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A
Okay,
because
we're
talking
about
some
serious
business
here
now,
Jeff
is
one
of
our
instructors
for
month.
2
now
this
boy,
yeah
so
Jeff's,
been
with
us
on
a
tractor
workshop
and
other
places
and
Jeff
you're
gonna
teach
with
us,
so
I
think
the
biggest
deal
for
what
we
want
to
go
over
that
in
this
call.
So
I'll
hang
up
this
Facebook
stuff
and
just
do
the
phone
just
get
you
oriented
a
little
bit
on
on
how
we're
gonna
operate.
A
So
it's
all
about
all
of
us
learning
and
teaching
together
and
by
virtue
of
the
modular
design
methods
and
free
CAD,
uploads
downloads
collaborative
process,
making
it
really
practice
and
get
a
lot
of
practice
in
empowering
a
grouped
process
to
get
spectacular
results.
Kind
of
almost
like
cultivating
group
genius
where
part
of
the
design
is
that
I'm
gonna
participate
only
as
much
as
I'm
needed,
because
I
need
to
start
transitioning
this
to
where
other
people
can
do
it,
not
just
a
few
superstars.
B
A
Of
the
picture
so
that
this
can
actually
scale,
because
if
that
doesn't
happen,
there's
only
so
much
I
can
do,
and
it's
very
clear
as
time
goes
on
that
we're
after
collaborative
design,
and
that
means
it's
about
inviting
a
large
team.
So
in
the
process,
so
you
you're,
an
instructor
you're
gonna
have
who's
gonna,
be
with
you,
Jessica,
Tom
and
also
Gabe
Gabe
was
involved
in
a
pro
pedia
he's
good
on
process.
A
I
would
say
for
you,
you're
you're,
pretty
good
on
definitely
hands-on
skills
and
running
the
shop
since
you've
got
a
lot
of
experience
in
that
I
think
you
did
well
last
time
when
we
did
the
tractor
workshop
in
terms
of
Juan
doing
some
of
the
hands-on
work
and
also
teaching
others
to
do
so,
showing
people
how
to
do
it
so
I
trust
your
skill
set
on
that
and
I've
seen
it.
So
that's
pretty
good
a.
A
So
oh
yeah,
we're
gonna,
have
some
fun
during
the
summer.
So
already
there's
people
signed
up
we're
we're
getting
that
like
really
pushing
out
the
final
instructor
lists
and
and
publicity
for
that,
just
to
clarify
the
the
value
proposition
and
get
a
lot
of
people
excited,
basically
pitching
it,
as
in
these
three
months,
you'll
probably
get
more
skill
set
and
diverse,
diverse
areas,
probably
within
a
lifetime
anywhere
else.
A
So
the
way
so
so
my
role
in
the
morning
I'll
do
design
design
review
as
well
as
some
teaching
some
of
the
the
universal
design
principles
like
of
all
the
different
modules
that
go
into
this,
but
pretty
much
after
that.
We're
all
we're
all
prototyping
stuff
between
CAD,
between
rapid
prototyping
and
3d,
printers
CNC
torch
table
and
building
the
whole
infrastructure
by
the
time
you're
there
we
should
probably
will
have
the
larger
printers
will
have
the
torch
table.
B
A
C
No
I
know
from
the
workshop
before
it
seems
like
a
lot
of
the
participants
that
come
are
scrolling
on
the
software
side
and
I'm,
not
quite
souls
crawling
on
the
on
the
hands-on
side
and
that's
where
I
I
look
forward
to
teaching
that,
because
that's
a
lot
of
fun
I'm
have
a
little
I,
have
some
background
in
I
used
to
program
in
basic
in
Pascal
in
the
80s
long
time
ago,
but
I'm
not
as
I'm
not
up
on
all
the
current
stuff
in
the
software
side.
But
I
do
love
this.
The
building,
yeah.
A
C
A
A
A
No
I
think
that's
up
and
fully
fully
developed
for
mass
for
widescreen
wide-scale
replication
I
think
week
see
a
lot
of
take-up
of
our
material
as
well
with
the
four
larger
machines
yeah.
So
that
would
be
so
some
of
the
skills
just
to
go
over.
Like
the
process.
Tell
me
Jeff,
you
know
what
do
you
know
about
how
the
process
the
development
process?
A
How
do
you
understand
that's
gonna
rock
is
because
I
think
the
the
biggest
value
I
can
contribute
is
outside
of
providing
just
kind
of
explaining
where
all
the
libraries
are
and
guiding
that
process
of
finding
where
all
the
past
work
is.
I
can
pretty
much
do
well
to
guide
the
process,
and
then
you
guys
pretty
much
prototype.
A
Is
it's
a
really
collaborative
team
like
we're
really
trying
to
write
that
as
you
as
you
know,
so
how
do
you-
maybe
you
can
tell
me
like
since
since
you're
gonna
be
an
instructor
and
you've
seen
a
little
bit
of
how
we
work?
How
how
do
you
see
this
happening
like
what's
your
picture
so
that
we
can
keep
cultivating
it
and
how
that
workflow
is
going
to
go
well.
C
C
A
A
C
B
A
A
Contribute
to
the
part
libraries
so,
as
we
get
closer
to
the
event
and
more
people
are
signed
up
well,
I
would
like
to
see
a
couple
of
like
either
even
just
introductory
sessions.
I
definitely
won't
have
a
like,
probably
like
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
Have
all
the
instructors
meet
so
there's
three
times
three
plus
two
plus
two
or
three
is
about
twelve
or
so
instructors
that
are
going
to
be
on
the
team.
We
still
actually.
B
A
The
community
manager,
so
we
don't
have
a
community
manager
hired
up
for
the
summer.
We've
got
nine
nine
instructors
all
together,
so
we've
got
this
Chris
William
and
Michelle
for
the
first
month
you
Tom,
Jessica
and
and
Gabe
Tom
and
Jessica,
with
the
two
to
two
weeks
in
the
second
month
and
then
for
the
third
month.
We
have
Katarina
Gary
and
Jessica
for
the
full
month
there.
So
we
were
stacked
with
that.
B
A
Because
part
of
it
is
how
well
we
collaborate
with
everybody
we're
also
gonna.
Have
we
are
opening
up
to
do
some
remote
participation,
people
who
want
to
contribute
to
the
design
in
some
ways?
So
so
there's
gonna
be
both
the
on-site
and
global
community
and
by
the
way,
the
rules
for
this.
If
this
goes
really
well,
I'd
like
to
see
multiple
locations
summer
of
extreme
design,
build
20
21,
so.
B
A
A
global
village
construction
said
where
I
call
it
like
33
percent
done,
but
that's
like
really
with
there's
another
whole
level
layer.
On
top
of
that
which
is
the
enterprise
and
that
we
have
very
low.
So
so,
there's
a
lot
of
work
left
on
on
global
village
construction
set
and
these
these
routes
from
the
steam
camps
to
the
summers
to
the
incentive
challenges
which
we're
going
to
plan
on
running
as
a
regular
program.
We're
trying
to
really
accelerate.
B
A
Development,
so
that's
how
it
looks
what
else
on
on
the
second
month
there.
So
you
you
asked
if
we're
gonna
have
designed
to
work
from
versus
generating
it,
we
can
build
on
the
module.
So
probably
what
what
is
expected
is
when
we
start
on
a
micro
track.
We
might
take
a
couple
weak
points
and
improve
them.
If
there's
any
weak
points,
I
decide,
we
need
to
improve
now,
one
one
weak
point
or
modification
is
going
to
to
the
chunk
a
diesel
and
I.
A
Yeah,
that's
basically
for
the
longevity,
so
so
part
of
the
design
work
I
mean
you
know.
If
you
can,
you
know
up
to
the
workshop
can
keep
looking
into
that,
but
basically,
before
the
workshop,
I
mean
we're
gonna
have
to
actually
source
the
parts
and
so
make
some
decisions
on
exactly
which
model
we
take
from
what
supplier
cuz,
there's,
probably
a
good
amount
of
research
that
goes
like
you
wouldn't
know
any
people
that
know
about
the
chunk
of
diesels.
Would
you
or
do
you
know
any
people?
That's
odd.
B
C
For
years
and
there's
been
two
mention
there,
I
think,
but
I
don't
know
anybody
personally
did
yeah
has
used
those
right
for
my
own
stuff.
I
got
a
hold
of
a
greens,
mower
that
has
37
and
a
half
horse.
Kubota
diesel
and
I
picked
that
up
and
I
was
going
to
use
that
to
build
some
stuff,
the
house
with
it
but
Komodos
expensive,
which
is
the
exact
reason
why
we
were
looking
to
go
over
the
chunk
but
did
peaceful,
is.
A
B
B
B
B
B
A
We're
gonna
have
to
make
that
decision,
because
really
what
I
see
happening
there
is
using
those
for
some
time
and
until
we
make
those
ourselves.
So
that
means
precision,
precision,
C&C
of
which
we
will
start.
We
will
start
with
during
the
second
month
we're
gonna
move
into
the
two
inch
and
three
inch
universal
axes,
so
meaning
that
is
rather
heavy
duty
stuff
which
gets
you
like
a
few
hundred
pounds
of
force
or
like
close
to
like
a
thousand
pounds
of
tool
force
with
like
sub
thousands
of
deflection
on
a
CNC
machine.
A
B
A
C
B
A
B
A
Something
we
can
potentially
get
into
now:
yeah
and
your
email.
You
mention,
oh
yeah,
that
you
know
engine
making,
that's
a
big
deal,
but
I
mean
we
got
to
start
somewhere
and
we
know
that
I've
made
edan
engines
since
1800s.
So
it's
a
question
of
getting
some
initial
prototypes
and
getting
successes,
but
yeah
we
got
open
source
this
stuff
because
it's
that's.
It's
important.
C
A
Exactly
exactly
an
and
ideal
thing
to
accelerate
that
process
is
as
we
go
along.
That's
why
I'm
publishing
like
a
high
school
school
school
girl
on
Facebook
and
everywhere
else,
regarding
what
we're
doing
here,
because
we
want
to
try.
You
know
we
publish
these
videos
and
one
one
at
one
time
may
be
a
qualified
person
actually
sees
that
and
say:
hey
I
can
help
with
that
and
that's
how
we
attract
the
people.
A
A
B
A
A
To
do
that
together,
eventually
like
what
I'd
say
so
so
this
year,
we're
running
the
incentive
challenge
on
a
cordless
drill,
but
later
on,
I
could
see
like
the
next
one.
I
was
kind
of
thinking
in
the
rollout.
Maybe
for
the
year
after
okay,
it's
gonna
be
the
incentive
challenge
on
the
micro
tractor
actor,
then,
after
that,
how
about
the
engine
so
once.
A
B
B
A
A
C
A
And
actually,
you
know
talking
to
I've
been
to
a
couple
of
the
steam
steam
camp,
not
the
steam,
kept
actual
steam,
Auto
Club
of
America
meeting
different
steam,
and
the
running
word
there
is
that
when
you
have
a
steam
engine,
it's
essentially
as
complicated
as
a
you
know
the
good
ones
they're
as
difficult
to
make
as
regular
car
engines,
so
that
technology
is
definitely
transferable.
If
you
know
how
to
make
a
steam
engine,
you
can
make
make
a
car
for
a
car
engine
regular
right.
C
I
know
that
I've
read
some
of
Steve
Chastain
stuff
and
he's
a
based
in
Florida
he's
a
mechanical
engineer,
and
he
he
does
restoration
of
old
cars
like
the
back
cars.
I
think
that
cars,
the
mainland
Packard's,
have
the
old
Packard's
and
they
don't
make
the
parts
anymore.
So
he
cast
them
the
parts
it
makes
molds
gas
the
parts
and
and
then
he
machines
it
and
that's
how
he
he
puts
together
the
engines
shades.
A
C
A
C
B
C
B
B
C
A
B
C
C
B
B
A
B
A
A
A
They'll
be
great:
it's
it's
always
that
just
trying
to
find
the
people
that
that
are
quite
willing
to
and
really
interested
in
learning
new
things,
as
we
always
do
here
so
so
Jeff
regarding
some
of
the
process
of
collaborating
through
throughout
the
summer.
So
the
main
things
is
I
think
you
have
a
log
if
not
I'll
set
you
up
to
that.
Let's
see
Jack.
A
B
A
A
Don't
lock
anything
down
like
typically,
you
have
a
design
process
where
you
lock
stuff
down
and
one
person
who
works
right
works
on
it
here.
It's
like
it
doesn't
matter,
because
one
we're
dividing
like
you
said,
divided
a
thing
into
many
many
pieces
and
many
people
can
work
in
parallel.
That's
the
kind
of
workflow
will
be
we'll
be
doing
between
like
hands-on
skills.
You'll
be
teaching
a
lot
in
a
shop,
then
we'll
be
spending
them
probably
like
the
morning
would
be
designed
in
the
afternoon
as
build
build
time
we're
prototype.
A
So
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
actually
so
with
your
3d
printer.
The
thing
you
can
get
pumped
up
for
is
before
we
build
the
next
micro
track.
We're
gonna
build
a
scale
prototype,
so
probably
one
that's
three
printed
with
electric
motor,
so
maybe
like
a
quarter
or
eighth
eighth
eighth
scale
so
that
we
don't
get
into
any
like
I
know
that,
unlike
last
micro
track,
you
know
there
were
issues
like
on
some
of
the
fits
fits
of
the
different
types
right
which
you
were
there.
A
So
you
know
that
we
can
all
work
out
through
scale,
prototyping
and
3d.
Printing
we
may
under
if
we
will
have
a
laser
cutter,
for
we
will
have
at
least
a
very
small
one
like
a
few
watt,
which
can
cut
little
paper
models,
but
anything
build
like
the
general
rule
is
second
to
go
to
paradox.
Do
you
see
that
link?
If
you
didn't
go
to
Benoit
log
I,
think.
A
A
A
Right
yeah,
an
Ellis
capital.
We
will
use
capitalize
the
first
letter
of
every
one
well
yeah
March
and
log
Jeff
log,
Jessica
log,
Tom
log,
everybody
so
you'll
be
able
to
find
that
immediately.
But
of
course,
there'll
be
all
linked
from
like
the
control
panel
page
that
we
set
up.
But
that
way
you
can
coordinate
with
everybody
sets
the
main
thing
just
uploading
things,
just
keeping
track,
not
just
like
food
random
stuff
in
your
log,
but
put
links,
links
to
real
work
product.
A
A
If
there's
like
a
bunch
of
people
working
with
me,
what
do
I
need
to
make
it
easy
for
everybody
to
work
with
me
at
the
same
time,
whether
they're,
even
at
the
steam
at
the
summer
camp
summer
of
extreme
design
built
or
their
remote,
because
ideally
we'd
have
enough
remote
participation
that
people
can
collaborate
on
the
prototyping,
especially
if
they
have
3d
printers.
They
can
actually
build
the
scale
models.
So
that
means
upload
upload
upload
as
soon
as
you
have
something
that's
kind
of
like
the
general
rule.
A
We
call
it
a
60-second
rule
as
soon
as
you
get
it
just
upload
it
and
then
upload
any
major
change.
Any
change
that
you're
making
because
think
that
there's
many
others
that
are
looking
at
this
and
that
can
collaborate
if
they
have
the
asset
and
the
asset
must
be
digital.
Alright,
they
can
download
it
and
freak
out
and
open
it
up.
So
that's
kind
of
how
we
work
work
logs
then
in
Google
Docs.
We
we
basically
do
the
latest
the
most
recent
page
on
top,
so
that
people
can
find
relevant,
relevant
material.
A
There's
a
working
doc
like
will
work,
throw
the
the
main
page
or
thing
and
we're
working
on
to
the
very
top.
So
it's
easily
visible
that
kind
of
thing
so
you'll
get
the
3d
printer.
You
know
like
what
will
be
interesting,
maybe
like
one
good
test
for
your
printer
would
be
to
take
what
we
have
on
the
micro
track.
Alright,
because
we'll
be
a
starting
point
for
the
micro
track
print,
it
print
a
scale
model
and
see.
A
A
So
so
we
won't
actually
operate
at
the
level
of
okay,
we're
producing
definitely
the
final
product
using
rapid
prototyping
and
a
process
where
we
constantly
prototype
part
by
part,
whether
it's
3d,
printing
or
other
means.
But
we
can
think
think
literally
that
we
can
productize
the
scale
models
as
well.
So
if
we
put
a
battery
pack
on
and
little
electric
motors,
we
may
have
the
next,
the
reprinted
electric
motor
by
that
time.
So
Michelle
is
working
on
that.
A
We
can't
do
that
without
testing
like
what
you've
seen
before
is
we've
been
really
test,
the
the
we
didn't
do
as
much
prototype
in
Israel.
We
just
build
it
now.
We're
gonna
have
much
more
time
much
more
people,
so
we
can't
spend
the
time
prototyping
the
different
elements
of
and
make
sure
everything
goes
together.
Right.
C
A
Order
well,
yeah
I
mean
see
for
that.
We
can
be
talking
about
some
significant
lead
times
there.
So
that's
something
like
so
we're
gonna
get
into
the
diesel
engines.
July
1
right
so
June
is
not
we're.
Not
gonna
touch
the
easels
too
much.
We
we're
doing
microfactory
on
the
first
month,
but
then
on
the
end,
run
life-size
machines
that
comes
in
July
first,
so
I
would
say,
like
we
make
the
order,
probably
two
months
before
then
like
for
the
cutoff
like.
A
C
A
C
A
Exactly
so
I'm
kind
of
looking
at
okay,
let's
spend
some
time
determining
which
exact
model
we
want
so
maybe
like
Jeff
in
any
spare
time.
You
have
like
keep
looking
into
that,
because
we
need
to
make
a
good
decision.
Let's,
let's
actually
start
up.
Well,
we
have
a
wiki
page
called
the
Chang
for
diesel.
A
We
should
set
up
a
work
yeah,
so
there's
OSC
case
as
a
bunch
of
videos
and
links
there,
let's
set
up
like
for
now,
let's,
let's
just
set
up
and
as
an
exercise
right
now,
just
do
one
exercise
here:
oh
let's
go
to
a
template.
Let
me
pull
out
the
template
and
actually
start
a
working
doc
there
that
you
and
I
can
get
in
there.
Can
you,
edit,
on
Google
Docs
right
now.
C
C
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
C
A
B
B
C
A
C
A
A
A
A
So
what
you
want
to
do
is
get
really
familiar
with
these
Google
Docs,
where
you
can
draw
shapes
in
there
and
then
copy
and
paste.
It's
really
useful.
You
can
make
hyperlinks
and
do
text
basic
your
conceptual
design.
It's
that's
good,
so
yeah
we,
we
probably
want
to
break
it
down
to
like
requirements.
A
A
C
C
B
C
C
C
B
B
A
C
C
B
B
B
B
C
A
B
C
B
A
A
So
for
the
the
present
Chang
like
most
likely
numbers,
probably
four
I
want
to
have
four,
at
least
because
we
want
to
build,
set
up
power
units
for
different
things,
but
probably
eight
or
ten,
like
which
also
sound
like
a
good
numbers
and
which
case
we
can
get
the
bulk
order
so
probably
like
10
might
be
the
number
to
get
and
if
they're,
really
like
300
or
400,
that's
like
4,000
or
5,000
for
that
whole
shipment,
which
would
give
us
a
lot
of
material
to
prototype
with.
But
right.
A
C
C
Maybe,
like
I,
haven't
found
any
source
for
any
importers
that
do
that
yeah
I
did
some
google
searching
on
that
and
I
was
not
able
to
to
find
anybody.
That's
importing
them
and
one
question
I
have
is
like
the
Lister
diesels,
and
so
they
they
stopped
in
Portland
because
they
didn't
meet
the
current
requirements
sold
right.
There.
B
C
B
A
B
A
Engines
for
prototyping,
mm-hmm
and
I
mean
I'm
really
thinking
the
way
things
are
going
right
now.
We
should
be
able
to
have
access
to
to
building
these
within
probably
like
two
years,
I
think
for
replacement
if
it's
like
replacement
parts,
at
least,
but
hopefully
the
whole
engines
via
3d,
printing,
so
yeah,
a
lot
of
it
was
building
on
the
success
of
this
summer,
cuz
I'm
I'm,
hoping
to
get
a
really
robust,
3d,
printer
and
metal
as
a
result
of
part
of
the
result
of
this
summer.
C
A
B
B
A
A
B
B
B
A
A
C
B
B
C
A
C
C
A
By
the
end
of
the
summer,
we
should
be
having
the
ability
to
do
high-temperature
plastics
that
go
up
to
like
PE
I
see,
but
that's
only
Pei
is
only
like
178
C,
but
that's
it's
before
it's
it's
glass
transition,
so
178
Fahrenheit
we're
talking
352
Fahrenheit,
but
yeah
yeah,
it's
interesting!
If,
if
everything
goes
as
planned,
we
will
have
printing
ceramics,
but
that's
just
like
clay
that
you
can
fire,
but
that's
not
the
kind
of
ceramic
right
we're
talking
about,
but
actually
like
are
some
of
those
high
performance.
A
C
A
B
B
A
What
yeah
cuz
there's
a
way
where
we
can
definitely
do
ceramic
printing,
but
then
you
bake
it
and
then
yeah
yeah
actually
haven't
looking
looked
much
into
that,
but
there's
definitely
some
possibilities
there
that
we
can
think
about,
because
even
if
you
have
metal
parts
simply
that
are
insulated
in
a
clever
way
from
the
plastic
geometry
that
could
work
on
us.
So
that's
an
interesting
concept
but
yeah
something
to
think
about
the.
C
No
I
was
just
thinking
of
what
you
were
saying
on
that
I
know
that
when
I
worked
in
aerospace,
my
my
boss,
who
designed
airplanes
he
designed
a
racecar
engine
from
scratch,
yeah
from
nothing
and
he
he
had
problems
with
with
the
engines
blowing
on
the
on
the
racetrack.
So
he
designed
an
engine
that
was
completely
milled
from
aluminum
yeah.
A
C
A
A
C
C
A
C
B
C
A
And
then
to
scale
them
because
we
talked
about
modularity,
so
we
can
possibly
do
it.
Where
we've
got.
We
talked
about
the
mother
power
cube,
which
has
all
the
those
cooling
and
oil
tank
like
a
hydraulic,
fluid
tank.
So
maybe
we
can
do
one
mother
power
cube
with
a
solid
cooling
system
and
then
run
all
the
cooling
off
of
that
for
several
engines.
If
we're
doing
stacking
of
power,
cubes.
B
A
C
B
B
C
B
C
B
A
A
A
A
B
A
You
get
it
get
the
hang
of
it,
but
take
a
look
at
that
video,
the
free
card,
one
two
and
three:
that's
like
that
step
and,
in
the
meantime,
just
keep
looking
at
the
chanc
of
diesels
and
we'll
call
it
anything
with
all
the
instructors
to
get
on
the
same
page.
The
last
thing
is:
okay.
I
also
wanted
to
check
in
with
you
on
any
marketing
ideas
to
attract
more
people,
and
so
far,
do
you
have
any
ideas
on
that?
C
B
B
C
B
C
C
B
C
B
C
A
No,
nothing
comes
up
on
Facebook,
okay,
there's
a
hands
on
technology
transfer
ink
on
Facebook
yeah,
we'll
keep
doing
it.
Yeah
I've
thinking
a
lot
about
that
and
again
doing
the
final
announcement.
So
I
got
your
picture
and
bio
I.
Think
so
that's
good,
well,
I
might
ask
you
to
like
in
a
promo
video,
for
it
maybe
throw
in
the
line.
You
have
a
cell
phone
camera.
You
could
do
and
get
you
on
that
yeah!
Get
you
on
a
pulpit!
A
Sure,
okay
might
ask
you
to
do
something
but
yeah.
So,
let's,
let's,
let's
call
today
for
here
and
yeah
yeah
glad
to
have
you
that
would
be
great
I
mean
you
really
have
the
hands-on
skills.
It'll
be
good
match
with
game
who's.
Who's
got
a
lot
of
the
organizational
and
open-source
software
skills
and
then
Jessica
and
Tom.
So
I
think
that
would
be
a
good
summer
month
team
and
then
of
course,
me
typing
in
as
much
as
I
can
but
yeah.