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Pass.The following video walks through the history of advancements in long guns, from the hand cannon to the AR-15.
It details the importance of not endangering the weakest of our people, by forcing them to defend their own lives with "old," "clunky," "difficult to use," "relics."
Nice chicken wing.Below is a picture of yours truly showing this using a Remington R-4:
I've been harvesting, threshing and winnowing barley this week. Normally I just let it go to seed; and let my animals graze it.Check these guys out, while not directly food or defense related they are interesting. I'm building a frame for one of their fresnel lenses in the background of our conversation. Most power generation starts with heat - even nuke reactors, all they are is doing is using the heat generated to boil water, turn it to steam and drive turbines. Boiling water is also useful just for making it safe as well. But the lens I have should have these stats on a sunny day... I figured it was better to have one than not
* SIZE-----------------21H X 21W
* POWER EST.-----------7.8
* BEAM-----------------SPOT
* BEAM SIZE MAX POWER--.4 INCH (2.7" OUTER AREA 900 F)
* FOCAL LENGTH---------25 INCHES
* WEIGHT --------------5 LBS.
* MAX TEMP. CLIMB------1690 F IR THERMOMETER
* MAX COLLECTION-------1850F MATERIAL EST...........
* MATERIALS TESTED
* WATER------------12oz. BOILS 102 sec.
* WOOD-------------FLAME .1 SEC.
* ZINC-------------MELTS .5OZ 14 GRAMS - 17 SEC. * 3.1 GRAMS - 11 SEC.
* GLASS------------MELTS 1" X 1/4" BROWN GLASS 23 SEC.
* CONCRETE---------GLOW 21 SEC. EXPOSURE, MELT 39 SEC.
BUY A HUGE FRESNEL LENS GREEN POWER SCIENCE WOULD BE NICE ON THE DISCOVERY NETWORK SOLAR STIRLING ENGINES FRESNEL LENS PARABOLIC MIRROR
Solar Fresnel, Sun Power, Alternative Energy, generatorgreenpowerscience.com
The melting point of aluminum is only 1220F... oh look! Now I've got a Forge...
Thanks, looking at the US Army field manual it's a textbook "chicken wing."Nice chicken wing.
don't wait until you depend on your preparedness plan to find out whether or not it will work. Start now while resources are still available to tweak or change plans.
This is another fellow I follow, who has a lot of information which while it might not intended for prepping, could be useful to know. I've made his version #1 of the gassifier successfully, this is a second version. He has several vids on wood gas productionusing an electric drill for threshing, and an electric fan for winnowing. I need to build a thresher that runs on pedal power.
Pshew!Yep; things always work a lot better in my head than the first time I try them lol. That's nice you have farmland and farm/animal experience - you should be way ahead of whatever game gets played if one starts. I figure I'll be as ready as I'm going to be in 6 months, and then I'll see how ready everyone else was. Good luck to you if things head South
The world runs on energy. This has everything to do with prepping, whether you can find energy outside of what you can digest in calories, or not. At least you'll know what you're dealing with.This is another fellow I follow, who has a lot of information which while it might not intended for prepping, could be useful to know. I've made his version #1 of the gassifier successfully, this is a second version. He has several vids on wood gas production
Yep I was thinking about that when you were saying "electric drill for threshing, and an electric fan for winnowing. I need to build a thresher that runs on pedal power." There's an economy to calories - if I expend 600 calories to get 500 calories, I'll lose the game.still this should begin to give us a picture of how much harder we might have to work without petroleum.
I've been making my own bleach and lye through electrolysis; and I have a powerful setup to do it. I have a 20A variac with a rectifier that can handle the current. I would have been making hydrogen for years now, if I had a good way to store it.Yep I was thinking about that when you were saying "electric drill for threshing, and an electric fan for winnowing. I need to build a thresher that runs on pedal power." There's an economy to calories - if I expend 600 calories to get 500 calories, I'll lose the game.
I'm not sure how big your threshers and drills are. I was thinking of something like the scale of a hand power drill running off a rechargeable battery; if I have a setup (solar, woodgas, whatever) that can drive a generator enough to charge a battery periodically, then I have portable tools and power, at least as long as the batteries continue to function and recharge (and probably for quite a bit longer than anyone else). Useful, and not burning calories with pedal power for anything needed.
I do have a small stock of gas, 25 gallons and a standard generator. lol and a couple of siphons... next to the bolt cutters... move along, nothing to see herebut I want a setup that still works at least partially to generate power if the stations aren't there for us; should be achievable and it's a fun project.
Electricity also gives you electrolysis, and electrolysis gives you Hydrogen... Turns out there are more calories in water than you might think, not as much as diesel (and not really safe to store), but enough to be impressive.
NICE!I've been making my own bleach and lye through electrolysis; and I have a powerful setup to do it. I have a 20A variac with a rectifier that can handle the current. I would have been making hydrogen for years now, if I had a good way to store it.
Food is a priority.
He is brilliant. I watched this video shortly after it was released. It looks cost effective; but it also looks like it would take a lot of work to get a system set up that would work.This guy, maybe, for hydrogen storage. I'm not sure how long it "hangs onto" it though and haven't tried this. He's brilliant though.
“Because these weapons are protected by the Constitution and citizens of the United States have a right to own guns with the exception of those which are deemed to be dangerous or unusual. “No, it just means handguns are used more often.
Because these weapons are protected by the Constitution and citizens of the United States have a right to own guns with the exception of those which are deemed to be dangerous or unusual.
and funny that a "weapon" can be just about anything a gun, a knife, a baseball bat, a car, a lead pipe, a beer bottle even a very sharp pencil could be a dangerous weapon if used in such a way.“Because these weapons are protected by the Constitution and citizens of the United States have a right to own guns with the exception of those which are deemed to be dangerous or unusual. “
Aren’t all weapons dangerous?
This is why everyone should not have access to high powered weapons, in fact, no regular civilians should have access to semi or autos, as your deer or pheasant would taste more metallic. I do not own any firearms, cos I do not hunt. But if I did hunt, I would probably own a 0.22, meant for hunting only. These AR weapons are military grade bro. Alright, I'll step out of this thread before the NRA supporters attack.
Columbine, CO: April 20, 1999
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I finally did get around to watching the vid; it's a good vid and was educational, worth my time.The following video walks through the history of advancements in long guns, from the hand cannon to the AR-15.
Our weapons and warfare are not carnalThe following video walks through the history of advancements in long guns, from the hand cannon to the AR-15.
It details the importance of not endangering the weakest of our people, by forcing them to defend their own lives with "old," "clunky," "difficult to use," "relics."
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