The Drawing Board

Well, looks like the stretch of nice weather is coming to a close. It's supposed to be cloudy and cooler with showers for the next week so maybe now I can get out of the rest of those honey-do chores that I've been stuck with lately. Most of the spring cleanup stuff has been done anyway and besides, the first of those darned biting black flies have been appearing like clockwork every time I step outside now. So it's just about time to get back in the shop and get some stuff cranking again. Currently in heat treat is a batch of Crawdaddies and a...

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Another Speed Bump

This serpent was from the Bermuda Triangle though. :)...

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Yuck! But it's getting better... :)

That's all I have to say about it. A nasty little stomach bug has had me laying low for a couple of days now. Hopefully will be feeling better tomorrow and can get back to it.This is also the one spring week here in New England where we're having perfect weather. It's just the right humidity and there are wonderful temperatures in the 60's and mid 70's. The biting bugs are still sleeping and the pollen hasn't yet been released in any great quantities. It's also yard cleanup season. So I expect I'll be slacking a bit all this next week or so...will...

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This is Cool

Check these out! My friend Kenny down at the local machine shop made these neat little keyfobs. It's like a ball inside of a cube and the center is hollow with little satellite cubes. They are machined from solid aluminum and then anodized black, supposedly with hard coat but I'm not sure if it's HA III or not. At any rate they are nifty and he has some available, think he's asking $25 for them, might be slightly more, not sure. If anyone is interested...

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Update

I know it's been pretty quiet around here for the past few days. I have a bunch of stuff almost ready to send out to heat treat but I was hoping to grind a few more pieces before I do so that the batch is cost effective. So maybe by the weekend that will happen and we can get the ball rolling again. This batch will have Nibbles and slightly redesigned Crawdaddies. Maybe the Mini FunnyBones if I can get them cut in time. And I have something brand new, a neat little tool in the works as well. I have had a bunch of distractions keeping me out of...

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South American Speedbump?

My uncle just sent me this pic from a colleague who was down in South America. Them anacondas sure do grow big down there... ...

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