Jim K2BHMJun 142 minEverybody's Elmer, Jud, K2CBAYou often ask "How do you know all this stuff?". Well, the answer is easy. Hanging around with Jud and his friends for 40 years. He...
Jim K2BHMMay 141 minJust DesertsMy wife was looking for a unique way to self serve deserts at her nephew's wedding next week. She saw some things on Amazon, ordered a...
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minThe move from analog to the digital cloudPaul, AC2UQ sent me an interesting article about the translation from broadcast engineering to everything now being digital, on the...
Jim K2BHMApr 122 minThe Animal, 7 gallons of fuel for 300 feet! I was looking around You Tube today and found a bit of my past. "The Animal"! A neighbor of mine in Cohoes had a pulling tractor known as...
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minSo, What did they use before Air Horns???Guy's friend Bob had a problem. A stripped thread. Helicoil to the rescue! They make stainless steel springs out of diamond shaped wire....
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minTransparent CarburetorI came across a very interesting you tube video. This guy built a simple carburetor out of clear plastic, describes it's operation, and...
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minI'll do it when I get "A Round Tuit"!How often have you said this? How do you make a Round Tuit? All you need is a lathe with a radius cutter attachment! I found one on Ebay,...
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minFulton's FollowersBack about a decade ago, my neighborhood buddy from Cohoes, Ken, WB2TDG, got me involved in a group called Fulton's Followers. They were...
Jim K2BHMApr 122 minA part of my history.Some of you have expressed wonder at where I get my info from. Well, early in my career, I spent 15 years at the Watervliet Arsenal, just...
Jim K2BHMApr 122 minHow to skin a Cat(scanner), or Happy Dentist, Healthy Smile!So, as many of you heard this morning, I made an emergency dentist visit. His cat scanner sounded like it had a cat wrapped up in the...
Jim K2BHMApr 121 minHow many 1/16th's in 0.137"?So, you are making a part on a lathe and the drawing shows a hole 0.137" deep. Your tailstock quill only has a ruler engraved in the top,...
Paul BrownMar 313 minBlow hard?!?The Beaufort Wind Force Scale is an extremely easy to use tool to assess weather conditions especially under field conditions.
Paul BrownMar 311 minYou can't buy this at Home Depot!The garden hose valve on the left is available at Home Depot. The Steam Valve on the right, NO WAY! The brass pieces in the rear are the...
Paul BrownMar 312 minLetting off SteamOriginally posted by Jim K2BHM. People have been asking about my Steam Engines that I have been talking about. pmmodelengines.com has...