What did you get for Christmas?

[Hoosier Daddy]

That is some funny stuff Bob!
Unfortunately I can relate.

[bantam5s]

I must be getting old... I wanted socks.

I've asked for wool socks for too many years in a row now and am all stocked up.

[bantam5s]

My gift card knife purchase arrived.

[Hoosier Daddy]

I WANT THAT KA-BAR!
 Looks like a Crescent Wrench had a cutting date one night.

[Sqrl Klr]

After I showed Nick the Mossy Oak fake damascus knife set I got in the Tractor supply bargain bin, he gave me my Christmas gift, he gave me one last year also, he gets airgun related stuff from me to feed his beast

I could look at that blade all day. Those always just look so good.

[maraudinglizard]

Well I did get a few things for myself like some fishing tackle, hip waders, and Santa brought me a car load of car parts. There is a complete bumper, radiator, electric fans, head lights, somewhere in that mess is a water pump, fan belt, engine mounts, and all the bits and bobs to screw it all back together. China freight supplied me the with tools to straighten out the mess.

[buellm2]

Well I did get a few things for myself like some fishing tackle, hip waders, and Santa brought me a car load of car parts. There is a complete bumper, radiator, electric fans, head lights, somewhere in that mess is a water pump, fan belt, engine mounts, and all the bits and bobs to screw it all back together. China freight supplied me the with tools to straighten out the mess.

Are you going to  show a before and after picture of the van?

[maraudinglizard]

Well I did get a few things for myself like some fishing tackle, hip waders, and Santa brought me a car load of car parts. There is a complete bumper, radiator, electric fans, head lights, somewhere in that mess is a water pump, fan belt, engine mounts, and all the bits and bobs to screw it all back together. China freight supplied me the with tools to straighten out the mess.

Are you going to  show a before and after picture of the van?

Here is the damage. The only thing technically I have to replace is the bumper, head lights, and radiator to get it past DMV inspection. The rest is preventative maintenance for it. Since I am having to take stuff down to the frame might as well replace it now and not later.

[buellm2]

Well I did get a few things for myself like some fishing tackle, hip waders, and Santa brought me a car load of car parts. There is a complete bumper, radiator, electric fans, head lights, somewhere in that mess is a water pump, fan belt, engine mounts, and all the bits and bobs to screw it all back together. China freight supplied me the with tools to straighten out the mess.

Are you going to  show a before and after picture of the van?

Here is the damage. The only thing technically I have to replace is the bumper, head lights, and radiator to get it past DMV inspection. The rest is preventative maintenance for it. Since I am having to take stuff down to the frame might as well replace it now and not later.

That would be many thousands to repair at a body shop.  You are fortunate to be able to do those kinds of repairs yourself.   

[maraudinglizard]

That would be many thousands to repair at a body shop.  You are fortunate to be able to do those kinds of repairs yourself.

Let's just say the repairs were estimated at 50 to 70% of the value of the vehicle and they decided to total it. Yes, I am fortunate to be able to fix this. 30 years of fixing mangle equipment with the state has been a good learning experience for me. YT and mechanic friends have been a big help as well. I wanted to learn, got tired of being taken to the cleaners every time I had to have something fixed or not fixed.

[bantam5s]

I WANT THAT KA-BAR!
 Looks like a Crescent Wrench had a cutting date one night.

It's the model 1119 " Drop forged wrench knife ". They're about $45, a pretty good value really.

[Sqrl Klr]

YT and mechanic friends have been a big help as well. I wanted to learn, got tired of being taken to the cleaners every time I had to have something fixed or not fixed.

I despise people taking advantage of other people for profit, but especially doing so with women. They'll reap what they sow. Wish you knew someone with a warm shop you could work on the van in to keep out of the cold.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I like nice knives as much as anyone but I have an incurable practical inclination.  I collect good kitchen knives for the memsahib but for myself three knives suffice.  My original Leatherman tool, a 2.5" Kershaw pocket knife and a 4.5" green river drop point.

Today my order from PA arrived with my totally frivolous Springfield Armory M1 carbine.  I was surprised.  The thing is actually fairly accurate!  It's not the BB hose I expected.  I may not gift this thing to my brother after all.

[maraudinglizard]

YT and mechanic friends have been a big help as well. I wanted to learn, got tired of being taken to the cleaners every time I had to have something fixed or not fixed.

I despise people taking advantage of other people for profit, but especially doing so with women. They'll reap what they sow. Wish you knew someone with a warm shop you could work on the van in to keep out of the cold.

Thanks Gil. One of the new chicken pens will be temporarily turned into a covered work area where it will be warm and dry. I do have access to home shops but there has been drama in both places during the holidays and would rather not get in the middle of it right now. I don't put up with garbage that gets thrown at me in automotive shops, I have been known to put a few mechanics in their place real quick. Don't even get me started on service managers, they are worse than the mechanics at times. It's all good, I just take it one day at a time.

[bnowlin]

That is some funny stuff Bob!
Unfortunately I can relate.

Follow up.  Even tho they were both too big, at my age one was still fantastic

[brewbear]

A Metamorph G5 compact frame lock with M390 blade and a few pairs of Levi's 501 premium. Santa was good.

[bantam5s]

I like nice knives as much as anyone but I have an incurable practical inclination.  I collect good kitchen knives for the memsahib but for myself three knives suffice.  My original Leatherman tool, a 2.5" Kershaw pocket knife and a 4.5" green river drop point.

Today my order from PA arrived with my totally frivolous Springfield Armory M1 carbine.  I was surprised.  The thing is actually fairly accurate!  It's not the BB hose I expected.  I may not gift this thing to my brother after all.

I hope you have good luck with your M1 carbine, mine just will not run.
When I first got the gun it would mostly get through 1 magazine if I shot it very slowly then it quickly got worse from there, now it will barely get a few shots before freezing up and running out of gas.
As far as I know it's not just leaking out the mag or anything,  but I cannot figure out what the problem could possibly be.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I like nice knives as much as anyone but I have an incurable practical inclination.  I collect good kitchen knives for the memsahib but for myself three knives suffice.  My original Leatherman tool, a 2.5" Kershaw pocket knife and a 4.5" green river drop point.

Today my order from PA arrived with my totally frivolous Springfield Armory M1 carbine.  I was surprised.  The thing is actually fairly accurate!  It's not the BB hose I expected.  I may not gift this thing to my brother after all.

I hope you have good luck with your M1 carbine, mine just will not run.
When I first got the gun it would mostly get through 1 magazine if I shot it very slowly then it quickly got worse from there, now it will barely get a few shots before freezing up and running out of gas.
As far as I know it's not just leaking out the mag or anything,  but I cannot figure out what the problem could possibly be.

Well it is a gas guzzler for sure.  Reviews say 40 shots per cart.  This seems about right based on the two magazine's worth of BB's and a few dry shots I fired tonight.  This one ran perfectly and the accuracy really was much better than I expected.  Sorry to hear that yours did not.  It's a shame because the gun is a pretty darn close facsimile of the real thing and fun to shoot too.  I suspect your problem is the magazine since it seems to contain all the pressure controlling bits.  PA has magazine's for $25 and there's a 25% off coupon right now.  I'm thinking about ordering a couple more magazines.

Had another thought.  The valve spring is pretty light on this gun.  You can burp air from the cart by pressing on it with your thumb.  The "firing pin"  bears on the valve stem slightly if the gun is not cocked.  That slight pressure might be enough to make your gun leak especially if the valve is bad to start with.  I can't explain the other issues but it reinforces my idea that it's your magazine.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam same here I only have a few knives. Now guns is a different story.

Kris been there too and managers usually are former mecha-necks that worked their way to the top. I admire their physical ability to do that hard work for a living as I could not but I can do without the ones that don't do good work.

[avator]

Not normally a knife kinda guy but I inherited collection and I have many, many more knives than airguns. I have a few out for display and a couple at work stations and in tool boxes but the bulk of them are stored away. Killer was a knife nut. We still get knife magazines in the mail.