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JCGS is the initials, and usual short "handle", of John C. G. Sturdy, who generally hacks C for money and Lisp, aluminium, and pieces of wire for fun.
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JCGS is the initials, and usual short "handle", of John C. G. Sturdy, who generally hacks C for money, and Lisp, aluminium, and pieces of wire for fun.
  
 
==Interest areas==
 
==Interest areas==
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* GPS/GSM tracker for Land-Rover using Telit GM862
 
* GPS/GSM tracker for Land-Rover using Telit GM862
 
* [http://mulvoc.sourceforge.net/ MuLVOC]: Multi-Lingual Vocabulary storage
 
* [http://mulvoc.sourceforge.net/ MuLVOC]: Multi-Lingual Vocabulary storage
* Stretch Land-Rover to 6-wheeler (not in the Makespace!) and add electric drive to rear axle, using home-made VFD PWM controller
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* [http://hillwithfields.wordpress.com/category/travel-2/land-rover-travel/6-wheeler/ Stretch Land-Rover to 6-wheeler] (not inside Makespace!) and add electric drive to rear axle, using home-made VFD PWM controller
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==Trained to use==
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* Myford lathe (2013/05/09)
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* Laser cutter (2013/05/10)
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* Roland 3-D Mill (2013/05/16)
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===Wanting training on===
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* Mitre saw
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* 3D printers
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* Vinyl cutter
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* CAD software
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* Sewing machine

Revision as of 14:52, 17 May 2013

JCGS is the initials, and usual short "handle", of John C. G. Sturdy, who generally hacks C for money, and Lisp, aluminium, and pieces of wire for fun.

Interest areas

  • Programming language interpreters
  • Emacs
  • Special UI hardware (particularly RSI-related)
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Land-Rovers
  • Recumbent trikes

Projects

  • Versor Versatile Cursors for Emacs (flexibly map arrow keys etc to various kinds of movement)
  • Muesli: Generic scripting language interface with plugins for languages
  • GPS/GSM tracker for Land-Rover using Telit GM862
  • MuLVOC: Multi-Lingual Vocabulary storage
  • Stretch Land-Rover to 6-wheeler (not inside Makespace!) and add electric drive to rear axle, using home-made VFD PWM controller

Trained to use

  • Myford lathe (2013/05/09)
  • Laser cutter (2013/05/10)
  • Roland 3-D Mill (2013/05/16)

Wanting training on

  • Mitre saw
  • 3D printers
  • Vinyl cutter
  • CAD software
  • Sewing machine