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Make your own from leftover wire Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 After i completed some house re-wiring, i had some leftover #6 bare copper wire. I hacksawed a half-dozen pieces, then bent them up using a bench vise and a piece of 1-inch pipe. A friend of mine included them in an order of some...
Survivor describes losing his yacht at sea Issue 61: July/Aug 2008 It was a long time ago. One might imagine it would haunt, cling with the chill of a sea mist on a night watch, but it does not. We survived, and that day is not the only memory, just one among many . ....
One man’s solution: Drag it backward Issue 60 : May/Jun 2008 The perfect dinghy would be light, stable, unsinkable, indestructible, readily convertible to a life raft, and able to carry a large burden. That’s the easy part. It would also fold away into a package the size of a shoebox for stowage. That’s the hard...
Be careful where you use these similar alloys Issue 61: July/Aug 2008 In comparing bronze and brass, it is helpful to define two key terms before pointing out the differences, attributes, and deficiencies of these two materials: Alloy – When metals combine with each other, along with certain other elements, and fuse together as mixtures,...
