shrade

5 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

I can see between Jeep and Shrade , I am out of my league talking S+W history , just an average Joe trigger puller , lol 

I feel the same way when Jeep and you talk old Hondas!

51 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

Isn't a 57 the police issue from the 70s and 80s , almost the same gun as a 19  , cause I happen to have a 19  that was my Dad's and I was looking at the bill when he bought it the other day , I just looked again , he paid $171.45 for a model 19  S.S. in Jan of 1971 , wonder what they cost now ??? ---- that gun flooded in Katrina and still looks great 

Jeep is correct the 57 is an N frame, Fish you may have been thinking of a 58 that was built for the LE market,, same as the 57 in .41 mag with out adjustable sites, These have really sky rocketed in price.

Weekend project a couple weeks ago. Spread 8 tons of river rock. I put up the flag pole the day before Flag day. With all the BS going on felt I had to do it. 

Honda earned her keep today.

Was fortunate enough to get to Alaska last year, got out a package of Halibut put them on the grill, turned out great! Wife had a couple of salads made up, ate pretty good!

12 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

We survived our first storm of the season , we really lucked out , the red radar bands  went right north of  us , we got hit with one good one , winds might have been 40-50mph for 1/2 hour ----lots of flooding in the un-leveed fishing villages , Bayou Lacombe went over it's banks 

Last Thursday and Friday nights we had a couple of impressive T-storms roll thru, 65-70 MPH winds. 1" of rain total. some small limbs down, no real damage on the place,  These storms only lasted about 30-40 min. and were gone, Typical for us. The next day we were 95 with 85% humidity. every day sine then we have had winds 25+ with temps in the 90's, and high humidity. Flash flood watch tonight. Live on a hill flooding no worries. 

I'm sure it will be ok, hurricane proof I'm sure.

welcome aboard Pronto

Fish: if possible anchor to a horizontal/bed joint, the vertical/head joints are the weakest of the two. 

Jeep: Been thinking about your wood floor issue for a couple of days. If the floors are just waxed with no varnish you might try this.  take a small amount of a good floor wax, (Johnson's or  minnwax), carefully warm it up to get it very soft almost liquid, add a few drops of a good quality oil base stain mix thoroughly and apply after it cools. I did this on a set of revolver grips with satisfactory results. Would recommend trying this in an area that is hidden to get the color correct first. 

19 hours ago, Freedomflyer said:

Shrade, they are pretty small, and you have to make sure you shoot them without them knowing you're there if they've been running they aren't going to be any good, it will ruin the meat with all the blood pumping through it and the adrenaline. Hey the tag is only $14 so if I'm out and see something and can knock it down  it will be worth it.

The one I shot may not have been to smart. spotted him at about 600 yards, stopped the truck in a depression in the wheat stubble he headed right for us. when he was about 250 yards out shot him head on in the chest, dropped like a rock. It was very warm that day, field dressed him took him in to the check station then skinned boned and had him on ice in about 2 hours, didn't weigh the meat but guessing not more than 30-35 lbs. was very good eating. 

FF: applying for an antelope here also.. Have 3 points, should get a permit this year. get one about every 3-5 years. The Antelope I got several years ago came off of wheat and corn fields was excellent eating. they are  much smaller than I thought they would be.  

must have had one @#%& of a good time! 

got over 4" in the last 3-4 days, no rain today, but more predicted for the next two. Humid today, expected to be near 90 by nest week.  To early to be that warm. Skeeters will be out in a few days with all the standing water.

retro: I notice you fab a Heat Sink in the power supply from what appears to be sheet brass. What gauge brass is that. I have a small roll of 4" brass shim stock that may be about .030, would this be to heavy?  I could cut a couple foot long chunk and ship it to you if you could use it. 

PROV: If I may offer a suggestion, I store my long guns barrel down on some paper shop rags in the safe. It will prevent any oil from seeping into the but stock and eventually softening the wood when they are butt down. . 

I am with you Ted, horses do not run well on alfalfa, My daughter will give them a handful once in a while as a treat, but other wise it is good prairie hay. If they cannot be out in the pasture.

Fish: Here is a link to Minwax conditioner, I have also used Cabot's conditioner with good results.

https://www.minwax.com/wood-products/preparation/minwax-prestain-wood-conditioner

15 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

I stained the cabinet and I am hating  it , the grains of the pine wood just isn't soaking it up the stain evenly , that's 3 coats on there ------  Home Depot by me just quit selling Minwax and is selling Varathane now , which I tried and might be the problem , going to try and put some Minwax over the 3  coats already on there of the Varathane and see what happens , then  think it is going to get paint after that 

 

Got the bumpers off the pool table and in the shop for recovering , then the guy is coming Wednesday with the redone bumpers and to recover the one piece slat , 1 inch thick by  8ft x4  --- the pool table is a vintage 1969 Valley Black Cat Money Maker Tournament Quarter table , been having it for 11 years now , it has been converted to drop pockets  

Fish: The next time you are staining a pine project use a pre-stain conditioner first. It is a very thin "sealer" that helps the would absorb the stain more even. Most major stain manufactures sell  a conditioner. Typical instructions, put it on, let it soak in for a couple of minutes wipe off excess and apply stain immediately. Do not let the conditioner dry before staining. Helps even out the stain.

Glad to hear you Michiganders got out OK. 

30 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

One thing I taught my kids early on....man can build some amazing feats of engineering, but NOTHING that man builds will ever beat nature.  Nature always wins.

Yup, mother nature has the hammer!

47 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

Ouch! That sucks!

Any one hear if our Michigander members were impacted by the flood caused by the failure of the dams? Ruby500, Retro? 

Welcome from Nebraska

welcome to the site bryanc5712  great bunch of guys with unlimited knowledge eager to help!