Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

johndej said:

I have used that option more than once at work. Ever hear of turn the nut method of torquing something?

914Driver said:

stroker said:

In reply to 914Driver :

That's pretty doggone close to 1 cannon/hr for five years...

Yeah, and those aren't Mortars that slip into a backpack.  Thr ones on the left side of the floor are 8" Navy guns and the ones on the aisle and right side are the longer M-107  175mm. self-propelled.

That's Bldg. 110, coupla thousand feet long.

 

It's also one of the reasons the Albany, NY area was very high on the list of places to get a nuke during the Cold War.

preach said:

johndej said:

I have used that option more than once at work. Ever hear of turn the nut method of torquing something?

I've had head bolts with the instruction to torque to X, then torque to Y, then tighten 90 degrees.  Quite common on older engines.  

Republic XF-12 Rainbow. Absolute hotrod. 470mph top speed.

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :

Shoulda been there right after 9/11.  

In reply to 914Driver :

I was in NC by that time. Oddly enough, you can see on the map that Raleigh was also among the first strikes.

In 1979 or '80, we machined an 8" Navy gun to the muzzle of a 175mm & honed the bores larger.  It was so long, to flip it around in the shop the muzzle was put out a window and the thing K Turned inside.   Someone wanted a space probe up there but didn't want to build a rocket.  It now lays in the desert at Yuma Proving Grounds, no one there new what the heck it was.

I have no idea what a Stubben Zaria Optimum is! But, when a picture like this pops up on FBM it certainly makes me have a look!!!

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

It's a horse saddle.

British, or for a specific riding style?    I can see where the horn could be a pain for jumping.

Raising my 4yo right. Fresh snow means time to go slideways!

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:

In reply to 914Driver :

I was in NC by that time. Oddly enough, you can see on the map that Raleigh was also among the first strikes.

Weren't all the state capitols up there to disrupt our leadership? I was shocked that moving from a state capitol with the largest US Army recruit training center to a sleepy, rural, Appalachian town made me more likely to be nuked.

In reply to Apexcarver :

That was a very close apex at the back corner there.

In reply to Duke :

Username definitely checks out.

1/350th Skyraider diorama:

Appleseed said:

Republic XF-12 Rainbow. Absolute hotrod. 470mph top speed.

Also had the world's first variable geometry nose. The bulkhead was the pressurized area. The curved plexiglass was for maximum streamlining, but caused hellacious distortion. Not something you want at night or foul weather. So the bulkhead had optically clear glass, and the plexi dropped down, exposing the glass.