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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@faintfuzzies.ca">lists@faintfuzzies.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
My name is Bruce Harding and I just joined the group. I've always had an<br>
interest in DYI projects, but never the time to do it. I was the manager of<br>
Computer Books for Less until it closed where I first learnt of the Maker<br>
movement via the Make magazine that I brought in. That sort of rekindled my<br>
interest in electronics and other DYI projects.<br>
<br>
The last time I worked on anything like a DYI electric project was more they<br>
35 years ago, so to say I'm rusty is any understatement.<br>
<br>
The real impetus to start now is that I'm an amateur astronomer. One of the<br>
big issue in astronomy is dealing with dew accumulation on our mirrors and eye<br>
pieces. We combat this problem with what is know as dew abatement systems.<br>
These can include heat straps and controllers.<br>
<br>
Presently I've a basic controller. But I want to have something with more<br>
options the closest thing too that would be<br>
<a href="http://www.kendrickastro.com/astro/dew_controllers.html#PremierController" target="_blank">http://www.kendrickastro.com/astro/dew_controllers.html#PremierController</a><br>
Well I don't what to buy one so I looked around for one I could make and came<br>
up with this... <a href="http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-597-0-0-1-0.html" target="_blank">http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-597-0-0-1-0.html</a>. I think<br>
this will be a challenge for me, but I'm hoping that being part of this group<br>
and your advice will keep me from disaster.<br>
<br>
So there you go. Me in a nutshell (O'Reilly book humour intend)<br>
<br>
==<br>
Bruce<br>
Member: SPIE, IEEE, IACR<br>
Faintfuzzies.ca<br>
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