Author Archives: jay

About jay

Moved from auto repair to engineering, and spent many years in the world of CNC laser cutting systems. Moved into technical writing from there, and have written for IT, consumer devices, industrial machine operators, and more.

Site repair/update

Posted on February 6, 2020 by jay

While the site displayed, I wasn’t able to manage it for a while. I finally hunted the issues down, updated DB passwords, cleaned things up, and have it working again. Happy New Year!

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Thoughts on focus and gas pressure

Posted on October 20, 2016 by jay

Gas flow under the laser focus lens can strongly affect the focussed spot. Continue reading →

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Connectivity Challenges

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jay

When the Internet mostly works, and one thing doesn’t – where do you start? Continue reading →

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Toying around…

Posted on July 12, 2011 by jay

I’ve been working on several aspects of the Toy – engine compartment, rear cover, and instruments are the main ones. Also evaluating rear suspension for upgrade. More soon. See my personal site for more about The Toy.

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Multiple sigs?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by jay

Please don’t be bothered if I happen to sign one comment as ‘jay’ and another as ‘jmaechtlen’. As admin and owner, I have more than one login available to me. I’ll try to remember which one to use from now … Continue reading →

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XP Mounted partitions

Posted on December 14, 2009 by jay

Mounting a partition or drive in an NTFS folder sounds useful, but there are drawbacks. Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by jay

Welcome to Jay’s Blog – TechComm and whatever else strikes my fancy. Of course, I hope some of this will be interesting to others as well.

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