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Post by MsAli on Dec 12, 2017 10:41:12 GMT -5
Am I right that it's a Rhodesian? It washes off right ? 
Yep, you are correct. Me got into big trouble that day. Washes with difficulty yes. Wife and her RR breeding buddies/partners were having slumber party at the house that weekend and left me to babysit 7 pups 2 hours. They went for lunch. They got back and all 7 puppies were covered in white clay. Add the pup house. They were getting ready to do a photo session and then buyers were coming to pick up their pups. Frantically bathing pups and washing pup house down(I managed them lol) Long weekend for me, they made me pay. Pups smelled great ! and I bet their coats were nice and soft!
*Have a feeling you end up in trouble with wife often
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Post by jamesp on Dec 12, 2017 10:45:06 GMT -5
MsAliyes and yes In more ways than one on the latter.
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Post by zzyzzyx on Dec 14, 2017 16:14:34 GMT -5
Your fire pits sure blow away my half steel drum. I have to a new drum every 15 years or so. Each half only lasts so long.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 18, 2017 12:04:29 GMT -5
Your fire pits sure blow away my half steel drum. I have to a new drum every 15 years or so. Each half only lasts so long. steel drums with a few holes in the bottom = fine incinerator lol Hard to beat. |
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Post by woodman on Dec 18, 2017 14:17:07 GMT -5
Your fire pits sure blow away my half steel drum. I have to a new drum every 15 years or so. Each half only lasts so long. steel drums with a few holes in the bottom = fine incinerator lol Hard to beat. I use a tail cone off of an engine off of a Ch-47 chinook helicopter. Titanium, it will never rust out. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 18, 2017 14:53:35 GMT -5
steel drums with a few holes in the bottom = fine incinerator lol Hard to beat. I use a tail cone off of an engine off of a Ch-47 chinook helicopter. Titanium, it will never rust out. Titanium, that just sounds mean. And being an engine part off of a Chinook. Maybe titanium fire pits would be a draw to the rich and the famous.... Price for bowl by request only. Some number with lots of zero's next to it.  |
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Post by quartz on Dec 18, 2017 15:55:12 GMT -5
Don't EVER get titanium hot enough to burn, can't put it out except by oxygen deprivation. Used to machine paper mill slurry pump cases out of it, company very picky about chip control because of capability to burn. Had to try it, lit up a stringy chip of it, turned into a white glowing ball that moved up the chip until the chip was completely consumed.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 19, 2017 8:17:04 GMT -5
Don't EVER get titanium hot enough to burn, can't put it out except by oxygen deprivation. Used to machine paper mill slurry pump cases out of it, company very picky about chip control because of capability to burn. Had to try it, lit up a stringy chip of it, turned into a white glowing ball that moved up the chip until the chip was completely consumed. Next project. Sounds like pure magnesium. Bad choice for a fire pit ! |
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Post by quartz on Dec 19, 2017 14:07:06 GMT -5
Magnesium pops and fizzles when it burns, the titanium was quiet but persistent. Old timey flash boxes for cameras used mag. powder for flash. When I was over in Nam we used to spotface corrosion off mounting holes on magnesium gearboxes for Huey tail rotors. This generated a really fine very thin chip that flashed readily when lit. Lit some one day in an ashtray just as our pretty much drunk shop chief walked in the shop, he near lost bladder control.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 23:23:03 GMT -5
Magnesium pops and fizzles when it burns, the titanium was quiet but persistent. Old timey flash boxes for cameras used mag. powder for flash. When I was over in Nam we used to spotface corrosion off mounting holes on magnesium gearboxes for Huey tail rotors. This generated a really fine very thin chip that flashed readily when lit. Lit some one day in an ashtray just as our pretty much drunk shop chief walked in the shop, he near lost bladder control. I remember being at the beach for July 4th. Well after dark some dude used an oxy-acetylene torch to light a 1/2" rod of magnesium. Once it lit, the light made the beach look like daylight. Every one lighting fireworks was pissed! So dude tossed it in the ocean! The thing burned until totally consumed, under water! |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 20, 2017 9:05:42 GMT -5
Worker stopped by for a couple of days after work. 3 titanium fire pits - not really. The shiny ones are high chrome but not stainless.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 13:04:01 GMT -5
Will the high chrome still rust but slower and perhaps a different shade of decay rust?
Edit: damned type ahead
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Post by jamesp on Dec 23, 2017 9:03:08 GMT -5
Will the high chrome still rust but slower and perhaps a different shade of decay rust? Edit: damned type ahead Can't tell them apart after 6 months our humidity. Those things are made out of over a half dozen different carbon steel compositions. Various stainless mixes too. Relates to the process they are being used for. Never know what they will send. They all weld about the same though. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2019 6:00:57 GMT -5
A neighbor is interested in purchasing the fire pit business. Looks like the sales price for an internet business is 3 times the net income plus all inventory. I am OK with selling at this pricing at age 62 although it is an easy business to operate and would make more money if kept. Looking at other internet companies listed at www.websiteclosers.com/websites-for-sale/The pricing is quite repetitive. Never sold a business. My neighbor is understandably asking tough questions requiring some detailed accounting. For the past 2 years the income only varied 2% so it is steady. All interesting though. |
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Post by MsAli on Jan 15, 2019 11:10:42 GMT -5
A neighbor is interested in purchasing the fire pit business. Looks like the sales price for an internet business is 3 times the net income plus all inventory. I am OK with selling at this pricing at age 62 although it is an easy business to operate and would make more money if kept. Looking at other internet companies listed at www.websiteclosers.com/websites-for-sale/The pricing is quite repetitive. Never sold a business. My neighbor is understandably asking tough questions requiring some detailed accounting. For the past 2 years the income only varied 2% so it is steady. All interesting though. Maybe something your nephew would be interested in taking over ? |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2019 11:33:17 GMT -5
A neighbor is interested in purchasing the fire pit business. Looks like the sales price for an internet business is 3 times the net income plus all inventory. I am OK with selling at this pricing at age 62 although it is an easy business to operate and would make more money if kept. Looking at other internet companies listed at www.websiteclosers.com/websites-for-sale/The pricing is quite repetitive. Never sold a business. My neighbor is understandably asking tough questions requiring some detailed accounting. For the past 2 years the income only varied 2% so it is steady. All interesting though. Maybe something your nephew would be interested in taking over ? Thought about that Alison and don't think he is ready. He was given the funds for a full college ed and floundered it under the table on his party life. Really broke his Mom's heart. That rascal has one thing on his mind. A big muscular strapping handsome young fellow and can't blame. I don't think he is responsible enough at 23 yrs old. Wished he had finished planting oats. No matter, all will go full circle and those 2 will get the farm. There is some growing up to do. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 19, 2019 17:15:53 GMT -5
I got quotes for bending these strips of steel into round rings. I know the game, they use a ring bending machine. They are slow and a pain to use. They ranged from $12 to $25/ring - outrageous. So I made a bending jig and do it by hand.(been here done this many times). Granted it is a bit of exercise but not that bad. A cheater bar can be used to reduce required strength. Or the jig can be mounted atop a stump and the operator can walk a circle around the stump. Appears to be a fine business offering this as a service. Over 100 rings bent in 1.5 hours by an old man, uh, like $1000/hour !?! ready to have tails cut off:  The pile  |
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Post by Pat on Feb 19, 2019 17:54:28 GMT -5
I like the idea of attaching jig to stump. Maybe you or your donkey could take turns going around stump. When you have had enough of that good exercise, the donkey could relieve you!
$1000 per hour ... good !
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Post by jamesp on Feb 20, 2019 8:50:34 GMT -5
I like the idea of attaching jig to stump. Maybe you or your donkey could take turns going around stump. When you have had enough of that good exercise, the donkey could relieve you! $1000 per hour ... good ! The donkey might just be your best friend in a ring bending business Pat. This ring did not take much force so it was mounted on a vertical pole so that a man's arms can make the round bend without walking circles around a stump. Another trick to bending rings is to chain a long piece of steel to a tire on a vehicle and drive forward. The metal is forced to wrap around the tire as the vehicle is driven forward making round rings. Similar to your jump ring jig. For larger rings farmer's often use their large tractor tire to bend them. Anyway, I have always been surprised at the cost of having metal bent to rings and it might be a fine enterprise for the backyard entrepreneur. Often referred to as a cottage business or mom-and-pop. Since the internet arrived such home businesses are thriving due to ease of advertising. Our local city council is having to rewrite their zoning rules because of this rapidly growing home occupations. Out here in rural America where people have enough space to set up such businesses and it has become common practice. This fire pit business is a classic case of a home biz. From what I can tell, if I asked our web gal to step up on the internet advertising this pit business could have a multi-million dollar income. I may sell it to an aggressive partner and watch him run with it and turn it into a higher income business. The sale may involve a contract for a percentage of the income like 5 to 10 percent for me and let him do all the work growing the business. |
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Post by Pat on Feb 20, 2019 9:34:33 GMT -5
I like small businesses, and trading skills.
Recently, I saw a pretty use of your glass --- countertops! Beautiful! This one had a white background, but depending on the glass color, could have other color as well. It was stunning, and a good use of scrap.
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