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- Palmetto State Armory’s Angry Joe AR-14 Lower!!! Awesome!! March 11, 2020I can’t stand Biden and think this is absolutely hilarious – The” Angry Joe-14″ AR-14 Stripped Lower. LMAO!! Complete with a dog face pony soldier logo! Click here to go straight to the pre-order page: http://bit.ly/2W7uTqW I’m laughing my butt off!!
- Paul’s Slick M72 Carbine March 4, 2020Paul sent me in a photo of his custom M72 carbine with our handguards. It sure turned out cool. Here’s the info he shared about it: M72 Unissued mint kit AK Builder 16″ barrel POSP 4×24 scope on AKM rail 4.5mm rear folder JMac customs RRD 4C brake Built by Mod Outfitters
- How To Fix A Broken Vacuum Line Fitting on the Air Box or Air Filter Housing Of A 2008 Toyota Highlander And Other Models – It’s Easy and Cheap! March 3, 2020I’m going to leverage my inner Forrest Gump – used cars are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get. In this case, it was our 2008 Toyota Highlander. I decided to check the air filter just in case and noticed both that the vacuum lines had ...
- Acid Etching With Ferric Chloride and Apple Cider Vinegar – Wicked Results on High Carbon Steel March 1, 2020I recently did two posts about building a new heated tank out of PVC pipe and a digitally controlled heating element that is both effective and affordable. This also marked my first batch of blades where I moved from my traditional hot apple cider etching to using a mix of 70% ferric chloride and ...
- How to Make An Affordable and Effective Heated Tank For Acid Etching – Part 1 March 1, 2020I like to acid etch blades that I build using apple cider and/or ferric chloride. I also manganese park firearms and tools. Assuming the part is prepped properly, there are two common needs in all of the above – the part must be submerged and the solution heated. So you have two ...
- How to Make An Affordable and Effective Heated Tank For Acid Etching – Part 2 February 29, 2020In the last post, I covered the basic construction of the tank. In this post I want to talk about heating the tank. Thanks to mass production of digital temperature switches, you can build a digitally controlled heated tank for a very reasonable price. Why Does Heat Matter? In case you are wondering, heating the solution does ...
- James’ Sweet M92 SBR WIth Our Handguards February 27, 2020I think James’ M92 SBR looks pretty wicked!! That’s our handguard set on the front. It looks great James!
- Supplement with Zinc and Multivitamins to Help Boost Your Immune System February 27, 2020You might want to start supplementing with zinc and a good multivitamin as a hedge against the COVID-19 corona virus from Wuhan, China. It’s not going to absolutely prevent it but it might give you an edge and/or lessen the impact some. This post is not a magic cure claim. At my age, I’ll ...
- Video: Birth Of the Alien Tiger Czech Hind Attack Helicopter February 13, 2020I recently posted a video that shows the amazing paint job the Czechs did to one of their Mi-35 Hind-D attack helicopters. Little did I know that there was a “behind the scenes” short documentary about the decision making that went into that paint job and that they won an award for it. They had ...
- Ever Hear About The Time US Special Ops Snatched a Mi-25 Hind D Attack Helicopter? February 12, 2020Back in 1987, a damaged Libyan Mi-25 Hind D attack helicopter was captured by French and Chadian troops. The US wanted to inspect the helicopter and negotiated with the government of Chad to retrieve it. Libyan MI-24 Hind D captured by Chadian forces at Wadi Doum, Chad .Source: Wikipedia On June 10, 1988, Operation ...
- Why The Mophorn Pneumatic Lift Is a Huge Help When Working On Cars and Trucks But Has One Small Issue You Need To Address February 12, 2020Nothing like getting old and realizing that most of your joints hate you. I bring this up because I have two manual pump floor jacks that I have used countless times over the years and the oldest is probably 25 years old – literally. Well, let me put it this way – I ...
- My Favorite .50 Beowulf Muzzle Brake February 11, 2020I now have built my second Beowulf and guys ask me about the recoil all the time – the short answer is that it’s very manageable. With just a bit of tuning, I’d put it somewhere between a 20 and a 12 gauge shotgun shooting 2-3/4″ magnum loads. Now that there are a ...
- Video: Crazy Training of Russian Special Forces With PKM and PKP Machine Guns February 11, 2020This is a military motivational video set to music. In it we get a chance to see a variety of PKM ((ПК Модернизированный: “Kalashnikov’s Machine-gun Modernized”) and
- Video: The Alien Tiger – The Mi-35/24V of The Czech Air Force February 10, 2020I’m a huge fan of the Hind family of attack helicopters. This video is of the Czech Air Force’s Mi-35/24V that they painted special for the NATO Tiger Meet exercise. This is one of the most badass paint jobs seen on a Hind. It’s got the H.R. Giger Alien feel for it ...
- Why Does the Color of Grips and Handguards From Ronin’s Grips Fade And What To Do About It? February 10, 2020I’ve had guys ask why the color of my grips or handguards seem to fade with time. The short answer is that it has to do with the liquid wax finish oxidizing and not the plastic – the color is actually in the plastic. You see, we sand every grip and handguard ...
- How To Wash Your Baseball Caps Easily Without Hurting Them February 9, 2020Folks, as my wife will tell you, I like my baseball-style caps and seem to have accumulated a ton of them over the years. With that said, there seem to be just a handful of them that I wear all the time. The problem was that they got pretty dirty with use ...
- Photos of Rick’s Polish AKM-Beryl Transitional Rifle February 8, 2020Rick sent me these cool photos of his new build and I had to share them. He also gave me some details as well. The rifle has a “Polish FB Radom barrel, trunion, and optic rail. Childers polish cg1 receiver. To stay with the polish theme, I found an unissued polish soviet era laminate stock. ...
- How To Run Oil-Lubricated Air Compressors in Cold Weather & Not Trip Breakers February 8, 2020Folks, my shop is unheated and the space where my 60 gallon oil lubricated Ingersoll Rand (IR) 2340L5-V sits can get well below freezing – sometimes even well under 20F. That presents a challenge because the lubricating oil gets thicker as it gets colder and this puts more and more of a load on ...
- Replacing the Pressure Switch on an Ingersoll Rand 2340L5-V Air Compressor February 8, 2020I live in a rural area and wind up doing a lot of my own repairs. About 2-3 years ago I invested in a 60 gallon Ingersoll Rand (IR) 2340L5-V air compressor which is their entry-level “Value Line” of industrial compressors. In hindsight, had I known more about “value” meaning “we made it cheaper”, I ...
- The Absolute Best Shoe and Boot Glue That I have Found! February 7, 2020Folks, I’ve found what I think is the best glue for shoe and boot repair. Yeah, I really mean it. It’s called “Shoe-Fix Glue” and is marketed by a small firm called NJoy Distributors and only sold direct or via Amazon. Let me give you a bit of background first. I’ve ...