THE FAMOUS MISTER ED
If you have been wondering just who is Mister Ed and is he the idiot responsible for the content of the website, well this section of The Stables will explain who Mister Ed is and a little about the person who built this website for his and your amusement. So take off your shoes, get comfortable and dive into the Equine World of The Famous Mister Ed.
MY PITIFUL STORY
I was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on January 25, 1957. My Mom, Dad and I, packed up and moved to El Monte, California just 5 months after my birth, for a better way of life. I started in preschool then attended grade school at Monte Vista. Had a mini graduation with cap and gowns and started 7th grade at Kranz Jr. High. After two years there I attended Mountain View High School and graduated in 1975. At the age of 20, I packed up and moved with my girlfriends family to Tucson, Arizona. I married my girlfriend and started working at a local Archery company where I first learned what plastic injection molding was.
One day through a chain of events, (Divorced the boss's daughter who I caught cheating on me twice) I lost my job I have worked at for ten years. Not knowing what kind of job I wanted to do, I looked in the phone book's yellow pages and looked up Injection Molding. I found several companies and started to put in applications. I got a job at one of the local custom injection molding plants and worked my way up the corporate ladder. This is where I met my current and last wife, Kathy. We worked together, I was supervisor of 3rd shift and she was my quality control, which really sucked because she was always rejecting the parts I worked so hard to make. I had no choice but to marry Kathy so I could get production out the door! Actually I asked her to move in with me and after living together for a couple years we decided to get married. We worked and lived together in Tucson for 20 years.
We (Kathy "my wife", Somkie "our cat" and I) moved to Mesa, Arizona in May of 1997 for something different and maybe a better way of life. I now work as a Process Tech at a local plastics company in Tempe. We miss really miss all of our friends we left in Tucson and always will. It's a great place to live and it's also where I met my soul mate, Kathy. We have been married over 16 years and get along great! Really! Yea, she's standing over my shoulder, So what. She lets me get away with murder and ya know, that's ok by me. We both spoil each other so everything works out in the wash. I enjoy working on the website, collecting mp3 music, video shorts, movies, sound bytes, music videos and more. I just love collecting things I guess.
MY WIFE, KATHY
I was lucky enough to find the love of my life at a local plastics company. From what she tells me, she thought I was a stuck-up California surfer
dude that didn't hardly talk to anyone. Well I knew she was there but at the time I had a girlfriend who I thought loved me and I had no reason to
look for a new one. Well little by little we got to know each other and little by little my girlfriend became more distant and when I ran out of the
money I got from a woman driver smashing into my driver door doing 45 MPH and almost killing me, she came up to me and told me she thought it would be better if I got my own apartment. That was just a nice way of telling me to get the fuck out. What really rubbed salt into my wounds was
that I just got laid off from my job and had no money to get an apartment.
So I did the only thing I could do to survive. I took my 1984 Camaro Z-28 H.O. 5.0 litter, T-top, steel blue, 400 watt sound system, love of my life to a local used car dealer and sold it for enough to pay off the loan and buy me a 1974 Ford Maverick piece of shit. I then drove to where I use to work and begged the H.R. woman to lie for me in case this manager from an apartment complex that was having a "move in" special, might called her to verify my employment. It was the closest I have come to being homeless and flat broke. Well I got the apartment and started to get un-employment checks and continued to look for work. Well about 4 weeks after I was laid off I was called back to work and things started to look up.
Little by little we started to hang out together. One night we went to our favorite local bar with some of our friends and on the way home, in the rain, I tried turning a corner to get on the freeway and I hit the median with my right front tire and it folded my whole tire assembly under the car. So basically the lug nuts were facing the payment. I knew Kathy just left her old man and was living in a motel and she had a nice Honda Prelude. So my evil little brain thought for a moment then I asked Kathy if she would be interested in moving in with me to share living expenses and since we both worked the same shift we could ride together using her car. Well before I could take a piss, Kathy was already moving her stuff into my studio apartment. At first we were strictly friends but one thing led to another and now we have been happily married for 16 years. (Yes she IS standing right behind me). She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She is a strong and smart woman and can take the worst I can dish out. It takes a special woman to put up with my immature personality and all my bad habits. I never thought I would find my sole mate, let alone someone who could put up with me. She has always been there for me when I fall, she helped me get back on my feet. I owe her more than anyone could ever give. I don't know what I would do with out her love and friendship. She is the spark that keeps my heart beating and I love her more than she will ever know. I love you BABY!
OUR FREAKISH PETS
Bone The Cat was born on July 1st, 1977 to a Tucson family. Mr. Ed went to this family to pick himself out a kitten. The Kitten, one of about 5 in the litter, walked up to me and proceeded to chew on my shoe laces. I decided that was the one for me. Don't ask me how I got the name BONE for a cat. His full name was Felix Bonsure Alley, so I guess we started calling him BONE for short. Bone and I spent the next 18 years together, through thick and thin, better and worse and three different women and two marriages. Through all that Bone was my best buddy. A man's cat that wouldn't take no shit from no one. I like that in a cat. Towards the end of Bone's life, he was blind and lazy, but still a good cat. We finally noticed that he was suffering from old age and we had to take him in and have him put to sleep. It was probably the hardest thing I ever had to do. So much in fact that I couldn't even be in the room when they gave Bone the shot that would prove to be his last. I just didn't want that memory stained into my brain. This page is just a little memorial to the best buddy I ever had.
SMOKey THE CAT
Six years after the passing of bone, the wife finally gave in and we adopted an abandoned kitty already known around the complex as "Smokey". This cat was a trip because night or day he would hide behind one of many bushes landscaping the complex, and as you walked by the bush, he would jump out standing up on his hind legs and his front legs waving around as if he wanted to scare you. It would crack me up because you could see him hiding behind the bush for one thing. And right before he would jump out, he would wiggle his rear end and get low to the ground and then bam! So just to humor him I would act all scared. Of course after trying to scare you, we would start to rub up against your legs as if he was telling you, "I'm sorry I scared you, I love you". He was a very affectionate cat for wanting to scare people all the time. He should be out hunting birds and lizards, but I think he got a bigger kick out of scaring people. Well one day we heard that the people who took care of Smokie, moved out of there apartment and left Smokey behind. I can't believe people would leave a pet to fend for it's self. To me, that would be like leaving one of your kids behind. So it was the perfect opportunity to have a new kitty. The main reason we didn't replace bone right away is because the wife is highly allegoric to cats. She was just afraid that her health would suffer if we got another cat, but amazingly Smokey didn't effect her allergies half as much as bone did. She says she hardly knows we have a cat as far as her allergies go. Here is a few pictures of the Pink Nose Kitty.
JOSEPH THE OTHER CAT
In November of 2009, I took Smokey out on the porch for some fresh air and low and behold there was this tiny kitten setting there meowing at us. He was cold and hunger and very skinny. I woke Kathy up and asked her to come out to the porch and see what Smokey and I found. One look at that poor little kitten and we had to keep him. Joseph and Smokey are now best buddies.
MY HOBBY IS MY WEBSITE
The Stables BBS was started on July 4th, 1989. What does BBS mean? Bulletin Board System.
Back in the OLD days before the Internet became popular, there was those who ran a program
on their computers that allowed other people to call and connect to it and play on-line games, join
in conversations on a message base, download and exchange files, read information, the list goes
on and on. Of course only ONE user was allowed at a time. And baud rates as slow as 300 BPS.
I ran The Stables BBS on a Commodore 64 that was introduced to me by a good friend of mine
named Kevin Sloan. He took me over to his apartment (which is a whole other story) one day
after work and showed me his hobby, computers and running HIS bbs named Mirkwood Forest
(don't ask). I have never seen so many computers in one place in my life. There was wall to wall
Commodore C64's and at least 20 floppy drives. Once Kevin explained to me how the Bulletin
Board System worked and I actually watched while people called his computer, I instantly fell in love
with the hobby of running and maintaining a Bulletin Board System. Kevin sold me a Commodore 64,
a 300 BPS modem and a single floppy drive and help me get started. Once I figured out what I was
doing, running a bbs was more fun than I thought I could ever have on a computer.
In January of 1992 I made the conversion from the Commodore 64, which by the way, has no
hard drive, to a $2,000 25 MHz Packard Bell 386 computer (can you believe it?) and I bought new
BBS software named TRIBBS and The Stables was better than ever! In the Fall of 1997 I made
the transformation from BBS software to running the BBS on the Internet. The Stables BBS is
currently powered by POWWEB WEBSITE HOSTING. Running the BBS on the internet is
totally different, I have tried to give the internet version of the new Stables the same "feel" as
the old Stables. Below are pictures of The Stables history of changes.
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WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING
The rapid melting of the material, the extremely high flow rates involved, and the necessity for fast uniform cooling (solidification) of the melt in the mold present formidable challenges to achieving minimum cycle times. The advantages of injection molding are rapid production rates, excellent dimensional tolerances, complex part geometry, wide ranging of part sizes and little to no scrap generated in the manufacturing process. Here is how it works.... Plastic material, usually in pellet form, is melted by heating and / or mechanical working in the barrel cylinder of an injection molding machine. The plasticized (melted) material is injected rapidly by forward motion of a ram (piston) or screw through a nozzle into a clamped mold cavity.
Frequently many cavities are fed simultaneously by one injection machine through a series of channels called runners. The melt is solidified in the mold cavity (usually water cooled) with the injection pressure maintained. The parts are ejected when the mold is opened and the cycle repeats.
FACTORS OF MOLDING CONDITION
The quality of molding products is greatly influenced by molding conditions. In order to produce high quality products, mold design and product design must be made by understanding the character of the resin, and also the molding machine must match the product. However, the most important point is that a high quality product cannot be produced without setting to optimal molding conditions. The following factors can be considered to have an influence on the quality of molding products.
PRESSURE - Injection pressure, holding pressure, back pressure.
SPEED - Injection speed, screw rotating speed.
POSITION - Shot size, holding change-over, injection change-over.
TIME - Holding time, cooling time.
TEMPERATURE - Cylinder temperature, mold temperature.
Since these factors influence each other, it is difficult to freely set all these conditions. Specifically, you should start with lower temperature and lower pressure, as well as small shot size.
{A} PRESSURE
INJECTION PRESSURE: (primary pressure) This is the pressure to let molten resin flow into cavities and must be higher than the resin entrance resistance (influenced by resin viscosity, sprue, runner and gate). Flash is prevented by controlling the peak pressure in the cavities at the end of resin filling. Injection speed drops because of resistance, causing short shot, or another defect, if the pressure is too low.
HOLD PRESSURE: (secondary pressure) Internal stress due to overpacking is prevented by changing over from injection pressure to holding pressure. By maintaining proper pressure, shrinkage (dimensions) can be controlled.
BACK PRESSURE: Resists the backward movement of the screw and thus adjusts the plasticization. The effects of back pressure are:
Improvement of kneading of resin. The fluidity of resin increases, improving the gloss of product.
Removing of the gas contained in the cylinder, eliminates silver.
Stabilization of the metering; melted resin without gas nor air is metered.
Increase in injection weight. Increases the density of the resin. Beware that too much back pressure may cause burn or long recovery time.
{B} SPEED
INJECTION SPEED: Adjust the flow speed of resin. Prevents the surface defects such as jetting, flow mark. If injection speed increases, filling density increases, however short shot or burns may occur because of gas inclusion.
SCREW ROTATION SPEED: Screw rotation speed is almost in proportion to recovery time. It is desirable to fill resin into the cavities after plasticization as soon as possible. Therefore, screw rotation speed is set according to cooling time.
{C} POSITION
SHOT SIZE: The volume of products plus the cushion must be secured. Cushion should be set 3 to 5 mm or 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
HOLDING CHANGE-OVER: The position is set to change-over from injection to holding in order to adjust the cavity internal pressure to prevent flash and short shot, as well as adjust the dimension of the product. The methods to change over to holding are:
Positional change-over by position detector.
Time change-over by timer.
Speed change-over with the change in filling speed.
Pressure change-over with cavity pressure.
Pressure change-over with internal pressure of hydraulic injection cylinder. A positional change-over is commonly used.
INJECTION SPEED CHANGE-OVER: In order to improve the appearance of complicated products, modern injection molding machines can adjust the injection speed at any position.
{D} TIME
HOLDING TIME: The time is set until the resin at the gate solidifies (gate seal) If this time is too short. resin may back-flow, making poor dimensional accuracy. However if this is too long, energy is consumed in vain. The gate seal time is guessed by measuring the product weight. The weight increases as holding time is increased before the gate seal. After the gate seal, the weight saturates even if holding time is increased.
COOLING TIME: This sets the time when the product can be ejected out of the mold without any deformation. Cooling time changes to a large extent according to the cylinder temperature, mold temperature, wall thickness of products including sprue and runner. If cooled sufficiently, the deformation of the product can be made small, while the cycle time becomes long. On the other hand if cooling time is too short, product is still soft, therefore, deforms when ejection is made or the dimensional stability may be lowered.
{E} TEMPERATURE
CYLINDER TEMPERATURE: Resin temperature has a great influence on the fluidity and
shrinkage. To mold thin walled products, to mold large scale products with long flow
distance, and to improve surface gloss. It's generally desirable to increase the
temperature in order to reduce flow resistance. However, too high temperature may
decompose the resin. For thick walled products, the temperature will be lowered in order
in order to prevent sink marks and because flow resistance is low.
MOLD TEMPERATURE: It is necessary to set mold temperature as high as possible, and it is desirable to fill the resin rapidly into the cavity and cool the resin uniformly. That is, increasing the mold temperature lowers the resin flow resistance, makes orientation small, lowers residual stress, and improves the surface gloss of products. However, high mold temperature causes large shrinkage, sink marks, and a long cycle time.
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