Hello from Centennial, CO
Drafted: Wednesday – March 15, 2023 (First post of this travelogue)
Post lost in system and uploaded 3/15/2024 ( date corrected on blog to 3/15/2023)
Wow, it has been a few months since I last posted a travelogue. Pat and I have not been on the road since our fateful trip last October (2022) when we were in Corning, IA for the “cousins reunion” and Pat ended up having emergency surgery in Omaha
I am in Centennial, CO at NTT this week to participate in two different activities. Monday involved a project to research why we are having significant problems with our shaft alignment laser systems. Tuesday through Thursday I am participating as a “consultant” for a revised class that we are preparing to market.
NTT has two shaft alignment laser systems. All three of the instructors have experienced significant issues with the readings that did not at all agree with alignments that the students performed with dial indicators. We sent the units out to be calibrated, but still experienced strange results. I spent all day Monday and parts of the next three days doing all kinds of measurements including the use of a test bar that I made in my shop. It appears that the lasers are very sensitive to accidental minute twisting on the shaft. We have approval to order one new unit. Once we receive that unit, I will retest the old unit and perform the same tests on the new unit.
The rest of the week several of us participated in the “beta test” of a majorly revised “rigging” class.
That is all for this travelogue.