Organ pipes can also be made of pure tin. I picked up a couple hundred pounds of tin calliope pipes once for $36.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Organ pipes can also be made of pure tin. I picked up a couple hundred pounds of tin calliope pipes once for $36.
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You can tell a lot about a person by the books they have on their shelves. When I am visiting someone I always check out their books if I can. Like many others here I don't care for the ebooks and...
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I had a 17.5 cm sarcoma tumor removed from my leg 13 Sep and am currently undergoing radiation. I know what you are going through. Stay positive and good luck. Will be praying for you.
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I had a friend that had a young Rottweiler who loved to play, not a mean bone in his body. The back door was glass down to 6 inches from the floor and had blinds on it that covered the glass. The...
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I'll complain about 82°, that is supposed to be our LOW one day next week. The highs are 110° or above every day next week.
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Hands are the hardest part of the human body to draw accurately. She did an outstanding job.
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The first ball game I watched in person was in Milwaukee, Warren Spahn was pitching and Eddie Mathews hit a home run.
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A buddy of mine cut a tree that had a hollow in the center that had been filled with concrete.
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Unfortunately I have spent the last hour trying to upload some photos without success. Keep getting a "failure to upload file". The names don't photograph well. I tried rubbing a bit of flour on...
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I have lots of pewter, this piece will remain intact.
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At the fleamarket today I found a pewter mug, quart size. In addition to the normal British hallmark stamps it is etched 44 Group RAF 1944. Under the etching is scratched 11 May 1945, which is 3...
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The M88 is a beast. Once saw one pulling an APC with frozen tracks down a dirt road at 30 mph.
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The big one was obviously used by the indians to open 5 gallon buckets.
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My daughter was looking for some side work so I have her painting a rental. She took her 2 year old son with her and when she wasn't looking he took his monster truck and rolled it over the freshly...
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I had 3 VWs in my life. First was a 1960 camper. Dad was in the Army and we moved a lot, 9 times in 9 years during one period. With 6 of us kids motels were too expensive so we camped from place...
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I have a pair of great horned owls that live on my property. If I leave the big door open on my shop they will roost on the rafters and crap all over my stuff. Nice to see them and the young ones,...
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I don't mean to make light of your accident, but
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What is the best way to carve wood?
Whittle by whittle!!!
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If it had been at my daughter's house or the old man across the street I would have gotten involved. I don't need to be involved in anything Mike is doing.
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This morning at 12:22am I heard 8-9 gunshots. Went out on my front porch to scope out what was going on. I could hear loud yelling from the neighbor on the corner (probably 200 yards away). Big...
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#1 No one, except the guy who buys your coins from you.
#2 Yes, No, Maybe. If you buy crypto from a place like Robinhood you are buying a derivative instead of the actual coins and can't...
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I had one of those fold up ladders and had my thumb in the wrong spot when it folded. Like putting my thumb in a 4 foot long nutcracker. Red hot paperclip to the rescue.
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The only thing harder than catching a squirrel is letting go of him after you caught him.
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Looked for my phone last night. Searched the whole house twice. Dang! Finally grabbed my wife's phone and called myself. Found my phone.... in the pocket of the shorts I was wearing.
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
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