The Hobbit Hole XXXVI - O! Water cold we may pour at need...

[osagebowman]

Moderation in all things..

You seem to have struck a happy medium with your present role in the play. Well done, my friend, well done.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

He was just saying ‘This is MY yard, not yours’.

[SuziQ]

Sounds like the part was made for you! And since it doesn’t involve THAT much time or effort on your part, it seems like a good compromise.

[SuziQ]

Heh, guess Sam didn’t think much of the new neighbor! ;o)

[300winmag]

This weeks abbreviated Saturday Night Gun Pron was made possible by the nice people at Leupold and GG&G, who make such fine products. It's somewhat abbreviated because I'm currently working 60 hours a week, and can't even get to the gun shop to scope out a Walther PPS.

I thought I'd get a start on the hours-long (but relaxing) lapping of the GG&G mount for my scope. But the process was cut short by the near perfect roundness and concentricity of the mount itself. After just a couple minutes of lapping, I could feel that the lap was no longer cutting anything.

Rather than just tightening the mounting screws some more and continuing, I took everything apart and looked at the results. The lapping compound had barely polished, much less removed, the anodizing, yet it showed a 90+% lapped area, far better than needed.

My work there was done. I dusted some rosin inside the rings, and tightened things up slightly. Here's what I have so far:

I still have to level the crosshairs, and add a bubble level and the offset mount for a Docter red dot sight, but I've now got the major part of the job behind me.

On one of the gun boards, folks were talking about a miracle substance called NanoLube. It's "lubricant" that uses nanometer-sized round diamond particles in it. The theory is that the diamonds stick to the surface via atomic forces (after the oil evaporates), and everything slides on diamond "ball bearings".

Whatever the theory, I bought a tiny tube, and first tested it on my Benchmade Nitrous assisted-opener. All I can say was that I noticed an increase in speed and smoothness after the first few trial openings. Under a magnifying glass, I also saw that the one drag mark on the blade camming surface was being polished down, and the rest of the surface was showing polishing action, too. I think the stuff may work like a very gentle form of lapping.

I also did a quick test on the trigger mechanism of my FN FiveseveN. Quick, as in 60 hours of work per week doesn't leave me much time for gunsmithing.

The trigger pull averaged 6 lbs, 6oz before treatment. After hitting all the drag marks, bearing surfaces, and pivot points, I tested again after about two dozen dry fires. The pull is averaging 6 lbs, 3oz, with one going down to 5 lbs, 15oz. A couple of hundred rounds will make for a better test.

I'm impressed, even though I'm not sure what the exact mechanism is. I'll be sending a vial to my nephew at Georgia Tech, and let him pick some test articles, and check them out with his scanning electron microscope. But, so far, so good. Others are reporting measurable improvements in muzzle velocity by treating rifling with this stuff.

[300winmag]

A new medium for your growing advertising empire?

more animals

[hiredhand]

Thanks for taking the time to post this even working 60 hours a week. I always learn something from you. :-)

[Overtaxed]

Morning.

~sip~

I’ve got some branches down....and the float valve on the sump pump hung open.

[osagebowman]

Morning - sip. Not having a sump pump, I take it the float valve shouldn’t be hung open. sip.

Gypsygirl enjoyed her walk this morning. She enjoys these temperatures.

The Flag is flying and waving boldly. Unfortunately, two McCain signs up the street were trashed sometime last night. grr

[osagebowman]

Morning Win-mag. That is the downside of the 60 hour work week. The money is good but the time factor not so good. Very interesting product.

[Overtaxed]

Nope, it shouldn’t.

The pump kept running and running but nothing was coming out of the pipe.

[osagebowman]

We’re doing plumbing work here, too. Got a leak in the hot water plumbing at the upstairs sink; we didn’t notice it until we went upstairs last night and it was “Yikes, what’s this water doing all over the floor!” It was too late to do anything last night except wipe up the water and put a bucket under the leak.

OB just took some pieces and went to the hardware store. LSA

[Overtaxed]

I just had to go into the crawlspace and jiggle the float thinggy. Poor little pump was feeling warm!

I hate those plumbing repairs...it usually takes two or three trips to the hardware store just to get the right stuff.

I’ve got windows open. The fresh air is nice but now it’s down to 69 degrees and Miss Cat is snoozing under the blanket.

The Cubs and the Astros are playing in Milwaukee today and tomorrow and the race is this afternoon so I don’t have any sports clashing.

[osagebowman]

We’ve had the windows opened for a couple of days, and it feels great. The only problem is it’s so humid I have to dry out both the tobacco and the tubes in the oven before I make the cigarettes! I can only make about 8-10 at a time before the machine starts jamming. So I just got two cookie sheets going, and would rotate ‘em out of the oven :)

LSA

[Overtaxed]

Well I’ve had the AC off for most of the week. It was too humid to open the windows.

[RosieCotton]

Sunny here, but at almost ten, it’s just creeping up on 50 degrees. Warmer than it’s been back home, I think, and it’ll be warm later...but it’s definitely getting so it’s chilly in the mornings.

I think I need to buy new filters for the furnace today. I’m going to have to break down and turn on the heat pretty soon.

[darkangel82]

84 here with the AC running. 50? Yikes.

[RosieCotton]

Supposed to hit 82 later.

We have some pretty impressive night to day temperature transitions.

[darkangel82]

The wacky weather of Washington strikes again. 82 is more my speed.

[Overtaxed]

It’s supposed to get down into the 40’s tonight.

I’d be happy if the sun would just come out. It’s pretty bad when I have to sit in my yellow-orange bathroom with lots of lights turned on just to catch some rays.