Comments on: Event: Power Tool Drag Races http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/14/event-power-tool-drag-races/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:07:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Eric http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/14/event-power-tool-drag-races/#comment-13835 Eric Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:29:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/14/event-power-tool-drag-races/#comment-13835 Now i've seen this a number of different times and it supposedly brings out some pretty big crowds. But i'm wondering if the trick to a good power tool rocket sled is rpm's or torque? Now i’ve seen this a number of different times and it supposedly brings out some pretty big crowds.

But i’m wondering if the trick to a good power tool rocket sled is rpm’s or torque?

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/14/event-power-tool-drag-races/#comment-13714 Myself Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:45:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/14/event-power-tool-drag-races/#comment-13714 Okay, power tool drag races are just absurd enough, and I know there are some real geeks reading this site, that I feel it's appropriate to mention a pet project of mine. Notacon is a Cleveland-area tech conference that happens every spring. It focuses on the creative side of technology, and this year we've got speakers on everything from ANSI art and tracked music, to solar power and Fark. The topics are all over the place, and it's a lot of fun. I run the "Anything but Ethernet" contest at Notacon. If the similarity between a belt sander and a snowmobile strikes you as more than coincidental, perhaps you'll appreciate servomotor-driven semaphore flags and a T1 circuit running over barbed wire. If you're in the midwest, you should consider showing up. There's something for everyone, most of the tech talks are designed to be accessible to laypeople, and the atmosphere is very friendly. Okay, power tool drag races are just absurd enough, and I know there are some real geeks reading this site, that I feel it’s appropriate to mention a pet project of mine.

Notacon is a Cleveland-area tech conference that happens every spring. It focuses on the creative side of technology, and this year we’ve got speakers on everything from ANSI art and tracked music, to solar power and Fark. The topics are all over the place, and it’s a lot of fun.

I run the “Anything but Ethernet” contest at Notacon. If the similarity between a belt sander and a snowmobile strikes you as more than coincidental, perhaps you’ll appreciate servomotor-driven semaphore flags and a T1 circuit running over barbed wire.

If you’re in the midwest, you should consider showing up. There’s something for everyone, most of the tech talks are designed to be accessible to laypeople, and the atmosphere is very friendly.

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