William S. Yerazunis, PhD
Occupation/Job Title
Research Scientist
Nickname(s) (go on, even the bad ones)
"Crash". My father
was also nicknamed "Crash", but I never
knew it till I met some
of his old college friends.
Unusual Hobbies
Stone-carving
Rock-climbing
Leatherwork
Unusual skills/talents
Mad inventor
Interests/passions
Mad inventor (I have
15 US patents so far, all paid for
by my employer )
Strange or amazing facts about yout
Been dead twice... it got
better. :-)
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| Skill | Not Bad | Good | Great | |
| Welding | ||||
| Stick | X | |||
| Gas | X | Welded 0.5mm wire once | ||
| MIG | X | |||
| Cutting | ||||
| Oxy/Acetylene | X | Cutting torches are a lot of fun | ||
| Plazma | X | |||
| Grinding | ||||
| 125mm handheld disk | X | |||
| Surface | X | |||
| Soldering | ||||
| With an Iron | X | I regularly overclock CPU chips, and re-jumper for SMP | ||
| Sawing | ||||
| 7" Circular | X | |||
| Sawzall | X | Sawing is easy. It's measuring that's the hard part. | ||
| Joining | Never tried it. | |||
| Drilling | ||||
| Drill Press | X | |||
| 1/2" Hammer Drill | X | |||
| Turning | X | I made a steam engine when I was 14. | ||
| General Mechanics | X | I maintain my Land Rover by myself | ||
| General Electrical | X | The land rover has Lucas Electrics... Enough said. | ||
| Panel Work (metal) | X | I sometimes use tin cans as starting material | ||
| Familiarity with electric motors | X | I fix my own household appliances. | ||
| Familiarity with engines | X | I graduated high school as a qualified Plymouth Troubleshooter. |
Other (please specify include also professional skills)
Design engineering, Computer programming, chemical
engineering, mechanical engineering,
structural engineering, locksmithing, Radio/TV/Broadcast/Radar
licensee, ordained minister.
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Measurements (there is nothing sinister about this, even
tho some of
the questions are a little peculiar!) (for
those that didn't see the
show, the team wears fitted jump suits)
Name: Bill Yerazunis
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 22 June 1956
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Brown
Height: (imperial measure) 6 feet even in work boots, ~183 cm
Head Size (inches or hat size) 56 cm circumference measure.
Shoe size: 10 extra wide (US size),
or 28 cm from tip of toe to back
of heel, extra wide please
Chest size 114 cm
Waist size 90 cm
Hip size (women)
Inside leg 71 cm
Arm Length (shoulder to bend at the wrist) 59 cm.
glove size. mens' extra-large