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These days there is a popular “makers” movement. I get the feeling somehow that people think making things is new. I’m not sure why, there have always been people who built stuff. Mike was a “maker” but was a bit different because I believe he could build anything. Mike built, big stuff, small stuff, complex stuff, simple stuff, electronic stuff, wood stuff, metal stuff... his skills were vast. I worked with Mike for many years at Phase Linear and although we had a common bond in the love of making things his skill set was extraordinary. After leaving Phase I took a job in Puyallup and needed a rush job laying out two rather complex circuit boards. I was told that the job would take at least two weeks, I couldn’t wait. I called Mike and he immediately drove all the way to Puyallup on a weekend and got to work Saturday morning. I bought us burger for lunch and then pizza for dinner and he worked straight through until we both crashed for about 2 hours, me on an assembly bench and he on the floor. By 9:00 on Sunday he was finished. Thanks to Mike by the end of the following week I had two working products. One week later I was showing them at a trade show.

One day at Phase Linear Mike was uncharacteristically late. Not like him at all. Turns out he was winching a stranded motorist out of a ditch. I was delighted to learn from him the details of how he went about it and how his Subaru (Suebee, as he would say) with the winch had performed. That was Mike, always helpful and generous with his time and skills.

Watching one of my favorite YouTube channels I was surprised to see Mike gifting some nice machine tool accessories to the channel creator. I wondered why, Mike could never have enough tools for his projects. But it certainly was in-line with Mike’s generous nature.

I will miss Mike; he was fine man by all measures.

 

George Sheppard

Posted by George Sheppard
Saturday January 7, 2017 at 8:01 pm
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