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Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo)- Boat Batteries

ByBob La Londe July 20, 2024July 20, 2024

I’ve been following along on the lithium news for a while. As you may be aware Lithium Ion batteries can have some serious issues including a likelihood of catching fire (and being very hard to put out) if abused. Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo) batteries are supposed to be better in many regards, and more safe…

Boats & Boating

Need to Unload THREE (3) Boats

ByBob La Londe July 18, 2024July 19, 2024

Left to right. All “ran when parked.” 24′ Searay sportfishing design with fly bridge dual controls. The original Searay. Not the born again Searay. Dual four cylinder Chevies pushing inboard outboard drives. Passable at altitude lakes, excellent at sea level. Internal births below in front. Porta potty I think. Been sitting a long time. Lots…

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Geometric Self Opening Die Heads

ByBob La Londe July 13, 2024

Geometric Self Opening Die Heads I’ve made simple die heads. Some driven by a tommy bar, others by a pin in the mandrel that can be set up come out of the groove and free spin when it reaches the stopping distance. recently I started researching my $350 Lin Huan TL-25 lathe score in the…

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Stream Flow For Arizona – BOOKMARK THIS PAGE

ByBob La Londe July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

The Main Page From USGS https://waterdata.usgs.gov/az/nwis/current/?type=flow Everything you need on one page.

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Dirty Hands – Clean Money (Tool Rack)

ByBob La Londe July 4, 2024

Converted an R8 tool rack into a 4MT tool rack. First ten seconds and last minute is probably all you need to see to get it. Preferred Video Link

Fishing

Punching Is Simple

ByBob La Londe July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

I got out the other day with a buddy of mine. We took his boat so I had to fish his pace. He caught five or six fish using various methods. I had a nip on a club-o And lost what felt like a pretty good fish on a curly buzz frog, but i only…

Fishing | Tackle Making

WIN A FREE MOLD – Online / Real Life Fishing Competition in July 2024

ByBob La Londe June 30, 2024September 20, 2024

Contest canceled due to lack of interest.

Hunting & Shooting

I Bought Another Airgun

ByBob La Londe June 23, 2024June 24, 2024

I really go into PCP air rifles for a while. I’ve got a .177 Marauder I regulated that shoots about 120 shots on a fill at 920 feet per second. Its more than adequate for short range pest control, and even hunting. At practical airgun ranges its a little under powered at about 20FPE at…

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Closing the Loophole – No More Drinking and Fishing From a Boat in Arizona (UPDATED)

ByBob La Londe June 23, 2024June 29, 2024

NEW UPDATE June 29 2024: It looks like boats (vehicles used soley on water) and rail craft me in fact not be covered by these changes. I will wait and see. Politicians are good at changing things. UPDATE: After writing this short note about the new statute I posted a link to it on several…

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Tool Score(s)

ByBob La Londe June 23, 2024

Before Father’s Day I had been looking at a couple Yukon (Harbor Freight) toolbox benches to replace the pair of to small US General tool carts I’ve been using as tool carts at the South Bend (Grizzly) knee mill and Precision Mathews (14×40) lathe in the back shop. I added them to the shopping cart…

Fishing

Week Old Fishing Report

ByBob La Londe June 21, 2024June 22, 2024

Yeah, its been longer than that since I posted anything about local fishing, but I got out last week. It was just another day in our local fishing paradise, but nothing spectacular. I missed one flipping an RT45 creature bait, and then I missed one on a 4″ Club-O. Finally I stuck a couple on…

General Information

How is Yuma Bass Man Doing Now?

ByBob La Londe June 17, 2024

Since eliminating the forum overall traffic has dropped from when the forum was public, but not that much from after the forum was taken private. There was lower traffic initially after the format change, but it has been growing back up towards the same levels as when the forum was still online.

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Join Rumble

ByBob La Londe June 16, 2024

Join Rumble. Its maybe not 100% uncensored, but its 500% better than YouTube. https://rumble.com/register/JustAnotherGunGuy/ You might notice when I post a fishing, tackle making, etc video here I always post the link from one of my Rumble channels. Most of the time I also post the exact same video on the same or similar name…

Tackle Making

THIS Is Going to Cost Me Money !!!

ByBob La Londe June 15, 2024

Hi, I am a custom mold maker, and this is going to cost me money…

Tow Vehicles

I Ordered A Second Badlands 12K Winch

ByBob La Londe June 14, 2024June 14, 2024

If you have followed any of my adventures you know I’ve been getting my use out of an 8000lb Warn winch this year. I’ve loaded a couple 3/4 ton trucks for hauling, several weeks back my sons car, and recently rescued somebody stuck in the sand so I could get them out of the way…

Tackle Making

When All The CNC Machines Are Busy…

ByBob La Londe June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

When All The CNC Machines Are Busy You Can Still Rough Out Blanks On The Manual Mill In The Back

Fishing

Can you think of a way to fish a soft plastic you think might not work with a Club-O?

ByBob La Londe June 11, 2024June 12, 2024

Wow! I think he might have fished a Club-O more ways than I have. Link: How I Fish The Club-O ~~~

Tackle Making

ITS A MYTH – You Just Have to Change (XX)% is a Myth!

ByBob La Londe June 6, 2024

Here are some things to think about for those in the tackle business. ITS A MYTH – You Just Have to Change (XX)% is a Myth! https://www.tacklemaker.info/index.php?topic=30.0 A Patent is Not a Magic Shield https://www.tacklemaker.info/index.php?topic=29.0 Patent, Trademark, Copyright https://www.tacklemaker.info/index.php?topic=28.0

Hunting & Shooting

Double Gun Project – MAC SXS Shotgun – manufacture nat. d’armes de chat

ByBob La Londe June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

One of my projects is this double 16 ga “MAC SXS Shotgun – manufacture nat. d’armes de chat” (C&R) action I bought a while ago. Stock and action is complete. No barrels, block, or forend. I found a good deal on a couple unfinished generic barrels a while back and put them in the safe…

Hunting & Shooting

If You Buy On Gunbroker – Beware

ByBob La Londe June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

General Info: It should be obvious, but nobody is going to ship a gun to anybody but a federal firearms license holder. If you are an 01 or 07 license holder you should have no issues in that regard except for the exceptions listed listed below. If you are an 03 license holder qualified guns…

Tow Vehicles

Bob’s Off Road Recovery – Sorry, No T-Shirt

ByBob La Londe June 2, 2024June 2, 2024

Did a sand recovery yesterday. I took my big old 3/4 ton crew cab Chevy diesel 4×4, and left the Jeep at home. Lessons learned or relearned… Air down BEFORE you drive up the sand dune. Check the length of your farm jack hand, and get a cheater bar if you need one. The little…

General Information

NEW PHONE

ByBob La Londe May 31, 2024

NEW PHONE. Most of my contacts did not update. If you want me to have your number text me and tell me who you are. If not, that’s okay too.

Hunting & Shooting

That’s Not the Name! That’s The Caliber!

ByBob La Londe May 31, 2024

I know of three revolvers that as near as I can tell the model name is also the caliber. Dan Wesson 357 Magnum Colt 357 Magnum (“I frame” if I recall is the first Colt model chambered in 357 magnum. Yes, before the Trooper (Trooper existed in 38 special)) Astra 357 Magnum (Spanish made &…

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I Ship All Over the World – You Can Too (Any Non-Restricted Nation)

ByBob La Londe May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

This is generally what I do for international shipping because its easiest for me. I have a good relationship with my local mail carriers. When I have packages going out I leave them a note in the mailbox. They come up to the shop and pick them up. It is not necessarily the cheapest, but…

Tackle Making

New Hollow Body Floating Tube Frog Version 1 – FAILURE!!!

ByBob La Londe May 24, 2024May 24, 2024

Tackle Making

Okay, There is A Secret Forum

ByBob La Londe May 20, 2024

Nah, not really. There is no secret forum. I don’t know if I’ll ever run a fishing forum again of my own. I did however rekindle Tackle Maker. Tackle Maker is about making fishing tackle. There is a fishing chat section as an after thought, but that’s really intended for tackle makers to show of…

Hunting & Shooting

1899 (1904 or 1905) 303 Savage

ByBob La Londe May 17, 2024

1899 (1904 or 1905) 303 Savage I’m looking at an 1899 Savage right now. Probably made in around 1904, but possibly as late as 1905 depending on who you believe. It’s chambered in 303 Savage. Savage’s answer to the 30-30 Winchester. (Yes, I know they aren’t the same. LOL) It’s got the half octagon barrel…

Tackle Making

Is There Any Meaningful Difference – Hitching Post Bait Keepers

ByBob La Londe May 12, 2024

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Wrenches And Sockets And Ratchets … Oh, My!

ByBob La Londe May 12, 2024May 12, 2024

As I’ve posted before my dad had a lot of stuff which I am tasked with using, repurposing, or getting rid of. Things like a couple similar size generators side by side that both started on the first or second pull and ran appropriately with a load. (No, I didn’t scope them.) I have just…

Boats & Boating | Fishing

A Karen (and a Karen Jr) Screamed At Me – We Also Caught a Couple Fish

ByBob La Londe May 5, 2024May 5, 2024

I worked most of the day yesterday. I had gotten one custom mold design roughed out, and I was waiting on feedback from the customer before starting work on the “pretty” details. A buddy of mine called late in the day and said he was available if I needed help with anything or wanted to…

Fishing

The Afternoon Bite Has Started

ByBob La Londe April 28, 2024April 28, 2024

One of my fishing buddies called me up yesterday and wanted to hit the local water. I finished up the CAD/CAM for a custom mold for one of my customers, and I was at a stopping point waiting on feedback from another before wrap up. I wasn’t quite ready to take either to the machines…

Hunting & Shooting

Remington Rand 1911A1 Pistol

ByBob La Londe April 26, 2024April 26, 2024

Remington Rand 1911A1 Pistol What can you tell me about it and its history? I was not really aware of it until I ran across this one owned by a friend. It was his dad’s service weapon in WWII. First I looked up its value using the completed sales option on Gun Broker, and then…

Boats & Boating

Ran When Parked…

ByBob La Londe April 24, 2024

Yeah, I bought another one.

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I Broke My Warn Winch

ByBob La Londe April 21, 2024

Okay… maybe that’s a bit of an over statement, but it needs to be repaired! Please follow along as I figure this out.

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CNC Molds N Stuff – Shopping Cart Upgrade

ByBob La Londe April 16, 2024

The data base for the shopping cart for CNC Molds N Stuff appears to have been corrupted. Please just use the search function or contact me using the contact form on the website if you are looking for something and can’t find it. www.CNCMOLDS.com

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Travel Tool Kit

ByBob La Londe April 12, 2024

I’ve got a pretty good travel tool kit my wife gave me for Christmas several years ago. It’s got enough tools it might qualify as a starter mechanics set. It’s one of the more complete all in one mechanics sets I’ve seen for a travel set. It’s also pretty heavy as you might imagine. For…

Tow Vehicles

Destructive Lock Nuts Suck

ByBob La Londe April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

I recently had to install new axles on a trailer in order to get working brakes on the trailer… Don’t lecture me about how you could have done this or that and not replaced them. They were oddballs and I wasted a couple weeks looking for other solutions. The u-bolts that came with the new…

General Information

The Eclipse Over Niagara Falls

ByBob La Londe April 9, 2024April 9, 2024

An associate, dare I say friend, sent me this photo. Les Neidig is the now retired owner of Able Security. (I’m the partially retired owner of The Security Consultant). We still chat from time to time on one of the security groups. It came up that while I was neck deep in alligators he was…

Tow Vehicles

RANT – I Really Wanted To Buy A New Truck, But…

ByBob La Londe April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

I was thinking about trading in the tow vehicle, and scrapping the truck on the trailer, but I’ll probably keep driving the Chevy and fix up the Dodge to sell as a runner. Every vehicle I sell will be one they don’t. (RANT!) Does the local car dealership owner come to your church and put…

Fishing | General Information

A Brand New Lake in Arizona

ByBob La Londe April 8, 2024April 8, 2024

It looks like Salt River Project is in the process of planning a storage battery like in the Salt River / Roosevelt Lake area. The way it’s described in the article at the link below is they will pump water into the lake in the daytime when solar energy is abundant and release it back…

Fishing

20th…

ByBob La Londe April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

Well, I’m on the big bass board for YVRGC. Hopefully its good enough to stay on the board. I’ve hardly had any time to fish this year. Even had a blank day a few weeks ago with one of my fishing buddies. (Both of us). Oh, well. I guess just like, “fishing beats not fishing,”…

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First Use of the Weld-bart-ler 187 Welder

ByBob La Londe March 26, 2024

I had asked about the Weldmark 187 a while back. It says Weldmark on the front, Hobart Bros on the side, and Miller on the gun. Yesterday I needed to weld some spring centers on some new axles… long story. It would have been more work than it was worth to make space to drag…

Fishing

Fishing Intel Gleaning HERE – Fishing Report From Mittry Lake

ByBob La Londe March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

Okay, posts about my attitude on forward facing sonar, and personal trials and tribulations working on trailers I am sure are not what you are here for. You visit this site for the fishing intel you can glean or scavenge. Here it is. My fishing report from the last weekend’s derby on Mittry Lake We…

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Those Axles – 2

ByBob La Londe March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

Well… nothing much to get excited about. I got the old axles off. Okay they are heavy. Maybe solid. Never expected that. The old spring stacks are also much taller than the new spring stacks. I’m going to see if I can use the old springs and hardware, but the tires and wheels are slightly…

Fishing

FFS – I Fished Yesterday

ByBob La Londe March 24, 2024March 24, 2024

I fished yesterday. My partner and I caught ten keepers. I never even turned on the electronics. We were about 5 pounds behind first place… did it matter. No. They were just better than we were. Its a fact, that a paper graph is better than a flasher… except when it isn’t. For me its…

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I Cut The Hitch Off My Jeep

ByBob La Londe March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

For the last tournament we fished I towed the ProCraft out to the lake with my Jeep. Its within the tow capacity (just barely), but I would rather use my truck. The AC wasn’t working in the truck, and its warming up here in Arizona. Anyway, the Jeep towed it just fine, except the hitch…

Fishing | Getting Started Fishing

Telescopes Like a Flipping Stick…

ByBob La Londe March 18, 2024

Most of us are probably familiar with the telescoping flipping stick. For the rest… no not like a multi section telescoping rod. Just one where main body of the rod can be pushed back into the butt section of the rod. This is fairly typical of 7’6″ to 8′ med-hvy to x-heavy fast to x-fast…

Tackle Making

The Ten Weight Cast Net Sinker Mold

ByBob La Londe March 17, 2024March 18, 2024

These are called a “Ten Weight” net weight because 10 of them will make up one pound (+/-). If you use pure lead and get perfect pours it will be a little over a pound, but pretty close. If you use unknown lead alloys or get less than perfect pours it a count of ten…

Tackle Making

Bending Pull Pins For 10 Weight Lead Net Sinker Mold

ByBob La Londe March 16, 2024

Boats & Boating

Bob’s Tips for Boaters #12 – Its a PUSH Pole Not a PRY Pole

ByBob La Londe March 16, 2024

Many of us have a push pole for area where its more practical to pole than to motor. Flat’s anglers often use a push pole to avoid stirring up silt as they chase shallow water trophies. I use one quite often to help me get into and out of tight spots when fishing. You probably…