An Atimely Update from Team Givan

Theresa and I are on unemployment and applying to job after job after job so we've had plenty of time on our hands. We've started luring the neighborhood cats to our patio so we get some entertainment watching them.

Marty--we can't tell if he's a kitten or just a really small cat

Our unnamed floofer

Niles, one of our most reliable

Roz, another reliable

I've also been working on a model of one of the earliest gasoline tractors (the Froelich Tractor) which has been a fun little research project: information about it isn't very good so I've had to do lots of reconstructing and guesswork. I haven't gotten to the physical model yet, but I have finished this 3D one and even learned how to animate in the program Blender to show how the inventor's unique clutch/transmission worked. I summarized my research in a series of posts here.

That's a one cylinder engine in the center: 14 inches wide with a 14 inch stroke.

John Froelich's Reversing Clutch and Gear (yes, it's complicated!)