What’s ya doin’ tonight ? Post a pic right now….

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Opened up my latest build and the other goodies Marc sent with it!! Was in NM this past week and this is a lot of fun. Will post pics if anyone wants to see it. Has a great example of how build sheets are done. Know we have a guy here who calls himself a builder but is a far cry from a top tier Smith.
 

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Opened up my latest build and the other goodies Marc sent with it!! Was in NM this past week and this is a lot of fun. Will post pics if anyone wants to see it. Has a great example of how build sheets are done. Know we have a guy here who calls himself a builder but is a far cry from a top tier Smith.
Let's see it!
 
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Yeah, that’s really nice. What’s with the spare grip?
Choices man choices! Those grips are made by Marc. I have given him 10 of my big rifle blanks to make grips from. Turkish walnut, and Screwbean Mesquite mostly. Going to send him a few more---one of the other "firearm things" I have collected over the years when a buddy had an importing company that cut them in Turkey and shipped them over to the US. Unfortunately, he sold it close to 10 years ago Luxus Walnut, which now is just a shadow of its former self.
 

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My daughter’s friend asked me if I could teach her to ride dirt bikes. She said she always see’s my daughter and all her friends having so much fun on dirt bikes and she wants to learn.

Put her in the wife’s gear on the wife’s bike. After a 10 minute garage session of hand eye coordination and some drills of moving your feet and hands to operate all of the bikes inputs she was ready to try 1st gear and clutch/gas combo to get the bike moving.

An hour after we started the kid was feet on the pegs doing figure eights. She was so grateful afterwards. Kid has no idea what she just got herself into! I know…

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My daughter’s friend asked me if I could teach her to ride dirt bikes. She said she always see’s my daughter and all her friends having so much fun on dirt bikes and she wants to learn.

Put her in the wife’s gear on the wife’s bike. After a 10 minute garage session of hand eye coordination and some drills of moving your feet and hands to operate all of the bikes inputs she was ready to try 1st gear and clutch/gas combo to get the bike moving.

An hour after we started the kid was feet on the pegs doing figure eights. She was so grateful afterwards. Kid has no idea what she just got herself into! I know…

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Keep selling the kids this drug.

S.C.
 

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I put a new muffler on my old Duramax Chevy today.
A small SoCal benefit as it took about twenty minutes with a socket and ratchet.
Nuts, hangars, and clamps came right off after 15 years under the truck.
I remember doing exhaust work when I was a kid in Michigan.
First order of business was a torch.
 

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I put a new muffler on my old Duramax Chevy today.
A small SoCal benefit as it took about twenty minutes with a socket and ratchet.
Nuts, hangars, and clamps came right off after 15 years under the truck.
I remember doing exhaust work when I was a kid in Michigan.
First order of business was a torch.
I put these on 1 year ago, when I replaced the cat, muffler and tailpipe. I broke the first one off with the air gun, so I took it easy and broke the other three off by hand with a socket wrench :roll: :roll: . Not even rusty by Maine standards, and I fucking hosed them down with penetrating oil before I started. Fucking garbage!

My daughter is supposed to be coming home with some new ones. Doing the pipe between the exhaust manifold and the cat tonight. I should've done it when I did all the rest, but it didn't look terrible. I'm shocked the nuts on the manifold came right off. I tried to pick up spares today in case I had to cut them off, but the place didn't have any. They'll be there waiting for me at the parts store tomorrow morning, but looks like I won't need them. :up:


 
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I put these on 1 year ago, when I replaced the cat, muffler and tailpipe. I broke the first one off with the air gun, so I took it easy and broke the other three off by hand with a socket wrench :roll: :roll: . Not even rusty by Maine standards, and I fucking hosed them down with penetrating oil before I started. Fucking garbage!

My daughter is supposed to be coming home with some new ones. Doing the pipe between the exhaust manifold and the cat tonight. I should've done it when I did all the rest, but it didn't look terrible. I'm shocked the nuts on the manifold came right off. I tried to pick up spares today in case I had to cut them off, but the place didn't have any. They'll be there waiting for me at the parts store tomorrow morning, but looks like I won't need them. :up:


That sucks! Hazards of living in the Sportsmans Paradise! The combination of heat cycles, moisture and salt take their toll on some metals over time.
 

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And holy fucking shit, what a great day. Went up with Chris Dillon of Dillon Aero. We hit three different landing zones north of Scottsdale, around Horseshoe and Bartlett lakes. Shot a ton of pics and and I personally enjoyed the fuck out of flying in a helo with open doors, just cruising through valleys and over mountains. Truly an amazing experience which has left me feeling about as good as a human can feel. Pics soon.
 

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And holy fucking shit, what a great day. Went up with Chris Dillon of Dillon Aero. We hit three different landing zones north of Scottsdale, around Horseshoe and Bartlett lakes. Shot a ton of pics and and I personally enjoyed the fuck out of flying in a helo with open doors, just cruising through valleys and over mountains. Truly an amazing experience which has left me feeling about as good as a human can feel. Pics soon.
Nice chopper too!

4 blade, twin pack...best of the Bells. A 412.
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It sounds like the sensation we get from riding Motorcycles, just with much better results. :up:
Totally different, yet in this particular situation, just as satisfying.

Killer prop wash almost knocking us down, close fly-bys, open door cruising in some beautiful country, chatting on the headgear about stuff we saw. All just fucking excellent.

S.C.
 

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Halfway through a root canal...

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Edit: Three and a half hours in the chair and a thirty mile drive home.
I'm going to eat a bowl of chili and try not to bite my tongue or lips off.
Then I'll have a nice little nap.
 
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