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by F.C.
Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: Welcome and Announcements
Topic: We're back
Replies: 71
Views: 36344

Re: We're back

Let's see if I can post a photo or two: I'll try this and see. More to follow if this works.
by F.C.
Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:14 am
Forum: Welcome and Announcements
Topic: We're back
Replies: 71
Views: 36344

Re: We're back

WOW!! The silence on this forum is remarkable. Isn't anyone casting? I've been hamstrung the past year due several life "issues" and lately dealing with selling my place and finding a new location to move into. Minor setback of late, but still... seems odd the rest of the membership here h...
by F.C.
Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:11 pm
Forum: Welcome and Announcements
Topic: We're back
Replies: 71
Views: 36344

Re: We're back

I feel your pain Jerry. Been try'n to sell this property for over a year so I can move on and not deal with all the bitter memories. Actually been try'n to sell this place for the past 10 yrs. I've fired virtually every realtor in this town who tried their best to get me to give this place up for li...
by F.C.
Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:45 am
Forum: Welcome and Announcements
Topic: We're back
Replies: 71
Views: 36344

Re: We're back

Thanks, Latz!
by F.C.
Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: Welcome and Announcements
Topic: We're back
Replies: 71
Views: 36344

Re: We're back

I'm back. Very happy to see the lot of y'all still here. Last I heard from you fellas was, "you got friends here!" Suffice to say my ordeal (for the most part) is over. Divorce took a full year to end. I was hand to mouth that entire time barely hang'n on to this mortgage. I managed... bar...
by F.C.
Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: Square Peg
Topic: the decline of mechanical forums
Replies: 4
Views: 1630

Re: the decline of mechanical forums

Early 50's with me, too. I was raised by depression era parents and grandparents, plus my formative years on a military post, multiple states and various countries... "no rest till chores and obligations are done!" That was how life in my family was on a day to day basis all year, every ye...
by F.C.
Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:15 am
Forum: Square Peg
Topic: shell cases
Replies: 4
Views: 1532

Re: shell cases

Go to a gun shop and get you some crushed walnut shell fines and put a mess of that into a tumbler along with your brass shell casings. They'll sparkle like new in about an hour, both inside and out. "Fitz" paste polishing compound is another product... primarily used to buff out mild scra...
by F.C.
Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:09 am
Forum: Anti-Casting
Topic: Doing some welding
Replies: 4
Views: 3084

Re: Doing some welding

Pretty cool stuff, my friend. Kinda gives me some inspiration. Not quite sure what I'm gonna envision but for sure it'll raise a brow. Just need to find me a source of scrap to start with. LOL...
by F.C.
Thu Dec 22, 2016 2:15 pm
Forum: The Castings
Topic: Cincinnati Shaper
Replies: 2066
Views: 487272

Re: Cincinnati Shaper

From what I can gather from the various interviews I have read with the law enforcement guys in Dallas who were there first, that is the gun that really shot John Kennedy and Gov. Connally, and that later disappeared. Richard If you're referring to mine, ya got me concerned. That shooter of mine ha...
by F.C.
Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:58 pm
Forum: The Castings
Topic: Cincinnati Shaper
Replies: 2066
Views: 487272

Re: Cincinnati Shaper

Still got that shooter, by the way.