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Frosty

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  1. I was just thinking a shot of anti spatter spray would help preserve the chuck's face when welding. Frosty The Lucky.
  2. I was wrong! The movie with the giant cannon is, "The Pride And The Passion." IIRC Thomas passed his falconette to a friend, maybe a minion before he passed, he did that with a lot of his things. Frosty The Lucky.
  3. You may have lucked out on the snow plow edge, 1/2" thick is too thin to be off a heavy duty snow removal type plow. Those are typically 3/4" - 1" thick and an equivalent alloy to Vascowear which is 2" carbon will alloying metals to prevent it becoming brittle and probably 10% tungsten carbide particles for abrasion resistance. You need diamond drill bits to drill a hole in one and Blue wheels to grind or cut with an abrasive wheel. You almost undoubtedly have a higher than simple steel alloy but . . . Maybe. As George suggests make a series of test coupons to evaluate what you have. A dead campfire is better than a dive bar ashtray. Fabreez works pretty well on B A D smelling stuff. Deb ordered a bottle of Pooph as seen on TV and it's a hands down excellent odor killer. I actually tested it on a steaming pile of Doxy poop and it was rendered good. Frosty The Lucky.
  4. Yes you did! Happily I stopped smoking a couple + decades ago and think I can resist making one of my own. It does look pretty cool, industrial blacksmitherly combo. I like it. Frosty The Lucky.
  5. Ahhh, an antidote to the Lucky Strike Red . . wing ambiance! Understandable Sir, best of luck on the quest. Frosty The Lucky.
  6. You might want to link it here, anti spatter spray is directly related to the magnetic chuck thread, isn't it? It is important to preserving a valuable tool, no? Frosty The Lucky.
  7. I had another cannon memory just after I lost track of this thread, sort of. How about the cannon in "The Pride And The Prejudice?" I AM thinking of the right movie aren't I? Frosty The Lucky.
  8. It smooshes. Did you finish an ashtray? Frosty The Lucky.
  9. Neatsfoot oil is what I've been using since I was a kid. It's effective, common off the shelf and so less expensive than more exotic oils. I admit I have no experience with mink oil, it might actually be superior, I don't know. Frosty The Lucky.
  10. I don't know, I may well have been mistaken about how ITC has changed ITC-100 They said the handling and application was the same but it's been a while since I talked to them. The best bet is probably to talk to them yourself and see. It took some persistence to get a person last time but he was pretty helpful. What got their attention was when I told them I was discussing ITC 100 on a public forum with some 50,000 members reading along. If your lump won't dissolve in water maybe the ball mill is a good choice but I don't know how it'll work in a forge. Will it fire to the liner? I have no idea. I wish I did and will appreciate knowing what you find out. Frosty The Lucky.
  11. <sigh> I'll shoot Thom one of Thomas's minions a message, he might have pics. Frosty The Lucky.
  12. I don't recall slag, is there a mechanism for moving air through the tracheae? Frosty The Lucky.
  13. I'll make a note to ask Shannon next time I call. I believe she deliberately hid it from her last S O. She has lousy taste in men and I believe swore off. My little cannon had a recoil like it was a spigot cannon. It's nothing to look at, just a slightly tapered 2" round bar with a 5/8" bore 9" deep I don't recall but the muzzle end was 1 1/2" or 1 3/4" od. Anyway, I'll ask if she knows where it is and get her to take a pic if she does. What she'll probably do instead is ship it to me. I wonder if they'll be able to detect propellent residue after more than 50 years? Frosty The Lucky.
  14. The first games were pretty good and the players were young teens, 13-14 and I must admit way better curlers than I was. I was bouncing back and forth between curling and cannon videos. Makes for an entertaining if odd afternoon. It is a little odd seeing a world sporting event going on in an ice arena I'm intimately familiar with. It'd be fun to stop by Safeway for sushi and show up to help set up. It was a timing thing when I was curling but I'd show up open skating and classes were clearing out and the Zamboni was making the ice pristine and eat my sushi while things got changed over then help when I wouldn't be more in the way than helpful. One of the guys would pebble the ice while we set the hacks and move the rocks out. And today on the screen our score boards, Palmer Curling Club hosting the world. It's just soo cool! I'll maybe stop grinning in a month or two IF I can stop thinking about it. Frosty The Lucky.
  15. I was and none of the guys who saw felt it was okay, one offered to hold him while I kicked his butt. That rod cost me $60+ in 1967or so. It'd be like $300 now though there are much better rods now days. Still, Dad and I used to go fishing with our Fenwick ultra lights. We did a lot of scream fishing and you could cast a single egg, 30' easy. I gotta stop or I'll get all maudlin and whiny. Frosty The Lucky.
  16. I'll bet Max loves it when you take him anywhere except maybe the dentist. Quality time with Dad is the BEST. I lost my Fenwick ultra light spinning rod when an acquaintance loaded it in his pickup truck and slammed the door on it. "Sorry, you can have mine." the equivalent of a walmart special. <grrrr> Frosty The Lucky.
  17. A smart dog knows when to play dumb. They know us sooooo well. Frosty The Lucky.
  18. I don't know about hairspray but if you used the water based stuff you wouldn't have to let it dry, it might work let us know please. Pam cooking spray works pretty well so did pledge spray furniture polish but Pledge is all silicone anymore so I don't know. Frosty The Lucky.
  19. How do you know bugs don't walk on their hands? They can certainly grasp and hold things with them. Frosty The Lucky.
  20. I'll bet he's on the dole! Good one Scott, you aught to send the recording to "The Longest Johns." Frosty The Lucky.
  21. Thanks for the link George, I expected more recoil but this was about my experience with ACW cannon. I did turn a cannon with a bore to fire marbles in Jr. High for a history class project and the instructor told me if the touch hole and bore met I'd never take a shop class in Cal. again. A history class mate made the naval carriage, got our grades and his carriage was destroyed with the first shot. 1/4 tsp of black powder would put a marble through both front doors of a junk car. How? Dad had a machine shop and we had a drill press in the garage so I didn't even have to bother him at work. My little sister still has it somewhere in the garage with other stuff from back when. Frosty The Lucky.
  22. I'd toss some more out there Das but the Arctic Winter Games are being held in the Mat Su valley Ak, where I live! And curling starts any time now, they're prepping the ice and I'm watching the live stream. Soooo, I'll maybe in and out for a week. If anyone is interested they're curling on the same ice I curl on! https://app.hometeamlive.com/#/home/events/35 Frosty The Lucky.
  23. I get it Billy a friend of one of the guys on the drill crew came by when we were drilling a creek in Anchorage. His son, Zack, a little older than Max I think was running up and down the creek with a stick trying to fish. I showed him how to find lures caught on stuff in the creek, how to tie a blood knot in the length of fishing line he'd found and we were buddies for life. When he caught a rainbow right in front of where we were set up. Zack got so excited he was tunning up and down Campbell Creek showing everybody his fish till he dropped it and it escaped. I found out later Zack was more excited about the knot than the fish. Sooo next time he was out I taught him how to tie a bowline and half hitch. then . . . Knots, kids seem to love knots. Go figure, eh? Frosty The Lucky.
  24. How many of those planter discs do you have? You could hang 2-3 by the center spaced pleasantly for wind chimes. You can tune the notes by grinding around the edges. A forged bird, woodpecker, etc. on spring legs would peck it's disc every time the wind moved it. Hmmm? They'd would also make a nice cover for a hanging bird feeders, Okay, I'm starting to get warmed up here. Mount one of the discs next to the doorbell like it's stuck in the wall with a part of a hand sticking out from "under" it. Paint NO Solicitors! on the disk. Hmmmm? Could hang one by a leather thong on the porch with a nicely forged striker. A sign saying ring the bell or be ignored, Or I'm deaf ring it DANG IT! Etc. Lots of room to expand there. Mother wanted a triangle and striker, hung it on the porch and as far as I know nobody ever rang it. Until I wrote a small sign, ring the triangle, No knockers allowed! Frosty The Lucky.
  25. Do you wan to know how to catch rabbits with a forked / split stick or a story? I'm sure once I get warmed up a little I can make up either. The biggest trick to catching rabbits with a forked stick is being absolutely sure it's actually a rabbit in the burrow. Catching a Badger or Wolverine with a forked stick is less than . . . desirable. My nieces all called me "Weird Uncle Jerry" while they were sort of youngsters, middle teens. Not knowing any little kid stories like "Little Red Riding Hood," etc. I used to just tell them about things. I was told by a group of Mothers (neighbors) the kids couldn't understand anything I was telling / showing them. Less than a week later one of their Fathers told me his little boy could not only tie more knots than he knew about but knew when and where to use them. I had a great time showing a couple youngsters how to use a compass and read a map and navigate. Frosty The Lucky.
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