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Oh my. Beautiful. Robert Taylor

I'm not smart enough to be a farrier thank you. Robert

Honestly SLAG, we are still on topic . Shale gas...... Frosty, I am acutely interested in everything, including mineralogy. Consequently, I am a journeyman at precious little. I am supposed to be at my brothers house working right now, so I will have to submit a detailed blather about the images later. Bananas sequester potassium isotopes, tobacco collects polonium 210 and lead 210. I wonder if nuclide uptake in bones, and also wood, is due carnotites' potassium component, entraining the nuclides incidentally.

Excellent to see you up and 'running' Mr Powers. Remember that if one misbehaves, the Cone of Shame does not come off as soon as it otherwise might. Heal well, Sir. Robert Taylor

Getting this bookmarked, be back in two weeks when I have (hopefully) something intelligent to add. If I must now also take up nuclear paleontology, I will need better equipment than my $500 Geiger counter. I'll be out in the dark tonight trying to get a count from the coke. Frosty, I've quite the dose in my basement. Very thought-provoking, you people. Robert

Your work made my heart skip a beat...... Delightful. Robert Taylor

I wager that instead of a pulley, it is a short segment of coil spring. At this resolution though, it's a Rohrscach test. Buy the thing and end the misery of the mystery. Robert Taylor

Gee whiz Thomas! You are very fortunate to have such a supportive (or tolerant, or enthusiastic) spouse. Just returned from or 26th anniversary trip to Ventura, and in exchange for a very nice dinner (which I also got to partake of), THIS followed me home: Three gallons of slow-mo crude oil as it runs out of the hillside and into a creek ditch along the highway, halfway between Ojai and Santa Paula.

Excellent thread, JLP. Inspiring. Robert Taylor

Post an image? I can't make it out from here. Robert Taylor Does the machine have a tracking adjustment?

I am on it like a rabid weasel. I am certain that Dunning-Kruger will reveal itself to be a significant component of..... Blah blah I am off topic. Thanks Jerry, exciting resource.

Dunning Kruger?? Thanks Frosty, yet another subject that I MUST look into Oh my..... Just took a sample - they stole my paper!

Frosty, me too. IFI is fine wine and I am a drunken sponge. BIG GUN, it's all about strings in the cosmic wind. That's MY Blarney Stone. Mr SLAG, you honor me with your kind words. Vexatious content is the object of my appetite, and I continue to make progress. In the chronological continuum of my studies, my next Read is sampled below. Observe that I am nipping at the heels of the 21st Century! Robert Taylor This is the 15th Edition. First Published 1808.

I enjoyed his contributions here as well. I was just thinking a few days ago about the risk of my growing affection for so many who gather here. His voice will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go forth for all who love him. Robert and Sheila Taylor

Well then Slag, certainly the nano- and subnanoscale is where the alchemy takes place in a way that we have only begun to fathom. My amateur brain finds this quite analogous to the more familiar solid solution of carbon and iron, where so little carbon disrupts the atomic habits of the iron, yielding so many wonderfully diverse species of steel. I fail to comprehend much of the nuance of the article, but it's exciting to consider alone the significance of the plasmon resonance implications of this hybrid material. Anyone who has observed gold under magnification, has seen the effects of this resonance at visible wavelengths. Thanks for helping to suck up what little study time remains to me. Robert Taylor

Prayers and Condolences, Weather well the journey of your loss. Robert and Sheila Taylor

An associate has told me your stuff gets buried on etsy due to the volume. She has some beautiful work, but it's no help. Robert Taylor

Here is how I cope: Silver Steak over wide Sharpie background. Oh, and Slag, something from My trade: "Tribal Knowledge Trumps ISO". Robert Taylor

Alas, Alan, here languish my two guitars not played now for several years, yet no less loved. Maybe in the Spring........ Robert

Hard springy steel at that thickness is going to behave like a knife edge, even if fully radiused and highly polished. The E and A (high frequency end) are usually "silvered" steel, while the remaining strings above are steel cores wound in various alloys of bronze. the bronze would probably hold up better than the bare steel. A professional musician whom I know, uses one set of strings per session. I think that the high E string would let us know pretty quick if the steel pick is trick or just too sick. In the meantime, I have received a pretty good size portion of ~.007" half-hard BeCu. The technical expert who gave it to me said that the alloyed nature of the material renders the beryllium "safe", even under abrasion. I don't presently have time to proof any of this out, but if anyone desires a small free sample of BeCu, I will be happy to mail it off. Robert Taylor

Smoggy - Some time ago I single-pointed a 1/2" - 10 Acme nut in brass - a lot of material removal, but quite rewarding. With my limited time, 1" - 8 or 7/8" -9 all-thread and nut, or house jack would also be my choice. Thomas, you chimed in whilst I was typing this - I wish I could start a business wherein one would send a plaster cast of his/her screw, and I would return a cast bronze nut <sigh>. Robert Taylor

Please describe the vise it came out of - brand, model#?

PM sent. I have about a hundred pounds of .040" x ~1.1" bi-metal, for sawing up to and including superalloys. Very handy stuff. It is great for limited travel springs, fixturing shims, and use your imagination. There is a local company here that has used Pacific Northwest lumber mill blade to to produce knives via stock removal only. Robert Taylor

I see that Mr Popiel still kicking at age 81.