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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Road trip planned
« Last post by jabberwoki on April 16, 2024, 08:52:30 PM »
Quote from: gtermini on April 15, 2024, 11:45:56 PM
If you head through Grangeville, I can put you in touch with a bud there that works at 'the' shop for p&w and curtiss wright radial engines. It's a nice area too. Not too close or too far from spokane and boise.

Not this trip although i went thru there last trip.
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GUNSMITHING/ KNIFEMAKING / Re: Personal airgun smithing.
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 16, 2024, 08:30:48 PM »
Awhile back I decided to shorten all the shanks of my Grace drivers for more finesse/ control,  and I'm very glad I did.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Road trip planned
« Last post by bonneyman on April 16, 2024, 05:29:06 PM »
Been thru that area of the States - nice folks! Was traveling towards Boise on my way to Seattle and broke down - in a snowstorm! Telephone repair guy just getting off his shift saw me on the side of the freeway and turned around to help me out. Saved me from possibly freezing to death!
Many years later the Mrs and I travelled to Yellowstone while visiting friend's in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Beautiful country!

You could always visit Tucson. We have the prettiest cactus and best Mexican food anywhere.  :))
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: After decades of carefree service... Time to retire
« Last post by oldcarguy on April 16, 2024, 10:17:15 AM »
This is how the old gal looks today. It was actually a rust bucket. I welded a piece of 16 gauge plate in the button of the tray and welded a bunch of holes throughout the rest of the frame work. The handles were like Swiss Cheese. So I pressed on a short piece of brass tubing that was hanging around my shop... I'd imagine that brass tubing is worth more than the whole project.  I'll be putting an automotive clear cost of everything tomorrow..




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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Road trip planned
« Last post by gtermini on April 15, 2024, 11:45:56 PM »
If you head through Grangeville, I can put you in touch with a bud there that works at 'the' shop for p&w and curtiss wright radial engines. It's a nice area too. Not too close or too far from spokane and boise.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Everything 1/4dr
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 15, 2024, 09:13:54 PM »
Quote from: bonneyman on April 15, 2024, 07:09:31 PM
Me likey!   :great:
It even uses the Kilness patent New Britain mechanism too, and for a gimmick tool like this they did not have to do that.
A typical cheap S•K or WRIGHT type design could have sufficed, but I guess it makes sense since they had the NB tooling.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: spring 24
« Last post by muddy on April 15, 2024, 08:56:32 PM »
Got about 8-10 inches of rain in three days the first week in April. And a couple of rainy days since. Not much happening around here.

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Road trip planned
« Last post by jabberwoki on April 15, 2024, 07:27:04 PM »
Going to look for somewhere to retire to.
The place i originally thought of has become too full and expensive now.
Going to head down through Idaho into southern Wyoming than back up the middle of Wyoming through Grand Teton up through Salmon then back down into WA.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Everything 1/4dr
« Last post by bonneyman on April 15, 2024, 07:09:31 PM »
Me likey!   :great:
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Everything 1/4dr
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 15, 2024, 05:57:05 PM »
I just got this Litton industries pocket socket in the mail.


Yes it's a gimmick novelty tool, but the quality is not junk and it actually makes a pretty nice lithium wheel ratchet.

I scored it for really cheap because one of the original sockets was supposedly missing and replaced with a random 6mm, but all of the original sockets are actually there and in unused condition.
I don't know if they had more than one to sell or just found the missing socket or what but I'm glad they were all there.
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