Posted on 05/26/2004 7:36:02 PM PDT by SJackson
The folks at Oakley do alot of R&D, but I'm pretty sure they stop short of testing with 155mm arty rounds.
ya gotta love an arc-weld tan.
no one told me about the UV component of the glare, and I managed to cook myself very badly once.
Please, PLEASE do. Return the "favor" manifold to Allah's howler monkeys. Pay them back with enormously compounded interest, so that the loud screeching sound emanating from Hell is that of its gates being forced wider apart, so as to accommodate all the newcomers. Keep them coming as fast as you possibly can, and please don't worry about their transportation - Satan will take care of that. You just need to deliver their "invitations". Good luck and God's speed in doing so!
I managed to cook myself very badly once.
Only once, I hope.
oh, yes: ONLY once.
Lexan is commonly used by drag racers, so I would begin with the aftermarket drag people. In fact, you might hook up with a local racer for scraps, possibly via some of the racing forums on the net.
I would never have thought of that. Thanks!
It's noted that the outline from the glasses on the sides of their noggins can still be seen today in the pattern of their frag tattoos.
Safety glasses work, I have had blasting caps go off and the glasses have caught small pieces of the aluminum saving my eyes. I'm a religious advocate of safety glasses during all work. My only gripe is over the years the optical quality of the Z rated plastics has IMHO degraded my eyesight. Some issue stuff is extreamly poor quality so when I have to wear em I go out of my way to spend my own dime to get the best on the market and the gargoyles are good but I snag a set of Oakleys for function and fashion....
I even wore clear sets of oakleys or gargoyles under my bolle ballistic goggles when working.
Wear em folks !..........they work ! But ya have to wear em !
Stay Safe !
So before the truck was unloaded my dad took off a pane, laid in the grass, and shot it with a .45 ACP round. It left a little scratch but the material held.
Good stuff.
http://www.sheffieldplastics.com
I work here.
thanks - browsing the product PDFs now
the armor company realtively near where i'm at is this:
http://www.labock.com/index.htm
and I'm going for NIJS Level III
5.56mm and 7.62mm NATO, perpendicular biting angle, full stop with acceptable temprorary deformation.
I hope to get the full thickness of the armor under .75" and a lower weight than current "tactical" armors.
The articulation is my own design, loosely "inspired" by medieval japanese systems, shall be semi-rigid plates/sections which overlap segment-like to retain range of motion, and includes an integral load-bearing system I am finalizing which transfers the full weight of the armor onto the hips without killing mobility (or that's what I'm shooting for).
I've been kicking this design around for a decade and I think I have nailed most of the nailable bugs.
Now, it basically all comes down to real-mat'l prototyping.
a side note: fabricating the helmet system is well beyond my "cottage" capacities. There are a few things i wish to accomplish with the helmet, and even designing it is kicking my butt all over the place.
Are you suggesting that the U.S. troops killed to date did not possess that faith?
By no means. For those lost, sadly, Faith is no longer an issue.
These Marines are the ones that clinton, gore, kennedy, and all the rest of the partial-birth abortion party hate.
I've got an architect working on a off the grid cabin plan, and spec'd merlon and steel shutters for the windows, as some of the locals forage and loot unattended cabins.
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