Re: [SilverStreak] introduce myself

["Tom Patterson" <pattersontj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott,

Glad to hear from you.  You certainly made your presence known in a big way 
with your very generous offer.

Hope you continue to benefit from the list.  It is probably more active now 
than it has been since I started it up several years back.  The number of 
members has been climbing of late.

I would appreciate receiving a copy of your drawings, which I will upload to 
the website.  That way, they will be available for others to get directly 
off of the site.

-Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "scott holden" <scottholden@gmail.com>
To: <sslist@tompatterson.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:01 AM
Subject: [SilverStreak] introduce myself


> Hello,
>     Its been bout a month since I've joined your list, and the experience
> has been wonderful.  My wife and I are both 30, have a 2yr old son, and 
> live
> in Sacramento.  We have taken possession of my late grandfathers 69' SS
> Atlas Cont 26' from the RV storage, and have fallen in love with it after
> the first trip we took.
>    The information from both Tom's site and this list have been 
> invaluable;
> I want to thank everyone who participates.  Though I have little to offer 
> to
> the list in the way of experience with SilverStreaks, I want to be of some
> help.
>    After hearing about Ralph go through the process of trying to get some
> new stainless hinges fabricated, I knew I might be able to help.  I work 
> as
> a programmer for a sheetmetal shop and do all of the product design.  So I
> went out with my calipers and reverse engineered my hinges and made some
> mechanical drawings.  Turns out Ralph's hinges are different from mine, 
> but
> anyhow, the drawings are finished and are now the property of the SSlist.
> These drawings are exactly what shops want to see when quoting jobs.
>     If anybody wants copies, just email me and they're yours.  They are
> .pdf format, so easily printable and email-able.  In the mean time, I'll 
> be
> designing weld fixtures for the hinge assemblies and will be trying to
> convince my boss we should get into the "hinge-business".
>
>
> -- 
> Scott Holden
> Product Design, R&D
> Taylor Wings Inc.