Great job!

Thanks for all your work Eric!

Good luck with that!

Hope everything fits where it was.

Ahhh, future Darwin award winners!
 

I think snopes.com does a pretty good job of tracking urban legends, and they totally bust the cigar story:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

As for the CPSA, they have a really mixed history--to some extent actually able to craft decent laws aimed at consumer safety, but more often than not getting caught up in politics and/or bureaucracy.  I used to build playgrounds for kids, and it was a mixed bag trying to interpret their rulings.

Yes, I suppose someone could have substituted a fake gold coin by gold-plating some platinum or uranium, but either would be worth more than the gold, so why bother?
 

I guess most counterfeiters will try lead first.

Yes, that's what I thought.  And not to belabor the point, but lead is lighter than gold, and so my solution would hold.  Nevertheless, if the actual puzzle is that the fake could be lighter OR heavier, then my solution fails, and you have to go to the other method.

1. Put 6 coins on each tray of the balance.  Whichever side registers heavier, set those aside because the fake is not in there.

The fake coin is EITHER heavier OR lighter than the other coins !!!

Yes, I suppose someone could have substituted a fake gold coin by gold-plating some platinum or uranium, but either would be worth more than the gold, so why bother?
 

We have 12  gold coins.One is fake.We dont know which.We dont know if its heavier or lighter than the others.Now We have a ballance (not a scale)That measures by comparing...What is the way to find the fake Gold coin with only 3 times of weigh.
Is it only me or when i cut padouk everything in my workshop needs cleaning.Even inside my panties...
I am waiting for your answers.
 

Leaving comments about your undergarments aside...
1. Put 6 coins on each tray of the balance.  Whichever side registers heavier, set those aside because the fake is not in there.
2. Divide the remaining coins, three on each tray.  Again, set aside the heavier coins.
3. Put two of the remaining coins on the balance.  If one of them is lighter, that is the fake.  If they are the same, the remaining coin (the one not on the balance) is your culprit.
 

Very nice looking bot!
I hope the software is easy to figure out!

Have fun with it.

sorry guys, I think it's a fake.

The guy advertises for killathrill.com (clothing)

Snopes.com hasn't called it yet, but there are several other sites calling it a fake:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/onewing.asp

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml

though there is a video of a guy landing a model airplane that way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXMrFh3n7M

 

I think if you're trying to keep others from reading your thoughts, you go shiny side out.  And if you're trying to keep them from planting thoughts in your brain, you wear the foil outside of the hat.
And if you want to know all the best kabbalah numeric secrets and formulas, play Madonna's latest CD backwards.
 

Here's another interesting coordination game - http://thedogpaddler.com/RandomUploads/Ball/ball.htm

Real simple, just click the ball. 

Ha!  Good one Kerry!

The site instructions are in Japanese, so read below!

1. Touch  'start'
2. Wait for  3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the numbers positions on the  screen, then click the circle from
the smallest number to the  biggest number.
4. At the end  of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html


Really I don't know any more about this than what you see on the site.

I got a 28 the first time I did it and then a 23 on the second try.

Looks like you can get about $30 off by using the Live Search Discount through eBay.

I could not find a BTU output listed anywhere.  Anyone see that? 

Might be nice to have this for a backup in my finishing room when the exhaust fan pulls all the heat out of the shop,

Well I'm back at it, the Arc that is. My wife has been cracking the whip, she wanted me to finish a entertainment center that she has wanted. Well it's done so now it's back to my project. I did make a change to the design to allow for a recording to be played if you can successfully open the Arc. I did not elect to use any shocking devices. I am now looking for a gold leaf kit to use on some of the trim. Has anybody got any suppliers for such a thing? I would also like to know if anyone has done any gold leafing and how it worked out.

Hey Ron,
I have not done this but I know that both David Marks and Norm Abram have done shows on gilding.  A couple of links;
http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?0701
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=748iRXvvWTE&eurl=http://www.djmarks.com/youtube.asp
A lot of links on Google search for gold leaf.

Meanwhile, I am looking into some other (expensive) lighting options that might make tinted shelving a possibility.  Sigh.

Aren't you glad you asked for our opinions!

Actually I am glad I asked for everyone's opinions! 

Sometimes, designing and working alone, it is easy to get lost in a do-loop (don't-loop?) of bad decision making! That's why it is great to have this community of you all!