And I'm back...(with some news)!

[Albert Skye]

lbf -> pound *force* not torque (pound-foot) or work (foot-pound)

[vitamaltz]

lbf -> pound *force* not torque (pound-foot) or work (foot-pound)

Thanks, that makes more sense with what we're talking about. I've never thought about my torque wrench and my tarp in the same thought until this thread. I appreciate that torque may be expressed as pound-feet to an engineer, but confusingly, it's foot-pounds of torque to a mechanic.

[Mustardman]

i guess you found a job then. where did you guys going to live?

I have some prospects, but nothing concrete.


One of the jobs my fiance was offered, however, is such a big pay increase that the difference in her salary to move to the Denver area is about as much as I make in a year as a crappy academic postdoc... so I could sell climbing gear at REI for a living and we'd be ahead, financially


That basically means the move is a sure thing, unless something drastically changes in the next month or so.



And that means we'll have lots of chances to test cold weather gear and winter tarps

[Cannibal]

I have some prospects, but nothing concrete.


One of the jobs my fiance was offered, however, is such a big pay increase that the difference in her salary to move to the Denver area is about as much as I make in a year as a crappy academic postdoc... so I could sell climbing gear at REI for a living and we'd be ahead, financially


That basically means the move is a sure thing, unless something drastically changes in the next month or so.



And that means we'll have lots of chances to test cold weather gear and winter tarps

Looking forward to hangin with ya Mustardman!

[Counselor]

post doc - what is your area of study?

I have some prospects, but nothing concrete.


One of the jobs my fiance was offered, however, is such a big pay increase that the difference in her salary to move to the Denver area is about as much as I make in a year as a crappy academic postdoc... so I could sell climbing gear at REI for a living and we'd be ahead, financially


That basically means the move is a sure thing, unless something drastically changes in the next month or so.



And that means we'll have lots of chances to test cold weather gear and winter tarps

[Brian]

lbf is pound feet?
so, how might that convert to Newtons (SI unit of Force)?
and yes I've heard and used all the Fig jokes...
KM

Albert got it right, it's pound-force, which is what you see in the scale. If you "really" want to go nuts with english units, look up the two related units, slugs (SI eqv being a kilogram) and poundal ('real' name of forceless pound). God I love SI.

Our testing results were in the range of 4000-9000 N/m, and I just used google to convert them to lbf/in.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard it before.
I'm not going to believe it till I see pictures of it.

Oh, I've got um! Just working on the final geometry now to make sure it's something that is practical, as well as the finishing details.

[MacEntyre]

...poundal

What we call "pound mass"...

[Mustardman]

post doc - what is your area of study?

Right now I am doing thin film polymer physics, previously I worked in nonlinear fluid dynamics, and before that computational spin glasses.

I've got some leads to continue the thin film polymer stuff, or I may end up transitioning into a whole new field. There is a lot of opportunity for "green" jobs in the Denver area, and I feel a PhD in physics would certainly give me the capability to work in a variety of fields, since pretty much my entire career has been about learning new fields quickly



So... yeah, can't wait to get to colorado, spend my days working on polymers or green energy, and my nights and weekends out in the woods with my awesome OES winter tarp. See, I'm on-topic

[RAW]

Oh, I've got um! Just working on the final geometry now to make sure it's something that is practical, as well as the finishing details.

I'm very interested in the pics and info (especially if you've found a "woodsy" color )

[Barefoot Child]

Brian,
is there a silnylon that is available in the Reeltree MossyOak camo pattern, that would be cool. Sure would be nice too. It woud match some of the Crowsnest UQ's that use that patttern and definetely blend into many surroundings in the Piney woods (I mean...Oaky woods).
If you need to see it just go to www.theperfecttrees.com and you can see it there on Stormcrows website.