Angst Lesspork

[Hugh Norwood]

Hugh, I think your armoured car is based on Leonardo da Vinci's origional design for a tank.i remember watching some documentary with some guys actually building it. It wasn't  a great success. Too heavy  and cumbersome. Looks cool though. Paul.

You are right - it is a model of the daVinci armoured car.

[JulienW]

Looking forward to seeing the latest developments next weekend at Gaydon.

[Hugh Norwood]

Thank you, Julien - that's reminded me that I have omitted to let the Diary man know I'm off to Gaydon - Sorry, John!


Here's a link
http://gbmrs.com/

[Hugh Norwood]

Following a great weekend exhibiting at the Great British MRS at Gaydon last weekend, I decided it was high time I added rotation to the Luggage. Back in October last year, when I installed the Mk2 Luggage I made the linkage to open the lid, the goal was to make it move left and right a bit, too.

This required glueing a short piece of brass wire around the supporting tube under the baseboard, making up a link arm (from bamboo skewers) and taking the motion through a right angle using a spare servo arm and up through the baseboard just behind the backscene.

Here is a very short video of the Luggage in action:

https://youtu.be/hy-cko1nVI4

[Graeme Dunbar]

Excellent as ever Hugh! Your inventiveness and humour always raises a smile.  :laugh:

[Frank]

Wonderful!

Frank

[gtmspyder]

Very well done as usual Hugh.

Regards,

BrianT.

[Hugh Norwood]

Thank you, everyone!

[Hugh Norwood]

And what every Gentleman needs to complete his wardrobe.

https://youtu.be/crCOeHlzrgY

[Jeff Schumaker]

And what every Gentleman needs to complete his wardrobe.

https://youtu.be/crCOeHlzrgY

Invented by BSJ, perhaps?

Jeff S.

[Hugh Norwood]

Those clever clogs at Unseen University,  more like...   :)

[Dave Cooper]

Hi Hugh, you've probably been asked a million times where the name "Angst Lesspork" came from....?

Just curious - one could make uneducated guesses of course !

Best regards,
Dave

[Graeme Dunbar]

Perhaps Hugh is plotting another delightful and cunning addition to the layout and is occupied or perhaps the luggage swallowed him?

Angst Lesspork ~ Ankh Morpork from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books!

[Hugh Norwood]

As Graeme has said - it is indeed a very poor pun on Ankh-Morpork.

I did think about calling it Ankh-Morquorn, but thought I might get flak from the textured vegetable protein manufacturers!

[Retiarius]

As Graeme has said - it is indeed a very poor pun on Ankh-Morpork.

I did think about calling it Ankh-Morquorn, but thought I might get flak from the textured vegetable protein manufacturers!

That would have been a big misteak.  :)