I'm not sure the pot they're using looks too safe for this project - they must have put some serious heat to it! Worth a couple minutes to watch. http://digg.com/video/what-you-get-w...to-an-ant-hill
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I'm not sure the pot they're using looks too safe for this project - they must have put some serious heat to it! Worth a couple minutes to watch. http://digg.com/video/what-you-get-w...to-an-ant-hill
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I wonder if 50# of Lymans #2 would do the same thing??? Just sayin'.
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That's fantastic!
I wonder if Bill Murray would try that with a gopher colony
He might need a little more than one pot.
Scientists and "bug guys" have used this technique of "casting" ant colonies for years. The BIG ones in Africa are HUGE and totally amazing.
Nature is amazing. I do not like fire ants!
banger
Did you see the price that he is getting for these on ebay. He has one up right now and it has 27 bids for $2700.00!!!!
We're in the wrong end of casting.
I have seen these things made before.
if you think I'm gonna go out and find a ant hill [no problem actually] then melt down a bunch of my alloy and pour it down that hole then dig a hole to the bottom of that just to get my lead back.
What happens if you pour it down an uncle hill.....
wow, just.. oh boy.
I've seen it done with termite mounds in Africa or Australia with cement. It was huge! IIRC, it was like 50' by 20' by 20', or some crazy size like that.
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Now that's just really neat! Can't help but think of the bunny huggin granola crunchers sayin "Just think of all the ants that had to give there lives for a pice of art"
As he was pouring, I thought: What a huge waste of time and precious metal!
I changed my mind when he delivered the finished product!
That ain't a bad return on his investment even at the 2.7K level!!!
Three 44s
Lead would be too heavy for something like that. Besides aluminum is everywhere.
Finally, a use for zinc wheel weights
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made me laugh.
What I hand-load; .380acp; 9mm/9mmR; 38/357mag; 45acp;
223rem(5.56mm); 22-250rem; 243win; 6.5 Grendel; 270 win; 30-30win; 308win; 45-70gov.
on the list to start Loading; 30-06 springfield; 222 rem; 6.5x55 swedish
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Wow, $2,700, that's just unbelievable. Need to melt up some aluminum, certainly no shortage of fire ant hills to pour it into around here.
Pretty cool. I have a lot of fire ant hills the guy can cast in if he wants to.
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I saw that video the other day. I thought the end result was pretty cool. I did wonder how much metal he was gonna have to pour down the hole.
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