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Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Douwe Blumberg's Piet...Feast your eyes
More pics of Douwe's airplane.....=
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| Subject: | Re: 799B, Douwe Blumberg's Piet, feast your eyes |
Wow,that is beautiful,thanks
________________________________
From: "helspersew@aol.com" <helspersew@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 7:09:01 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: 799B, Douwe Blumberg's Piet, feast your eyes
Here are the photos of Douwe's airplane.......
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