Microsuffer

Hello,

During the day I work on breaking semiconductors. At night I work on separating my fingers from my hands. No luck on that yet, but I haven't really been trying too hard. Perhaps I can find help on that here.

Regards,

Charlie

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Hi Charlie, and welcome to the forums.

I have a rule, the fingers stay on the ends of the hand, "I am a finger owner not a finger donor".

Are you a Micro$oft employee or work in that field?

Glad you joined us.
John

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John

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Microsuffer

Hi John,

No, not a Microsoftie. The moniker has several possible meanings, but in this case that one is not intended. I'm an Electrical Engineer, so the prefix 'micro' figures heavily into what I do for a living, both literally (microseconds) and figuratively (serving hardware). It is a handle with lots of meanings, kind of like having a versatile tool in your shop.

Charlie H.

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Hi charlie
quote "kind of like having a versatile tool in your shop."

Like a router,,, huh! Do you have any projects on the go?

Thanks for the reply

John

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Dr.Zook

Hello Charlie and welcome to the forums. Glad to have you join us.

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Microsuffer

I'm working on a set of foldable end tables using old plans that have been publish for quite a while, but I am using two contrasting woods, maple and Peruvian walnut. This is going to be a Christmas present for a daughter that I haven't made anything for just yet. Started early to have a hope of getting done before the day. The attraction of the project is, besides its usefulness, that it can be done with the tools that I have available: router, radial saw and drill press.

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Hi Charlie

Well you have enough tools to be able to make saw dust, and a great gift. I built a dresser 20 - 25 years ago, using a cheap table saw and a router. It is to this day still in use by the wife and me. So you do not need a lot of tools to build a worthy project, and I will bet the daughter will love it, and have it for life time.

I wish you a happy and safe build, and would love to see photos as you go along.

Have a great day
John

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harrysin

Hi Charlie, welcome to the forum, when I saw "breaking semiconductors" I had two visions, the first one of you sat at a bench wearing white cotton gloves and breaking a large printed sheet into individual chips! The second with a row of chips in front of you with a power supply that you were turning up the volts to prove that semi-conductors are filled with smoke because, as we all know, once the smoke escapes the chip no longer works!

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Microsuffer

Ha,

Harry, you aren't far from the truth. Occasionally I do smoke 'em. Little chips of epoxy go flying. I support development of integrated chips for power supplies. A design comes back from a foundry and my job is to see what actually came out of the compiler. In one case every chip (I stopped at 5) died on power up above about half its intended power supply voltage.

Another time a test chip welded to the test board through its solder, ruining the test board. (It had to be soldered and sockets have too much resistance for accurate testing.

Part of my setup is a 55g drum that has a cyclone adapter. Very effective. But sooner or later, I have to put the accumulated dust and such into paper bags to dispose of it as the trash man doesn't like it when he tips over a trash can into the truck and a cloud of sawdust covers him. Very intolerant chap. The system cuts down of how often I have to clean the shop vac. It is also silent witness to just how good I am at generating sawdust. I think it needs another emptying. :-(

Charlie