October 12, 20169 yr That's gonna take quite a load of beetle dung to make enough charcoal for anything
October 12, 20169 yr 46 minutes ago, Michael Cochran said: That's gonna take quite a load of beetle dung to make enough charcoal for anything Actually, I have some micro-projects in mind........
October 12, 20169 yr 1 hour ago, Anachronist58 said: Actually, I have some micro-projects in mind........ Firecrackers could be a good use for those tiny pellets.
October 12, 20169 yr 7 minutes ago, Michael Cochran said: Firecrackers could be a good use for those tiny pellets. Funny you should mention that - actually, I have hired some Ambrosia Beetles for THAT job!
October 13, 20169 yr 6 hours ago, Kevin_Olson said: How are going to use the crude. Second. What. It just runs out of a hill into a ditch. Where does it go from there. Im thinking tha EPA would be all over that. There are oil seeps all over Cal quite a few drip right onto a beach. Heck there are oil seeps all over oil country everywhere. Humans have been collecting it for use since I don't know when. We've been water proofing things like boats with it since we moved up from lashed logs. Greek fire used naptha in the flame thrower mixes, yes the Greeks were refining crude into various fuels and probably solvents. About the EPA. They still make a deal about finding crude oil buried in beach deposits from the Exxon Valdez spill. What they don't mention is they're digging into layers that are hundreds and thousands of years old. The fish haven't come back because they're over fished. Frosty The Lucky.
October 13, 20169 yr On 08/10/2016 at 4:25 PM, JHCC said: About 20# of spikes and clips. And, of course, the usual snippy note from the TSA (not shown). whats " the usual snippy note from the TSA"?
October 13, 20169 yr 3 hours ago, Stephen Jones said: whats " the usual snippy note from the TSA"? TSA= Transportation Security Administration here in the States. They're the guys in uniforms at all our airports who are supposed to make sure you don't bring a bomb or a butter knife on an airliner. IIRC, JHCC likes to go hunting RR scrap when he's on vacation, after which he chucks all his goodies in his checked luggage for the trip home (saves on shipping costs :)). When the luggage goes through security at the airport, all that steel makes quite the impression on the xray machines, so the TSA guys have to go looking through his luggage and leave him a note when they find nothing(except for 20+ pounds of scrap steel). Heck, forget the xray machines, think of what the metal detectors would do if that was in a carry on!
October 13, 20169 yr 13 hours ago, Frosty said: There are oil seeps all over Cal quite a few drip right onto a beach. Heck there are oil seeps all over oil country everywhere. Humans have been collecting it for use since I don't know when. We've been water proofing things like boats with it since we moved up from lashed logs. Greek fire used naptha in the flame thrower mixes, yes the Greeks were refining crude into various fuels and probably solvents. The chunks of tar that occasionally floated to the surface of the Dead Sea were being traded to Egypt thousands of years BC. 47 minutes ago, Andrew Martin said: TSA= Transportation Security Administration here in the States. They're the guys in uniforms at all our airports who are supposed to make sure you don't bring a bomb or a butter knife on an airliner. IIRC, JHCC likes to go hunting RR scrap when he's on vacation, after which he chucks all his goodies in his checked luggage for the trip home (saves on shipping costs :)). When the luggage goes through security at the airport, all that steel makes quite the impression on the xray machines, so the TSA guys have to go looking through his luggage and leave him a note when they find nothing(except for 20+ pounds of scrap steel). Heck, forget the xray machines, think of what the metal detectors would do if that was in a carry on! It's actually while I'm on business trips, not vacation; otherwise, correct. Plus, I travel so much for work that I don't pay for checking a bag (up to 50 lbs).
October 18, 20169 yr I had a good day at work today. Had a #100 Vulcan jump in the back of the truck and follow me home. It was joined by a small hot cut hardie and a bottom swage tool
October 18, 20169 yr Nice! If you don't know already , Vulcans have thinner top plates, and they have suffered from casting irregularities. Only hit hot metal on them. They are a quiet anvil , so they are good for urban smithing. I have one that is 150# that came out of a high school.
October 19, 20169 yr Yea I had read that thank you. It is much quieter than my Peter Wright but it is in much better condition. The plate looks to be in good shape. Can't wait to try it out this weekend
October 20, 20169 yr these followed me home recently, some were unused but had been in a rusty pile for probably 70 years, now shotblasted they may be rehomed soon. sorry the pictures are a bit dark, will get better ones tomorrow
October 20, 20169 yr A tad difficult to read, the name on the casting is Beaumont and Wood Ltd. Sheffield. (presumably England) if anyone has any knowledge of the company please do enlighten us.....neither myself or ID have had any luck searching for info. We know they also made forge blowers and bellows.
October 21, 20169 yr could they be for side blast forges? just thinking out loud here, not much of a side blast person, so don't take my word for it. Littleblacksmith
October 21, 20169 yr So this small (350 lbs/160kg) clamping cube followed me home. The challange was only the "how to get it out of the trunk alone?". It's good to have a big pile of rusty junk around, isn't it? (Wasn't talk about the 114lbs travel anvil, though. )
October 21, 20169 yr Love the technique. I've done a number of moving heavy objects by myself. First rule is to not put yourself where failure will result in injury. Second rule is to go slow so the system can't get out of control. Keeping bystanders far away and silent is rule 0
October 21, 20169 yr Author Many things can be moved from the tailgate of a truck and free fall onto some old tires. Just be careful of bounce. Be VERY careful what ever you do, and plan an escape route.
October 22, 20169 yr 5 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Looks like a table from a radial drill press I couldn't identify the machine this was a part of. It missed all the business end parts. It reminded me to a weird kind of milling machine. (Or maybe not that weird, I'm just not used to milling machines.) It was a bit like this:
October 22, 20169 yr I bought a pair of tongs for 50 cent. they need some work but I think they will be useful again.
October 22, 20169 yr "...It reminded me to a weird kind of milling machine. (Or maybe not that weird, I'm just not used to milling machines.) It was a bit like this: ..." Gergely, it isn't the work table from a shaper is it? sliding head as in your photo but holds a lathe type tool rather than a rotating bit?
October 22, 20169 yr 13 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said: were at?! that's not to bad of a price! Littleblacksmith I bought them at "balon" the largest outdoor market in Europe. it iake place here in Turin every Saturday morning.
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