So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Blowpipe Sam]

Bought a new 6" rapala filet knife I am bummed out they did away with the old style loop and instead moved it down into the sheath and the bit the blade rides is feels like cheap bulky plastic, cheap skates. So now I am left with do I let the leather naturally weather do I put mink oil on it or neatsfoot oil on it.

This has been bothering me what is a neatsfoot? Or is it a neats foot?  Are we getting the oil from a neatsfoot foot is this oil for a neatsfoot or a neatsfoots foot? Are there a bunch of neatsfoots running around out there I don't know about? I have lost sleep over this conundrum.

I don't lose sleep over questions, I just Google them 

Neat is old English for cow/catlle. Neatsfoot oil is made from the foot and shin bones of sheep and cattle, hence the name.

But what about all those poor orphaned baby Naugas?

[Firewalker]

Bought a new 6" rapala filet knife I am bummed out they did away with the old style loop and instead moved it down into the sheath and the bit the blade rides is feels like cheap bulky plastic, cheap skates. So now I am left with do I let the leather naturally weather do I put mink oil on it or neatsfoot oil on it.

This has been bothering me what is a neatsfoot? Or is it a neats foot?  Are we getting the oil from a neatsfoot foot is this oil for a neatsfoot or a neatsfoots foot? Are there a bunch of neatsfoots running around out there I don't know about? I have lost sleep over this conundrum.

I don't lose sleep over questions, I just Google them 

Neat is old English for cow/catlle. Neatsfoot oil is made from the foot and shin bones of sheep and cattle, hence the name.

But what about all those poor orphaned baby Naugas?

Um....

[bReTt]

20 hours into a 32 hour shift.  12 more to go.

Had a part out yesterday afternoon which ended up NOT being our problem and a structure fire at 5 am this morning.  Pretty quiet so far.  Hoping to get these last 12 done with no issues.  We shall see.... 🤠

Let the weekend begin! 💥

[Frank in Fairfield]

Went to COSTCO
Ate a crab..🦀
Yes.
One..
Dungeness..

No where near the tasty Blue Crabs from the Chesapeake Bay of my youth..😢

[maraudinglizard]

Melted down 20lbs. of wheel weights and casted some bell sinkers from a mold that was probably made in the 40's or 50's. It was another Ebay find from a few weeks ago. It had the weights that I needed for the sabiki rigs. A nice thing about the mold is that you don't need brass wire to make the rings for the line, the sinker is all on piece. Just one less thing to buy when making them. I need to make handles for it, the aluminum handles get a tad warm when casting. Weather was nice for that project. Probably cast some other weights that I am short on and not have to worry with it later this summer.

[avator]

Kris, exactly what Dad used when I was a kid. He had them in 3/8, 1/2 and 1oz. Had to use a rat tail file to clean out the holes so they wouldn't cut the line.

[avator]

Jarred up the 'happy pie' this morning. I got 10 and 1/2 beautiful qt. out of the mix. I have enough 104 proof left to make another 5.. 1/2 jar batch. 6 qts. are spoken for, the rest will be well pie for the bar. Might even have a pint of 104 proof left for sippn'. 
It's a nice sweet corn run. That's rare around here, most is wheat or rye. I've also found that the sooner you can get it in glass, the better it 'keeps'. Plastic tends to take something away from it after time. Store it in a cool dark place.

[maraudinglizard]

Kris, exactly what Dad used when I was a kid. He had them in 3/8, 1/2 and 1oz. Had to use a rat tail file to clean out the holes so they wouldn't cut the line.

I have a vibratory brass shell cleaner that I use to remove the flashing, since most of these molds where made by sand casting, no cnc back then to shave the face to match up the mold. Bill, this mold has 5 sizes, 3/8 to 1 oz., which is plenty for  what I use them for.

[avator]

IIRC, dad's seems to have been made of a cast aluminum type metal. I remember the handles and all being 2 halves on a hinge. He would use a heavy rubber band to keep it closed while pouring. The sinkers had a gold ball like texture with the weight embossed on them.

[maraudinglizard]

IIRC, dad's seems to have been made of a cast aluminum type metal. I remember the handles and all being 2 halves on a hinge. He would use a heavy rubber band to keep it closed while pouring. The sinkers had a gold ball like texture with the weight embossed on them.

I have 2 molds that are all aluminum with handles and hinged, the others that I have are also aluminum with wood or bakelite handles and hinged as well. The bell sinker mold does not have the embossed numbers on them. It is an Ament mold, made in Independence, MO. The other is a C. Palmer mold, made in West Newton, PA, it's a pyramid sinker mold. The cast net weight mold I have ordered is an E. L. Sweet & Son #305 - 1 oz CASTING NET or SLIP WEIGHT MOLD, 1/4 hole, Tonawanda, NY . The Ebay seller had several of the sweet & son molds of different kinds of sinkers to chose from.

[avator]

No idea what brand it was... it lived in his metal tackle box and that's been long gone for years.
Sadly, Dad escaped the World to live isolated in a 16' camper in some fish camp in Florida where he died a lonely drunk... his choice. He took what little he had, such as his fishing stuff with him and it was never seen again. His ashes were sent back to us and we were able to give him a proper burial near the few known relatives he had.

[Sqrl Klr]

Enjoyed some target practice with the 12ga and .45 as it's been awhile since I had the time to do that.

[cjtamu]

Changed plugs, installed upper plenum gasket and throttle body gasket. Cleaned throttle body. Replaced rear valve cover gasket. That was unexpected and it was a bad word bad word to do. Remember when they designed cars so you could reach things to work on them?

[bReTt]

Church, lunch, nap, pool.  Now we are snacking.  Need to do some reading.  Pretty much laying low and resting from the work week. 

Any good clean movie suggestions?

[Blowpipe Sam]

The big vacation is over dude!  Back to work.  I had the late shift so I drove two boat tours, cleaned a couple of bathrooms, and tried to catch up with two weeks of emails.  It was a great day on the river.  I saw my favorite gators, Momma stubs, Romeo, Joe Jr., and Jolene.  The manatee were everywhere and I recognized female 5331 and her calf (the manatee names are a bit more prosaic).  It was good to take a break but I love being out on the river!

[avator]

Watched the Daytona 500 in the bar/mancave and had some beers and happy pie. That was the first we've drank any alcohol in more than a month. We drank a case and a qt. between the 2 of us. Had a good time. The dogs hung out with us.

[Lt. Dan]

I don't drink but I'm curious. If you don't mind me asking, why did you stop drinking alcohol for over a month?

[avator]

That's a good question Dan..
Back in the day I would drink most every day. I spent alot of time on barstools and around campfires drink and spent a boatload of money on it. Everything I did was planned around drinking. These days we don't drink just to be drinking. We may sit around the fire and have a couple or I may pop a top after mowing the grass when it's really hot out. Or, like last night, we'll sit in or bar and watch an event of the big screen and drink.
I never sit in the house in my recliner and drink alcohol.
Some of it may because of the recent bout of shingles, high BP and diabetes I went through... that knocked the heck out of me. I had to lose weight start eating healthier. It wasn't part of the plan to drink less, that just happened.
We would make a plan to go in our bar and drink.. and after one or 2 we decided we just weren't in the mood or whatever, close the bar up and come in the house.
Or it may have something to do with quitting smoking cigarettes.. all my life it was a beer in one hand and a smoke in the other... we vape now and it just not the same.
There is always beer in the bar fridge and it's there anytime we want it.. we just don't seem to want it like we used to.
Heck, I remember a few day in the past week or so one of would ask the other if we wanted to go out to the bar and have a few beers.. we both agreed but it just never happened... just lost the urge.
Who knows, I may not drink for another month.

[Lt. Dan]

Thanks. I was just wondering, my brother-in-law did the same thing but died before I could ask his reason.

[avator]

I spent a good part of my life dependent on recreational substances in one form or another. I do whatever it takes these days to avoid that. But a do enjoy a drink or 2 from time to time.
I DO NOT dabble in ANY of the other options.