Found some watercolor paint in tubes, looks like thick oils. Never seen this before in a tube or consistently like this. Did some doodling and I can see the versatility of these. I may do a painting with them today or very soon.
Apparently I have become addicted to bike riding. I've been riding a minimum of 5 miles a day since mid-September. Last Saturday I rode 11.63 miles and yesterday it was 6.43 miles.
@PappyJoe; Good for you. I used to ride my bike to and from work. I'd log hundreds of miles a year. The last time I rode was during my recovery from By-pass surgery in 2021. Since then the arthritis in my knees and back have made me feel shaky. Been thinking about an electric trike. Maybe next spring.
Back in the 70s when I was stationed in Washington State, I rode a 10-speed all over the Seattle area. I last rode a bike probably in the early 1980s though.
I get the "shaky" thing. I looked for a step-through bike but couldn't find a good one for under $700 and I didn't want to spend that much. I found what is called a "hybrid" bike - a cross between the old 10-speeds (they don't make them now. They make 21 speeds) and a mountain bike for under $200. I just have to lean it over far enough that I can swing my leg over the seat. Getting off after a ride is easy as once I get both feet on the ground I can just roll it forward until i'm standing over the back wheel.
When I first started riding again, I fell about four times in the first couple of weeks until I got the seat height set right and learned how to get my foot down when coming to a stop.
Was not me. When I click on the dislike under your painting the counter goes to 2. And the system will not let you click twice and have it count. When I click again, the counter goes back to 1.
I occasionally go camping, or go on some fishing trips around the area. I have several camping stoves that I use depending on what I am doing. I have had a basic SIGG-TOURIST cooking set since the early 80’s. It just had a big pot, a smaller pot and the lid /pan and the pot handle. I have recently been looking on EBay, just because, I can’t help it, I collect things. I found this complete set that additionally has the two plates, and the wind screen and pot support for the SVEA 123/123R. Best of all, a nice first version SVEA 123 stove. I can’t wait to fire it up. I have two other SVEA/OPTIMUS single burner stoves. I’ll have to drag them out sometime. The bigger one was my father’s, he said it had been used by the crews to cook their meals in the old cabooses…..when trains required a caboose. We used it many times to melt lead to cast fishing weights. I was probably 10 or so when he let me cast sinkers with molten hot lead. How many 10 year olds would be allowed to do this in today’s society (in the USA)? Oh, there wasn’t a safety goggle in sight, I was wearing leather work gloves however. The old silver tablespoon/ladle got pretty dang hot.
I fired up the little SVEA 123 today, it works fine…although the seals need to be replaced, the valve stem kept catching fire and I had to blow it out, especially when I had the valve key attached. I could see a little raw fuel coating the tip of the key, then it would flare up slightly. I just gave it a quit puff of air and blew it out when it happened. When I removed the key (which is normal operation, otherwise the key gets too hot to touch) it worked well after that. I’ve heard these stoves called “Swedish Grenades”, but I’ve only been in fear for my life once when I was misinformed about the type of fuel used in my first SVEA. Here’s a hint, don’t use kerosene in a “white gas” stove😉. I fired it up outside first and let it run a bit before I brought it in the house to take pics, back outside, it took about 15 minutes to boil (4) cups of water in an open pot. The Coleman fuel I used was from an open can, and may be a bit low on BTU’s, it’s got to be about 20 years old, maybe more….not exactly fresh😬
I decided to boil some water in my little camp “tea pot” for a spot of Rooibos tea. I was *pretty* confident I wouldn’t burn my house down🤔. These things need testing before going out in the sticks…right? I did have a fire extinguisher handy…I’m always thinking safety😬. I didn’t use the upper SIGG Tourist shield/stand. Sans the top, it keeps the tank from heating up as much. I used the bottom part of the shield to keep the stove/tank off of my table in case it got a bit warm. I used my little fold out stainless steel grill from one of my other stove kits to hold the little teapot. I put 2 teaspoons of loose tea in a reusable cloth sachet for the steep. The pot only holds about 8 ounces, it would be great if it held 16 ounces, but oh well. I need to find a way to make a removable spout extension so I can fill the pot to the top, I’d get 2-4 more ounces. I’m not positive it would work, it might just blow hot water out of an extended spout since the bottom of the spout would be below the water level at that point🤔.
@Londy3 It’s actually not a tea plant, it’s a bush in South Africa. Rooibos basically translates to red bush in Afrikaans. The herbal “tea” has a sweet flavor. I would say it tastes like black tea, but without the bitterness/astringency of the tannins that can be present in real tea. Maybe similar to a good “English Breakfast” or even “Darjeeling” when they are brewed correctly to alleviate the tannins. Fresh Rooibos is high in Vitamin C, contains no caffeine and has low tannin level compared to tea.
Well, no socializing on Turkey Day for me cause I’m sick🙁, so I went to the shop and made an AR barrel nut crow’s foot wrench. After some cutting, drilling, filing, milling and heat treating, I have my wrench. I bought the upper wrench, but it is was too thick to fit in the slots in one of my barrel nuts. It will work in one fine. The bottom wrench I made is thinner. I could have ground the upper one thin enough, but I hate to abuse tools like that. I also could have probably filed off the barrel nut a bit to fit the wrench, but that seems like AR barrel nut abuse, so…. I should have just made this one in the first place, it will work on both barrel nuts. Well, provided I made it heavy enough and my heat treating is ok. I’m no expert🤞🏼. As a side note, the center of the 1/2” drive hole and center of the wrench opening is ~2” to make torque wrench parallel/extension use calculations easier. At 90 degrees it’s not required. There is plenty of room to use it at 90 degrees on an AR barrel nut.
Well, I received my second SVEA 123 stove today. It has all of the original parts, brass windscreen, the little aluminum pot with handle, folding jet pick, key and chain, and the original non-pump fuel cap. I gave it a quick hand polish with Brasso and Flitz. All the seals are in good shape, a very nice used stove. I bought the Zippo fuel canister to fill with denatured alcohol to prime the stove. It looks like it would hold enough alcohol to prime the stove 5-10 times, probably more in warm weather. I filled my first Zippo canister for my other little stove with Everclear rather than the denatured alcohol (which I didn’t have until today). I ran out of Everclear filling the first one☹️. After thinking about it, I think I’m going to use Everclear in all of my “stove” Zippo canisters, it has more uses and works perfectly fine to prime the stoves.
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You call it doodling. I calls it fine art.
More talent on display. Thanks for sharing. Glad you haven't forgotten us, Brother.
That's awesome 👍. I love riding too 🚲
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Good for you. I used to ride my bike to and from work. I'd log hundreds of miles a year. The last time I rode was during my recovery from By-pass surgery in 2021. Since then the arthritis in my knees and back have made me feel shaky. Been thinking about an electric trike. Maybe next spring.
Back in the 70s when I was stationed in Washington State, I rode a 10-speed all over the Seattle area. I last rode a bike probably in the early 1980s though.
I get the "shaky" thing. I looked for a step-through bike but couldn't find a good one for under $700 and I didn't want to spend that much. I found what is called a "hybrid" bike - a cross between the old 10-speeds (they don't make them now. They make 21 speeds) and a mountain bike for under $200. I just have to lean it over far enough that I can swing my leg over the seat. Getting off after a ride is easy as once I get both feet on the ground I can just roll it forward until i'm standing over the back wheel.
When I first started riding again, I fell about four times in the first couple of weeks until I got the seat height set right and learned how to get my foot down when coming to a stop.
It's fine. Not sure I'm even done with it yet. Different strokes...
Didn’t do it, brother.
I have two other SVEA/OPTIMUS single burner stoves. I’ll have to drag them out sometime. The bigger one was my father’s, he said it had been used by the crews to cook their meals in the old cabooses…..when trains required a caboose. We used it many times to melt lead to cast fishing weights. I was probably 10 or so when he let me cast sinkers with molten hot lead. How many 10 year olds would be allowed to do this in today’s society (in the USA)?
Oh, there wasn’t a safety goggle in sight, I was wearing leather work gloves however. The old silver tablespoon/ladle got pretty dang hot.
Really cool, Brother.
That's so cool
Tell me about that tea. I love tea and have it every night at 10pm. Been doing that now for about 22 years
It’s actually not a tea plant, it’s a bush in South Africa. Rooibos basically translates to red bush in Afrikaans. The herbal “tea” has a sweet flavor. I would say it tastes like black tea, but without the bitterness/astringency of the tannins that can be present in real tea. Maybe similar to a good “English Breakfast” or even “Darjeeling” when they are brewed correctly to alleviate the tannins. Fresh Rooibos is high in Vitamin C, contains no caffeine and has low tannin level compared to tea.
I should have just made this one in the first place, it will work on both barrel nuts. Well, provided I made it heavy enough and my heat treating is ok. I’m no expert🤞🏼. As a side note, the center of the 1/2” drive hole and center of the wrench opening is ~2” to make torque wrench parallel/extension use calculations easier. At 90 degrees it’s not required. There is plenty of room to use it at 90 degrees on an AR barrel nut.
I filled my first Zippo canister for my other little stove with Everclear rather than the denatured alcohol (which I didn’t have until today). I ran out of Everclear filling the first one☹️. After thinking about it, I think I’m going to use Everclear in all of my “stove” Zippo canisters, it has more uses and works perfectly fine to prime the stoves.