I am so sorry to hear of your fathers passing.
I have been reading this board for many years and so enjoyed Zubbly's postings.
I sit here with tears in my eyes and a great lump in my throat.
May the Lord watch over him in his new home.
God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Day is done,
gone the sun,
From the hills,
from the lake,
From the skies.
All is well,
safely rest,
God is nigh.

I probably would have givin up long ago if not for his knowledge and humor.

Hope he brought his cape along so he can check up on us from time to time.

I am so sad at the passing of your Dad . I can only think of the beautiful photographs of you and Dad holding his lovely work,an inspiration to all of us.
I spoke to Zubbly many times ,laughing and thinking of his nice approach to family and life.

From way down here in Australia, I send my thoughts and comfort

God bless you all ,may he rest in peace

It isn't often that you get to meet a guy like Wayne, who takes his lumps in life and does it with a smile on his face, and who manages to inspire and be creative.

Some people just know how to make life more worthwhile than others.

Wayne was one of the 'regulars' on the IRC channel, for the last couple of weeks I think !last zubbly was the most used command. Just about everybody there would come online and the first question would be has z been seen ?

He visited us three times since his announcement on the chat a few weeks ago that he had terminal cancer, and that he only had about three months to live.

The most frustrating about the whole thing was to him not that he was going to die, he was at peace with that, but that he would not be getting around to finishing his book, which he had been writing for some time.

We had two short conversations after his announcement, and he was putting a very brave face on things but you could feel that he knew that it would not be long.

Life isn't fair. Good people die young and jerks live to be 95, that seems to be the way of the world.

The 'zubbly conversion' is a nice example of how much impact the man has had in our lives, and how much he means to us all.

It's getting hard for me to type here, so I figure I'll just sign off with a few words of the master of electric motors himself:

"Now when life has you down, remember the "fifth"  it sure helps a lot!  :)

you see its like this.     time is equal to this :) :) :) :), not this :( :( :( :(

now everything i just explained is a lie, and i am telling you the truth. this is the basis of zubloid technology.

einstein had it all wrong, he figured that nose hairs could be trained into a mustache and he ended up with :) :) - :) :)=?   what is this?   probably this  +

now we all know that the 5th dimention is 1/2 of the tenth dimention, and the tenth dimention is 1/4 of the 40th. so actually the 5th is in t=reality only an 1/8 dimention trying to make a statement. glad you now understand this.

now , if i slap my face with the front of my hand and then the back of my hand, did i actually slap it at all because the middle was not used. this is what you call inner and outer technology. one cancelles the other and therefore the slap never took place because the inner dimention was not figured into the equazion.

now with the explanation of :)-:(  t=reality and the forgotten inner reality, anyone at all can fully understand the 5th dimension.

so simple!

have a great day  :)

zubbly"

Wayne Abraham, go with god.

   Jacques.

• [zubbly] (wayne.abra@bas2-ottawa23-1177597179.dsl.bell.ca): zubbly
• [zubbly] irc.otherpower.com :Fri Sep 21 00:50:12 2007
• [zubbly] (wayne.abra@bas2-ottawa23-1128732175.dsl.bell.ca): zubbly
• [zubbly] irc.otherpower.com :Mon Sep 17 03:27:56 2007
• [zubbly] (wayne.abra@bas2-ottawa23-1167866175.dsl.bell.ca): zubbly
• [zubbly] irc.otherpower.com :Sat Sep 15 16:32:12 2007
• [zubbly] (wayne.abra@bas2-ottawa23-1167866175.dsl.bell.ca): zubbly
• [zubbly] irc.otherpower.com :Wed Sep 12 04:42:29 2007

It seems like just last year that he was inventing 2 prop PVC blades from a single piece of pipe.  I saw what he was trying to do and put his and my ideas from chat into the PVC Pipe Prop Plans that when posted, changed the way beginners built thier first Props. Here is the history of our process of perfecting the design of the ZubWoofer Blades.
http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2005/4/19/161431/811

"Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:--
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said
"What writest thou?"--The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answered "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still, and said "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men."

The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest."

Well, I just am at a total loss for words here.

Most on this forum know that is rare.

Zubbly was one of the finest men I have had the pleasure to know. We never met in person but we talked on IRC a lot and he did call me on the phone one time when I went MIA from IRC a couple days because he was concerned about me.

He built me a couple of turbines which he refused payment for. One of which was mostly destroyed in a storm due to a failure of my tower construction and the other which is producing power as I type this note on my tear soaked keyboard.

One thing that I have to ask. Wayne kept the origin of his online nickname a mystery. He promised that he would tell me what it meant at some unspecified point in the future. That day will never come, now. If any of you folks know the answer to this I would be grateful to know it. My email address should be in his mail program as we communicated that way some times. If you can shed some light on the origins of "Zubbly" please send me a note. Or I guess it could be posted here.

Just know that the TomW family will never forget your departed father. Sadly, he will never know the final answer on how long the turbine he made for me will last and how it will perform over time.

I am just so devastated by this. It is like I lost a brother. I certainly know I lost a friend. He will live on in the hearts of all of us on IRC and many here on the forum.

I know everyone says this, but, if there is anything within my power I can do for your family, all you need to do is ask.

I wish I could say all this better but it boils down to Zubbly will be missed by many.

In mourning.

My usual sig line just wont work today

TomW

Ignarus can exsisto rememdium. Sardus est forever

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere sympathies to Zubbly's wife, their children, family and friends. Wishing you much strength during the coming hard times in bearing this big loss.

Hopefully it comes as a small consolation that you are not alone in your grief.

I knew for a while Zubbly wasn't feeling well lately but I had never suspected it would have such a serious cause. When about a month ago he told us about his illness and the fact that he only had a limited time left that news struck like a bomb in IRC. In the days and weeks after it he was often on my and other people's minds.

Though I never met your father personally (after years of talking and discussing with him, his name for me has become 'Zubbly' or even 'Z'; his real first name, Wayne, sounds so unfamiliar to me...) I consider him to have become a friend over the past years, after having spent countless hours discussing, argueing, joking and teasing (with) him.

On numeral occasions he took me by the hand and explained the workings of motors, rotors and their characteristics, winding schemes of stators, etc. When I was writing the tutorial on decogging he pointed me to several errors I had made, which made it painfully clear to me how little I really knew about motors.

He disliked it when I called him my 'guru' for his knowledge of motors. The fact that he disliked being called that was all the more reason for me to keep calling him 'guru'. Fortunately he could take the teasing on my part. He was too modest to let himself be called something like that without protesting.

What amazed me more than once was the patience with which he not only answered my questions but also those of others. Sometimes they were questions that had been asked him dozens of times before yet that didn't stop him from answering them once again. His patience in explaining, combined with his plethora of knowledge, made him a teacher. One meaning of 'guru' is that of a teacher.

I clearly remember one particular incident, a few months back, when I was telling him about a problem I had found in one of his drawings and which I thought he should correct, as it might confuse others too. For one reason or another the discussion quickly went in the wrong direction and I walked out to prevent further escalation. Two days later, as I was still irritated by what had happened, there arrived mail from Canada; Zubbly had sent me, a few days before that discussion, some very useful booklets on motors. Along with it was included one of the friendliest letters I have received, in which he called me his friend. I felt privileged and was sorry about the harsh words we exchanged a few days earlier. The next time we spoke eachother in IRC the air was cleared and all was forgiven and forgotten.

It's a sad thing we only realize what we have got when it is gone. That is slowly and painfully becoming clear.

Fortunately, much of his knowledge and experience is still present on this board; it's present in the stories he wrote of his conversion projects. And in a way he will live on in the motor conversion projects that are flying all over the world and new ones that are under construction. That is one of the enduring legacies of Z.

But what we will never get back will be his humour, his stories and his good cheer.

Zubbly, I miss you. Not just because of your knowledge.

not all the news are good

Dave Sipe

I will miss Z. I will miss his humor and wit.
Both the OP forum and the IRC will be certainly lessened by his absence.
I am saddened by this loss.
My prayers are with the family.

I live on the opposite side of the world from Zubbly. That never mattered, Z! was always happy and helpful, willing to dive into a discussion or partake of a prank.

I'll remember Zub as the fun-loving man he was. I'll think of him as I gaze upon turbines, as I eat cake, and when I see big-breasted women. I know that would make Zub smile.

Rest, Zubbly. You've earned it. Gone, but far from forgotten.

         Zubbly and his great wisdon will be missed by all, including me as I loved to follow his work and was hoping to someday please him with the 25 horse conversion I am doing (all because of him and his knowledge and willingness to share) without I could not build as he has.

        I will never forget him or his work as I am hooked on wind power and will always have one of his designs flying here at home, Rest In Peace Zubbly

The world has lost one of those rare people who can engender a spark of joy and enthusiasm where none existed before. Wayne was a man who's infectious good will and enthusiasm caused a good number of us to do things we didn't know we could do, or how to do them.

It was with his "can do" attitude and imparted knowledge that I tackled rewinding starter motors on graders and cars, experimented with multipole wiring arrangements in induction motors and transformer rewinds.

He made me laugh with his good humour, and when I mentioned I needed transformer paper, and could not locate any, guess what turned up in the mail direct from Canada. He refused compensation, much as I tried, and was only happy in the knowledge that he had helped in some way to solve a problem for a person on the other side of the world.

When he decided to try and amputate his own finger, even though straight back from the hospital and typing with one finger, it didn't stop him from going into a detailed discourse (albeit slow) on the tricks of the trade of thick wire bending techniques for starter motor windings.

These are only tiny examples of Zubblys eagerness to help in any way he could to make the world a better place.

I am but one of a myriad of people Zubbly went out of his way (and sometimes at expense to himself) to be helpful to.
A quick look at his posts and gallery tell the rest. Zubbly was a great man who will be missed by all he touched, and is yet to touch and teach through his detailed and enjoyable writings.

My heart goes out to you Chris and your family..... and to the otherpower family who didn't have the opportunity to know him as well as you were able to.

And Zubbly, while your chatting to the big boy in the sky, see if he cant do something about this Betz limit thing.....

There is a great sadness down here right now

Wayne was admired, respected, and considered a great friend to so many of us.  

Not only was he considered the most knowledgeable motor person I have ever spoke with, he was a generous person to share all of his knowledge with us.  

Fare well Zubbly ...

I'll think of him every time I hear the word 'dude!!!'.

I think his legacy in homebrew wind power will go on here forever.

I still have lots of his giant pumpkin seeds ;-)  and they're precious now.

I'm sad that I'll not have the chance to meet him in person, I've been looking forward to that - but he truly was one of the best freinds I've ever met on the internet.  

My deapest condolences,

I am but just one of meany on this site and IRC that had the pleasure to read his postings and above all chat with him, he was always willing to help in any way he could and for that I think I can call him one of my true freinds.

A little bit of him or his style or just his input is in my wind mill as well as a hole lot of others on this site, that is the one way I will have the pure plesure of remembering him,

Not true, grown men do shead tears to and have since I turned the putter on and read the news.

Zubbly you are already missed.

a place where the winds are brisk and steady
a place where copper wire is readily available,
a place where the wood for blades has no knots
a place where neo magnets were born
a place where angels can do the tower work for him, and

a place where from on top of his tower he can forever look down and smile
at the rest of us.

may you rest in peace Wayne, and may God keep you in the palm of his hand forever.

I never had the opportunity to chat with Zubbly on IRC or correspond with him, but in reading his posts I came to respect his opinion and respect him.

A Zubbly post was a "must read".

A Gentleman .... A Loss ....

My condolences to the Abraham Family.

May God Bless.

 Zub will be greatly missed by countless individuals. May he rest in peace. My condolences to his family and loved ones.

I'm just really shocked,   I had no idea he was sick.  :(

Zubbly will allways be rememberd, and no he was not a great guy....he still IS the best guy.

Please carry on his work if you can.  The world needs his knowledge.

The world of R.E. has lost a great character.
 Although I never spoke to your father I feel I know him as I have read his posts so many times.

We all owe him a big thank you for all his help!

Thank you Zubbly

Zubbly's friendship and knowledge will be missed by all who knew him.  He was one of those rare people who bettered the life of everyone he encountered.  He was a very good man.

  Farewell mate and may the wind god's smile on your arrival.

Thanks for helping me on my VAWT motor convertion.
When the project is finished I will name it after You ....."ZUBBLY"

May you RIP.

best wishes,

   Like many others who frequent this forum, I've been inspired by the knowledge, wisdom, and example offered by your father.  It's a rare and special individual who will give so freely of himself without a thought to payment or recompense.

   It's my firm belief that your father is in a much better place where the winds are strong and constant.  He's probably busy working over God's RE system but believe that he'll be looking in on you and your family from time to time.  Support your Mom and thanks for letting us know.

Let me add my condolences.

 Although we never met, and I had really hoped and planned to sometime meet Zubbly and say thanks in person, Zubbly was a great friend and has helped me a great deal. He has helped many.
 I read the first post and a couple comments, and I just got to go now, this was the first I been online to read the forum for awhile. I had not heard earlier, and I just got to go now.

I am not that much of a sentamental person and yuckity yuck stuff normally, even with my own family in times like this, but right now I am!

May the winds be with you Zubbly,
.
nothing to lose

Always remember the good times spent with your dad.

It didn't take long for the list of Zubblys' friends to appear.
Their posts reflected  my own feelings, and reading them caused me to fear that anything I'd post wouldn't be enough.   Knowing that saying "Good Bye" is a onetime event.

Well, since 9-29 a days not gone by without me thinking of Zubbly...  and needing to say goodbye.
I'm still unable to write what I feel.

So, I'm thinking I'd like to reserve the right to come back at anytime and post again.   And I hope many others feel the same way,  and comeback here when ever the notion hits..   if it be stories..  ideas..

Due to other projects and distractions my hydro project was put on a back burner.  However I was feeling "comfortable" knowing that when I returned to it, I had an ace up my sleeve.    When it came time to tackle my servo motor to alternator conversion  Zubbly was there to hold my hand.

Crap.
I know that Zubbly touched many here.  And by His example I believe that when the time comes and I post my questions they will come forward and (without criticisms and ridicule)  say   "This is what I learned from Zubbly".

Over the last few years finding a story posted by Zubbly was like finding a new book by a favorite author.  Made me want to grab a cup of coffee turn up the stereo and the rest you all know.

I'm still with out words, so I'll borrow a few from my dad's obit.

                Remember this

Be good, but not too good - a little naughty, but not too naughty.
Say a prayer if you feel that way, say Damn if it gives you consolation.
Be Kind to the world always, if possible -- yet if you must be un-kind, smash right and left, get it over and forget it.
Smile, always smile, have a smile ready even though sometimes it hurts.
Grab all the happiness you can - wherever and whenever you can - don't let even  a wee bit slip past you.  Live, above all things live, don't simply exist.  If you are blessed enough to know what real love is - love with all your heart, soul and body.  Live your life that so that at any hour you will be able to shake hands with yourself and try to accomplish at least one thing worth while each day.  Then when your nights come you will be able to pull up the covers and say to yourself - - -