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Matthew Sheridan

Welcome to my wiki. I hope that viewing it provides a quick way to learn useful things. HVAC Travel Car Design On the top right of this website, you should be able to view "Books" on topics such as Automotive design, personal finance, and setting up the we...

Wrenches

Tools

You should probably be using a ratchet and socket. Go use that first. If that doesn't work, then take out the wrench. Wrenches are used to tighten nuts and bolts, and occasionally as hammers and lever arms. The goal of this article is to show good habits with...

Types of Steam Systems

HVAC Steam

You have 1 pipe and 2 pipe steam. Add a diagram!

Overview of Temperature Control Systems

HVAC

Many houses don't have ventilation systems, you have to open your windows, so we'll cover the V of HVAC later. The H and AC are often connected, you might have a house that has a combo unit. And to make things more complicated, you might be using air to both d...

Razors

Tools

Razors and exacto knifes are very important tools. Rule 1: Cut away from yourself. Make sure a finger or body part isn't in the path you path you are cutting. If it is hard to cut then the blade suddenly goes through, you end up cutting yourself very hard. R...

Hammers

Tools

There are many types of hammers. You got claw hammers, rubber mallets, sledgehammers, sheet metal hammers, etc. Use the right one of the job. Safety Please wear safety glasses WHENEVER using a hammer. The pressure involved are outrageous and objects hit with...

Calipers

Tools

Calipers are precise measuring devices, not tools. Keep them in the case when you are not using them and don't try to pry anything with them. There are digital and manual calipers (venier calipers). We'll start with digital. [image of digital calpiers] Clean...

Measuring Tapes

Tools

If you want to build something that isn't shit, you need to know how to use a measuring tape properly. [Image of measuring Tape] Most measuring tapes will have 16ths of an inch. If you are building a part or device or car, get a measuring tape that only uses...

Ratchet and Sockets

Tools

This is the tool of choice when being a mechanic. Some of you will have a drill or impact gun to tighten and loosen bolts, but for most work a ratchet will make you work fast and not damage your nuts. [image of ratchet and socket] Ratchets usually have a swi...

Nuts and Bolts

Tools

Practical Nuts and bolts are going to be either Standard (American speak for imperial units) or metric. Generally each size has a standard “fine thread” and “corse thread”. Fine thread will have a higher thread count than corse thread, which means fin...

Reading List

Matthew Sheridan

2021 Angle of Attack Skunk Works The Power Broker (started 2017) 2020   2019 Proud of You by Julie Anne Hoffman Now It Can Be Told by Leslie Groves The Lost Art of Steam Heating by Dan Holohan 2017 Building the New American Economy by Jeffrey sachs...

KMR 15 Parts

FSAE Design

shocks https://www.ohlinsusa.com/suspension-products/ttx25-mkiirod end spacerhttps://midwestcontrol.com/shop/MCW-4bearingshttp://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/product/?id=BBXANG-KA030ARO&__hstc=118445398.46849f471f16a8374c3e13a4883e4cdf.1644211545865.1644211545865....

Ben Casey - Pneumatic testing kit

Tools

Setting Up Server

Website Set Up

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-20-04Make name that doesn’t suck Click add domain, type in domainhttps://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-point-to-digitalocean-nameservers-from-common-domain-r...

Parts of Car

How a Car Works

This vehicle is the KMR-14, built by the Columbia Formula SAE team in the 2013-2014 academic year by Bennett Welker, Chris Miller, and Vinod Nimmagadda This car uses a motorcycle engine, very similar to the one on the motorcycle page but it has 4 cylinders ...

Parts of a Motorcycle

How a Car Works

The image below is my 2017 Kawasaki Ninja 650 ABS The greatest difference from a bicycle is the addition of an engine. The converts the explosion of gasoline into rotational motion, which spins the rear wheel. The pedals are missing but there is still a rea...

Training Notes

Skyspark

Chart Customization Click on chart then click on "customize". Rule Views Can enable/disable rule in rule vuew Rule Tuning Rules can have filters? or sub rules? Used to apply a different rule to submeters vs site meters. His Import Can use historian impo...

Parts of a Bicycle

How a Car Works

Not a car yet, easier to see parts and determine function. We'll work our way up.

Donations

Matthew Sheridan

2021 Shaun Donovan: $100 National Network of Abortion Funds - Fund Texas Choice: $303 2020 Total: $2685 Costa Constantinides: $75 Pete Buttigieg: $100 Bernie Sanders: $100 City Harvest: $500 (with stimulus funds) SA Food Bank: $500 (with stimulus fund...

Overview

Travel

I made a book for each country I visited but would like to give an overview of the different continents right now.South AmericaNorth AmericaEurope