I know I don't hang out much any more. When I do stop by I don't see as many exciting things like in the past.

Could be these machines are getting prety well prefected? "

Yes the repetition for the old timers probably is boring, but I don't think any of us get tired of reading a good account of someones project.. with pictures of how it's built. Every one seems to find a way to do it differently.

When you drop in, there are less doing stories, because they are not worth wasting valuable time on writing up any more. They are lost amongst the rubbish in no time, so no=one is bothering anymore.

I hope you have more success than me in getting something good  in front of the folks for more than a day. You are going to put in a lot of effort, and it will be a shame for it to be buried in crud before most people can read it.

The machines are far from perfected, and I am constantly surprised at how each constructor finds ways to modify it.
The idea is as good as it gets at the moment, but the Dans design leaves plenty of room for improvement.

Great to hear from you again Jerry