Craig Haynes's blog

QOTD-My most important thing im doing

What's the most complicated part of your life right now?

Complicated and important in my life now is basically the same. Not to brag but I really don't lie,not saying I never lied but it was under extreme situations that required me to fib. I have an extrodanary amount of stuff I have built and its getting to the point Im going to need help in the business side of my jobs. Somebody to handle the money,make reservation,order parts,ETC. Yes I am starting to be overwelmed,I didn;t even dream my inventions would blow up like this and people are wanting these products and at this time im at least 4 months behind delivery. I have hired my ex wifes son to help me,yes he is slow but he is good when given intense directions. Im kind of scared because I don't even have a catalog,my sales are completely word of mouth. If I print a catalog I believe so many orders would put me out of business,I need expansion,more workers,a comprensive understanding of the way you do things legally like workmans comp,unemployment,insurance,thats just to name a few. Yes im happy things are going good for me and money is starting to roll in but there are many expenses and I have to learn them,really I need a partner who is smarter than me who can help and stop me from screwing this chance up.Any ideas or volenteers to help? Good pay and fun galore is just waiting for the right person. If any of you have any ideas please let me know. Take Care  Craig 

A good likeness

Single Windmill and Sky

My windmill looks almost like this,it took me 3 hours to put this picture on here but thats the cost of being born before computers. I have a list of all the parts,I had alot of electric parts but The generator I found on e-bay for 254 dollars and everyone is realising they work great generating electricity. I tried to include the schematics and I will soon with all the pictures while I was building it,if you just follow the pictures a 10 year old can do it. Since I got some good deals and installed it myself even into the electric house grid I spent about 4-5 hundred dollars,I thought it was more but my reciets don't lie but the stuff I already had saved me a lot but anybody can build one if you do it all yourself for under 1000 dollars.I have the pictures in order so a 10 year old could do it. Three neighbors said they were making one but only one is doing it and he hasn't asked me one question. Its easy and you'll never have to pay for electricity again. I hope one of you decide to build one,you'll thank me for it.  Craig

QotD: Splurge Confession

These days people are pinching pennies and living frugally, but we want to know: What's the last thing you splurged on?

I went and bought me three half gallons of Breyers ice cream and bananas and went home and pigged out until I passed out. The major money I spend on my inventions doesn't count because its trying to become a business and will succeed in due time. Im very lucky,my two jobs are recession proof unless we stop growing food or making robotic machinery that replaces up to 20 people to one robotic machine and thats not going to happen. I learned from my grandparents that went through the depression that living frugally doesn't deprive you of anything worth mentioning. The little things in life are the most precious,my baby girls first word,now its my baby girls kids first words. Taking them fishing on my boat,teaching them to swim,Thats life how I live it,I sppreciate the small things that happen or are done for me out of caring and love and I do the same for others.

Success at last

I wrote earlier about making my electric generating windmill approx. 6 months ago. I got a bill from the MO Electric company,and I thought I would be in trouble because the big companies are always sending out bad news. To my suprise they sent me a bill for the last 5 months and I owed three dollars and 17 cents. Actually it was just tax because The electricity that was left over was worth three thousand and 459 dollars. They will credit it towards my next years bill and at the end of 2009 I will get a check for the excess electricity I sold them back. Its not only the windmill but also the collectors that I built that turned the sunlight to electricity. It will take approx. 4 years to break even on my expense of buying these solor collectors but after 4-6 years all electricity will be totolly free. I highly recommend doing this to your houses,I realise it takes about 7 thousand dollars to start if you do some of it yourself,having somebody else do it will cost between 7 to 12 thousand dollars but at the most after 10 years its free for ever if you stay at your home. I didn't make the solor collectors but I spent 35 hundred on them because my ones I built weren't efficient enough. I still have all the schematics for building a windmill and the company to purchase the solor pannels that I would be happy to send anybody. I have slowly changed my mind on global warming but to be able to get electricity for free can't be ignored.Just send me a request for the plans and ill send them to you. Good luck everyone and I sincerely hope you decide to stick it to the power companies.  Roboter

Ted, my robot friend who could save lives

Granted im just a tinkering inventor. I have made some neat things in my life im proud of and Ted my robot is one of them. A couple of months ago Ted had a bad spill and broke so bad I didn't want to even try to fix him. After living without him for 2 weeks I kind of missed him so never tired me decided to think of a way to rebuild him to help people. I watch alot of the history channel and it occured to me if they had a robot that they could send in to scoop up a injured soldier it would save the rescuer and the injured. My first task was to build ted stronger and have a way for him to easily pick up a injured person. That meant his whole frame had to be reinforced  and his body had to be strong supplied with kevlar and other super strong metal parts. I also had to come up with a way for Ted to easily scoop up a injured person. To make a long story short Ted is super strong,has a great way to pick up a person off the ground and has reinforced rubber and steel tank tracks. My uncle is a army jet and helicopter pilot who was in vietnam and knows many high profile generals. After Jim my uncle saw my Ted in action he told me he would get ahold of his friend in military new inventions ackquisitions. He is a general and even came to KC to see ted go through his mission,just like if he were on the battlefield. I can't use the generals name but he liked what he saw and said he would try and work it out so the military can get its hands on it to refine it to battlefield conditions. This time I have a patent so if by some miricle they use Ted I will get a % on how many they make. Its really weird but when the military gets involved I got a security clearance and some of my friends from 20 years ago called me asking me why these military personal was asking them questions about me. Anyway I thought it was worth writing about,they never told me to keep Ted a total secret. I doubt anything comes from this but to me its kind of neat.  Craig  Roboter  PS. If approved I will try and get some pictures of ted on vox,im currently trying to put my electric car and my other inventions up but im a fool who knows nothing about how to do it,any help explaining would be appreciated,thanks  Craig

Ted my robot fell down and broke into four pieces

But it gave me something to do and I have about finished the hard things like installing the gyros,they are used to provide stability,in Ted we call this the gyroscopic effect. Of course you know to duplicate this effecr just grab onto a bicycle wheel by its axle and feel the force opposing your attempt to move it,one gyro stopped and it went tumbling down but it always could have been worse.I took off his legs and installed basically rubber tank tracks,he wont be walking up stairs again but he wont hopefully get smashed. I saw this great robot styled after that two wheel segway that could go and get injured soldiers and was leaning on something like that,just something to save lives,I know I could do it and the army has given me some interest on my last robot so maybe they will listen to me or I will listen to what they need and make it. Ted isn't fully himself yet but he'll get there if I decide to go that way,I really want to start making robots that save lives,why send a human into a machine gun nest when ted can do the same thing and come out killing the enemy and dragging the survivors behind him. Humans are too valuable to send on a suicide mission and robots are made for them  Craig Roboter

Vox Hunt: In the Dog House

Show us what kind of puppy Obama should get his kids.

A black chow with a purple tounge

QotD: Cat Got Your Tongue?

What's your favorite saying?
Submitted by Dylan

Don't want to do it!, Hit the mother fuking clock 

Should I stay or should I go

I work for a conveyor fabricating co. and friday thay asked me to go down to florida and clean up the mess there last shop supervisor did. They gave me until mon. to give them an answer. There both great guys who are the owners and I have worked with them at two places but I have my shop here in KC working like a fine watch,I have hired two great workers and one can sub for me,he's that good. My problem is I own a house,am doing alot of inventing and really don't want to stop everything im doing because they hired a nimrod who destroyed there shop and its going to take approx. three months to straighten everything out after fixing the shop and training good people who just don't come in the door. Out of experience 1 out of 10 can do this job,I have been through a hundred or two myself. I do this job because i enjoy it and I would not enjoy cleaning up somebody elses mess. The owners know what I can do and I think they look at this as a test if I do a good job they will give me a branch to open and run myself,they have been promising me this for about 9 months but I dont know where they are planning to start this new shop and I love where I live now. Plus I would have to close up my house and go live in a crummy apartment with no furniture. I dont think I owe them this,I have made them millions of dollars. I hate to ask for advice but if any of you have some maybe it would put me in the right perspective,ill put them off for a week incase I get any advice and they dont want me to leave until nov. 14th so if you can tell me what you think.  Roboter

Mcain is not ready to lead

I think Mcain is a hero for going through the torture and humulation for our country. Having said that I personally think that torture has done something to his brain that makes him unfit to be president. Look at who he picked for vice president,a woman from a state with the least population in any state. He picked Sarah Palin because he thought he would look good because Oboma didn't pick Clinton. Palin went on national television telling the world we have started a new pipeline,its a proven lie,its still in the planning stages,do you want a proven lier as second to the president.I personally don't want Mclain in power of the nuclear button,do you. Mclain says he is a maveric which means he does things shooting from the hip.I don't want a president making rash decisions mostly when he's so prone to do things without thinking them through. He has a mean streak thats documented many times over and just look at some of the stupid things he has done recently,he told Oboma he was cancelling the debates so he could straighten out this financial crisis. Well first he's not a member that can express his opinions and what will the cameras do,point at him sitting in his chair staring at the walls. Is the man crazy in thinking he can fix this financial crisis when he has no power to make a difference,is this the man you want to run our country,Think about it  Roboter