Cliff,
Thanks for the thoughts! This month has been unusual and much of my time has been spent in one time deals; furnishing a house/ shop, getting organized in a new local and what have you. I was planning on spending more time in Ti builds but have made use of the time in other tasks and projects that needed to be done at any rate. I have not been to the beach or n the water as much as I wanted to but have taken a couple hours here and there. I have even taken the camera out a couple times and yesterday I took a Ti PD first article and camera to the beach in the afternoon. I saw friendly a few times when my wife was here with me but last couple swims he was out on the reef and not in his cave.
There are a few turtles now feeding on some seaweed that grows on the reef just beyond the shoreline. These turtles are indifferent to swimmers with the exception of the few who don't know better and swim up to grab them! :green: Even then, the turtles get right back to eating!
As with the McLuxIII-T, I was not able to convince any of the turtles to give it a try.
They went for the greener grass as it were.
I saw an interesting banded type of eel in a hole in the reef when I was taking some shots of the Ti PD and it would not be coaxed out so I used the light to fill in the shadow a bit.
I uploaded some
pics from this visit and one I really like is the following:
At one point, this big guy and two small turtles were all feeding in the same area but one of the small guys tapped this fellow on the head and he moved off. I hung around with him leting the surge bring us in to within feet of the shoreline and very shallow water and then we would drift back out. He would go down and grab some chow while I floated on the surface. Right after the shot above was taken, a wave coupled with his dive brought us together and he pushed off my chest with his fin to gain some room. I could spend hours watching these guys in UW flight and maneuvers. Actually, I think I have!
In addition to geting wet and boring household improvements and furnishings, I picked up an electric scooter that I use to go to the market as well as the beach. Darell will be proud. I have also installed some of Wayne and my new 12V Jupiter LED lights on the front Lanai. In the pic below, all light is provided by Nichia Jupiter LED's. Behind the bushes, out of view, on the lani, is a table where I spend all of my computer time. Barefoot, in shorts and no shirt, I deal with the trials and tribulations of bidness and earning a livelihood. Poor me does not extend past possible financial considerations, IMHO.
OK, back to topic and update. I received the balance of the Ti PD heads yesterday and conversed with the owner of the machine shop making the Ti-PD parts. He plans to have the sleeves done next week. Well that doesn't give me enough time since I return to Berkeley at the end of next week.
I have all of the pistons now loaded with H3 vials and it looks like my planned empty luggage will now contain LED's, Ti components, converters, windows,screws, reflectors and probably something I will forget. I will be building the Ti PD's in July in Berkeley. :shrug: As soon as I have all parts in hand, I will post a new thread and discuss the damn LED bin options and thoughts as well as a notice as to a date I will open a sales thread. I still don't think these lights will all go in so quick a manner that folks will miss out but I will provide an advance notice as I said I would. I want the brunt of them built and ready to ship prior to opening a sales thread.
