Exploring With Intuition

Author: Mark Haskell

  • Mother’s Day Projects

    We did see Noah yesterday on Mother’s day. He took the time at school to engrave a card on acrylic using a laser in the new fabrication  lab.  It shouldn’t surprise us that he would find a unique method of making a card.  On the RV front, we found a telescoping soft brush that makes…

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  • Zebracorn Road Trip

    Zebracorns Pose Under the Arch in St Louis Replica Cabin at Lincoln State Park Spacious Campsite at Lincoln State Park Edward Jones Stadium You Can Never Have Too Many Tools Robot Parts Arch Peeking Out Over Our Van at the Stadium Zebracorn Robot in Action Edward Jones Stadium with Eight Fields for F.I.R.S.T. Robotics No…

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  • Robotic Support Vehicle

    If you know us at all, you’ve heard about the Zebracorns. They are the robotics team which has been a passion for our high school son for the last three years. The team was part of the alliance that won the North Carolina Regional last month, so has the opportunity to go to the World…

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  • Valve Stems

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    Sprinter 3500 vans have dual rear wheels for weight handling and Pleasure-way installs good looking hubcaps to improve their appearance. This combination makes it almost impossible to reach the valve stems.  Polling members of the Pleasure-way Yahoo group, we found a solution named DuallyValve. You can see the valves before they were installed below: The…

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  • Robinson Fuso

    Did a double-take and turned around after passing this unique RV parked in a local independent Land-Rover service lot.  Turns out Robinson-Fuso has had many interesting adventures and the owners, Jon & Emily Turner, publish a great blog.  Check it out at: http://robinsonfuso.com

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  • First Check-up. What’s Underneath?

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    All vehicles need maintenance, so we scheduled our first visit to a Mercedes-Benz service department. Even though we only had 4,868 miles, we thought it would be best to have everything gone over in the 2013 van. Took it to Leith Mercedes in Raleigh guessing that they have more experience than the new dealership closer…

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    Mark Haskell