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Archie Otteson

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    Rosemount, MN
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  1. Archie Otteson
    Seems like I don't qualify. Online with my desk top the page says it's not available for any of my devices. Google play store on my galaxy phone can't even find it.
  2. Archie Otteson
    The fine tune like cleaning up welds and maybe paint. etc. Maybe I'll get around to shaping a knife soon.
  3. Archie Otteson
    I'm in total agreement with both Frosty and George here. I have known one particular guy all my life. We met in 1962 when our parents moved in next door in a new suburban development. We are both in the trades, Him being a machinist and myself a Heavy Truck Mechanic. We both have similar training in safety, PPE use and exposure to harmful and toxic substances. We have both have worked for some very large global corporations but never at the same company. On the surface he comes off as an intelligent wel spoke person. Over time he has become very skeptical about almost any information that may (in his opinion) be coming from a government, corporate or other perceived insidious source. Sometimes trying to convince him otherwise is a complete waste of time. He is a skeptic and there is always some underlying plot or conspiracy behind the message. It seems recently I meet more people with that attitude. The final thought here to me is, just walk away.
  4. Archie Otteson
    The one I have uses 1/4", 5/16" and 3/8" nuts and bolts. Then the grinder portion gets rinsed in hot water then into the dishwasher. I found out early on to store it all dry in a wood box. The time it got oiled before storage the oil "polymerized". There was one fine holed plate where the oil was so hard I degreased it with my torch. I also have a all in one like the kitchen aid. Just noi fast enough to grind season and stuff 30lbs of meat. So, I made this one in the picture.
  5. Archie Otteson
    A bit more completed on the belt grinder today. I decided to use the meat grinder base for this project too. All bolt on.
  6. Archie Otteson
    I don't have anything that needs hitching except the dogs. Wifey or kids won't hold still long enough. (That's a joke) Maybe a decorative fence in front yard? Part of a "ratrod" project? Sounds like welding is an issue too. Perhaps burning the chrome off in a firepit? or grinding? I know it's a stretch, It's a beautiful shinny chunk of steel. I hate to just let it go. Well, anyways it'll get moved to the back yard for now.
  7. Archie Otteson
    I recently came into possession of a chrome plated Hydraulic cylinder rod. It is 2" diameter and 8 feet long. All chrome is intact, and one end has the eye other end is threaded. Do you know what the steel might? Not really sure what to do with it. Looking for ideas.
  8. Archie Otteson
    There are words but I really don't think this needs an explanation.
  9. Archie Otteson
    Smokie, Abbigayle and Isabelle.
  10. Archie Otteson
    Everything unbolts from the frame. After that cleaning is pretty straight forward. The frame gets sprayed off in the laundry tub. The ready rod is there to hold the plates on the output side. I was grinding some stiff cold meat and the threads stripped off the grinder. Instead of buying a new grinder I made those plates to hold it all together.
  11. Archie Otteson
    My apology for mis posting this picture. I posted this in the area because a "flash hole" is part of a flintlock.
  12. Archie Otteson
    I ground this knife out of a leaf spring. the heart shaped object is an original antique flashole pick.
  13. Archie Otteson
    This is a T/C upgrade stock from Track Of The Wolf ML supply in Elk River MN. Lock and furniture are from the donor for the Renegade stock repair. Barrel is a New green mountain .54 cal with 1:66 twist rifling. Round ball gun. This was my first very frustrated attempt at butt plate and nose cap. Nose cap and but plate top extension are Ebony wood and the rear end of the buttplate is buffalo horn.
  14. Archie Otteson
    The sock was broken at the nose so cut and installed the front end of another stock broken through the lock mortice. First pic the lower stock is the donor. The lock and other parts were used in another ML build.
  15. Archie Otteson
    And now some other pics for your ogling.
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