Redneck/SF Engineering

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by wet dog

Sensitivity training as in, "...going for the jugular".

yes.


Lot's of pages here, have we already discussed the "hot wrench"?

Have you ever seen old timers make nails on an anvil? Visited a friend the other day, saw him spit out 4 new nails in 1 min.

When he doesn't have a hammer in hand, his parkinson's disease is quite evident. Hammering is his only PT.

WD

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by wet dog

Have you ever seen old timers make nails on an anvil? Visited a friend the other day, saw him spit out 4 new nails in 1 min.

When he doesn't have a hammer in hand, his parkinson's disease is quite evident. Hammering is his only PT.

WD

Yes, More amazing than it sounds. Traditional forged nails are both tapered and square in cross section and nicely "headed".
Good picture here: http://www.appaltree.net/aba/nails.htm

I've heard stories that some settlers making their way across the west, when moving, would burn down the house and barn to get the nails back. This is how precious these small pieces of forged steel were.

Edited to add:
Wet Dog,
You keep interesting company. All the best to your friend.

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Yes, More amazing than it sounds. Traditional forged nails are both tapered and square in cross section and nicely "headed".
Good picture here: http://www.appaltree.net/aba/nails.htm

I've heard stories that some settlers making their way across the west, when moving, would burn down the house and barn to get the nails back. This is how precious these small pieces of forged steel were.

Look a lot like square cut masonry nails.

TR

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Look a lot like square cut masonry nails.

TR

They do except they are hand forged and came in lengths from fine finish cabinet to ship and bridge building sized spikes.

Here is another look to see some hand forged nails:http://www.sevenpinesforge.com/nails.html

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

They do except they are hand forged and came in lengths from fine finish cabinet to ship and bridge building sized spikes.

Here is another look to see some hand forged nails:http://www.sevenpinesforge.com/nails.html

Those are beautiful! Early-Man or Neranderthal had nothing on these.

[CSB]

Found this old photograph when moving my office. It goes back to 1974, just south of 38 degrees north latitude in the Land of the Morning Calm (aka Korea).

We were shooting 4.2" mortars and when it was time to roll back to Camp Hovey not only did we have a flat tire, the tire came all the way off the rim.

This was my solution. It got us along from the "back 40" to the paved road, where we could get a new wheel brought to us and replace the rim.

And yes, I am apparently "old school" ... those are Gamma Goats doing the pulling.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by CSB

Found this old photograph when moving my office. It goes back to 1974, just south of 38 degrees north latitude in the Land of the Morning Calm (aka Korea).

We were shooting 4.2" mortars and when it was time to roll back to Camp Hovey not only did we have a flat tire, the tire came all the way off the rim.

This was my solution. It got us along from the "back 40" to the paved road, where we could get a new wheel brought to us and replace the rim.

And yes, I am apparently "old school" ... those are Gamma Goats doing the pulling.

That has to earn some kind of award around here!

That's some serious dirt logging.

[ZonieDiver]

Ya gotta love the old "Four Deuce"! Mortarmen rule! "High Angle Hell"!

[XJWoody]

Many moons ago, I got stolen from my Cav squadron and sentenced to a tour in a Brigade HHC arms room. I'd occasionally get paroled to the motor pool (Asst. Jr. vehicle dispatcher IIRC)

Anyhow in the motor-daddy's office was a very olde (1950s?) FM on improvised recovery techniques... That log on the trailer is one of those...

One can use a spare tire (or tarpaulin etc) for an improvised winch anchor point. COTS is a Pull-Pal™ and saves a LOT of digging.

Having some time in & around the Jeeping/4-wheeling scene, I've observed plenty of redneck get-home fixes. I may have been guilty of shredding both a primary tire and the spare outside of Murphy NC... I happened to recall a pile of old tires some slob had dumped alongside Beaver Dam Rd, so I sent a runner & by gawd there was one 'close enough' (which held air & had some tread.) That led to my first time breaking down & remounting a MV tire in the field. Fun stuff.

If that FM is still in print, it's a worthwhile read if one is mechanized or has an interest... -> here's a PDF that gets to the heart of it...

http://www.adrenalina4x4.org.bo/Arti...overy_ch22.pdf

Also, a Skilcraft ball-point pen body (the pointy end IIRC) can be used as a bypass/temp replacement for a clogged fuel filter on an M151.

[Bill Harsey]

For what it's worth:

Had to drill and tap for screw threads in some micarta yesterday. Tap size was 4-40 (small) and I was having a tough time getting the tap to cut and was nearing the torsional breaking point of the new and sharp tap.

Put some paraffin on the tap and tried again. Difference was like night and day.
Job became too easy and was completed with no further problems.

[Ambush Master]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

For what it's worth:

Had to drill and tap for screw threads in some micarta yesterday. Tap size was 4-40 (small) and I was having a tough time getting the tap to cut and was nearing the torsional breaking point of the new and sharp tap.

Put some paraffin on the tap and tried again. Difference was like night and day.
Job became too easy and was completed with no further problems.

A side note: If you are going to need to use Loctite, use Soap. It will wash away quite easily, but will give you a high degree of Lubricity.

Later.
Martin

[Paul_31-B]

in 01 I was deployed to Kosovo, my team and I were on patrol in Strpce (probably spelled wrong) a good minute away from Camp Bondsteel. Anywho, for some reason unbeknownst to us our Headlights went out. Tried everything (yes including turning them on) Nothin worked, however we had two 15 million candlelight searchlights. Those combined with a roll and a half of 100mph tape attacehed firmly to the front end of our 1114 brush guard; we had light. Wouldnt have been such a big deal except it was 0300 in the AM and about -25 degrees and heavy fog..Good times.

On a side note you can also make a killer sandwich by takin the bread, coldcuts/cheese (whatever you take from your local DIFAC downrange) etc puttin it together, wrapping it in tin foil - raise the hood of the humvee and putting the tin foil sandwiches on the engine block for about 3-5 minutes. Works better whenever its cold.

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Paul_31-B

in 01 I was deployed to Kosovo, my team and I were on patrol in Strpce (probably spelled wrong) a good minute away from Camp Bondsteel. Anywho, for some reason unbeknownst to us our Headlights went out. Tried everything (yes including turning them on) Nothin worked, however we had two 15 million candlelight searchlights. Those combined with a roll and a half of 100mph tape attacehed firmly to the front end of our 1114 brush guard; we had light. Wouldnt have been such a big deal except it was 0300 in the AM and about -25 degrees and heavy fog..Good times.

On a side note you can also make a killer sandwich by takin the bread, coldcuts/cheese (whatever you take from your local DIFAC downrange) etc puttin it together, wrapping it in tin foil - raise the hood of the humvee and putting the tin foil sandwiches on the engine block for about 3-5 minutes. Works better whenever its cold.

Paul,

We use to do that to heat up C rations when I was in during the mid fifties..... I'm sure they also did it in Korea and WW2......

Big Teddy

[Paul_31-B]

I know its nothing new Sir, I actually stole the Idea from MY Grandfather who coincidentally is Also a Korean War Vet. Just keepin the tradition going!