WayBack: Defcon V

WayBack:  Defcon V

A pic of me and friend at Defcon 5, at the Aladdin. T-shirt says “In this age of digital Darwinism, some of us are ones. You’re a zero” Rest of outfit is leather, Swiss camo, AT&T buttset, and handcuffs. Photo taken by ShortGrrl, with a film type...

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Machine Shop Fail

Machine Shop Fail

I was machining a custom short para-flare carrier for a 40mm grenade launcher. Yes, that’s what I said. The standard carrier is about 6″ long, so this workpiece is short, and as always on such things it was too short to use a live center and still have room to work. There is a radius on the carrier that I cut by hand, since my lathe is an old...

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