so waht ya doin today?
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
I could get the chips from turning the OD to break into little pieces but I never could come up with the right combination of feed and speed and tool type to get the chips from boring the ID to break. And most of the material came from the ID not the OD. 
Had the hacksaw blade chip hook fly across the shop several times...
Had the hacksaw blade chip hook fly across the shop several times...
RBHarter
West Central AR
I had an RCBS Reloader Special 223 die . Kind of a neat set up with a slick pin replaceable decapping pin and threaded expander ball more grip length than Lee , 2 piece split cone and B nut . I sent a couple pictures and learned that they were made in 1974 despite dating information putting it at 1964 ..... 3 days later I have a new primer catch tray for the RC and the complete decapping assembly with bushing and lock nut . They threw in 5 headed pins also . What was weird was that it was only an inquiry about the die series , and where to buy a new tray .
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My wife and I met a new family doc. The last time we saw the last doc, his assistant treated my wife like she (the assistant) was having her worst hair day ever. As if that wasn't unprofessional enough, the doc told my wife she has short arms. My wife is
4' 11". He tried to makes amends by saying his mother had short arms. I don't abide someone making short jokes about my wife, so told her that he needs to be fired. He was. The new doc seems to be a keeper.
4' 11". He tried to makes amends by saying his mother had short arms. I don't abide someone making short jokes about my wife, so told her that he needs to be fired. He was. The new doc seems to be a keeper.
fiver
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been debating the merits of the 6.5 creedmore the last few days.
it's one of those ahh,, meh things.
probably not gonna buy one [unless you know i got like 500 bullets and 20 pieces of brass]
made some practice yams tonight.
got the heat just right in the mouth anyway, those Caribbean and scotch bonnets i sort of almost got to grow this year made a real hot powder.
the heat doesn't hit you right off though, it waits till it's halfway down then kind of tingles the mouth and burns the stomach a bit.
Bret thinks he broke his spreader,,,, LOL
the idiot lab... LOL,, poor dog treated it like it was 500 degrees and gobbled it down anyway.
Jax just looked at her like she went full retard and was like sniffff,,,uh sniff, no.
idiot lab,, ooooh can i have her bight too?
it's one of those ahh,, meh things.
probably not gonna buy one [unless you know i got like 500 bullets and 20 pieces of brass]
made some practice yams tonight.
got the heat just right in the mouth anyway, those Caribbean and scotch bonnets i sort of almost got to grow this year made a real hot powder.
the heat doesn't hit you right off though, it waits till it's halfway down then kind of tingles the mouth and burns the stomach a bit.
Bret thinks he broke his spreader,,,, LOL
the idiot lab... LOL,, poor dog treated it like it was 500 degrees and gobbled it down anyway.
Jax just looked at her like she went full retard and was like sniffff,,,uh sniff, no.
idiot lab,, ooooh can i have her bight too?
L Ross
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A hearse for the turd hearse.
L Ross
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Boy what a beautiful day yesterday, of course, froze our butts opening weekend, got pretty nice Monday but yesterday hit 49°. I was out washing my boat and I was a bit too warm wearing a Pendleton light wool shirt with a ten dollar Wal-Mart zippered hoodie over it and a Kromer cap.
The boat had been beautifully clean and ready for a spritz of wax after my last fishing trip until I was 3 1/2 miles from home. There was a half mile where the farmer had used a large 4 wheel drive tractor pulling the modern equivalent of a large 3 pt. mounted quack digger, then driven down the road to another field. A small percentage of the resultant mud ended up on the hull of my white Lund boat. That had happened on Nov. 10th and I had already shut of the water hydrant and disconnected the water line in the old well pit. So yesterday I dragged out two hoses and a bucket of warm soapy water and returned the Lund to a dignified appearance. Just about ready to put it completely away, I want to check water levels in the batteries, disconnect the negative leads, vacuum the interior, put the cover on and park her for about 5 months. I have already changed oil and filter, inspected the lower unit, greased all fittings and prop spline, fogged the cylinders two ways and added mouse bombs to the rod lockers.
Tried to do some grocery shopping and am so tired of the current semi third world supply chain or whatever excuse they are using for lack of inventory.
Lastly, just for a grin, you know how cats will lay in a box or any thing that makes a ring. Well on the debris table off the family room my Opti-Visor was lying upside down, next to a balaclava I wore opening day of deer hunting and two packs of unopened hand warmer were in front of that. My 13 lb rescue kitty. Whiskey managed to plunk his fat ass in my Opti-Visor, his front half on the balaclava and his chin on the hand warmer packets.
The boat had been beautifully clean and ready for a spritz of wax after my last fishing trip until I was 3 1/2 miles from home. There was a half mile where the farmer had used a large 4 wheel drive tractor pulling the modern equivalent of a large 3 pt. mounted quack digger, then driven down the road to another field. A small percentage of the resultant mud ended up on the hull of my white Lund boat. That had happened on Nov. 10th and I had already shut of the water hydrant and disconnected the water line in the old well pit. So yesterday I dragged out two hoses and a bucket of warm soapy water and returned the Lund to a dignified appearance. Just about ready to put it completely away, I want to check water levels in the batteries, disconnect the negative leads, vacuum the interior, put the cover on and park her for about 5 months. I have already changed oil and filter, inspected the lower unit, greased all fittings and prop spline, fogged the cylinders two ways and added mouse bombs to the rod lockers.
Tried to do some grocery shopping and am so tired of the current semi third world supply chain or whatever excuse they are using for lack of inventory.
Lastly, just for a grin, you know how cats will lay in a box or any thing that makes a ring. Well on the debris table off the family room my Opti-Visor was lying upside down, next to a balaclava I wore opening day of deer hunting and two packs of unopened hand warmer were in front of that. My 13 lb rescue kitty. Whiskey managed to plunk his fat ass in my Opti-Visor, his front half on the balaclava and his chin on the hand warmer packets.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
See! That's the type of thing I hear, but my emails and phone calls (20 some years ago) got me nowhere! Must be my reputation as a sort of curmudgeonly type proceeds me across the nation!
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
You guys are heartless! 
I overloaded the spreader and 2 paddles off the widespread are laying someplace out in the field. If it thaws enough I might be able to find them and weld them back on. These are the doohickys that rip up the mass of bedding/poop/water/dirt and fling it in a nice, fairly even pattern about 15' wide so all the little soil organisms and plants have a yummy meal. The good thing is that they disappeared when the spreader was nearly empty, so I wasn't faced with forking off a load of heavy wet plant food. These are the things that make farmers question every decision they ever made throughout their life, particularly why they didn't buy that "perfect" spreader for several thousand bucks and instead went with the 1966 model for $300.00!!! Oh well, I can always cut new paddles out with the new plasma cutter I finally bought, if I buy the steel.
I did manage to muck out the area required to feed livestock over the winter. There's still work to be done, but the major section is finished.
The Wuhan Flu cough is sticking with me. 2 months now. Finally got some Mucinex. That breaks it up, but I pulled something in my back and side coughing and hacking! The Plague- The Gift that keeps on giving!!!
I overloaded the spreader and 2 paddles off the widespread are laying someplace out in the field. If it thaws enough I might be able to find them and weld them back on. These are the doohickys that rip up the mass of bedding/poop/water/dirt and fling it in a nice, fairly even pattern about 15' wide so all the little soil organisms and plants have a yummy meal. The good thing is that they disappeared when the spreader was nearly empty, so I wasn't faced with forking off a load of heavy wet plant food. These are the things that make farmers question every decision they ever made throughout their life, particularly why they didn't buy that "perfect" spreader for several thousand bucks and instead went with the 1966 model for $300.00!!! Oh well, I can always cut new paddles out with the new plasma cutter I finally bought, if I buy the steel.I did manage to muck out the area required to feed livestock over the winter. There's still work to be done, but the major section is finished.
The Wuhan Flu cough is sticking with me. 2 months now. Finally got some Mucinex. That breaks it up, but I pulled something in my back and side coughing and hacking! The Plague- The Gift that keeps on giving!!!
Mitty38
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When I look at that, all I can see is work to be done.
We often use fine stainless machine shavings like that, to add Fe and Ni to certain aluminum alloys . When we need both.
It melts in chemically to the alloy with a little rock salt and ammonium chloride, plus a little time, without bringing the aluminum past 1800 degrees.
I have had plenty of cuts from forgetting gloves when testing it for composition.
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Mitty38
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BTW had to work last night. Got called in. The newest lab member came into our patched together, wire strung, mess we are currently calling a lab.
Then got sick and went home after about an hour of it.
So with no one there to tell me what had been done as far as our current rigging goes, no notes left.
I had to go in and figure out how to use the equipment that had been rewired again, temporary. Then use new software and incomplete excell templates I had never seen before. Over 2 machines two desktops. Then print and manually enter to a laptop, that everything had to be entered into, so I could file to the server. Then catch up on about 12 hours of back log. Half days entry plus half physical labor. Plus the regular night shift stuff.
What a wonderfully way to spend a "night off". Especially after staying up since 5 am.
I did manage to fix a couple things though to make things smoother for the next guy. Then stayed over to show him how things were set up.
So 26 hours no sleep. Then 5 hours rest. Now getting up because I just got called in early. The other "lab guy" got sick and went home early. Also the spectro ( the machine that reads the chemistry of the metal before, during,and after we make it) has crashed. Loading up with pain pills and B12.
One thing I have never done but will now for sure.
I am puting work on call blocking, after 6 tomorrow morning. Till next Wednesday. My scheduled day.
Then got sick and went home after about an hour of it.
So with no one there to tell me what had been done as far as our current rigging goes, no notes left.
I had to go in and figure out how to use the equipment that had been rewired again, temporary. Then use new software and incomplete excell templates I had never seen before. Over 2 machines two desktops. Then print and manually enter to a laptop, that everything had to be entered into, so I could file to the server. Then catch up on about 12 hours of back log. Half days entry plus half physical labor. Plus the regular night shift stuff.
What a wonderfully way to spend a "night off". Especially after staying up since 5 am.
I did manage to fix a couple things though to make things smoother for the next guy. Then stayed over to show him how things were set up.
So 26 hours no sleep. Then 5 hours rest. Now getting up because I just got called in early. The other "lab guy" got sick and went home early. Also the spectro ( the machine that reads the chemistry of the metal before, during,and after we make it) has crashed. Loading up with pain pills and B12.
One thing I have never done but will now for sure.
I am puting work on call blocking, after 6 tomorrow morning. Till next Wednesday. My scheduled day.
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Gals forbade me to enter kitchen except if trash needs emptying. OK with me. Got a maybe MRI appt next month, can't decide if I want them to find something or not. We had a conversation about funeral homes yesterday, time to select a local one and get it written down.
Most elderly hearing loss is high end but low freq can get muddy. She's looking for new ones, Costco said they don't have their 'best' brand in now.
Most elderly hearing loss is high end but low freq can get muddy. She's looking for new ones, Costco said they don't have their 'best' brand in now.
smokeywolf
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I had high frequency hearing loss early in life. Had trouble meeting the California P.O.S.T. (Peace Officers Standards and Training) hearing reqs.
Mitty38
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Na, they would eventually find another Huckleberry.
Or they would have to do what they did, when I got sick. Have everybody else in the lab work OT, plus have my boss work an extra 12 hrs a week, on just lab stuff.
No one is i indispensable, maybe valuable, but never indispensable.
Well, enough me time, back to the grind.
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