Recent content by Woodtroll

Agreed. You don't forget it when someone breaks in, trashes your home, and kills your family members. The War of Northern Aggression is no different.

"As luck would have it...... I commented in post #15 that I was getting my Cub ready for it's 13th season and today I went out for the first cutting. About 1/3 of the way it just quit moving forward. Motor still running fine, mower deck still working. Just will not move forward or backward...

Only for the Old Models, unfortunately. And they're pretty pricey. Thank for the tip, though!

Bisley Single Six hammers have been unavailable for quite a while through the usual sources - Midway, Brownells, etc. Ruger won't sell them separately anymore either. I'd like to find one myself for a similar conversion. Good luck in your search!

About 8 years ago I gave up my Snapper Comet 26" mower that I'd used on our place for almost 30 years. It wasn't worn out yet, but it took forever to mow our place if I did everything at once. But if I could get the mower to ride it down (brush, tall grass, saplings, etc.) it would cut it...

I'm confused, what "venom" are you referring to?

This one seems to be real-time, based on the speed of teh bridge traffic. Notice the duration of the power outages are much longer and the ship speed much slower than some of the videos out there.

At least one of the videos I've seen was very misleading - it had been speeded up far beyond real time, making it look like the ship's lights blinked briefly a couple of times and that its speed was very high. There are others out there that are real time that make a malfunction look much more...

Glad that it shoots well!

Quote: "You say input shaft. With splines,,, is not turning?? Clutch is turning. Fly wheel is turning. Of course pilot bearing is turning." At a stop with the transmission in gear and the clutch disengaged (pedal pushed in), the flywheel and the clutch pressure plate that is bolted to it are...

I have indeed firelapped several, and the constriction in the .45s seems to be more pronounced than in the .44s I've seen, I assume because of the thinner material at the threads in the .4s. My experiences lead me to believe that rifling wear in the photo is from the firelapping process. I don't...

The pilot bearing does center the input shaft, but when the engine is running and the clutch is disengaged (pushed in at a stop light, say), the flywheel is turning but the input shaft is NOT turning. So the bearing (or in some cases a bronze bushing) is actually functioning as a bearing...

The eroding leading edges of the lands are from the fire-lapping. The abrasive wears that edge first as the bullet hits that edge hardest as it launches before it starts to rotate. I've seen that done on a couple of stainless .45s; the rifling erodes well before the "choke" is ever lapped out...

This is what I do and my reasoning - other folks may differ: If I know I'm going to be sitting for a while at a red light, I put it in neutral and release the clutch. This minimizes wear and heat on the throwout and pilot bearing, neither of which is designed to be engaged for long periods (at...

These no-interest deals can be nice, but you do have to read the fine print, for sure. They usually figure the monthly payment amount to include the interest you would pay if you went over, so the required monthly payment is more than simply the amount divided by the number of months would...