Frosty Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I've bookmarked the site but happily I haven't done my old iphone damage. I spent a few extra dollars and bought the water resistant padded phone case, the screen cover is getting a little foggy but it's a good 10 yro and all I do is talk, take the occasional picture and maybe GPS something. It's kept my iphone 6 safe enough for quite a while. I do fix stuff though. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryFahnoe Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Aside from all the fasteners on modern "devices" being maddeningly tiny, they're often very specific like Torx or Tri-lobe. The iFixit tool kits are quite nice in that they provide the proper tools and are my go-to choice when I'm dealing with a laptop, tablet or phone. My biggest challenge is having enough light and magnification! Oh, & a heap o' patience helps too... --Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I need all that too Larry PLUS a table that is as much tray as table so the screws and other teensy pieces I drop don't end up in the carpet. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Fortunately, I have one of those magnifiers with a built-in ring light, which came in very handy. This particular job required a pentalobe and a #000 Phillips screwdrivers, and I used one of the carboard trays from the packaging to hold parts (with pencil jottings of what was from where). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyVee Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 +1 on the iFixit discussion. I just bought their "essentials" toolkit to get the fine torx and other bits needed to repair an old Playstation 2. And this followed me home today: a pair of wrought iron horseshoes. A member of NMABA had picked up the twisting wrench I forgot at the state fair on Wednesday and I met him at his shop to retrieve it. He had a pile of these, and they were just the remains of a much larger pile he'd gotten hold of. Since he had more than he could use he just handed me a couple to take away. Not sure what I'll try to make out of them, and it may be some time before I try, having never worked with WI before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimpickins Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Mid Century Draught table stand. 110lbs, 29” tall, 16” to 27” circumference. Free from garbage dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Today’s ReStore haul: 20 Allen wrenches (5¢ each, for repoussé tool stock), a nice pipe clamp, and a Moka pot. The last is not strictly speaking for blacksmithing, but a Moka Pot for $2.50 is worth celebrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Yep, make some Cafe Con Leche or Dulce De Leche and get the zoomies in the forge, amazing how fast ya can swing the hammer. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 OK, please excuse the ignorance of an unsophisticated Westerner who is not as refined as you sophisticated Eastetrners but, what is a Moka pot? Is it some kind of coffee press? Simple folk want to know. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Yes it makes espresso along with the others I mentioned. The coffee is very fine ground and quite strong. We like Bustelo black and it will make your hair straight, the Cafe Con Leche has milk frothed and the Dulce De Leche is milk and sugar, my favorite. Even though I drink regular coffee black. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Debi just reminded me in South Florida, Hialeah it's called Cafe Cubano or Cuban Coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 If you Google Java Presse It will tell you all you never thought you needed to know about coffee the "elite" like. Not that I consider us to be elite but we do love some good strong coffee's. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 It sounds like the coffee my late father-in-law (a medieval history professor) described at a little Greek restaurant near the British Library in London that he frequented when he was doing research. He described it as "making you want to go out and fight Turks." I'm a wussy milk and sweetner man, myself. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Strictly speaking, what you get from a Moka pot isn’t espresso, because it’s not brewed at the same high pressure as true espresso. It is very like it, though, and quite delicious. Greek coffee (which is practically identical with Turkish coffee and traditional Arab coffee, but none of them will ever admit that) is made from finely ground coffee mixed with sugar, spices (cardamom, for example), and water, heated until foaming in a special open pot, and drunk from miniature cups. It’s important to let it sit for a second before drinking, and don’t drain your cup, lest you swallow the half teaspoon or so of sediment at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Also Moka is a type of coffee, I think from Turkey or Java and it has a chocolate flavor all by itself. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 That’s “mocha”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Stopped by the bakery and discovered they’d had cards printed showing the sign I made for them a few years back. So, in addition to a carrot cake bar, a chocolate croissant, and a salted caramel scone, one of those followed me home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 If that isn't a proud moment and compliment to your work, I don't know what is. Congrats, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 If that doesn't put a BIG old smile on your face I don't know what would! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 19 hours ago, JHCC said: That’s “mocha”. Yes I've seen it spelled both ways. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Saw a claw hammer on the side of the on ramp of the highway coming in to work today. Had to stop to grab it. It was a safe area to do so. I have passed on a lot of scrap laying along the highway because of risk vs. reward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Looks like it's got a little road rash there on the claw. Good canidate for Donkey Head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 That's what I was thinking Scott. "Jack"hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Some big dull and damaged woodsawblades. All rusted, carbide bits broken. Diameter 380mm i believe. But i think good steel. Ideal for making some gardentools out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Between two packages that we’re waiting for me when I got back from a business trip, I got an old wrench, a cornhusker, replacement leads for the welding pencil, and some pine rosin. Guess which package was from Amazon and which was from an IFI member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Not being able to go to Quad-State this weekend, I went to the “Inventory Blowout Sale” at the industrial surplus place, for a few goodies. First, some big chunks of steel for improvised anvils: An old electric etching machine, which I want to try for electrolytic logo etching: An industrial cart to be cut up for the steel: And the real find: 220 pounds of W-1 round bar for about 50¢/pound: The store was kind enough to let me use some space in the parking lot and an outlet to plug in an extension cord, so that I could cut up the cart with an angle grinder. Thanks, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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