Recent content by JPRyan

Thanks for the info. I have collected all of your vids. on my computer and I sure do enjoy them and I would like to build the furnace with the zircon paint as a refractory cover over the ceramic fiber, still have not found a domestic source for the paint. I have all the ingredients with the...

I like it so much that I have completed 95% of it, (same size) need to finish the plows and wheel and mount a motor which brings me to a question. what size motor? I have a 110v 1/2 hp motor but would rather use a 1/4 hp motor would that be too small in your opinion? Thanks also for posting this...

Hello Klaus and welcome to this forum. My name is Jim and I visit Southern Germany for 2 months every year I start off in Schwedt on the river Oder and then go to Ernstroda a small town in the state of Thuringen I have been doing this for 15 years so you might suspect that I have a love affair...

Hello Gus many thanks that was a mighty fine offer of a fishing trip and if I should ever get to that part of the world count me in. I was just looking at a halibut my son caught in Glacer bay Alaska in June of 93 it weighed in at 257 lbs. at the dock scale. it was caught on the head of a 35 lb...

Tin wow that sure is a coincidence, and the internet makes the world just that much smaller, Jim

Hi Gus I have never heard of the gun jamming but then everything mal functions eventually. the drum was huge took up a large portion of the main frame. The aircraft was so silent that on a high speed run you would not hear it untill it was on you, this was demonstrated to me on my test pilots...

Thanks for the warm welcome Aussie Jim. Your post about a lot of jims really made me laugh. at one time I worked in a back shop repairing electronic equipment for the f 111's and nearly everyone in that shop was named jim, it really got complicated, (hey Jim just did not work too well) Regards JPR

Hello and thanks for the warm welcome fstreed. Yep the Auburn area is a great place I have lived here over 40 years now. Jim

Thanks for the warm welcome compspecial yes you are correct learning and fun go hand in hand Jim

Thanks for the kind welcome Tin, this seems to be a very friendly site and yes this life has been a great trip its going to be tough hanging up my spurs many years from now. Regards Jim

Well a big hello and thank you for the warm welcome "lil. Bro". Like you I used to fish a lot, my most enjoyable trip was a week in glacier bay alaska fishing for king salmon and Halibut what a blast that was. Best to you Jim

Hello Mark thanks for the warm welcome, yes the A10 is a great bird I worked on it for 10 years as an electronic tech. on the flight line at a depot level base in California. It was a great plane to work on and always kept up to date in its electronic systems. Jim

Hello Rudy and thanks for the welcome. That has been the secret to my longevity and good health (stay interested)

Thanks for the welcome Herb, always wanted to see the land down under and find some of those big yellow stones you fellows keep tripping on. JPR

Hello Seadragon your post Is the reason I joined this forum I have downloaded all of lucky 1001 gens videos, His experimental cast iron furnace was a great vid. but he neglected to name the Zircon paint and the maker. I have spent days on the net to no avail. I imagine that it is made down...