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Post by hacker54 on Jun 20, 2016 14:09:34 GMT -5
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on Jun 20, 2016 18:37:54 GMT -5
Looking good, Hacker ! Those foam inserts do break down over time-real susceptible to oils and solvent fumes ! The wood should be a permanent fix !
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Post by SnapShot on Jun 20, 2016 20:30:35 GMT -5
Looks good, Gary ~
I did something like that in my cabinet. I found that the wood was marking the barrels. I looked for something to pad it with and found that Home Depot sells velcro tape in 10ft rolls. I bought the side that is soft (not the hard plastic side). It is the same width as the one-by I made the rack out of. It's sticky backed so I just ran a strip along the front edge and inside the barrel notches. This gives it padding while taking the guns in and out as well as while they are stored. It's kind of like a mini carpet strip.
~ Larry
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Post by hacker54 on Jun 20, 2016 23:21:23 GMT -5
Larry,
I intend to do the same for the barrel notches when I can get the material.
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Post by gws on Jun 21, 2016 23:03:43 GMT -5
Good idea Snapshot! That ought to outlast felt too. Looking good hacker! I can't buy any more guns unless I buy a bigger safe. That's a bigger problem for me than remodeling it, unfortunately. Some guys put a lazysusann in theirs...pluses...easier access....minuses you can't stuff as many guns inside. There's always a catch.
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Post by bob on Jun 21, 2016 23:22:04 GMT -5
Looks good Gary. I used felt weather striping held in place by HO gauge railroad spikes, since I had a bunch, been good for 20 yrs. I dabbed a little oil on the notches so as not to absorb oil from the barrels,after I realized what was happening that is.
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Post by SnapShot on Jun 22, 2016 12:32:53 GMT -5
Bob ~
That oil idea sounds good. I'll have to check into that.
I didn't know you were into railroading too. I used to be heavy into HO and also some Garden Railroading. My Dad retired off the SP many years ago and I have always had a love for trains.
~ Larry (SnapShot)
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Post by bob on Jun 22, 2016 23:52:33 GMT -5
Larry, Was into HO now Lionel, general transportation interest. Hope to get the train thing going again but no time or room right now.
Bob
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on Jun 23, 2016 11:11:46 GMT -5
Ok, confession time... I never got out of HO. My son and I were doing it when he was in Jr High/High School. I really need to do something with the stuff-we haven't really touched it in years. BTW, one of the cool cars I acquired was a Hercules Powder tank car. How fast do you think I snapped that one up ?
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bob
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Post by bob on Jun 23, 2016 22:07:46 GMT -5
Faster than me!! Seems as though there are common threads of interest!
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Post by gws on Jun 23, 2016 23:03:57 GMT -5
I built an "N" gauge layout when I was 22. My new baby boy got it for Christmas!  Imagine my disappointment when he NEVER showed the least interest in it! Even years later, when he was the same age as I was when I begged for a train set for Christmas.......and never got one.  Oh well.....the remains of the layout are still in a self storage unit...can't seem to throw it away. |
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Post by hacker54 on Jun 23, 2016 23:59:59 GMT -5
Talking trains when I was in my early teens my grandmother wanted to give away Uncle Bill's trains and platform he built. He was killed at Guadalcanal WWII. Gram asked our cousin and he and my aunt had no room for it or to store. She then asked my mom and we were in the same boat no room. These trains and platform were from the 30's til he went into the service. Most according to gram and my mother had original boxes. Gram lived in North Cape May, NJ. Well one day she had a bunch of Uncle Bill's trains out on the table and had her front door wide open to let in some air and a man just happen to walk by and of course with a wide open door took a look in as he went by. He saw the trains and knocked to get gram's attention. She answered the door and the man asked about the trains. Asked her if she was a collector as he was one himself. She said no and related that it was her son's that he died in the war and tried to give them to me and my brother or to our cousin but to no avail. He asked if she be interested in selling part or all of them. She wasn't sure and then right then and there he wrote a check for 3 grand and gave her the phone number of the the bank so she could call to verify his funds. She sold. Would I haved liked to have them sure but could not and I know my cousin would to.
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Post by SnapShot on Jun 24, 2016 13:30:56 GMT -5
I managed to get my kids interested in trains in their younger years (of course not to my level of interest) but it seems like the grand kids don't have ANY interest. Most of my train stuff is boxed up and in storage. I have a lot of HO and G Scale (Garden Railroad) stuff. I also have a lot of my dads real railroad stuff. In the 50's when I was a kid my dad worked nights on local delivery trains for the Southern Pacific. That's where they bring the big long haul trains into the yards and break them up into small trains to spot the cars at local warehouses, etc. In those days there were far less lawyers and insurance people involved in life and I got to go to work with my dad on Friday nights. I could ride in the engine and signal at crossings and I also rode in the crummy (that's a caboose for you non-train people). I did this many times and sometimes the other crew members had their son's at work too. I'm still friends with one of them. About twenty-five years later I took my son down to the yards to show him around and the security guards had a fit. We were not allowed to be on railroad property, let alone get onto an engine. Most local delivery these days are by truck and container and the city trains are mostly a thing of the past. Kids don't have the chance to see the trains as much and I think thats why this generation has less interest. It's too bad too, the magic of trains is a part of the past that I really miss and today's kids can't understand. A lot of people don't know or recall that the U.S. Government took over the railroads during WWII. When my dad returned from Italy he was assigned to the U.S. Army Railroad. This caused him to serve longer because the military was bringing tons of equipment and materials back to the U.S. and he had the background they needed. I have a lot of his U.S. Army Railroad stuff (patches, badges, etc.) and wouldn't give them up for anything. I've seen some of the stuff on-line for a lot of money but selling it is a decision the kids will have to make someday. Hey, I know this is not firearms related but thanks for letting me reminisce about it. Sometimes, reminiscing is the highlight of an old guys day  |
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Post by poohzilla on Jun 24, 2016 19:31:00 GMT -5
Interesting background, Larry. My great-grandfather (dad's maternal grandfather) was a conductor on the Boston and Maine, which was quite a force in New Hamster in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. (I'm sounding like I'm lecturing my NH History Class !) In any event, I had the enclosed picture because I flash it on the screen during that session.
I don't know how well these will show up, but we have his cap badge, ticket punch,and a S&W in .32 S&W that was a pocket carry proposition. (The pull on the trigger is so tough that the last time I tried to pull it, my trigger finger had to have a hernia operation !) Imagine if I brought that in to show the class !  |
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Imagine my disappointment when he NEVER showed the least interest in it! Even years later, when he was the same age as I was when I begged for a train set for Christmas.......and never got one. 
Oh well.....the remains of the layout are still in a self storage unit...can't seem to throw it away.
My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
