Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[With envy]

Yaaa, I'm home! Good thing Seattle is only a two hour drive from Las Vegas.
(By Boeing 737-800 that is.)

This is the part my wife makes.



Yeah, the white stuff is rhime ice. For those that are interested in this kind of stuff: That center panel, the wing skin, is not rolled or pressed sheet aluminum like you might expect. It is milled from a single block of aluminum over 50 feet long. And you thought all that billet stuff you bought for your car was expensive!

[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

I found out yesterday that Ruby will be on display in a vendor tent at C5 fest! Apex Motorsports, CAI inc & Rx Performance will share a display tent & they chose Ruby as one of their display vehicles. I think that will be fun. I won't be hard to find. I can go & pick her up anytime to run the drag strip or autocross & then just bring her back.

Covered parking, nice!
I hear you have other covered parking you're working on as well

Originally Posted by With envy

Yaaa, I'm home! Good thing Seattle is only a two hour drive from Las Vegas.
(By Boeing 737-800 that is.)

This is the part my wife makes.


Yeah, the white stuff is rhime ice. For those that are interested in this kind of stuff: That center panel, the wing skin, is not rolled or pressed sheet aluminum like you might expect. It is milled from a single block of aluminum over 50 feet long. And you thought all that billet stuff you bought for your car was expensive!

I'd like to see that mill!

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by With envy

Yaaa, I'm home! Good thing Seattle is only a two hour drive from Las Vegas.
(By Boeing 737-800 that is.)

This is the part my wife makes.

Attachment 345038

Yeah, the white stuff is rhime ice. For those that are interested in this kind of stuff: That center panel, the wing skin, is not rolled or pressed sheet aluminum like you might expect. It is milled from a single block of aluminum over 50 feet long. And you thought all that billet stuff you bought for your car was expensive!

Glad you made it home safe! Enjoy the rest of your week.

[dianeokie]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

I found out yesterday that Ruby will be on display in a vendor tent at C5 fest! Apex Motorsports, CAI inc & Rx Performance will share a display tent & they chose Ruby as one of their display vehicles. I think that will be fun. I won't be hard to find. I can go & pick her up anytime to run the drag strip or autocross & then just bring her back.

Sounds fun!

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by With envy

Yaaa, I'm home! Good thing Seattle is only a two hour drive from Las Vegas.
(By Boeing 737-800 that is.)

This is the part my wife makes.

Attachment 345038

Yeah, the white stuff is rhime ice. For those that are interested in this kind of stuff: That center panel, the wing skin, is not rolled or pressed sheet aluminum like you might expect. It is milled from a single block of aluminum over 50 feet long. And you thought all that billet stuff you bought for your car was expensive!

An airplane !!!

[lightning]

Aaaaaaahhhh. Air-conditioning............
.
(Note the tail-light too!)

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by lightning

Aaaaaaahhhh. Air-conditioning............
.
(Note the tail-light too!)

[trnsxck]

Originally Posted by lightning

When replacement parts are just too expensive.............

thats awesome !

[trnsxck]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Thanks sure is. Yeah maybe the Jello shots set it off. Will do whatever it takes to not go through this again. Got a hatchet?
Oh forgot to mention thanks for the offer about Vengeance Racing being near. Making final arrangements with them. Looks like will be bringing the car in on Weds afternoon and will be done by Frid evening. One of the guys in our Caravan is renting a car and he said he would play taxi driver.Will see.

OK where are some funny pictures when you need them? Rather be exploding coffee out the nose than having exploding toes.

Is that De Niro as Taxi driver or..??

[SSBUSDRVR]

Love your "little" furbaby pix LBM

Is that De Niro as Taxi driver or..??

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Love your "little" furbaby pix LBM

Thanks! They look cuddly, don't they?

How's the gout? The best drugs to treat the acute flare-up are colchicine (it used to be available as a generic, but now only comes as brand name Colcrys, rather expensive) and indomethacin. They are both prescription only. Once the flare is controlled, then maintenance drugs to keep uric acid levels down and prevent flares are allopurinol or Uloric. Allopurinol is dirt cheap, try that first... hope that helps, my shift is over now...

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Thanks! They look cuddly, don't they?

How's the gout? The best drugs to treat the acute flare-up are colchicine (it used to be available as a generic, but now only comes as brand name Colcrys, rather expensive) and indomethacin. They are both prescription only. Once the flare is controlled, then maintenance drugs to keep uric acid levels down and prevent flares are allopurinol or Uloric. Allopurinol is dirt cheap, try that first... hope that helps, my shift is over now...

How about a round of applause for LBM. Isn't it great to have a pharmacist on staff here in the Ol' Farts thread?

[hotrodsally]

Originally Posted by lightning

Aaaaaaahhhh. Air-conditioning............
.
(Note the tail-light too!)

Is that for real or someone's entry to a redneck contest? What's that tail light made of?

[With envy]

I'd like to see that mill! [/QUOTE]

I searched the web, but didn't find any pictures. And photography isn't allowed in the building. The closest I could find is this one in a company in California that makes skins for C-17s. The mill is in the background upper left corner. The ones at my wife's plant are about a hundred feet long, and can run up to four skins at a time, or two of the larger aircraft skins. The operator sits (or sleeps) in a control cab on a machine about the size of a small garage, that rolls on rails while straddling the bed. There are cameras that monitor the mill head, and the operator can switch out bits, and perform other operations right from the cab.