User talk:Gharris/ENES100/Igloo

Gharris, you've found some great references and tutorials to help with the snow machine aspect of this project, and your prior knowledge of related equipment (air compressor) has saved us time. Jstapko (talk) 19:49, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

aabdelaz6573: Your Index of free plans is very useful and a great way to help us make snow since it will most likley not snow until January or February. Not to mention it is cheap to build and provides a helpful list of materials needed. Looking forward to purchasing all the parts and getting started.

10/0/30 .. great idea about pressure washer and making snow .. pursue that! ... document what you do ... you are doing a lot but nothing is being recorded --1sfoerster (talk) 17:21, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Gharris, you have made rapid progress identifying parts and estimating costs, as well as creatively redesigning the machine to be more economical and reliable. Jstapko (talk) 21:02, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

aabdelaz6573: great working looking for separate pieces to build the snow machine while finding them at an inexpensive cost. Your interest and determination really help to push the project forward.

10/5/5 ... good report, but nothing can leverage .. scan of your notebook drawing, where you came up with $51 would have increased the number of points --1sfoerster (talk) 20:27, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

aabdelaz6573: nice work, I suppose we are ready to finally start building the snow machine and the website you found is very helpful.

Gharris, you've done a great job creating the parts list document and figuring out how to upload it, and found some really valuable information on operating pressure washers in cold weather. Jstapko (talk) 20:19, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

10/0/30 ... excellent parts list ... no task for week 4, no positive comments on team mates pages --1sfoerster (talk) 19:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

aabdelaz6573: Your idea of putting the pressure washer in a large cardboard box with a halogen lamp is a good and simple idea to keep the temperature at a level suitable to the pressure washer. Its been great working with you this semester.

You've done a good job of identifying several options for preventing pressure washer problems in the cold, and analyzing diverse aspects of each to make a recommendation to the next team. Your idea of the potential of the propane heater to melt the tarp is a particularly important insight.Jstapko (talk) 05:55, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

10/10/20 ... the card board box with the lamp is obvious choice .. the only advantage the other one has is that it doesn't or may not require a power cord --1sfoerster (talk) 19:58, 10 December 2012 (UTC)