Recent work

If not, you could always try to build some steam powered bagpipes. ;-)

Yabbut, can you? ;)

Lotsa work, Ed. Lookin' good. It looks like you have quite the investment in solenoids, too.

Changing the theme to The Burning Bagpipe Festival?

Bagpipes were invented to scare the enemy on the battlefield. Adding live steam to one would make it even scarier. I think Ed might be the only one on the group who could accomplish that task, and do it with style. :)

I'm sorry, sir, but the terms "bagpipe" and "style" cannot coexist in the same paragraph, let alone sentence or document.

Well, until I heard this. ;) (About 1:30)

--Ah! There's a guy on ebay who sells nothing but valves. The price fluctuate so the trick is to wait for the bargains. I'm buying 'em for about 1/4 of the price for Parker valves.

Paying wholesale or less is the only way to buy anything. VBG

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein