The iron show

I hit the iron show early this morning, but, weather wasn't exactly cooperative. I no sooner got there and the sky clouded up. Not bad, but enough to scare most of the vendors into packing up their goods and calling it a day. I did get to check out the old steam powered farm gear and tractors. It was fun, but I wish the weather would have been as nice as yesterday.

Next weekend I am hoping on hitting the muzzleloader show in Friendship Indiana. Most of the guys from work hit it this weekend and a lot of them will be spending most of the week there camping. Primitive campsites are only five bucks a night. I can almost remember rates that low from the early 70's. It is nice to see someplace that has family friendly events at non heart stopping rates. The iron show was OK, but I really wish I could have hit it yesterday while the weather was ideal and the vendors were in full swing. There are some vendors with tools for sale and you can sometimes get some great deals on some old name brand machinist tools. Most of the new stuff out there today is the Chinese knockoffs and most of the name brands have been long gone.

One day

Well, it turns out to be yet another one day weekend. I was hoping on a two day so I could go to the Friendship Indiana black powder shoot. A lot of the guys from work are on vacation next week and that is the destination. I have never been. It is a huge black powder gun show with all types of shooting contests. They have a huge flea market as well in case you are in need of more fleas. If I don't work next weekend, I am going to be there. It runs all week long including both full weekends.

On the bright side, this weekend is a big car show downtown by the Ohio River, and the local 4H has their annual antique steam and iron show. There is a lot to see there. It will be a short weekend, but a busy and entertaining one. At least tomorrow is only and eight hour day. It will seem like half a day. Grass is cut and most chores are done, so, off part of weekend is going to be all fun.

One more thing out of the way

Took the battery out of the Vette and gave her a fresh one. She is purring again. Threw the new plates on as well so she is good to go. Take her out for a romp tomorrow. I don't understand why batteries don't last as long as they use to. I am on my third in my Ford. Only get about three years, and they are shot. The first two were Ford batteries (the original and one factory replacement). I replaced it again in the fall as it was getting weak. Have an Interstate in it now. See how that fares. The Vette eats one about every third year. Battery just won't keep a charge. They were all diehards. Seems like the batteries use to last several years easy. Silly design on the Vette makes you remove a sidepanel and mudguard to get at the battery. Should be good for a couple years now anyway. Find out tomorrow if it's a two day weekend or one. One way is more money, the other, a little relaxation. Kinda hopin on the relaxation. Like to finish trimming the fireplace and do a little reorganizing of the garage now that the car is mobile again.

It's here.....

I managed to get through another workday (somehow this week seems to have had two Mondays in it) and got home in time for the delivery crew. The Vette decided to eat another Diehard battery, so, the safe had to go through the front door instead of the garage. Still wasn't too painful. The safe looks great in the living room.

I put the stray guns that wouldn't fit in the Browning in the new safe for now. Have to sort through them later. Want to bring all my pistols and my most commonly used long guns inside. It looks to be about the perfect size and I love the way the cutouts separate the rifles. It makes better use of the room than most of the U shaped cutouts that are so common in safes. The shelves are 3/4 inch cloth covered plywood instead of press board. The door has heavy duty peg board. Very sturdy design. I will be adding a little LED lighting. It has a built in heater already.

Tomorrow, I will be sorting things out a bit. I love this safe. Going to have to get another battery for the Vette. Diehards USE to be a decent battery. This one is only two years old and dead. It was on the charger for a few days and it won't even try to start the car. Checked the voltage and it seems one of the cells went south. I won't bother with the warranty. I got this one at a discount as the previous Diehard did just that, it died hard and was still under partial warranty. Not sure what brand to put in, but it won't be Sears.

YES.

My new safe will be here tomorrow when I get home from work. They are going to bring it in the house and install it in my living room. Thought I would have to take off early to get it, but he is going to be in town for most of the day so he will drop off at my house on his way home. It is going to be converted to all long guns, no shelves except for the two on top. It is quite reasonably priced and it is difficult to find a store willing to bring it in a house and put it where you want it. Be nice having one in the house. I will put the guns I use the most in there. I saw a nice pistol rack at the show. It looks easy enough to fabricate, so I will be making a decent size one for the top shelf so I can put all my handguns inside the house. I am so looking forward to tomorrow. It has a dehumidifier in it already and I am going to install LED lighting.

Indy day

I hit Indy for the 1500. It was probably the least crowded Indy show I have ever been to. You could actually walk down the rows and see both sides clearly. I saw some nice gun safes there. I may be giving one a new home. The dealer is already delivering two in my area Tuesday and said delivery including installing in house would only be $200 since he will already be in my area. Trying to decide between it and a Browning. Didn't buy any guns this time around, but I did buy a couple really nice leather belts. One dress and one heavy duty. Cost a bit more than the store but these are real leather and should last quite a bit longer.
Saw a guy selling kits for making your own AR lowers out of billet. Says you can legally make your own lower as long as it is for your own use and not for resale. Have my little CNC hobby mill. May have to play with that idea. He was selling a blank that needed machining to complete. May have to get some 7075 or6061 billet and see about a little reverse engineering. Can't legally sell them, but it may be fun to make one for the heck of it. could make the trigger guard integrated into the piece.
http://aresarmor.com/store/Item/TACMHL15 These are similar to what he had for sale.

Russia playing catch up

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-russia-smokingbre950062-20130601,0,3044443.story

Maybe we can ship him Bloomberg, Pelosi, Biden and Obama to help them catch up on their silly nanny laws. Next, Putin will be after their big gulps.