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  1. General Metalworking http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/245196...

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    Once I have a good rod fit, I mount the arms to the base by drilling, tapping and fastening using thumb screws. How you do this...
  2. General Metalworking Bending Aluminum - An Improved Rifle Rack for Offhand Stands

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    As an ex-Army competitive shooter who is now a volunteer coach for a large junior program teaching Olympic small-bore, I’m...
  3. General Metalworking http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/243699...

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    The pin holes are drilled using a hand drill where I have a good index or center punched, plumbed and drilled through-and-through...
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    Final shaping is accomplished using coarse and fine rasps and even finer machinist files and scrapers before abrasive paper. At...
  5. General Metalworking Rehabilitating a 200-year-old Jaeger Rifle: Conservation, Repair and Restoration

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    As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I regularly do living history presentations to schools and youth groups. As...
  6. General Metalworking Conserving a Napoleonic Wars Flintlock Pistol

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    The Pistolet modèle An XIII in .69 caliber represents the service pistol of choice during the Napoleonic era, and was fielded by...
  7. Not necessary and won't compensate for the grain...

    Not necessary and won't compensate for the grain runout that causes 99% of steambending failures. (grain has to be dead straight on both the face and the edge) But it also won't hurt. If you're...
  8. Attending high school only became common in rural...

    Attending high school only became common in rural Pennsylvania in the 1900's. Before that an 8th-grade education was pretty standard for farmers. Mary Barbara Moyer had an 8th-grade education in...
  9. Perhaps. These are the Moyers who originated...

    Perhaps.

    These are the Moyers who originated in Northampton County after immigration. There are other Moyer settlers originating in Berks, and another group in Dauphin.

    If it's Northampton, I...
  10. The malady was actually cholera to one degree or...

    The malady was actually cholera to one degree or another, caused by drinking water growing pestilence in warm weather.

    It's interesting that this young wife had a jerk of a brother-in-law...
  11. Scranton, Pennsylvania ,July 8, 1862, Dear Husband...

    (Mary Nyhart Moyer, age 25)
    Scranton, Pennsylvania
    July 8,1862

    (Private Stephen J Moyer, age 29
    Company A, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
    then on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)

    Dear...
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    Allow me to recap the gems posted here so I can...

    Allow me to recap the gems posted here so I can keep track, besides Buck’s special insight into millwork and “millwrights” being the timber framers who built the factories, not the guys who worked...
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    And where did you get these nuggets? Refer...

    And where did you get these nuggets?

    Refer to Audel. “Mill” refers to length, not thickness. Longer chisels were often preferred by factories and shops where storage and portability weren’t...
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    Oh, I read what you wrote, and you are mistaken...

    Oh, I read what you wrote, and you are mistaken on several levels, just like you were about bent blades:



    You don't seem to understand how a boat is built. They are basically fastened to the...
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    Translation: No, you haven't. You can't clamp a...

    Translation: No, you haven't. You can't clamp a mortising machine to most places shipwrights and boatbuilders chop mortises. Just like your argument that there was no American demand for mortise...
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    Pop quiz. Between 1938 and 1945 alone, how...

    Pop quiz.

    Between 1938 and 1945 alone, how many warships, Liberty Ships, Tankers, Oilers et al did we build in the USA? There were 2800 Liberty Ships alone, so the total number had to be over...
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    Yup. These shipwrights using fragile, narrow...

    Yup. These shipwrights using fragile, narrow deck chisels almost identical to the OP's are surely about to bend or break them in that nasty, laminated, oak-and-resorcinol caprail on a minesweeper.
    ...
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    Selected Audel on chisels: ...

    Selected Audel on chisels:

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    I always get a kick out of folks demagoging about...

    I always get a kick out of folks demagoging about the "correct" terminology for chisels, as they varied by manufacturer, by region and by trade. "Hoops" versus "striking rings" comes to mind reading...
  20. All 50 tons of it? No. The log will have...

    All 50 tons of it? No.

    The log will have to be bucked to length to come out. One problem of several is finding a hydraulic chain saw with enough power to handle a 36" bar. Another is there...
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    Exactly. Just because the company hasn’t...

    Exactly.

    Just because the company hasn’t failed in so many years doesn’t mean it won’t fail in the dramatically-uncertain economy yet to come in Europe and North America. Substitute line...
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    I'm certainly impressed with the high-end hand...

    I'm certainly impressed with the high-end hand work, and surprised one of these rasps can be had for under a hundred dollars. But wonder if some of that expensive effort is misplaced, and if you...
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    The 5-minute epoxies won't heat without setting...

    The 5-minute epoxies won't heat without setting up. And there's not enough time to dye and thicken them. Further, mix too much and they will "kick off" in the pot, which is also a problem with all...
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    1) That's right. Leave the glues found in...

    1) That's right. Leave the glues found in supermarkets to Harry Homeowner.

    2) West makes 1oz, foil repair packets of their basic 101 resin and 205 hardener. You can buy them in packs of six.
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    Simply thicken the epoxy using a high-strength...

    Simply thicken the epoxy using a high-strength filler like cabosil and dye it to match the wood. Stick with one brand. West Marine makes one of the oldest and one of the best.

    Use paste wax as...
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