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This is a formidable pistol. Not a Dirty Harry 44 Mag, but still packs a kick. A friends brother had one when we were young and I decided I wanted one when I got a chance.
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley. This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Muller Lathe
Built by
The Bradford Mill Co.
Cincinatti, Ohio
USA
The size is as follows, roughly measured:
Swing over bed: 20"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Four-jaw chuck diameter: 18"
Bed length: 12 feet
Bed width, center to center across the outer two ways: 16”
Maximum workpiece length, center to center: 8 feet
It may have been built in the 1886-1901 era, from what I've learned so far.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. His tools are basic and in, umm, often less than pretty condition.
I believe he told me that despite its condition, having been outside for many years, this lathe was still in occasional use, wonder of wonders. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to list it for sale soon, online. If nothing else, it makes a magnificent lawn ornament.
Almost all of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D50.
More info on Bradford lathes:
I bought this very slightly used Phoenix 650-1300mm f/8-f/16 T-mount lens from an eBay seller. It cost only $80
The lens was made by Samyang in Korea, and is sold under many brand names, such as:
Bower, Falcon, Opteka, Phoenix, Polar, Pro-Optic, Vivitar, Walimex and Rokinon
I have a beat-up 3X Vivitar teleconverter for the Nikon F mount, which I will try with the Samyang at some point, just for fun. Three stops of light reduction will likely be rather challenging to use- the Samyang is f/16 at the long end, meaning the 3X Vivitar would make it an f/45! Also, effective focal length would go to 3,900mm. On a 1.5X crop factor DSLR, this would go to 5,850mm, yikes!
It may be that with the lens at 650mm and f/8, the camera will record as much real subject resolution as with the lens at 1350mm and f/16. There is no diaphragm in the lens, so these apertures are all that are available (Focal lengths in between the two extremes will have commensurate apertures). So if subject res. is no better at 1300mm than 650mm, then always shooting at 650mm will give two stops faster aperture for faster shutter speeds and/or lower ISO, and a much wider field of view, which can be cropped to offer similar subject detail.
Focal length changes are made by loosening a lock ring on the lens barrel, then extending or retracting the lens. It looks rather weird at full extension (1300mm), as seen here. The camera body is a Nikon D600, which looks rather small in comparison.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources goes through the trouble of putting up educational signs for the decent hunters out there, complete with a boot scrubber, and all the bad actors can do is vandalize with their pea shooters, who likely complain about how their tax dollars are spent. Likely the same guys I see with their ignorant bumper stickers,ie "If It Flys, It Dies", "If It's Brown, It's Down", "My Second Amendment Protects Your First Amendment" etc. Grow up and show some respect for those that do the right thing!
Princes Point Wildlife Area
Cold Spring, WI.
Spring 2021
In very good condition.
Found in Big Valley, California.
It was unearthed by a burrowing animal, and found on the loose soil by the burrow entrance.
On the same site as the stone with grinding cavities.
Grand Rapids Riverside Park. Sunday afternoon. July 26, 2009
That's my cousin Tim in the background with the cannon strapped to his leg.
We live on a 640-acre ranch in the high desert, in Big Valley, California.
We decided to lay down a new gravel floor in our crude 1930s garage. The gravel is often called "Cinders", and is actually pumice from a long-past volcanic eruption.
All of the "stuff" on the floor/ground needed to be moved out or over to make way. Now that this side is done, back over we'll go with some of the stuff, and out with the rest to prepare for the second half to be graveled.
This image was made with my Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens at f/5.6, mounted on my Nikon D600 DSLR. ISO100.
The yellow light in the rafters came from my Nikon SB-600 Speedlite with a knock-off Sto-Fen CTO in place (Not sure if 1/2 or full).
I had the rig on a tripod, and shot 4 or 5 frames at 3-stop intervals, then combined in Photomatix, and tweaked with Nikon Capture NX-D beta.
The resulting image was then "defished" in PTGui, trial version (thus the watermarks).
As seen at a local car show, this woman is open carrying. Her husband in the green shirt is carrying concealed (gun is printing through his T shirt).
While Pennsylvania has a specific law that requires a License To Carry Firearms for the concealed carry of a firearm, and the carry of firearms in vehicles, the law is silent on the legality of openly carrying a firearm in other situations, making it de-facto legal.
There is however a law that requires a License To Carry Firearms to carry either way in "cities of the first class", which as defined by law is only the city of Philadelphia.
To summarize, open carry is legal in Pennsylvania without a License To Carry Firearms except in "cities of the first class" (Philadelphia) and vehicles where a License To Carry Firearms is required to do so.
With that said, there is much debate among firearm owners about whether openly carrying firearms is really a good idea. While that choice is left to the individual, in many urban areas (namely Philadelphia) doing so will draw unwanted attention from law enforcement that may include (but not be limited to) the following repercussions:
*Being stopped and questioned by law enforcement.
*Having your License To Carry Firearms seized and sent back for revocation.
*Being arrested either improperly or for other charges like disturbing the peace or creating a public nuisance.
While this may not happen should you choose to carry openly, many urban law enforcement officers have expressed a very negative opinion towards the idea. Some have suggested that law enforcement will do everything in their power to make your life difficult should you choose to.
This is a control dial on my Kearney & Trecker horizontal milling machine. It was made during World War II, and was presumably used to produce parts for the war effort.
It has been sitting in my yard for quite a few years, and is missing some parts, some of which were sold to bring new life to other old K&T mills.
It will soon be scrapped, unless some intrepid parts scroungers save at least some relics from the aging derelict.
"Victory loves preparation." (Well, that's one translation of it). Kel-Tec PF-9.
[Update: This is the same model gun that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin with in Sanford, Florida.]
www.iansa.org/campaigns_events/Jan_Kamenju_2010.html
Here are two of my favorite Reggae Chunes (Tunes) on the subject of gun violence and the consequences of such violence. I wish to share this you my friends.
Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbjfBBfdVtM&feature=related
Leroy Smart - Badness Nuh Pay
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
My messy workbench.
Six exposure HDR image.
Red Lee reloading press. Red Craftsman bench vise. Jet benchtop drill press. Two-axis machining vise on drill press table. Kennedy machinist's toolbox.
The little box to the right of the drill press with the glowing red LED display is a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive). It runs a three-phase motor, and allows my drill press to be easily changed from very low speed, all the way to 3600RPM in one smooth turn of the speed knob.
This is my winning entry in the 2013 City of Reno "Living in Reno" themed photo contest. I think this was a three-shot HDR set at ISO100 and f/8, with the longest exposure at 30 seconds to smooth out the flow of the river. Cropped from a full-frame, (nearly) circular fisheye image.
8mm f/3.5 Rokinon fisheye lens on full frame Nikon D600. Lens hood "shaved" for better coverage on full frame.
Here is the city web site with details:
Here is the Pinterest page where the entrants' works were shown.
This photo was made with my old Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 lens. It was made in 1972 or 1973. It is quite scratched, dusty and maybe even has a little fungus growing, along with damaged coatings.
Nonetheless, it is fun to play with. I performed a crude AI-modification to the aperture ring (I used a file). The lens now works perfectly with my Nikon D600 (full metering and focus confirmation).
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!!
www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/nj_senate_passes_bi...
This was taken at the grand opening of Freedom Ammo in Mantua, NJ. Shyanne is holding her custom-built AR-15, which was provided by Gun For Hire in Woodland Park, NJ. Freedom Ammo and Gun For Hire are two of Shyanne's sponsors. www.facebook.com/ShyanneRoberts04
Here's my first effort at focus stacking with a conventional macro rail. The subject is an old Elgin wristwatch that I sold on eBay. I thought it important to show the internals on such an old collectible, thus the effort.
Please comment if you like this photo, or if you have any questions.
The image was made by placing the watch on a simple wooden stand inside my photo tent. I have some Protostar flocked light trap material on the wooden stand, to greatly reduce reflections and provide a nearly black background.
My Nikon D600 camera was on a tripod by the front of the photo tent, with an inexpensive macro rail between the tripod and camera. The front flap on the tent was down, draped over the camera, to fill in the on-axis nooks and crannies.
Lighting was from two off-camera Nikon flashes, one on each side of the tent, triggered by radio remote and optical slave. The tent softens the light from the flashes, giving it more of a wrap-around effect, and reducing hard reflections from highlights on the subject. Flash power (1/8, I think) and camera exposure were manual. Aperture was f/8 for best resolution. Camera ISO was at its base of 100 for maximum image quality.
Once set up and framed, I used the macro rail to step the relative position of the camera and subject, triggering the shutter remotely at each step. This means the plane of perfect focus moved through the shallow subject in 23 steps, each spaced by moving the macro rail knob “a smidgen”.
I used Zerene Stacker (trial version) to combine the 23 images into one sharp, full resolution photo, which was further tweaked with Nikon ViewNX 2.
I have other photos of this watch on Flickr, so check out the images in this set.