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We operate on a cash only basis for all our purchases and investments. This means we have less flexibility to grow quickly, but on the flip side are much more stable and able to weather hard times without feeling pressure because we have no debts to pay down.
Step 1: Research & Resources
The first challenge is to determine which manufacturing problems are deserving of mechanization, or are best handled by your own skilled hands. How you determine this will depend mostly on the resources you already have available and how much your time is worth to you. Starting out our time was so cheap, we were willing to do many processes by hand, but as we achieved more success and needed to increase our manufacturing capacity while maintaining quality and be fast enough to allow us to focus on the many other important aspects of running a business e.g. actually selling the products we manufacture. We realized we needed to either streamline our process ourselves or outsource the manufacturing. Traditional manufacturing channels are often very expensive for short runs, so those were out of the question considering the financial capital we could invest and our lack of desire to go into any debt.
So how did we know which process to streamline first in our stove manufacturing? Most of the time I believe this is quite obvious, it will be the task you dread the most at any given time. It was no different for us; the mention of porting more stoves after the hundreds and hundreds of stoves I have ported made me want to hide under the sheets and cry. But when you have a dream and passion for your business you push through that feeling and just cry and hide under the sheets when you go to bed at night.
And after more thought about the numbers behind the porting process we determined the biggest road block to efficient and quality manufacturing of our alcohol stoves was the porting process for the jet ports (that's where the flame comes out). There are 24 holes in each stove. After a few dozen stoves that adds up to a lot of holes. At first we used a custom template and a hand punch to punch the 24 holes. This took 1-3 minutes per stove depending on how focused I was at any given time (the longest part in the whole manufacturing routine). After doing a dozen or more stoves, maintaining concentration became a major challenge; not to mention the ability to just keep up such a monotonous task at all.
Research and take account of resources...
Once we determined what we process we wanted to enhance, the research phase began along with taking account of what resources we had available to us. I looked to the Internet, fellow professionals, friends, family members, anybody who may have input on how we could streamline the porting process.
I broke down the manufacturing problem into sub-problems and researched them individually. This can be informal, something you do in your head as you go, or if you like the allure of recording your thoughts in the real world, write it down. I think it's important to note that during this discovery phase, research and accounting for resources are integrally linked.
That's a good thing; being linked helps avoid unnecessary work. For example if I know that I do not have access to a CNC router as was true in my first attempt to solve the porting problem, the processes I would study to help build the different solutions to the problem at hand would exclude CNC build techniques.
Also this outline process provides a chance to start defining important issues such as tolerances of your quality control, desired speed of the process and other factors that are necessary for the machine to meet your requirements of use. Some will be obvious others will be discovered after first prototypes. Do your best to be thorough, but don't let a lack of vision, knowledge, or solutions stop you from moving forward with your ideas. Often the problems that need to be solved or how to solve them will not become apparent until you've started crashing through the steps clumsily. Look at this outline as a rough draft for an outline of a big paper you are going to write.
Below is an example of how I informally broke up the issues that needed resolved to build a machine to port the stoves, took accounting of the resources I had available, and defined target requirements to make the machine useful. These will help keep you focused. I am not going to go into the details of what I discovered from my research in this step, I will share that in the later design and build execution steps.
End Destination: A custom tool that increases speed of porting stoves, maintains quality, and allows any lay person to operate.
General Requirements:
- Index 15 degrees 24 times around a circle with less than +/- 0.005" accuracy of port placement from port to port.
- Be able to port a stove blank in under 30 seconds.
- Load and remove blank in a few seconds.
- Be operated by unskilled person safely.
- Be durable, be capable of porting hundreds if not thousands of stoves before part replacement.
Mechanical Sub-system Issues to research:
- How to time porting punch-to-punch, 1 hole per 15 degree rotation?
- Power source and power transmission system to be used?
- How to secure stove top blank for the porting process?
- How flexible should the system be, should I be able to vary number of holes, and angle at which blank is ported?
- Materials to be used?
Available Resources:
- Metal Mill
- Metal Lathe
- CNC Router with 25" x 25" work envelope
- Standard Wood Working tools
- Welder
- 1 Ton Arbor Press
- 12 Ton Shop press
- As much money as my wife will let me spend ($55 in the end)
- Electrical Engineer Brother
- Mechanical Engineer Friends
- CAD program
An interesting point. The problem that proved most difficult for me to solve at first was indexing the blank 15 degrees reliably within the +/- 0.005" of hole placement every time. I went through several designs before I attempted to build one and have it be a big failure. It didn't even hit the mark of indexing the blank anywhere close to 15 degrees. Ironically that design was the most expensive and time consuming to build. It's also the idea I thought was the most fool-proof.
This demonstrates a key point that I would like to share. The best laid out plans can fail miserably. Once again during the research and resource accounting step it is not as important to know everything as it is to keep moving forward regardless of how clumsy and disorganized you feel. You will need to plan for failure, that's not to say you shouldn't hope for success but remember the wisdom that "failure is always an option."
for example if you had one of these http://www.busybeetools.com/products/SPIN-INDEX-5-C.html kicking about or spending the 60$ was no big deal then there would be your indexing requirement taken care of I've used little guys like these mounted in different orientations for angle indexing in both custom one of machines as well as manual lathes & mills.
Now everyone has a different set of resources laying about of course. My solution to this would be using an air powered expanding collet that has a foot switch mounted to the indexer that I mounted to an angle plate mounted to a drill press fitted with the appropriately size end mill. I happen to already own all the equipment.
So operation would be after set up & test runs to "dial things in" then press foot switch to collapse the collet, put a body on the collet, release foot switch to grip the body, then with press running mill 1st hole, spin handle to next index, repeat until desired number of ports finish, collapse the collet remove/replace the body repeat.
Same as yourself tieing up my mill to run something like this through would be inefficient.
Often for solving puzzles like this I leave my computer & go sit in the shop and spin around on my stool seeing what can inspire me :)
I too like the idea of an expanding air collet, but I was unaware they existed. Or at least existed at a price I could afford. And I know what you mean about going into the shop and just sort of look at things and mess around to get ideas flowing. One of my favorite places to think is to just lay down on the bed and go into design la la land. Plus I often get a chance to rest.
Thanks for opening my ideas to the expanding air collet, and the decently inexpensive indexer. I took a look at it, the only issue was that it didn't look like it would index 24 holes? I am assuming they have all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Thanks again.
in regards to the air collet like I said it all depends what you have around the shop - admittedly if I didn't already own 1 I wouldn't go spend the $600 plus to buy 1 for this kind of job either :-)
You got a very slick little self contained design going there. I'd be interested in how long the wood gears/parts hold up & keep sufficient accuracy. A future upgrade to Delrin or Nylon for the gears/parts that don't hold up long enough maybe.
So as long as I can put a few hundred stoves through each set of gear, and I am guessing I can put a couple thousand through, I don't mind changing those parts out often. Although it would be nice to not be doing it as often. However, I suppose there is something to be said for designing parts for planned failure. At least I know, probably, maybe:) what parts will fail.
What i looking is an easy way to tell mach3 what i want it to do.
I have to say again well done on your business, i come from the UK and its manufacturing is near died, so died in fact 5 years ago i had a small workshop were i would build gates/railings/trailers/ and general welding fab work, China at the time were building Shenzhen and bought a lot of steel up, so the price of steel in the UK went up by 3 times the price over night, then the property crash happened and it all went pear shape.
Last year i reg.. a new company within the UK { supply } and i took of into China, everything is near made here, or at least you can get a copy of it. lol
The supply company not doing to good because i am taking a cut and acting as a middle man between people. also China is about to reach its Global export market, which means unless they build a complete new country it cant grow anymore. This will have a knock on with a lot of company,s.
Which takes me back to start manufacturing again, only this time i will be doing it in China, so many company,s have come here from the west due to cheaper labour cost and import tax is lower than manufacturing cost, or it is in the UK anyway. I looked into plastic injection machines and wanted to start making my own plastic moulds for pc tablets and other after market kits like Apple cover,s etc. Which lead me to a big problem... to get a company to make a metal mould for the injection machine is costing anywhere from $5.000 to $50.000 depending on how complex the mould is. So looking at making my own metal moulds brought me to looking at CNC machines here in China, and to be honest at a cost of over one hundred thousand USD thats a no go.. lol I went and looked at one of these machines and the driver,s and motors are not even a brand name from the west. After looking on youtube i found guys that were building these out of wood and some cases aluminium, which is all fine for milling wood/plastic but not when it comes to + / - 00.5 milling metal.
So now you have a clear idea what i up to, can you shed some light on CAD and running Mach3, i am very good at operating programs and working with pc,s linux manly, which i might add is by far better than windows. I am half way though completing my own web site using an old pc with linux, if i had have tried this using windows there would be no end of problems raging from port forwarding to keeping none static ip address up to date.
Anyway, once again, well done and i hope your business all the best.
General Design Workflow for CNC Machines:
- Design part, product, etc... in CAD (Computer Aided Design) program.
- Export file into your CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) program and create tool paths for CNC.
- Save tool path file for use with your CNC controller software (Mach 3, etc.)
- Using CNC controller software execute tool path file and let your CNC machine go to work.
As far as building your own cnc I have seen some people do some nice conversions of mini mills and mini lathes for an extremely affordable price of around $2,000 - $3,000. I know LittleMachineShop.com sells a prebuilt CNC mill for $6,000 or $7,000.
There are also online services like emachineshop.com that will take your design and machine it for you. Although those service are very pricey. But could provide you a way to get up and running with your production and earn some more cash to buy your own CNC set up if capitol is a challenge for you.
Anyhow best of luck with your endeavor and I hope that was helpful.
You will probably interject and say "But I want support! " but then would give the riposte and tell you that support comes in form of forums peopled with persons who used this distribution before and who give their advice for free.
Several other GPL-cad programs have a G-code generator.
And also have a look for DIYLILCNC , this looks a very promising project , one of its creators has a youtube-tut on how to convert a bitmap-drawing into G-code.
Thanks for sharing.
Best of luck & success with your business.
On the sourceforge site it is available as Win/Mac/ Linux program.
Although it is continuous development ( as most linux based products are),
it has ripened enough to be used for small design projects.
it uses an Inventor approach for designing and has multiple other uses
( even a robotics workbench).
As I am partial to the linux ,my version is continuously updated via the package manager.
I think maybe you missed a point in your design ethos and that is sometimes designers go with a particular design just because they like it and knowing it may not be the best or the easiest. I guess this may be the case here where even if you'd thought of a much easier way of doing it, once the idea of cogs and timing devices entered your head it was a must do. After all, that mind set is how we progress things.
As for this design it's pretty good and interesting on all angles but maybe not the best fit for your product. You have a weak point which you had the most difficulty in setting up and that was the accuracy of the indexing. This indexing maybe the thing that will drift over time and wear but could be designed out. I think you mentioned you had tried a punch and die set up but gave it up due to the holes having to be at an angle. This is fairly easy to get around by using a multi stage punch with the hole punchers penetrating then retracting. The advantages of the punch are, little change due to wear and greater reliability due to no timing components. The punch could push the work piece off itself on the up stroke (or use compressed air) and you could have a magazine of stoves to feed in to it and thus get the production time down to maybe 2 or 3 seconds. The other nice to have function of a punch and die is you could stamp a nice logo on to the stove at the same time. Please don't take my comments as a criticism as that's not what I intended I'm just offering discussion points. The down side of the punch of course would be a nowhere near as interesting instructable.
Of course it could be done, but my resource pool was not a good fit for that type of machining, and build. The other issue I had with using 24 punches with a central die was that I had to machine 24 punches with a high degree of precision for my little machine shop. While not impossible very time consuming for the tools I have access to. For my available resources it's very easy for me to replace the ratchet gears and other items related to indexing to restore accuracy, because I can simply cut out a new ratchet gear and ratchet arm on my CNC router in 20 minutes or less including setup.
But I definitely agree that often we get stuck on a particular solution, and have a hard time seeing past it because of the emotional appeal inspiration carries with it. Even when it's not really the right solution. In fact in the first version of the porting machine ( which was quite a bit different in indexing design) I think that was my main problem. But like you said sometimes that's how we make progress.
Thanks for taking the time to bring up these points. I love the discussion.
Now for my 2 cents:
When working with plywood gears, I have found that the life if the gears is extended by impregnating them with epoxy resin and polishing the mating surfaces.
I saw the drill's handle bobbing up & down with the cam lobe; you may want to support the drill/driver so as not to over-stress the chuck-driven connection. if it is equipped with a 1/4" x 20 attachment point on either side for a removable handle, that is where I would attach the brace.
Also extremely good idea to use the threaded holes for the removable handle for the attachment point on the drill to stabilize it. The drill I used was one I had handy lying around, but I will need to get a new one to replace it so I can have my corded drill back. I will use your suggestion when I get the new drill to support the new gear.
I really like all the great upgrades and improvement ideas everyone is giving.
You can find many more looking for "blender cad" in Google
Blender is open source so you pay nothing. http://www.blender.org/
So while we could do a big redesign on the stoves to try and take advantage of a straight punched holes, and we might; those are the main reasons why we can't right now.
We had the stove design done long before we had access a CNC machine. So honestly your idea really is a great idea if we didn't need to punch at an angle. And regardless of those issues I wish I would have thought of that solution myself at least for the sake of being thorough. I think this is an excellent example of opportunities for improvement and redesign. Your idea is a really good one. Thanks for sharing!
you could use one of the outputs on your CNC (usually they have extra outputs to controll cooling or fluids or whatnot) to control a small tube of Magnetorheological fluid with an electromagent by it. the punch pin is on the end of the tube.
When the punch goes down and pokes the hole it is turned on and stiff. then the electromagnet turns off and the tube becomes flexible, you move the punch radially out fom the center of the can and the punch pin bends the hole to the appropriate angle, then retracts, the magnet turns back on and you start the next hole.
I am not suggesting you do this of course, it was just an idea because i was thinking about it. By the time you built and set it up you could have pokerized thousands of Pocket Stoves with your present machine.


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When Abbas Haider was a young boy, his grandfather taught him everything he knew about his import and export business.
Haider of Fairfax paid attention.
�He would always be telling me about things like trade tariffs and letters of credit,� Haider said.
As a junior at Chantilly High School, Haider began his own import business, called Ships N Ports.
He developed business relationships with cotton wholesalers in India, Egypt and Pakistan, and began importing high-quality bath towels that he attempted to sell to retailers.
As his own business developed, he also took a job at Men�s Wearhouse in Sterling, and soon realized the potential for profit in high-end men�s suits.
�I basically switched my focus from towels to menswear,� he said. �But I kept my overseas contacts.�
In 2008, Haider began attending the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, where he majored in business. As a freshman there, he started a new business which he called Aspetto, which means �appearance� or �style� in Italian. He began importing men�s suits, and spent his free time trying to sell them to retailers.
�I would put about 10 suits in a bag and take them up to Georgetown and try to sell them,� he said. �But no one took me seriously because I was only 18.�
He later tried to hawk his wares in New York City�s garment district, where he also was met with rejection.
�They all told me that I had the right passion, but I just was too young. One guy told me �Next time you go to shave, turn your razor around and shave with the back of it,�� Haider said. �I actually took that advice to heart. I grew a beard, and today although I am only 22 I look more like 25.�
After his New York experiences, Haider decided to change Aspetto�s business model. Instead of selling pre-made suits, he began offering custom-made ones, importing fabrics and employing tailors to customize them.
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�We make custom-fit suits in over 300 imported fabrics and offer 1,500 different custom-tailored dress shirts,� he said.
The shirts retail for about $90, while the suits range from $300 to $1,000 depending on the line and material.
�We sell primarily through word of mouth and do pretty well,� he said. �Last year I cleared about $150,000.�
Also last year, as a senior-year class project at UMW, Haider partnered with fellow classmate Robert Davis to develop a new product line.
�My professor told us to take an American product and market it to sell overseas,� Haider said. �Since I already had a real-world business, I decided to apply the project to Aspetto. I thought to myself, how can I sell suits overseas? I decided I would focus on the Middle East, where there is a lot of violence. It just came to me that I could develop stylish suits that were also bullet-resistant.�
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Lewis Hamilton has bemoaned McLaren's reliability woes in recent races, saying he could've been "right up there" challenging for the title...
Lewis Hamilton has bemoaned McLaren's reliability woes in recent races, saying he could've been "right up there" challenging for the title.
Having started in pole position and cruised into a pretty strong position during the opening few laps laps in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton appeared to be on course for his fourth win of the season. Yet he left the Yas Marina Circuit frustrated man as he was forced to retire with a fuel pump failure.
There was some good news for McLaren as Jenson Button's fourth-place finish meant they were in the points for a 56th consecutive race.
For Hamilton, though, that was not enough to cheer him up as he feels he could've been challenging Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso for the Championship if his car was more reliable.
"The [56 races] statistic is nice to have," he said. "But more World Championships would be better. I'm sure McLaren would say the same.
"I've been on pole position six times this year and yet I have only won three races. In the other ones we've had failures and issues with pit stops and so on. If my car was as reliable as Sebastian's or Fernando's this year I would be right up with them now. Maybe ahead, who knows?
"It is now [two DNFs] in the last five races. And the cars, apart from India, have had problems in all five. In Singapore we had the gearbox failure; at Suzuka a rear anti-roll bar malfunction; in Korea a rear anti-roll bar failure; then we had India, which was fine, and then we had here.
"But this is an incredible team and I have no doubt in the future they will be competitive. I hope that they have a successful year next year."
With his Championship hopes over for another year, Hamilton is determined to finish 2012 on a high at the inaugural United States GP and the season-ending Brazilian GP.
"I feel if the car drives as well in the USA and Brazil as it did in Abu Dhabi then I will have another shot," the 27-year-old said.
"So I'm going to go there with the same mentality and enthusiasm in the hope we can win one.
"In particular, after winning the last US Grand Prix, I would love to win the first US Grand Prix on F1's return.
"To be honest I don't think I've ever had a circuit where I've been able to put my name to it as the first person to win.
"I've just never had the car to do it, but perhaps I do now.
"As for Brazil, I've never won there, but again, if the car drives like it did in Abu Dhabi then to win there would be absolutely phenomenal because that (Interlagos) is a track.
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And Canon's high-speed autofocus ensures your camera is ready when your subject is, so you can turn fleeting moments into high-quality photos. Canon's smart AUTO mode adjusts your camera's settings for your shooting environment based on 32 predefined shooting situations. So if you're attending an indoor wedding with an outdoor reception, your camera will snap great shots throughout without any effort from you except to point and shoot. And image stabilization keeps your photos blur-free, so you can concentrate on getting the shot instead of keeping the camera absolutely still. HD video from your camera to your HDTV Photos of your child's first steps are nice, but wouldn't video be even better? The SX160's movie mode records HD video for those times when still photos just aren't good enough. You can review your footage on the SX160's 3-inch LCD display, or purchase a mini HDMI cable to plug your camera into your HDTV, so your friends and family can enjoy your videos on the big screen. Specifications:16.0-megapixel effective recording CCD sensor3" LCD screen (230,000 dots)16X optical zoom (4X digital zoom/34x total zoom)records photos and video onto optional SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards35mm equivalent lens focal length: 28-448mmSpecial Features:DIGIC 4 image processor for detailed, accurate photosoptical image stabilization for blur-free photos and videoIntelligent IS chooses from six digital image stabilization modes to counteract shaky handshigh-speed autofocus for faster response and reduced lag timeface detection automatically sets focus, exposure, flash, and white balance for better portraitshigh-definition movie mode (up to 720p resolution)auto mode adjusts settings based on 32 preset scenespop-up flashConnections and Dimensions:USB portmini HDMI output (HDMI cable not included)4-3/8"W x 2-7/8"H x 1-3/4"Dweight: 10.3 oz. (with battery and media)warranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guaranteeSupplied Accessories:2 "AA" batteriesUSB cablewrist strapsoftware CD-ROM Today's point-and-shoot cameras make great pictures easier than ever From baby's first steps, to that dream vacation in the islands, these cameras make it easy to capture life's greatest hits. Today's cameras have helpful automatic features, like face detection and scene recognition that make shooting more foolproof than ever. And they all have plenty of megapixels for detailed photos that stay sharp, even when you enlarge and print them. Canon PowerShot SX160 IS Reviews Average Customer Review: 4 reviews Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $350 rewards card Filter by rating: 5 Star: (0) 4 Star: (0) 3 Star: (0) 2 Star: (0) 1 Star: (0) Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. 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The zoom is outstanding. Picture response time good. Easy to handle and operate. Taking moving shots is very good. Auto focus on multiple objects is incredible. Overall, for the price, this camera is first class. Pros: First class software package that supports a first class camera Cons: None that I could identify. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Great for the price! Written By Tea Lady, Oregon, OH on Thursday, December 20, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Purchased this camera as a "spare" to use in my tea room, Stonehouse Tea Room. The pictures are great, but only within about 5 foot distance. After that the flash is just not bright enough. However the photos are so easy to adjust in the software that it is worth the price. Recovery time between shots is just a tad slow, but to be able to use AA batteries that also is okay with me. I do not photograph children, and most of the shots are posed, so the wait for a few seconds between shots if fine also. Over all, a great picture for the price. Pros: Like the way it feels in the hand. Clear, sharp photos with good color. Only AA batteries to purchase. Great price. Great soft ware package. Cons: Slow recovery between shots and pictures are best in short distances. 6 out of 6 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Canon PowerShot SX160 IS Digital Camera- Written By GregC, Newport, Vermont on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Lens on Canon PowerShot 560 jamed after six or so years of use. Wanted a replacement that was quite similar. This SX 160 fits the bill. Pros: Clear pics. Easy to use. Get telephoto and Macro pics. Uses AA batteries which are available everywhere. Cons: No optical viewfinder. Heavier and larger than previus 560. 8 out of 8 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Hands-on research Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes What's in the box? Download owner's manual Digital camera (black) 2 "AA" batteries Wrist strap 50" USB cable with in-line noise filter (cable has a USB Type A connector on one end and a mini-USB Type-B connector on the other) Digital Camera Solution Disk Ver.120.0 Canon Warranty card Getting Started booklet (English) Getting Started booklet (Spanish) Canon Customer Support/Online Product Registration card Canon Printer advertisement Features and Specs General LCD Screen Size 3" Adjustable-angle LCD No Wi-Fi No Touchscreen No Waterproof No GPS-enabled No Lens 35mm Equivalent 28-448mm Optical Zoom 16x Digital Zoom 4x Filter Diameter N/A Manual Focusing Yes Manual Exposure Yes Built-in Flash Yes HDMI Output Mini Memory Internal Memory None Memory Media SD/SDHC/SDXC Image Effective Megapixel Count 16 Total Megapixels 16.6 Image Stabilization Optical Highest Resolution 4608 x 3456 HD Video Recording 1280 x 720 Dimensions Width (inches) 4-7/16 Height (inches) 2-7/8 Depth (inches) 1-3/4 Weight With Battery (ounces) 10.3 Warranty Parts Warranty 1 Year Labor Warranty 1 Year Product Research Features Playback, Editing and Print Functions Battery Information Inputs and Outputs Notes Supplied Software Recording Features LCD Monitor: The Canon PowerShot SX160 IS has a 3" TFT LCD monitor, featuring 230,000 dots with approximately 100% picture coverage. The LCD display's brightness can be adjusted to one of five levels. The LCD display also features a Night Display feature that when shooting in dark conditions, the camera automatically brightens the LCD monitor to suit the brightness of the subject, making it easier to frame the subject. Note: There is no separate viewfinder on this camera. Image Sensor: The camera is equipped with a 1/2.3" CCD image sensor with 16.6-million total pixels, and 16-million effective pixels. Optics and Stabilization: The SX160 IS has a 16x optical zoom lens with a 5-80mm focal length (35mm equivalent is 28-448mm). The built-in lens shift-type Image Stabilizer helps control camera shake to give you clear images when you're zoomed way in. Image Stabilization can be used for Still Images (Dynamic IS), Panning (Powered IS), and Macro Shots (Hybrid IS). Zoom: In addition to the 16x optical zoom, the camera features a 4x digital zoom. When used in combination, the total zoom is approximately 64x. When optical and digital zoom are combined, the total focal length is 28-1792mm (35mm equivalent). Digital Tele-Converter: The focal length of the lens can be increased by an equivalent of 1.6x or 2.0x through the use of the Digital Tele-Converter. The equivalent focal lengths of the lens (35mm equivalent) are 44.8-716.8mm when using the 1.6x digital tele-converter, and 56-896mm with the 2.0x tele-converter. The digital zoom and digital tele-converter cannot be used simultaneously. Recording Media: The camera records still images or moving images with stereo audio on SD Memory Cards (2GB or less), SDHC Memory Cards (4GB to 32GB), and SDXC Memory Cards (32GB and higher). Still images are recorded in JPEG format, and the movies are recorded in MOV format (Image data: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio data: Linear PCM (stereo)). The camera has no built-in memory, and no memory card is included with the camera. Still Image Resolution/Compression: The SX160 IS can record still images in 4 different sizes (Large, Medium 1, Medium 2, and Small) and 4 aspect ratios (4:3, 16:9, 3:2, and 1:1). For each resolution, you can set the compression ratio to Super Fine or Fine. You can choose from the following resolutions: 16:9 3:2 4:3 1:1 Large 4608 x 2592 4608 x 3072 4608 x 3456 3456 x 3456 Medium 1 3264 x 1832 3264 x 2176 3264 x 2448 2448 x 2448 Medium 2 1920 x 1080 1600 x 1064 1600 x 1200 1200 x 1200 Small 640 x 360 640 x 424 640 x 480 480 x 480 Movies: Movies can be shot in High Definition at 1280 x 720 at 25 fps with stereo audio. Standard definition movies can be recorded at 640 x 480 pixels, with a frame rate of 30 frames per second and stereo audio. Recording will automatically stop when either the clip file size reaches 4 GB or the recording time reaches approximately 30 minutes for HD, and 1 hour for SD. SD Speed Class 6 or higher memory cards are recommended when recording movies. Movie Modes: There are 3 Movie Modes to choose from: Standard: Shoots standard movies iFrame: Shoots movies that can be edited with iFrame compatible software or devices Miniature Effect: Shoot movies that look like scenes in miniature models. People and objects appear to move quickly during playback. Continuous Shooting Mode: You can use the continuous shooting mode to shoot successive frames while the shutter button is fully pressed. You can shoot continuously at approximately 0.8 images per second. In the Low Light mode, you can shoot at approximately 2.8 images per second. Focusing Range: The camera features the following focus ranges (from the end of the lens): Normal/Auto: 0.4" to infinity (W), 2' to infinity (T) Macro: 0.4" to 1.6' (W) Shooting Modes: Using the mode dial on the top of the camera, you can switch between the following shooting modes: Manual: You can manually set the shutter speed and aperture. Aperture Priority: You can set the aperture to a value at which you want to shoot, and the camera sets the appropriate shutter speed for the aperture you set. Aperture values can be set between F3.5 to F8.0 (W) and F5.9 to F8.0 (T). Shutter Priority: You can set the shutter speed to a value at which you want to shoot, and the camera sets the appropriate aperture value for the shutter speed you set. Shutter speeds can be set between 15 and 1/3200 seconds. Program: The camera sets both the aperture value and shutter speed. Live View Control: Image brightness, colors, and tone can be easily customized while shooting. Auto: The camera will automatically select the best settings for the scene. Special Scene: Select from the following, according to the scene or effects desired: Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Snow, and Fireworks. Creative Filters: You can add various effects to images when shooting, such as Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, and Monochrome. Discreet Mode: Lets you shoot without the flash or camera sounds. Movies: Record movies in High Definition or Standard Definition in Standard Mode, iFrame Movie, and Miniature Effect modes. Metering Modes: You can select from the following metering modes: Evaluative Light Metering: used for standard conditions. The area within the frame is divided into several zones and light is measured based on subject position, brightness, direct light and backlighting. Center-Weighted Averaging: averages the exposure from the entire image, but places more weight on the subject at the center Spot: meters the area within the spot AE point at the center of the LCD monitor or viewfinder. Exposure Compensation: If you are shooting against a bright background or strong backlight, you may need to correct the exposure so that the subject doesn't come out too dark. You can set the adjustments from -2 to +2 in 1/3-step increments. Locking the Exposure Setting (AE Lock): You can set the exposure and focus separately. This is effective when the contrast is too strong between the subject and background, or when a subject is backlit. Flash Exposure Lock (FE Lock), just as with the AE lock, lets you lock the exposure for shooting with the flash. White Balance: You can choose from the following white balance settings: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, and Custom. Flash Modes: The PowerShot SX160 IS has a built-in pop-up flash. You can select Auto (flash fires in low light), Slow-synchro, On (flash always fires), or Off (flash doesn't fire). The built-in flash has a range of 1.6' to 9.8' in Wide Angle and 2.0' to 6.6' in Telephoto. In the menu, you can turn on the Red-Eye Reduction lamp for the flash, and apply Red-Eye Correction to the images that have been taken. ISO Speed: The ISO speed can be set Automatically (ISO Auto), or manually to ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, or 1600. Lowering the ISO speed results in sharper images but there's a greater chance of subject or image blurring in certain shooting conditions. Raising the ISO speed results in a faster shutter speed, reducing blurred images. The images, however, will appear more coarse. My Colors: You can choose the look and feel of the photos you take by using My Colors to add the following effects to the image you are currently recording or have already recorded: Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, B/W, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, and Custom Color. Self-Timer: The SX160 IS utilizes a 10-second, 2-second, and a custom self-timer to allow the photographer to be included in the shot, or to avoid camera shake when using a tripod. The custom self-timer allows you to set the time delay to 1-15, 20, 25, or 30 seconds for up to 10 shots. Playback, Editing and Print Functions Index Display: This feature allows you to view 4, 9, 36, or 100 images at once on the LCD monitor so that you can search for an image quickly. Movies cannot be played in the index playback mode. You can view the index display by rotating the zoom lever toward wide angle while the camera is in playback mode. Filtered Playback: When there are many images on the memory card, you can filter and display them by a specified filter. You can also protect or delete all images at once while filtered. Available filters include: Favorites, Shot Date, My Category, and Still Image/Movie. Playback Zoom: During playback, you can magnify the image up to 10x by rotating the zoom lever toward telephoto. You can move the zoomed image in all directions by using the arrow buttons, and an indicator will show the approximate position of the displayed area. Review Info: You can choose different ways to display your photos/movies: No Information, Simple Information Display, Detailed Information Display, and Focus Check. Red-Eye Correction: You can correct red eyes in already recorded images. However, red eyes may not be automatically detected in some images such as faces near the screen edge, faces that appear extremely small, larger dark or bright in relation to the overall image and faces turned to the side or at a diagonal and faces with a portion hidden which prevents the Red-Eye Correction from working. You can choose to overwrite the file with the corrected image, or store the image as a new file, retaining the original image. PictBridge: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge-compatible printer of any brand. In this way, you can make prints directly from the camera without having to connect to a computer. Battery Information Power Requirements: The Canon PowerShot SX160 IS is powered by two "AA" batteries. You can use alkaline (included) or Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable batteries. Typical battery life for alkaline batteries is approximately 140 images. With Ni-MH batteries, the life is extended to approximately 380 images. For long periods of continuous use, or when connected to a computer, it is recommended that the camera be connected to the optional ACK800 AC adapter kit and DR-DC10 DC coupler. Date/Time Battery: The camera uses a CR1220 backup battery for maintaining the date and time data. The battery lasts for approximately three years, and can be replaced when it becomes exhausted. Power Saving Functions: The camera is equipped with the following power saving functions: Auto Power Down for Shooting Mode: The screen will turn off approximately 1 minute after the camera is last operated. You can "wake" the camera at this point by pressing the shutter button halfway to turn on the screen and continue shooting. After about 2 more minutes, if no buttons are pressed, the lens will retract and the power will turn off. Auto Power Down for Playback Mode and Connection to a Printer: The camera power down approximately 5 minutes after the last control is accessed on the camera. Note: The Power Saving Function will not activate during a Slide-Show or while the camera is connected to a computer. Inputs and Outputs Notes HDMI Output: The PowerShot SX160 IS is equipped with a mini-HDMI (Type C) for connecting the camera to your HDTV. An optional mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable, such as the Canon HTC-100, is required. A/V Output/Digital Terminal: The camera has a Mini-B Version 2.0 USB terminal to allow you to connect the camera to a compatible computer or compatible Canon printer via the supplied USB cable. This USB 2.0 Hi-Speed-compatible terminal allows you to rapidly download images to your computer or printer. Through the same USB jack, you can connect the camera to a TV or video monitor with stereo RCA audio and composite video input jacks using the optional AVC-DC400ST Stereo AV Cable. You can set the video output to NTSC or PAL. Supplied Software Included Software: The PowerShot SX160 IS comes supplied with the Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk Ver.120.0 CD-ROM. It contains the following programs: Canon Utilities: ImageBrowser EX 1.0: import images and change camera settings; manage images (view, search, organize); print and edit images CameraWindow DC 8.9: transfer images to and from camera, organize images on the camera, and upload movies on the camera to web services PhotoStitch 3.1 (Windows) / 3.2 (Mac): use to merge still images to make panoramas User Guides: Camera User Guide, Software Guide Compatible Operating Systems: Windows 7 (SP1) Windows Vista (SP2) Windows XP (SP3) Mac OS X (v10.6-v10.7) Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team. They verify what's in the box, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Product reviews from the Crutchfield Labs Plain and simple Written by Ralph Graves, Staff Writer - Creative, on 10/23/2012 9:59:00 AM The SX160 IS impressed me as a camera that's a step above point-and-shoots, but not so advanced that the casual photographer is overwhelmed with options. Not that this camera can't perform. The test pictures and videos I took in the Lab were all crisp and clear. And when I used different settings, such as the close-up function, the results were exactly what I expected them to be. One of the best things about this camera is the mix of hard buttons and on-screen navigation. The major controls are all right there on the back of the camera. And as you dial different options on the wheel at the top of the camera, the screen not only displays the options, but explains what they do. For the beginner ready to move up a little in camera capacity, the SX160 IS makes the transition as simple as possible. What are the Labs? 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Hamantaschen Recipe
Spell It Hamantashen, Hamentaschen Or Any Other Way: These Purim Cookies Are Delicious Year-Round
Purim Overview
Hamantashen are delicious year-round, so why do we only think about them for Purim (the beginning of March)? Once you make this recipe, you'll want them more often.
The story of the Jewish holiday of Purim, as told in the Bible's Book of Esther, tells of the deliverance of the Jewish people from an annihilation plot of the Persian king Haman. This book is called "The Megillah" in Hebrew, leading to the expression "the whole megillah" or the whole story.
During the annual Purim storytelling—the reading of The Megillah—participants drown out the name of the villain Haman each time it is read, by using a "grogger," the Yiddish word for noisemaker.
The name Purim means "lots," which, like rolling dice, were used to determine when the Jews would be destroyed. The Jews' fate was reversed, thanks to the leadership of the heroic Queen Esther; and a day of planned destruction turned into a day of joyous redemption. Purim is celebrated on the 14th or 15th day of Adar in the Hebrew calendar (around March 1st).
Hamantaschen Cookies
Like most Jewish holidays, this one has its traditional food, hamantashen (singular, hamantasch, and also spelled hamentashen, hamantashen, homentash, homentasch and humentash), which means "Haman's pockets" in Yiddish. Hamantashen is a triangular-shaped pastry with a cookie-like dough (a cross between a cookie and a tart), not particularly sweet, originally filled with a sweetened poppy seed ("mon") or prune paste. The triangle shape references the three-cornered hat worn by Haman.
Today hamantashen is made with a variety of fillings to please modern palates: apricot, prune and raspberry as well as poppy Around Purim, they appear in bakeries, and can be purchased online at The Exceptional Dessert. They're a lovely little pastry to enjoy with coffee or tea.
Hamantaschen Recipe
Poppy Filling
Poppyseed filling is known as "mun" or "mon," after the Yiddish word for poppy. Some lexicographers believe that the "homentashn" cookies take their name not from Haman's pockets, but from "montashn" or "poppy pockets," a pastry which was later renamed to hamentaschen/homentashn to fit with the Purim story.
Prune Filling
Instead of making the filling, you can buy prune and apricot lekvár at stores that sell Eastern European products. It's a very thick, coarse jam made of of pure ripe fruit. Bakers use it to fill the hamantaschen.
Poppy Seed Filling
You need to prepare the poppyseeds a day in advance.
Prune Filling
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I'm sorry, I have to stop you at using LEON POWE as part of your argument. Are you serious? And the Celtics have a "bunch" of rings? Try ONE ring per guy on that team, NOT counting Rasheed Wallace, who has been a free agent BUST. The Celtics don't have the depth Orlando has. DONE DEAL. And the Magic are not some vintage Suns team that just shoots three's. They have a balanced offense, and they are extremely deep. You're a Celtics homer blinded by the fact that they're ahead 3-2 against an inferior Cavs team. Orlando beat the Celtics last year and owned them 3-1 this year in the regular season. Magic is 6, guaranteed. Your argument is weak.
How is Leon Powe doing for the Cavs currently? I picked Magic and Celtics in conference finals before the season with the Magic winning and I'm sticking to that. I would have no problem with giving a last shot to Vince Carter
What are you even talking about? You used Power in your argument to HELP your argument, and the guy scored 5 points in the ENTIRE post-season. He averaged just 4 pts and 3 reb for the entire SEASON. I mean, where are you going with this? And if you agreed that the Celtics won't get to the Finals, why did you take this debate?
Hows your debate going buddy?
This site has never been about being right or wrong. It's about backing up your argument. Even you said the Magic would beat the Cetlics, so don't be a hypocrite.
ya got beat. cope.


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About LIM College
LIM.FILMANTHROPY to present screening of Victor/Victoria on Thursday, March 21
All proceeds support the LIM College Fashion Education Foundation
Victor Victoria is a 1982 musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that involves homosexuality, transvestism and sexual identity as central themes. It stars Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, and Lesley Ann Warren.
Film synopsis, courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com:
On the verge of starvation in 1930s Paris, erstwhile entertainer Victoria (Julie Andrews) is rescued by gay cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston). What she needs to succeed, opines Toddy, is a gimmick. What if she becomes a male impersonator? Better still: what if she becomes a male impersonator, pretending to be a female impersonator? As "Victor/Victoria," s/he becomes the toast of Paris, and an object of fascination for big-time Chicago gangster King Marchan (James Garner), who can't quite understand the teasing sensations he experiences whenever watching her in action--especially since he, like everyone else, assumes that she is a he.
The screening will be held at Maxwell Hall Student Center at 4:30pm on Thursday, March 21. Admission is free but donations are accepted. All donations will go towards the LIM College Fashion Education Foundation (FEF).


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I think homemade Cinnamon Rolls on Christmas morning would be a WONDERFUL treat. I am trying to find a few different recipes for this breakfast but so far have only found one that sounds simple and delicious. Southern Living always has some great recipes but I didn't know if anyone knew where I could find more or if you have a recipe you would like to share. Thanks.
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