Seymour Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 It's the cheapest, and what a good job it does! I do find it amusing that people use this bought product called 'wheat paste'. Instead, you can chuck a cup of white flour in a litre of cold water, stir it to a suspension, and heat it till it's a strong paste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Toss in a little benzoate, perhaps, so it won't go rancid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I do find it amusing that people use this bought product called 'wheat paste'. ..I find it amusing that people buy "flour" instead of growing their own wheat and then grinding it to make a powder, and then cooking that into wheat paste... Sarcasm aside, some folks just prefer to be able to get right down to business - or their wives don't let them in the kitchen anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 You have to do almost as much effort with the bought powder. Stir it with water! Toss in a little benzoate, perhaps, so it won't go rancid? biggrin2.gif Yup, if I'm going to store it! I've had fun trying to make it as toxic as I can. Throw in copper, boron, benzoates, barium. Why not kill vertebrates, invertebrates, fungi, bacteria all at once! However, if you leave it for long enough it still grows a rainforest of microorganisms. It's scary and impressive what some things can live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Neither those microorganisms nor anything else, for that matter, will grow in your paste if you use Paris Green (Copper Acetoarsenite) as a preservative. That has drawbacks, of course. Not the least of which is that it's a deadly poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 ..I find it amusing that people buy "flour" instead of growing their own wheat and then grinding it to make a powder, and then cooking that into wheat paste... Sarcasm aside, some folks just prefer to be able to get right down to business - or their wives don't let them in the kitchen anymore! That's why you need to sometimes 'sieze the moment' while she's out...A good cleaning and she'll never know you were even there. Or I guess you can just buy a WASP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I just state it how it is. "this is flour and water. no more no less. Really, I'm just making porridge that's not very nice. Nothing scary." Not only does it letme use the kitchen, but I'm alowed to boil the flour and water in kitchen pots, not the ones I use for boiling down barium. Neither those microorganisms nor anything else, for that matter, will grow in your paste if you use Paris Green (Copper Acetoarsenite) as a preservative. That has drawbacks, of course. Not the least of which is that it's a deadly poison. wink2.gif I'm not entirely sure. it'll kill 99.7% of microorganisms, but some in that 0.3% always get in there if you give it the time. Obviously I do not have problems with the paste going rancid. I do not store it with water for weeks on end, and if I did it'd be frozen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miech Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 From what I've heard rancid wheat paste works even better than freshly prepared. They seem to use it on Malta. No, I'm not going to try . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50AE Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I received my 2XL Iron Maiden T-shirt The pic is from eBay* http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/3c/a1/fc30_1.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swervedriver Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 wow, "run to the hills", that's olde schoole. very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowcard Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Oeh that's a very nice one, i like metal to ! Had a wonderfull day today, it was my last day of school ! I'm going to university next year (after my tests). A day of joy, some fireworks and lots of alcohol and other chemicals.Bad thing is: The police dumped my 3 3'' mortars (2 cardboard ones and one fiberglass) into the river . Gotta get some new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) Yesterday, my daughter pinned on the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army... She graduated cum laude from TCU here in Ft. Worth. She will be posted to the medical corps after training. I am so proud of her, I could pop a button or three. No lewd comments or I will kick a$$. http://www.5bears.com/sissy02.jpg Edited May 9, 2009 by Swede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSidewinder Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hey, congratulations Swede!! What a lovely young lady. She obviously gets her good looks from her mother. And if anyone makes lewd comments, I suspect you'll have to wait until after SHE gets done kicking their ass. They do grow up fast, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50AE Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Congratulations Swede !! I wish the best for your daughter ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Thanks guys. I cropped myself from the picture to avoid public humiliation. And yes, kids grow so fast it is staggering. Talk about ups and downs... Raising kids is the ultimate rollercoaster of highs and lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrKoNaLeaSh1010 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Congrats to your daughter on her graduation and current rank. Also congrats to you for actually giving a damn about your children.....there are quite a lot of parents out there who couldnt say the same and its good to see there are still some sort of family values and honor out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_DB_ Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I'm in a fairly good mood because college is out for the summer and my friend has a well stocked shop that I can use to build various equipment with. Going to mount a 3'' HDPE mortar today and hopefully build a star roller soon. One of the main reasons I never got deep into traditional pyrotechnics is because I have a lack of tools and appropriate work space at my house. Hopefully I can do it this time. Also need to find a job, but that can wait a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 (edited) Have not been this happy for a long time! Finally in a band with enthusiastic people! In less then a week we got 2 songs down. Can't wait to get giggin! Had to vent that happiness Edited May 15, 2009 by Steps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50AE Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Nice, I don't have school Wednesday and Friday. However, there's a job on the desk waiting for me. From all cardboard food boxes I've recently cut, there are 112 discs left. Now I must cut these in a flower shape and push them in my mould to make 4" hemis. Knowing that I need 4 discs for a single one, I will obtain 28 hemis, or.. 14 SETS . Oh, there's a lot of work Edited May 20, 2009 by 50AE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterfireworks Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Im happy got a 72ch firing system arriving in docks from china on tuesday - been waiting for 8 weeks for it to arrive Happy dayz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 A bit random, but I dragged my gokart out of mothballs today, changed flywheels (to one that generates spark!) and tore it up a bit. There's an outdoor hockey rink not far away, did a couple laps in there and one area had some mud/algae growing on it.. You guessed it, POWER SLIDES. Great fun! But I had a bit of a blowout, will have to get a new tube. Might see about buying some tubeless tires and finding other hubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankRizzo Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) You said that the frame fits in your car, right? Edited May 25, 2009 by FrankRizzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) It does indeed! I'll bring it next time I visit. Should be in the next couple weeks if you'll have us. Edwin wants to build a kart this summer too, he has july and august off so probably then. So plans for this week(end?) include attaching the brake caliper to a pedal and making a nicer steering wheel/bar. I'd like to find some different rear tires, I think walmart here or down there had some Carlisle tires for a good price that looked really good. They seemed to be made out of "road" rubber and not the super soft kind that wears away too quickly. Oh, also gotta cast a lead weight for the front end. edit: Went ahead and cast a ~8lb lead weight. I took a 18" piece of 1.125" ID SS tubing and poured lead in until full. I wish I'd had a chunkier piece of tube, like 1.5" ID, same length. I really wanted to put like 15-20lb on the front. Also cut some pieces to make a new steering bar and the brake pedal parts. Edited May 26, 2009 by tentacles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePyroManiacMan Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yeah finaly got my brand new and sexy lortrone q66 ballmill http://pyrotube.com/play.php?vid=181 cost me around 550$ including a stepdown converter and 15kg/ 30pounds of lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankRizzo Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Yeah finaly got my brand new and sexy lortrone q66 ballmill http://pyrotube.com/play.php?vid=181 cost me around 550$ including a stepdown converter and 15kg/ 30pounds of lead $550!?..ouch. I had one of those as my first "ball mill". The jar only rotates ~30RPM, which is much too slow for milling in any reasonable amount of time (~12hrs made acceptable powder). Build-up the rollers in a few places (at least two spots for each jar) with vinyl electrical tape until the jars rotate ~75RPM. The motor really isn't built for a 30lb load either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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