A model 19 with the frame chopped to model 26 dimensions. Of course, you could buy a model 26 and add a model 19 slide & barrel.
http://www.majorpandemic.com/2017/05/glock-26l-chopping-g19-best-carry-gun-i-have-owned.html
Friday, January 1, 2021
Thursday, December 31, 2020
A General-Purpose Handgun
The General-Purpose Handgun: One Concept to Consider
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/9/10/the-general-purpose-handgun-one-concept-to-consider/
"Specifically, the project I envisioned involved starting with a tough, easy-to-maintain, medium-frame revolver chambered in .357 Mag. and featuring a fully adjustable rear sight, a "compromise" barrel length of about 4" and, preferably, stainless steel construction—all carried in one of two practical belt holsters depending on the circumstances.
As I thought about those preferences, I settled on a platform with which I was quite familiar: Ruger's long-discontinued Security-Six."
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/9/10/the-general-purpose-handgun-one-concept-to-consider/
"Specifically, the project I envisioned involved starting with a tough, easy-to-maintain, medium-frame revolver chambered in .357 Mag. and featuring a fully adjustable rear sight, a "compromise" barrel length of about 4" and, preferably, stainless steel construction—all carried in one of two practical belt holsters depending on the circumstances.
As I thought about those preferences, I settled on a platform with which I was quite familiar: Ruger's long-discontinued Security-Six."
The Best Handgun Hunting Cartridges
The 10 Best Handgun Hunting Cartridges and Loads
How to pick the right load for hunting just about everything with a handgun
By Richard Mann
February 24, 2020
https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/guns/best-handgun-hunting-cartridges-ever/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
How to pick the right load for hunting just about everything with a handgun
By Richard Mann
February 24, 2020
https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/guns/best-handgun-hunting-cartridges-ever/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
How Often Do I Need to Start My Car To Keep The Battery Charged?
How Often Do I Need to Start My Car To Keep The Battery Charged?
https://www.optimabatteries.com/experience/blog/how-often-do-i-need-to-start-my-car-to-keep-the-battery-charged
Hint - use a battery charger instead ...
https://www.optimabatteries.com/experience/blog/how-often-do-i-need-to-start-my-car-to-keep-the-battery-charged
Hint - use a battery charger instead ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
C3 Corvette Seat Swaps
Corvette C3 Fiero Seat Swap: http://corvettec3.ca/fiero.htm
"Fiero seats are very close to the same dimensions as your C3 seats. The Fiero seats provide more lateral support than the original C3 style. Although the Fiero seats are not direct bolt in replacements, fabricating brackets to accept the original C3 tracks and mounts is a fairly straight forward and simple task ...
Probably the number one reason for choosing Fiero seats is because there is a company called MrMikes Fiero (http://mrmikes.com/corvettes.htm) that makes seat upholstery kits for these seats. Not only does MrMike make kits in all Fiero styles but he also makes them in a style for your C3 Corvette complete with C3 logos. "
"GM changed the design of the seat tracks over the C3 production years. In 1978 the new clam shell seat design was introduced with the Pace Car option and this design became standard in 1979 and continued until the C3 end of run in 1982. Two things remained constant throughout the C3 run and that was the dimensions of the floor anchor bolt pattern and the track to seat bolt pattern.
...
Please note that if your C3 has the clam shell seat design (1978 to 1979) your tracks will be one of two designs. If your tracks have a raised bracket at the front you may wish to remove it so that your Fiero seats will sit flat on the tracks which was the way they were designed. If you choose to leave the bracket there you may find the installed height of your seats to be too high.
...
Using the Fiero tracks requires much more fabrication than using your original C3 tracks. While the Fiero seats are about the same dimension as your original C3 seats, the Fiero seat tracks are mounted closer together and are shorter than your C3 tracks. The simplest solution is to use your original C3 tracks and fabricate four brackets from 1/8" X 2" steel flat stock.
...
Please note that two of the brackets have a 1/4" curved indentation. This is to allow clearance for the C3 seat adjust lever. Put that indentation in your brackets before you drill the holes. The smaller holes (for attaching C3 tracks to brackets) are drilled 17/64" and tapped 8 X 1.25 mm. The larger holes (for attaching seat to brackets) are drilled 21/64". "
Also consider Miata seats in a Corvette: http://mrmikes.com/corvettemiatamikb.htm and https://www.digitalcorvettes.com/threads/my-seat-mod.164240/
C6 Corvette Seats in a C3 Corvette: http://www.shredjesse.com/1968-chevy-corvette/c6-corvette-seats-c3-corvette
This site is for Corvette C3 enthusiasts and has lots of information pertaining to Corvettes built from '68 to '82: http://corvettec3.ca/index.htm
"Fiero seats are very close to the same dimensions as your C3 seats. The Fiero seats provide more lateral support than the original C3 style. Although the Fiero seats are not direct bolt in replacements, fabricating brackets to accept the original C3 tracks and mounts is a fairly straight forward and simple task ...
Probably the number one reason for choosing Fiero seats is because there is a company called MrMikes Fiero (http://mrmikes.com/corvettes.htm) that makes seat upholstery kits for these seats. Not only does MrMike make kits in all Fiero styles but he also makes them in a style for your C3 Corvette complete with C3 logos. "
"GM changed the design of the seat tracks over the C3 production years. In 1978 the new clam shell seat design was introduced with the Pace Car option and this design became standard in 1979 and continued until the C3 end of run in 1982. Two things remained constant throughout the C3 run and that was the dimensions of the floor anchor bolt pattern and the track to seat bolt pattern.
...
Please note that if your C3 has the clam shell seat design (1978 to 1979) your tracks will be one of two designs. If your tracks have a raised bracket at the front you may wish to remove it so that your Fiero seats will sit flat on the tracks which was the way they were designed. If you choose to leave the bracket there you may find the installed height of your seats to be too high.
...
Using the Fiero tracks requires much more fabrication than using your original C3 tracks. While the Fiero seats are about the same dimension as your original C3 seats, the Fiero seat tracks are mounted closer together and are shorter than your C3 tracks. The simplest solution is to use your original C3 tracks and fabricate four brackets from 1/8" X 2" steel flat stock.
...
Please note that two of the brackets have a 1/4" curved indentation. This is to allow clearance for the C3 seat adjust lever. Put that indentation in your brackets before you drill the holes. The smaller holes (for attaching C3 tracks to brackets) are drilled 17/64" and tapped 8 X 1.25 mm. The larger holes (for attaching seat to brackets) are drilled 21/64". "
Also consider Miata seats in a Corvette: http://mrmikes.com/corvettemiatamikb.htm and https://www.digitalcorvettes.com/threads/my-seat-mod.164240/
C6 Corvette Seats in a C3 Corvette: http://www.shredjesse.com/1968-chevy-corvette/c6-corvette-seats-c3-corvette
This site is for Corvette C3 enthusiasts and has lots of information pertaining to Corvettes built from '68 to '82: http://corvettec3.ca/index.htm
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Making Bricks Out of Fast-Growing Mushrooms
Stanford Designer is Making Bricks Out of Fast-Growing Mushrooms That Are Stronger than Concrete
This may have applications in space, like building structures on Mars.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/phil-ross-invents-mycelium-mushroom-bricks-arch/"Phil Ross doesn't use the mushroom, or fruiting body of the reishi; he uses mycelium, the fast-growing fibrous roots that make up the vast majority of fungus lifeforms.
Mycelium grows fast, and is incredibly durable, waterproof, non-toxic, fire-resistant, and biodegradable.
Ross uses it to build bricks by growing mycelium in bags of delicious (to mushrooms) sawdust, before drying them out and cutting them with extremely heavy-duty steel blades.
This works because mushrooms digest cellulose in the sawdust, converting it into chitin, the same fiber that insect exoskeletons are made from.
"The bricks have the feel of a composite material with a core of spongy cross grained pulp that becomes progressively denser towards its outer skin," explained Discover Magazine. "The skin itself is incredibly hard, shatter resistant, and can handle enormous amounts of compression.""
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