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Oh God. I got sent to find Mum rather specific winter pants recently. And with stores struggling with stock, since we don't manufacture locally it was a huge ordeal.
Finally found some.
Glad to hear that.
I was wondering how far you were from Raz Simone's fiefdom.
Turns out it's about 5 miles.
just by way of idle chit-chat . . . .
my adventures led me to finally getting up the gumption to tackle some kind of welding/brazing/yada. I felt constrained/limitated, and wanted to be able to make the shapes out of the materials that kin'a require that (hard to bend 1/8" thick steel in two directions at once . . . not impossible, just difficult).
so anyhow, I did a little research and decided that oxy-fuel torch brazing (like, with brass rod and silver rod . . . . 1650°F and ~1350°F) would do me very nicely.
so, then, I did some gearing up (meaning, figured out how to tweak the torch gear products system to get the most bang for very little buck)
and, then, I did some learning curve
and now I've got my first lamp that avails itself of that newfound "skill" (quotes because this is green skilz).
So this one is "Self Portrait". And you can see more pics in it's album.
and I think I've got at least 2 other lamps under my belt since I last mentioned anything about it: "Omega" and "Mossflower".
(they have their own albums over there too)
my adventures led me to finally getting up the gumption to tackle some kind of welding/brazing/yada. I felt constrained/limitated, and wanted to be able to make the shapes out of the materials that kin'a require that (hard to bend 1/8" thick steel in two directions at once . . . not impossible, just difficult).
so anyhow, I did a little research and decided that oxy-fuel torch brazing (like, with brass rod and silver rod . . . . 1650°F and ~1350°F) would do me very nicely.
so, then, I did some gearing up (meaning, figured out how to tweak the torch gear products system to get the most bang for very little buck)
and, then, I did some learning curve
and now I've got my first lamp that avails itself of that newfound "skill" (quotes because this is green skilz).
So this one is "Self Portrait". And you can see more pics in it's album.
and I think I've got at least 2 other lamps under my belt since I last mentioned anything about it: "Omega" and "Mossflower".
(they have their own albums over there too)
LOVE the Lochaber! I've been peeking at the albums here and there and so far you haven't made one I didn't like!just by way of idle chit-chat . . . .
my adventures led me to finally getting up the gumption to tackle some kind of welding/brazing/yada. I felt constrained/limitated, and wanted to be able to make the shapes out of the materials that kin'a require that (hard to bend 1/8" thick steel in two directions at once . . . not impossible, just difficult).
so anyhow, I did a little research and decided that oxy-fuel torch brazing (like, with brass rod and silver rod . . . . 1650°F and ~1350°F) would do me very nicely.
so, then, I did some gearing up (meaning, figured out how to tweak the torch gear products system to get the most bang for very little buck)
and, then, I did some learning curve
and now I've got my first lamp that avails itself of that newfound "skill" (quotes because this is green skilz).
So this one is "Self Portrait". And you can see more pics in it's album.
and I think I've got at least 2 other lamps under my belt since I last mentioned anything about it: "Omega" and "Mossflower".
(they have their own albums over there too)
Lochaber (/lɒxˈɑːbər/; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands. ... Lochaber is now also used to refer to a much wider area, one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region.
The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, all of them having a few elements in common. It was a heavy weapon, used by infantry for defence against cavalry and as a pike against infantry. Like most other polearms of the time, it consisted of two parts: shaft and blade.thank you, sweetie
I've seen and appreciated your likes on the insti-thingy too
what one might call the axe blades (?) used to be a beat up, oversized, round aluminum backing pan (cinnamon roll pan?) that was placed over a bucket of dirt in my mom's backyard (to keep the dirt dry, I guess), and I asked if I could have it.
the "nose" (the two solid strips in between the perf-metal "shade") is actually cut from that cabinet back that I mentioned on here. (the barn in a firestorm thing)
the "nose" (the two solid strips in between the perf-metal "shade") is actually cut from that cabinet back that I mentioned on here. (the barn in a firestorm thing)
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