Scott NC

I have been turned down more times than not. Preservation from rot, rust and decay is not very high on most owners priority list. Doesn't hurt to ask, though. I consider it a challenge.

I should say it "follows" me home, after every visit. I found a spot on a defunct rail line near me where a train hauling bentonite went off the tracks and they just pushed all the smaller debris off to the side and left it. Spikes, sleepers, rail, springs, car parts... you name it. It covers an area about 1/8 to 1/4 mile long and you can stand in one spot and scan the ground and take your pick. I make small piles to come back for later when I have too much to carry. I found a semi-buried coupler once. I stubbed my toe on it as it was in a grassey area. After it rains a few times there is always something new uncovered but you have to wait until it dries out because wet bentonite is slick and when you fall down in it, it's hard to get back up! I asked permission to scavenge the area and got some funny looks but it was worth it. I found a rr spike so corroded you could use it for a toothpick but still tell what it was. Sorry for all the photos but I compressed them the best I could. Scott.

You should partialy melt a junk one sometime and leave it in an obvious place. May have been suggested before? I can think of more ideas...

I'll have a grin on my face the rest of the day.... Thanks.

Its too bad most books and magazines dont retain their value. You can't give them away. Our library used to take them for their annual sale but I guess they got swamped and stopped. Im moving, so books are a big problem. I found a drive thru liquer store that takes them for a charitable cause, so we have just started dropping off our unwanted ones there. We are putting a few of the keepers in each box packed with lighter stuff to spread out the weight. I have totes of Rock and Gem magazines, Iron Men Albums, Old West and on and on. What to do with them all... I found that when deciding what to pitch and what to keep, do NOT start reading/browsing through them. "Why I can't part with this...." "I might like to read these on a cold, wintery old night". You must be impartial. Ruthless. Cold blooded even. I haven't gotten very far.

rocksrar.esq, thc is an oil so I assume it is extracted using the same process on a much smaller scale. We didn't have explosion proof doors, not to mention interlocks. Though, all components, motors, pumps, sensors, etc.. from start to finish were interlocked, so one broken cotter key or hot bearing and down she went. It was a behemoth to start back up. They did cable the steel building siding to the structural beams inside. No cell phones, key fobs, zippos and so on. All the electrical and mechanical components were "special construction". Very expensive. We had some hair raising adventures in there.

Right up until there is a colossal coronal mass ejection. Then... Ps - I found a can of rusty old hinges cleaning out the cellar today.

Tom Swift Jr had his atomic jet and I read his adventures in the 1960's. Does Johhny Sokko and His Flying Robot belong in this conversation? Who cares! Brain novacaine.... I like Verne too. Just look at the clothing and haircuts. Rotary phones. Ahh, the good ole days.

Tell me more....

I've read Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Raybradbury and a few others, but I can tell I'm treading in deep water even posting this. I have heard of the Hitchikers Guide, but never read it. I will. I am but a neophyte in these smoky realms. Please forgive..... I did see a Rod Serling version of "How to serve man" on tee vee. So there.

I concur 100%. Theres a slew of interesting things I dont comment on, due to: priorities, time restraints, missed posts, but mostly lack of knowledge and experience on my part. I wasn't fishing, just blathering on and trying to have fun as usual. Thomas, is there a guidebook for us Tellurians? I sure could use one. Badly..... I googled "sol 3 guidebook" and came up with Sol Gel Synthesis and learned all about mechanical, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of sol-gel derived materials and the methods for their characterization such as diffraction methods and nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared and Raman spectroscopies.

I just noticed, my Pinocchio works in reverse. His nose grows when somebody else tells a whopper... Lol... It's been a long day. "I'm watching you... "Frosty"... or whatever your name really is.

I no longer work there. BTW its in that too depending on the oil you chose. Vinegars probably ok though.

The process that made the blue cheese dressing you had at supper could blow a hole in the ground 50' deep and flatten/incinerate a 10 city block radius. If something went "wrong" that is.

Very cool indeed. I almost thought the blade was somehow inlaid for pete's sake! Again, nice work. Scott

Not to detract from the blade, but is that a stained glass something in the reflection on it? Just curious. Nice work.

Careful Frosty, remember the nose!

Poor Pinocchio. Nobody likes you.... Maybe that's because your rr spike tip nose would start growing when others tell a fib, yarn or other outlandish, unbelievable, long winded spoof of their exploits. Your photo, nose included, would take up too much bandwidth if that were to happen. Might stall out the whole forum. Maybe the internet itself. Poor Pinocchio.....

I am always the last to know.... Seriously though, it's a new one to me and rather exciting. I was trying to glue glass bead "eyeballs" on a few projects, but they looked all bulgey and you could see the glue through the glass. I can envision a new way of doing it now. I have an idea for a big butterfly (big chopper mandibles and all) with all different colors built into its wings and may be able to adapt this technique too it. There is an artist collective near me and I may pay them a visit. I know they have a glass blowing department and may be able to learn something first hand. It's been years since I last visited and things may have changed, especially with this foul virus circulating around. I'd do some experimenting but my shop has been downsized, packed up and buried behind several tons of assorted household belongings. Thanks for the thoughts and information fellows. Ben Franklin: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” True for some.... Others, not so much. Scott

That is a nice machine, Ed. Its very satisfying cutting metal on a tool you built yourself. I built Gingerys shaper many years ago and learned a lot from doing it. It lasted a long time but eventually fell apart and into the rolloff it went (minus a few MAPs). It bit me once in a careless moment so I wasnt too sad to see it go. Scott

Thats a fine bottle opener and a cool concept. I can imagine all sorts of possibilities. I may need a bigger forge though. I wonder if contraction of the metal as it cools would present a problem with cracking and if tempering and slow cooling would help. How about slumping it into/over expanded metal?!? I have some research to do... Something new, red hot and dangerous to delve into. Wonderful!!! Thankfully, I dont have to take Metformin.

I like the rusty, crusty look is all. How does the torch work fit in with the glass? Melt it down into the holes in the perforated metal? I used to be into electronics and could make leds slowly glow on and off, among other things, but it was all too fiddely for my metalwork. I never got all that good at it. Stunning effect though.

Robert, it was a made as a gift by myself and an accomplice to a young girl who likes monsters. Quite honestly I cringed when I saw how they festooned it. Actually, it hurts my eyes and I should not have posted it ;-). Im a Hack too.

Ahh... As Ozzy says... "The wreckage of my past keeps haunting me..." I seriously wasnt trying to dredge that up from the depths. Loose lips sink ships . I might as well show the final product. It kind of turned out along the lines of what Frosty had in mind. What say you Frosty? Disclaimer: I have no control over anything after it leaves my shop.

High praise in my book. I posted a project of a ladybug on here a while ago that had vicious mandibles. No flame thrower, alas. We named it Gamera if I remember right. Asian lady beetles will chew on you. They actually bite. I cleaned out a dead tomato patch one year that was infested with them.