Natural Born Citizens Beware!

In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair


was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?"

Yep, these are the same kind of 18-year-olds that just voted in our last election!

They breed and they walk among us......

Magnetize the Top Hat Project, hmm...

Yup, today is one of those days when you think you know it all, but I gotta tell ya when I first saw that monstrocity of a box they were lowerin' in the golf, I said to myself they're gonna need a really really Big Supersucker on that pumping barge out there.

I just so happened to have pen & paper within reach when I asked myself what would my idea be?
I remembered a science show I saw about superfine metalic particles suspended in thick hydrolic oil. Still fluid like oil until an electro-magnetic feild was intoduced. The second electricity powers the magnet the fluid ceases to act like a fluid because every single individual particle in that fluid aligns itself to the feild and binds as it blocks the flow instantly.
I think BP should try this with the heavy mud & concreate idea instead of what? Junk?  Shreaded tires? I heard one report say they where thinking of golf balls? come on! Get real for a minute, have you ever slipped & fell in pea gravel? Have you ever watched how much metel those magnets lift? DA!
Talk about the instant bindage you could create at the flip of a switch! The military has the same technology in their combat vehicles like the M-1 suspension system, why not apply it to tophat cap?
What do BP engineers get paid for anyways? Plumbing? Hmm... there ya have it BP, my idea in a nutshell. You have the dimensions you need & my fix for your problem, from the dark side of the Outpost.

New Month, New Projects

A couple of weeks ago this mock up was just small enough to fit on my ol' weld table. Just barely! The cart is designed to carry an assemblythat rests on top of the 4" X 4" blocks which were fitted with wooden blocks so the knife assembly would not ride metel on metel and risk dings in the mounting surfaces.

This and another airboard cart plus that table in the back ground have used my production time over the last 2 weeks

Looking back it was worth the effort to move this table up to the garage while the boys are mechanicing in my shed and now that this batch of jobs is complete I can move on to that S - 10 pick up box.

Yup its lookin' like the wheel well has been stretched and some work on the underside will be required. You know, putty knife to the flacky paint, hammer & chisel to chase the steel back to close the pick axe holes! hmm...?

So,... let me tell ya where I stand.

I now have the box flipped up-side down on a table in the garage, so I can be near the phone while I'm working on it, also I can easily access the front of the box which also was streched out of shape with the axe. I may have to block it up a bit higher for working comfort, so I can sit on a short stool and reach under with a dolly block as needed.

After I chase the curled steel back near the original shape, I will work with hammer & dolly to shrink some of the excess out of the lower radius near the floor of the bed.

When I can close the torn metel I will first tack the seam, place some copper behind it, & then weld solid. I plan to have a deep bucket of cold water handy to cool the thin steel like you would with Stainless Steel. Welding in short stiches and long spacing will also help to keep warpage to a minimum.

I will be snappin' a few more pics with this project to show you some more handy hillbilly how - to in upcoming posts. thanks for stoppin by.

Har - V - Hillbilly