Its been a few weeks since I have been able to spend time in the shop…vacation (rainy at the Outer Banks), sick kids, the usual.
My birthday brought me a JDS Air Cleaner for the shop from my wife. I have not installed it yet, but it looks like a great unit. I will report on how it works when I get it mounted on the ceiling.
Several projects are now ready to hit the shop at once:
* continuing the two Greene and Greene Desks
* build three more oak Adirondack chairs for our backyard
* build the new “ladder-style” roadbed for our outdoor garden railroad (another of my hobbies)
I did manage to finsh a jig for the garden railroad roadbed during my “break from the shop” over the past few weeks. The jig should make it ease to turn out the volume of roadbed that I will need much faster.
I’m also having problems with my chop saw (a ten year old Craftsman 10″)…not sure yet what is wrong with it. Maybe bad motor brushes. Makes a horrible noise. I need to spend some time on it between projects.
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About mattsanf
Matthew Sanfilippo is currently Executive Director of PSII (Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator) and the CenSCIR (Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure), Associate Director of ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), and Associate Director of PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Prior to CMU, Matthew was Director of Applied Technology for Michael Baker Corporation, a large engineering and energy services firm. Matt managed a technology consulting division for Baker including Geographic Information System (GIS), software and web development, multimedia, virtual reality (VR), visualization, Global Positioning System (GPS), mapping and surveying services.
Before joining Baker, Matt was an Innovation Director for Redleaf Group, a Venture Capital/Operating Company focused on Information Security, Supply Chain, Network and Mobility Solutions. While at Redleaf, Matt managed technical due diligence for seed-stage investments and coordinated relationships between Redleaf and their partner companies after investment.
Prior to Redleaf, Matt was CIO of GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, a Boston-based engineering firm, and operations manager for their Internet start-up division that focused on web-technologies for health and safety and manufacturing metrics.
Matt is current board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvania, a board member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and a former member of the Information Sciences and Technology Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania State University Beaver. Matt is also a former Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals and former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Baker Combined Charity of Pennsylvania.
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