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Need help from former MFS (MyFreedomSmokes) customers
Has any found a supplier or company that has tobacco e-juice like or very similar to MFS Turbosmog, Tall Paul, or Red Luck?
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Understood, I have kept my backups for two reasons. 1. Paranoia and self-protection go hand in hand. I still have my files. 2. They may lose something and bingo, ole reliable CMD does still have that file from fifteen years ago.
When scanners got good and OCR came into its own, I was in hog heaven.
Exactly! I still have those files. Just not the redundant backups on DVD. Everything is on a series of LaCie high end external drives. The drives have eSATA connectors, which means it’s a similar connection to internal hard drives, very fast data transfer. Those drives all made the move with me.
When an internal drive died in the middle of an epic project deadline, I had all files backed up to the LaCie but the one I was working on when it died. I simply switched to using the external drive directly with no lag time in speed of access. At the time, USB could never have handled that with huge graphics files. I would have missed the deadline.
Well done, Ole Reliable CMD!
LOL! I’m a paranoid, OCD-laden, data pack rat. 
I also still have every important personal or business related email I’ve ever received — except for one brief period of 3 months back in ‘00 that somehow weren’t captured in my archives. Still bugs me to this day.
I also still have every important personal or business related email I’ve ever received — except for one brief period of 3 months back in ‘00 that somehow weren’t captured in my archives. Still bugs me to this day.
Enjoy!Evening.....Cold beer and pizza....soon as it's done cooking.
a microwave oven does a wonderful job in destroying CDs, DVDs.... and you can do dozens at a time... and it takes seconds to destroy them...
been reworking the mill head and laser head for the 3D printer... again had to drill and tap a few holes in a 3/8" thick aluminum plate for 8-32 screw/"bolt"... Aluminum is one of the more dificult metals to drill and tap being that its soft and "gummy" ( copper is another)... anyway, I ran out of WD 40 ( which is use to lubricate the aluminum for the tapping process)... didnt want to go to Walmart for WD40 so Im looking around to see what I can use as a substitute... and I saw some copper based Never Seize sitting on the shelf of my reloading station... and I said to myself... " Self, whatchathink about copper nerever sieze as a lubricant?? Self sat there a moment and finally said "dont know, lets find out"... So I grabbed the Copper based Never Seize and dabbed the tip of the tap into it an proceeded to tap the hole... it started rather easily, it began to cut into the plate and I and Self began to wonder when its going to start getting "grabby"... it never did, it just kept on tapping the hole out, no back tracking no tightning of the threads on the cuttings. Self just kept on going at it, I began to become worried that Self was going to snap the tap off in the hole like I did earlier this week... anyway Self did a wonderful job now I can take the credit for it... if it messed up all I could do is blame my Self...
but seriously... copper Never Seize has got to be the best tapping lubricant I have ever come across... all these years of tapping various metals and never tried the copper never sieze...normally tapping holes is a tedious, perilious, and frustrating job... and theres alot of "feel" involved in tapping and all it takes is that 30 degrees of motion and the tap can lock up tighter than a frogbutt... and when it locks up in both directions, you know its time to look for the trash can...
dont know if I mentioned this before or not but here it goes ... they finally designed taps to be self centering and to start straight and true... taps were designed with a general shape like a rocket nose cone, the new taps have something more like a cylinder to fit the hole and hold it straight... very nice improvement...
heres a pic of the old style of tap
heres a pic of the new style, notice the tip...
notice that there is no taper at the tip but more of a straight cut to it...
this tap with some copper never sieze and tapping 3/8" thick Al plate is eazy...
had to drill and tap a few holes in a 3/8" thick aluminum plate for 8-32 screw/"bolt"... Aluminum is one of the more dificult metals to drill and tap being that its soft and "gummy" ( copper is another)... anyway, I ran out of WD 40 ( which is use to lubricate the aluminum for the tapping process)... didnt want to go to Walmart for WD40 so Im looking around to see what I can use as a substitute... and I saw some copper based Never Seize sitting on the shelf of my reloading station... and I said to myself... " Self, whatchathink about copper nerever sieze as a lubricant?? Self sat there a moment and finally said "dont know, lets find out"... So I grabbed the Copper based Never Seize and dabbed the tip of the tap into it an proceeded to tap the hole... it started rather easily, it began to cut into the plate and I and Self began to wonder when its going to start getting "grabby"... it never did, it just kept on tapping the hole out, no back tracking no tightning of the threads on the cuttings. Self just kept on going at it, I began to become worried that Self was going to snap the tap off in the hole like I did earlier this week... anyway Self did a wonderful job now I can take the credit for it... if it messed up all I could do is blame my Self... but seriously... copper Never Seize has got to be the best tapping lubricant I have ever come across... all these years of tapping various metals and never tried the copper never sieze...normally tapping holes is a tedious, perilious, and frustrating job... and theres alot of "feel" involved in tapping and all it takes is that 30 degrees of motion and the tap can lock up tighter than a frogbutt... and when it locks up in both directions, you know its time to look for the trash can...
dont know if I mentioned this before or not but here it goes ... they finally designed taps to be self centering and to start straight and true... taps were designed with a general shape like a rocket nose cone, the new taps have something more like a cylinder to fit the hole and hold it straight... very nice improvement...
heres a pic of the old style of tap
heres a pic of the new style, notice the tip...
notice that there is no taper at the tip but more of a straight cut to it...
this tap with some copper never sieze and tapping 3/8" thick Al plate is eazy...
been reworking the mill head and laser head for the 3D printer... again
but seriously... copper Never Seize has got to be the best tapping lubricant I have ever come across... all these years of tapping various metals and never tried the copper never sieze...normally tapping holes is a tedious, perilious, and frustrating job... and theres alot of "feel" involved in tapping and all it takes is that 30 degrees of motion and the tap can lock up tighter than a frogbutt... and when it locks up in both directions, you know its time to look for the trash can...
dont know if I mentioned this before or not but here it goes ... they finally designed taps to be self centering and to start straight and true... taps were designed with a general shape like a rocket nose cone, the new taps have something more like a cylinder to fit the hole and hold it straight... very nice improvement...
heres a pic of the old style of tap
View attachment 890429
heres a pic of the new style, notice the tip...
View attachment 890431
notice that there is no taper at the tip but more of a straight cut to it...
this tap with some copper never sieze and tapping 3/8" thick Al plate is eazy...
I had never seen that new style tap. I don't do a lot of tapping but always found it to be a pain to get them started. Most of the time I use them to chase the existing threads.
KAS
This is a great tip, I am mostly a thread chaser rather than a maker, both tap and die. [Yes, I mess stuff up requiring a fix]. But I have a small amount of that around here, I am going to find it a place it with my set so that I don't forget the tip.
Thank you, BK
Thank you, BK
been reworking the mill head and laser head for the 3D printer... again
but seriously... copper Never Seize has got to be the best tapping lubricant I have ever come across... all these years of tapping various metals and never tried the copper never sieze...normally tapping holes is a tedious, perilious, and frustrating job... and theres alot of "feel" involved in tapping and all it takes is that 30 degrees of motion and the tap can lock up tighter than a frogbutt... and when it locks up in both directions, you know its time to look for the trash can...
dont know if I mentioned this before or not but here it goes ... they finally designed taps to be self centering and to start straight and true... taps were designed with a general shape like a rocket nose cone, the new taps have something more like a cylinder to fit the hole and hold it straight... very nice improvement...
heres a pic of the old style of tap
View attachment 890429
heres a pic of the new style, notice the tip...
View attachment 890431
notice that there is no taper at the tip but more of a straight cut to it...
this tap with some copper never sieze and tapping 3/8" thick Al plate is eazy...
Good Morning Army. Returned from early Post Office visit.
Work is rediculous. 12-14 days all week long. Pay sheets are looking good, though.
Might be time for an old man nap.
Have a Safe and Blessed Day
Work is rediculous. 12-14 days all week long. Pay sheets are looking good, though.
Might be time for an old man nap.
Have a Safe and Blessed Day
So I've heard there is a place about 20 miles from here that is owned by a couple from Anne Arundel County (Maryland) and the place serves real MD crab cakes...
Saturday Night Eat Out at Home will be crab cakes to celebrate my birthday (tomorrow)
Saturday Night Eat Out at Home will be crab cakes to celebrate my birthday (tomorrow)
Happy Birthday tomorrow!
Happy early birthday, Brett! I hope you enjoy those crab cakes and a good, relaxing day off tomorrow.
Wow! Doesn’t look like it’s a good thing to do to your microwave!
At that point before I moved I no longer owned a microwave. Still don’t use the one that came with the condo. That’s because I make my popcorn fresh on the stove now.
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