On 2012-12-11, Gunner wrote:
On 11 Dec 2012 03:37:38 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:


And flash bulbs the size of household 60 watt bulbs. G

And I have the flash gun to use those. (But none of the bulbs
anymore.)

Want some?

Actually -- yes, a few -- if only to show people how it *used*
to be. :-)

I actually started with the No. 5 flashbulbs, and only later got
equipment which would handle the larger ones. I also got some demerits
at school from using one. :-)

I loved replacing overhead bulbs with them. They screwed right into an
edison lamp base and when you hit them with 120 volts..they were
Bright!!

Bright, yet -- but they didn't seem to last very long. :-) (And
the one in question above went off about 10" in front of the face of one
of the instructors expecting a dark room. :-)

Also learned a couple tricks from an old arson investigator. He said
it was a specialists trick to grind a hole in one and fill it about
half full of gasoline, plug the hole and screw it into one or more
lamps. When the victim came home and turned on the lights...WOOOF!!!!

Intersting -- and nasty. That sounds more like an
anti-personnel use than a way to be elsewhere when the fire started.

Ill see about digging some out. Do I have your snail mail addy?

You should still -- from the Whiz Wheel (Santec E6-B air
navigation computer) and the platinum resistance temperature probes. If
not, send me an e-mail after fixing my address as explained below in my
..sig for a fresh one. (Especially since this is still cross-posted to
two newsgroups -- O.K. That at least is now fixed to go to
Rec.crafts.metalworking only. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 13 Dec 2012 03:34:24 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2012-12-11, Gunner wrote:
On 11 Dec 2012 03:37:38 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:


And flash bulbs the size of household 60 watt bulbs. G

And I have the flash gun to use those. (But none of the bulbs
anymore.)

Want some?

Actually -- yes, a few -- if only to show people how it *used*
to be. :-)

I actually started with the No. 5 flashbulbs, and only later got
equipment which would handle the larger ones. I also got some demerits
at school from using one. :-)

I loved replacing overhead bulbs with them. They screwed right into an
edison lamp base and when you hit them with 120 volts..they were
Bright!!

Bright, yet -- but they didn't seem to last very long. :-) (And
the one in question above went off about 10" in front of the face of one
of the instructors expecting a dark room. :-)

Also learned a couple tricks from an old arson investigator. He said
it was a specialists trick to grind a hole in one and fill it about
half full of gasoline, plug the hole and screw it into one or more
lamps. When the victim came home and turned on the lights...WOOOF!!!!

Intersting -- and nasty. That sounds more like an
anti-personnel use than a way to be elsewhere when the fire started.

Ill see about digging some out. Do I have your snail mail addy?

You should still -- from the Whiz Wheel (Santec E6-B air
navigation computer) and the platinum resistance temperature probes. If
not, send me an e-mail after fixing my address as explained below in my
.sig for a fresh one. (Especially since this is still cross-posted to
two newsgroups -- O.K. That at least is now fixed to go to
Rec.crafts.metalworking only. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

Ill check. I remember the whiz wheel and the probes, but cant remember
if I actually recorded the addy.

Ever get around to using the probes yet?


The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

On 2012-12-15, Gunner wrote:
On 13 Dec 2012 03:34:24 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2012-12-11, Gunner wrote:

[ ... ]

I loved replacing overhead bulbs with them. They screwed right into an
edison lamp base and when you hit them with 120 volts..they were
Bright!!

[ ... ]

Ill see about digging some out. Do I have your snail mail addy?

You should still -- from the Whiz Wheel (Santec E6-B air
navigation computer) and the platinum resistance temperature probes. If
not, send me an e-mail after fixing my address as explained below in my
.sig for a fresh one. (Especially since this is still cross-posted to
two newsgroups -- O.K. That at least is now fixed to go to
Rec.crafts.metalworking only. :-)

[ ... ]

Ill check. I remember the whiz wheel and the probes, but cant remember
if I actually recorded the addy.

Ever get around to using the probes yet?

Just about the time they arrived I had the fire in the machine
shop. I just spent the past two weeks with a crew hired by the
insurance company going through the shop, cleaning, testing and oiling
the machines (most have survived, though a lot of milling cutters are in
pretty bad shape). I've verified that the oven and the controller
survived, but certainly not yet had a chance to reconfigure it for the
PRTs.


The next step (now that the machines which could not be moved
out are covered with shrink-wrap) will be to rip out the drywall, clean
out any smoke which got back there, check the condition of the wiring
near where the fire was (there is a melted 240 V 20A outlet in the wall
near there), and then another crew puts in new drywall -- adding some
extra outlets while they are about it. Only then can I start using
mahcines again. The only machine which does not work is the drill press
(a Taiwanese 16-speed one which I modified to run with a three-phase
motor and a VFD). It keeps tripping the GFI as soon as the spindle
starts turning. I *think* that it is soot and water inside the VFD.
The motor is a sealed one, so it should be all right. Right now, I
can't work on it, because it is all gift-wrapped. Once the drywall work
is done, I can try opening up the VFD and cleaning/drying it.

If you can't find my snail-mail address, I've still got your
e-mail address (at least one of them) which I can send it to. Let me
know.

Thanks,
DoN.

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On 16 Dec 2012 00:07:22 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:


If you can't find my snail-mail address, I've still got your
e-mail address (at least one of them) which I can send it to. Let me
know.

Thanks,
DoN.

go ahead and email it. Ill try to remember to dig a couple out for
careful packing

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

On 2012-12-16, Gunner wrote:
On 16 Dec 2012 00:07:22 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:


If you can't find my snail-mail address, I've still got your
e-mail address (at least one of them) which I can send it to. Let me
know.

Thanks,
DoN.

go ahead and email it. Ill try to remember to dig a couple out for
careful packing

E-mail sent.

Thanks,
DoN.

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