MikeRock

Happily it looks like the issue might be resolved. I just clicked and here it is, no wants or warrants, just LW, alive and well. God bless

Oh NO, Not the 'dropped boxen'...... yup, and more than a shoebox full..... and it was windy between the Chem E. building and the Computer room... IBM 1620. Fortran 3. Fun times. And yes, the diagonal stripes saved the day pretty much. Memories! We used to keep our horses over at the county fair buildings all through the class year. One time a grad student from Oklahoma put up a poster of a horses butt and some comment........well, next morning it seems the horse had taken exception to something and crapped all over said student's desk!! Load of road apples and he was not happy :(( Thanks for the shout out about Katherine Johnson. Number cruncher non pareil.

Tom, you are sure right on that. I used a milling machine on 'really slow', and used brace and bit setup for many things. Made water pump cylinder leathers, hydraulic cylinder seals, odd jobs. A friend of mine used to be a hand gasket maker at Chicago Rawhide, I got it from him. Also got a 38 Chevy pickup from him :)))) God bless and stay safe when using power tools. THINK before you press that little button!

It looks like the replacement knives are the same. I haven't worn mine out if fifty years, used it ten times.... Gasket & Washer Cutter – No. 50 Designed for cutting gaskets and washers any size up to and including 24 inches outside diameter. Can be used with bit brace or by hand. Replacement blades made of the best material and workmanship. Highly polished. Replacement parts are also available. Osborne No. Description Weight each (oz) UPC No. 50 Gasket cutter 20 01860 50-B Replacement cutting blades 2 18024 50-P Center Pin 3 12117 50-R Rods for gasket cutter 4 18026

Whistler, would you post the video location? God bless

Many thanks to you all. Dug them out and they are 100% steel, only a few have the USA marking. God bless still sorting.......there were another couple hundred

Wiz, thanks for that comment. God bless

My wife has 80 or 90 Tandy stamps from 1974. They are in storage right now, so I am wondering, are these the good 'old style' tools, or 'new'. She never had an issue with plating chipping or any rusting. So....good or not? God bless

Is the bobbin winder missing? It's right under the handwheel.

You are having WAY too much fun! Great looking chest. God bless

Chuck, you are 110% correct. I watched a Univ of Wisconsin student walk in front of a bus, against the 'walk' light......driver shuffled a lot of people around on that bus but didn't hit the idiot.

Dwight, Is there an illustration in the SASS handbook to show holster cant, angles upon clearing leather and the 170 downrange rule? God bless Found the PDF online.

Look in Vogue magazine to see how much the high-end purses go for. And none of them are anywhere as beautiful as yours. In fact they are not a third as nice. Shoot, you put a one-of-a-kind and ask $10K, you're in the ballpark and there would be "cat fights" over it! -Valerie Weihman-Rock (Mike Rock's wife)

That is an absolutely amazing purse! This is really excellent - sets the bar up high! I've not seen one so fine! The side-detail herringbone design is beautiful and unique. Would love to see more pictures of this! (The display idea is cute, but not worthy of this excellent piece. I envision something like a 1900's on-wall sconce?) Again, WOW! -Valerie Weihman-Rock (Mike Rock's wife)

Where did the blade come from? It is a beauty! God bless

Yikes...I can feel the strike and the rod bend!!! Nice

Holding in left hand......right hand thumb sweeps open the catch. Holding open in left hand, right hand picks out money or cards. What am I not seeing.....

What a wonderful way to begin the day. I have a very nice old Durkopp 17 with that exact needle plate. I will get some Christmas ornaments off the top of it and get some photos today. Next to it is my 29-4 that needs a screw for the bobbin carrier. Now I can start finding the few parts I need to make both run again. The 29-4 came from a friend who did automotive upholstery until Agent Orange claimed him some thirty years ago. I took out a piece from curiosity......now maybe I can replace it. Bad habit...note to self, "Don't take stuff apart.....that you can't put back together in ten minutes".... The Durkopp followed me home from the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison, WI a few years back. Just need a threading diagram I think. God bless

Simply email the photos to yourself. There is a little window that lets you resize down to something that fits well.

Fun book, thank you! Lots of good stuff in there. God bless

The disappearing rivet trick I have some cowboy cuffs, leather cones that went over the wrist to protect the shirt cuff and help prevent injuries as well. The rivets on those are steel and darned near invisible. I just thought of them. I'll measure and fiddle and see if we can put the rivet issue to rest. Fun stuff.

That's a big piece of lint on the original display. It's in the book photo. I had to look. It looks like the rivet body is not much more than 1/8", so the 5/16" diameter head leaves 3/32" of rim all the way around the head and splash/expanded part, plus the expanded part is actually curved back around and dug into the leather. That would hold the leather in compression quite well. If you load and unload from a loop you'll see there is very little pressure placed on the rivet. I think I'll turn some copper rivets down to size and play with this a bit. How's the weather up your way Chuck? I just had a friend from Troy, MT tell me how nice it is up there. God bless

The rivet heads are quite clear, nice circles. Measuring and scaling from the .44-40 cartridge case under the rim, I get a diameter for the rivet head of 0.323", 8mm. The diameter of the splash is equal within reasonable limits. No washers, and this thing has held together for this long.... When you look at it, there isn't that great a force trying to tear the rivet out, just holding a friction fit on a cartridge case. God bless Hope you can see the two rivets, or at least the one on the left.

That looks like a block for printing. Any sign that it was blocked up with wood?