From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 12/29/2025 4:27 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 12/29/2025 4:37 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >>   
   >> In my Christmas message I noted I wasn't going to make any molds in   
   >> the shop until after the start of the New Year in spite of getting   
   >> over a nasty bug   
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   >> https://rumble.com/v73fphy-merry-christmas.html?mref=1sqt4y&mc=42lue   
   >>   
   >> or   
   >>   
   >> https://youtube.com/shorts/iHF7bt933SA?si=xB6vjptPNxCAdERA   
   >>   
   >> Well, that choice has resulted in a minor remission of another bug.   
   >> My HSD (Horizontal Surface Disease) is improving in a couple different   
   >> areas.  I can now see more than 60% of the surface of my welding   
   >> table. Its still 90% obstructed, but I can see it.   
   >>   
   >> HSD is a horrible affliction, but I am working on long term mitigation   
   >> factors for that as well.  Part of the reason for clearing off my   
   >> welding table is to get back on making the storage cabinet work   
   >> benches I've wanted along the back wall for a long time. I have most   
   >> of the steel.  I have most of the drawer slides.  I have the steel top   
   >> material.  I just need to clear up my HSD a little bit to get started.   
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   >   
   >    I suffer from that same affliction ... the first step in my case is   
   > going to be to throw a bunch of stuff "I might use some day" away . Then   
   > get all the usable steel scrap moved to the location most of the big   
   > stuff is already at . Some of my scrap is aluminum that needs to be   
   > converted to ingots . Haven't decided what to do with the copper/brass/   
   > bronze yet .   
      
      
   Copper can be converted to aluminum bronze which can make a decent plane   
   bearing material.   
      
   Bronze is bronze, and brass can of course be cast into other brass  parts.   
      
   Beware of zinc fumes.   
      
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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