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TDT Fun at Seminole Techtacular!

Videographer Ryder is at it again with some great footage from our visit with mentor Paul Markun at Tampa Technik,and our day at the Seminole event a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!  [...]

Many Thanks and Happy Holidays from Team Duct Tape!

TDT members enjoyed a recent visit to our long time friend and mentor,Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik. As always,the gift of his time and expertise was deeply valued,so we were humbled to receive a financial contribution from Mr. Markun on top of his expert guidance.  Tampa Technik is a remarkable facility [...] [...]

Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts

 Our robot got a day at the spa today,when we stopped by Tampa Technik to visit with friend and mentor,Paul Markun.  Of course,no visit to Tampa Technik is ever complete without a lesson in some aspect of exemplary engineering practices.  Last time it was metrology –the science of measurement. This time,[...] [...]

Tampa Technik Visit becomes Study in Metrology

Nothing says “new season”like a visit to one of Team Duct Tape’s most enduring friends and benefactor,Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik.   Mr. Markun,who has generously shared his wonderful workshop with TDT members since the team’s founding in 2008,and last season gifted us with a beautiful hand crafted robot cart to help [...] [...]

New Cart &Garage Scrimmage

Thank you,Mr. Markun,for our magnificent cart!  We started off the day in St. Pete,at Tampa Technik,picking up our finished cart,which is a thing of shiny beauty! Then headed back to Odessa for a scrimmage date with Alonso High School’s Force Applied and team Smoke and Mirrors ,for a shared practice session before we [...] [...]

Super Cart for the Super Cube,from Tampa Technik

Working as One Super Cart for the Super Cube TDT mentor and engineering guru,Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik,is making a gift of a customized pit cart to Team Duct  Tape,for those long hauls between the pit and the competition field at the Georgia Dome,and TDT members went over today for some equipment fitting and [...] [...]

Fun and Productive Tampa Technik Visit

Working with Paul Markun and Jeff Tawney,of AquaCal A couple of TDT members enjoyed visiting with Paul Markun,of Tampa Technik,earlier this week,where they received some good guidance on hoped for improvements to their robot.  Visiting with Mr. Markun is always instructive and productive! His Gracious Professionalism is always in evidence,and he [...] [...]

Connecting with Tampa Technik

[ March 15,2010;3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_284" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="TDT visiting with Tampa Technik's Paul Markun,last season"][/caption] TDT members are heading out to visit our friendand mentor,Paul Markun,at Tampa Technik today. He’s donating some materials to the team,looking over the current robot design with us,and we’ll be looking at some design ideas for a new cart.  [...] [...]