What did you do to your deuce this week?

[Another Ahab]

She packs a Beretta 92fs compact L INOX.

Makes my sp101 look crappy

Second ONLY to the Walther PPK; nice choice.

 

[jking615]

Second ONLY to the Walther PPK; nice choice.

Her father was adamant that she gets a Glock 19, but she refused it. She is a hammer-fire girl, and as a revolver person, I support that without problem. My only problem with the Blocks are that they are not that comfortable to hold, and they have a serious problem with dust. Her father's response to that was "But they are super easy to take down if they do malfunction." Needless to say I showed him my old M9 and he nearly wet himself.

 

[Aussie Bloke]

G'day everyone,....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwwim244mk





Aussie.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

G'day everyone,....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwwim244mk





Aussie.

...but I noticed you're driving on the "wrong" side of the road all the time!!!

In any case - Congratulations! You are officially a good ambassador for the MV Hobby.

 

[Another Ahab]

Only one small piece of luggage?! Your Mom is one good sport: sending blessings to you all!

Best regards

 

[rustystud]

Good video, just one word of advice. Next time don't stick the camera out the window so much. The sound of the wind passing by makes it hard to enjoy the scenery. I know I can just turn down the volume, but then I cannot enjoy the hum of the multifuel !

 

[Aussie Bloke]

G'day everyone,....

Only one small piece of luggage?! Your Mom is one good sport: sending blessings to you all!

Best regards

Seasons blessings to you and yours my friend.

Good video, just one word of advice. Next time don't stick the camera out the window so much. The sound of the wind passing by makes it hard to enjoy the scenery.......
then I can enjoy the hum of the multifuel !

Noted!

Yeah I guess I got carried away a bit there,...



Aussie.

 

[zanther]

New starter

I replaced the petcock on my secondary fuel filter housing. Ended up using a Schrader valve for a couple of days while waiting on a new petcock to arrive. 1/8" NPT Air tank drain is what I had to search for on the big A.

Also replaced the starter on my m35a2c yesterday with a DelcoRemy 39MT. It was pricey but my local starter/alternator repair guy says he won't rebuild Leeville Neece's any longer due to poor quality control on their parts after moving manufacturing to China.

Then I used the truck to pick up 114bdft of Eastern Maple for a furniture project I'm making for a friend.

 

[tobyS]

I replaced the petcock on my secondary fuel filter housing. Ended up using a Schrader valve for a couple of days while waiting on a new petcock to arrive. 1/8" NPT Air tank drain is what I had to search for on the big A.

Also replaced the starter on my m35a2c yesterday with a DelcoRemy 39MT. It was pricey but my local starter/alternator repair guy says he won't rebuild Leeville Neece's any longer due to poor quality control on their parts after moving manufacturing to China.

Then I used the truck to pick up 114bdft of Eastern Maple for a furniture project I'm making for a friend.

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Eastern (hard) maple in Washington? Kiln dried?

Did you mean alternator or starter?

 

[zanther]

Yep to Hard and kiln dried , got it through Hardwood Industries, regional wood wholesaler. I get to shop there because we've got a woodworking group that has finagled an account.

Starter definitely. The weight wasn't really resting on my turbo, that was snug but more of a Just-In-Case safety strap.

 

[zanther]

Just realized I've been saying Leeville Neece... instead of leece-Neville... oops!

 

[tobyS]

Yea I saw the starter after I wrote that.

You have some nice thick maple, is it figured or any burls? Some maples can have wild patterns.

I built a high-tension bandsawmill and the first thing I cut was a 36" walnut burl.

 

[Another Ahab]

Yea I saw the starter after I wrote that.

You have some nice thick maple, is it figured or any burls? Some maples can have wild patterns.

I built a high-tension bandsawmill and the first thing I cut was a 36" walnut burl.

Where did you get that piece of gold; harvest it yourself?!

 

[tobyS]

Where did you get that piece of gold; harvest it yourself?!

I bought a small load of walnut and a few other hardwoods to test the saw on and it was their ugly duckling, so I agreed to take it.

I had to sacrifice 2" to get it through the 34" opening and made from 1/2" thickness to about 3". Simply incredible. But had a few pockets of **** the threw sparks from my Stellite tipped teeth.

 

[Another Ahab]

I bought a small load of walnut and a few other hardwoods to test the saw on and it was their ugly duckling, so I agreed to take it.

Someone GAVE you a 36" knot of burl wood. WALNUT burl wood?!

 

[tobyS]

Someone GAVE you a 36" knot of burl wood. WALNUT burl wood?!


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I have friends in timber harvesting... and build sawmill and veneer equipment. A burl that large is so uncommon, they didn't have a market. Few people can cut it.

 

[Another Ahab]

I have friends in timber harvesting... and build sawmill and veneer equipment. A burl that large is so uncommon, they didn't have a market. Few people can cut it.

And you're a woodworker?! Brother, you are one Lucky Dog!

 

[zanther]

Nope this is pretty standard looking wood, nothing special in the figure or pattern that I've seen. Though I will have to resaw some of it so I might find a few gems. I'm making a double-wide tatami platform for a friend. hoping to use a new to me Japanese joint that doesn't require screws.

 

[tobyS]

We invested in development of the machinery to compete with Wood Miser on the top and commercial market for sawmills with a unique, ultra high tension bandsaw. I put 5 years in the project, plus about $200k in.... and it bankrupt me in 88. Not sure about lucky, but the saw performed even better than predicted. So well that no US band makers can make our thin bands.

Since then I make what others pay to have made, from automating the primary part of a veneer factory to changing the driven pulley on a 150 year old 12" wide band mill, to making stack breakdown, grading lines, Siemens PC control and lots of high power electrical.

I had a patent about to issue on the bandsaw but dropped it when financing failed and I watched the Asians in the US Patent office taking the patents for the cost of a copy. It's still a proprietary advantage that I intend to put into a process making thin wood lamination stocks. Working on a 3" blade with now, kerf about .060", Stellite tipped.

Edit...I'll check and see if there is a sawmill thread.

 

[Another Ahab]

We invested in development of the machinery to compete with Wood Miser on the top and commercial market for sawmills with a unique, ultra high tension bandsaw. I put 5 years in the project, plus about $200k in.... and it bankrupt me in 88. Not sure about lucky, but the saw performed even better than predicted. So well that no US band makers can make our thin bands.

Since then I make what others pay to have made, from automating the primary part of a veneer factory to changing the driven pulley on a 150 year old 12" wide band mill, to making stack breakdown, grading lines, Siemens PC control and lots of high power electrical.

I had a patent about to issue on the bandsaw but dropped it when financing failed and I watched the Asians in the US Patent office taking the patents for the cost of a copy. It's still a proprietary advantage that I intend to put into a process making thin wood lamination stocks. Working on a 3" blade with now, kerf about .060", Stellite tipped.

Edit...I'll check and see if there is a sawmill thread.

Please start one if there isn't. Just a general wood and woodworking thread. I'd be all over it; and I bet there's others!