[AT] A long shot--Wisconsin part Brazing and cast iron

[Lyle Myles]

That's cute being called curmudgeon and that is one I'm going to have to
remember. Have a nice fourth.

Lyle Myles

May the Lord be with each and everyone this beautiful day that the Lord has
given each and every one of us to enjoy and behold!

 


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:11 AM
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Yeeow!  Talk about sticker shock -- I went to Amazon.com and put in the
title.  It's available from $16 to $75!  The original price printed in
my copy is $8.95.  I bought it at a sidewalk sale for $2.98!

You will probably come to realize that "geezer" is an attitude and is
totally separate from your chronological age.  Most of the time, my wife
refers to me as "curmudgeon".  That's a geezer on steroids!

Larry 

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Reggie
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How about that Larry, my wife actually thinks I may have been born a
century 
too late, or I am a person from a long time ago recycled into current
time. 
I guess if I was chronologically older she would think the term "Geezer"

would fit me pretty well too.

  That book does sound very interesting, and when I am combing thru the 
shelves of the old bookstores and resellers I will look for it.

   Thanks ........ Mike


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Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 09:28:43 -0500

No need to apologize, Mike.  I recognize every day that I'm now a member
of the "senior" generation that knows (or at least "knew") a lot of
stuff about how things worked that is lost on the techies of today.  My
wife calls us "Geezers."

I have a book in my library that is invaluable for processes of the
nature that this group works with all the time.  It's called "Dick's
Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts & Processes or How They Did It in The
1870's."  If you can find a copy, get it!

The dust cover starts off with: How do you make wahoo beer or ginger
pop? How do you test gold or silver?  How can you remove a ring from a
swollen finger? What is the best way to wash a white dog?  How can you
detect counterfeit money?

Besides fun stuff like that, there are lots of formulas for the
practical pursuits of smithing, glass making, wood finishing, old-time
cooking, etc.  And the title really does say "Receipts" instead of
"Recipes".  It's a Funk & Wagnalls publication.

It goes along with another book called: Formulas, Methods, Tips and Data
for Home and Workshop.  And, there are a half dozen books on How Things
Work (and similar titles.)  These volumes have the low-tech versions of
the materials that you find in Mark's Handbook, Machinery Handbook,
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, etc. and are still practical for home
owners because the raw materials and chemicals listed are items that are
available from the drugstore and super market.

There is a cadre of people on this list who "know" this stuff.  I'm not
going to name names, but we all recognize who they are and trust their
comments.

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Reggie
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   Sorry Larry,
I often wonder about the origins of  some of these things, like was
borax
used as substitute for some existing flux, or was it a case that there
was
no flux, and sombody discovered that borax would be a good flux?  Kind
of
like a chicken/egg question I guess.

       Mike


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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:28:48 -0500

"I've heard older guys talking about using ordinary borax as flux"

LOL!  I guess I know where that puts me.  :-)  "Back in the day" when I
was learning all this stuff, borax was the chemical equivalent of "the"
flux that was available -- but that was over 50 years ago.

Larry


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