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[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Hmm....for once I read the instructions and I am glad I did. I was casting a lead keel ballast for my model boat, this was my first attempt. I am glad I had donned fireproof overalls,  safety glasses, heavy duty gloves and a breathing mask......because when the mould was half full it burst in half spraying droplets of molten lead everywhere.

 

Lesson learned, build a bigger mould. 

Edited August 6, 2024 by Mississippi Bullfrog

[fredc]

3 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Hmm....for once I read the instructions and I am glad I did. I was casting a lead keel ballast for my model boat, this was my first attempt. I am glad I had donned fireproof overalls,  safety glasses, heavy duty gloves and a breathing mask......because when the mould was half full it burst in half spraying droplets of molten lead everywhere.

 

Lesson learned, build a bigger mould. 

that's a big droplet

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[Takanta]

Good morning.

[dynax]

Good morning

[Grumpy Old Git]

Mwaramutse

 

[Steve_M]

13 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Hmm....for once I read the instructions and I am glad I did. I was casting a lead keel ballast for my model boat, this was my first attempt. I am glad I had donned fireproof overalls,  safety glasses, heavy duty gloves and a breathing mask......because when the mould was half full it burst in half spraying droplets of molten lead everywhere.

 

Lesson learned, build a bigger mould. 

That looks a good outcome in the end.

 

[Steve_M]

Good morning. And a big thank you to all who make this a (relatively) sane corner of social media.

 

Oh, and here’s a video from our trail cam just because I can.

 

Fox on the run?

 

 

[Nick the wanderer]

I set a trail cam on the bird feeders, trouble is they blow around in the wind so i've quite a bit of not a lot there.

[Simon Davey]

Which trail cameras do you guys use?

That fox footage is great quality.

[Steve_M]

38 minutes ago, Nick the wanderer said:

I set a trail cam on the bird feeders, trouble is they blow around in the wind so i've quite a bit of not a lot there.

I have to be careful about siting the camera. Moving grass or leaves can set it off which results in lots of images of moving grass and leaves.

[Steve_M]

29 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

Which trail cameras do you guys use?

That fox footage is great quality.

Mine’s a Browning Recon Force. 

 

Naturespy link

 

Same location during daylight hours.

Edited August 7, 2024 by Steve_M

[Nick the wanderer]

We use a Ceyomur CY50 budget friendly version from Amazon. 

The cat got chased off by a dog who was visiting and the Mrs was worried sick. He's not coming back etc.. I love that cat etc.. So we set up some food in the summer shed and got the cam and waited. He turned up after a couple of days.

I would share the footage which is pretty good to be fair, but, it's avi and not an accepted fie type on here. The 'save as' a different file type are also not supported on here. So that's the end of my attention span with that.

 

[Steve_M]

49 minutes ago, Nick the wanderer said:

We use a Ceyomur CY50 budget friendly version from Amazon. 

The cat got chased off by a dog who was visiting and the Mrs was worried sick. He's not coming back etc.. I love that cat etc.. So we set up some food in the summer shed and got the cam and waited. He turned up after a couple of days.

I would share the footage which is pretty good to be fair, but, it's avi and not an accepted fie type on here. The 'save as' a different file type are also not supported on here. So that's the end of my attention span with that.

 

That’s why I had to load it to my YouTube channel.  I don’t post on it often - it was mostly for family members  to look at. It’s kinda weird looking back at my old videos. I may do some tidying up.

[Nick the wanderer]

Yeah l did consider that option for sharing. I use an ad blocker on there which works really well so l don't play around with it too much.

[rennie]

Good afternoon 

[dynax]

Good morning

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[Grumpy Old Git]

god morgen

 

[rennie]

Good afternoon 

[dynax]

Good morning

[Simon Davey]

Good morning

[Grumpy Old Git]

góðan daginn

 

[Takanta]

Afternoon, 

 

I have been eyeing up a decent FZ1S all day thats for sale locally to me

[rennie]

Good afternoon 

I still like fridays!