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mcostello

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  1. I do have something to add. A coworker told Me when rabbit hunting if They found a tree that hollowed out in the base, He would take a black berry bramble and stick it in the hole and twist. Evidentially worked well, till the time He pulled out a big rat.......................
  2. Pray tell, a story that I have not heard of. What is it and are there any more like it? I have heard of snipe hunting.
  3. There are at least two things human beings do well. Shooting and killing things. Hitting things with our cars. Why are there no victims shown? I wold think not all of Them would be bought up.
  4. I built an electronic ignition kit from Radio Shack, remember Them? It immediately smoothed out the idle on an 68 Camaro that had no problems that I could tell. One day I accidentally brushed against a spark plug wire and the next time I looked up I was laying on the ground looking at the clouds, wondering how I got there.
  5. I friction sawed a piece of rebar and it was 2 distinct colors, one side steel colored and the other side dark grey like cast iron. It had a clean line between the two. Someone did not even stir the melt up. Might make good pegs, might split into two pieces also.
  6. No oxypropane torch. Just get a propane tip and that's all You need. The flame is not as hot, 5100°appx. vs 5700° appx for acetylene. What's 600° among friends. Supposedly no good for gas welding, I don't use it for that. Cost is way cheaper, cylender doubles for BBQ cooking. Cutting flame is different, hold the tip a little bit further away.
  7. Used propane to cut with for at least 20 years. Get the right tip.
  8. Wife drove through a level 2 snow emergency 20 miles to work. Was 20 minutes late. Got wrote up for it. Those who did not try got the day off scott free.
  9. Now and then the learning curve beats US into submission.
  10. I think He might not pick them out, They would find their way out very fast.
  11. If Someone is "best man" at a wedding, what did the Woman settle for?
  12. One of the Guys I worked with fell asleep at a train crossing waiting for the train to pass. The State Police behind Him hit the siren and He stayed awake all the way to work.
  13. Some people must only exist to serve as a bad example.
  14. I've cauterized Myself with no other injury present.
  15. Daylight Savings time or Daylight Spending time?
  16. Maybe it is a rivet hole making hammer, one good swing and PRESTO a hole appears.
  17. Got one named Pepper, that led to, Salt, Cinnamon, Spice, Mommy cat (self explainatory) and Claws (also self explainatory.)
  18. Others You can tell the quality of the blacksmith by the quantity of their scrap pile.
  19. We knew You could do it, We were just waiting till You found out.
  20. So this means that a Guy with a very sore hand was supposed to get a turn at striking. Pain maybe a deterrent, but I think it would not help accuracy.
  21. The industrial store I bought it from says They only buy water hardening drill rod. The second time it got hard, although the only change was lowering the temperature using the color chart provided from the book mentioned on this site. My bad the shaft was tempered. One source for hardening color temperature stated 1700° which looked like I should have been close to. The second try was 1400° going by the same chart. Maybe They are buying W-1, will ask next time I can.
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