May 2015 | Tennessee Gun

21 May 2015

Strength of Materials

Strength of Materials was developed at MIT, to be a textbook.

This distinguished introductory text is popular at engineering schools around the world. It also serves as a refresher and reference for professionals.

In addition to coverage of customary elementary subjects (tension, torsion, bending, etc.), Strength of Materials features advanced material on engineering methods and applications, plus 350 problems and answers. 1949 edition.

I keep this book to help design projects that I am working on, as well as to teach myself engeneering concepts. But beside that normal use, I keep it so that people more trained than me may have it available in the event of a large scale disaster.

I look at reference books like Strength of Materials the same way I look at surgical supplies stored away. I am not the one that will use it, but that does not mean that the person using my stored goods won’t use it to help me.

This is not an easy book to read, but that does not mean that it is not valuable. But, it is an introductory text, so it is not beyond the abilities of any individual that is willing to take the time to think about what they are reading.

14 May 2015

Water Line Installation

Today we are going to test and discuss my water line installation. I rented a trencher to put in a new water line and while I was at work my buddy installed a water hydrant like the one pictured here.

He also put in an underground connection for the tiny house. Additionally Smitty put in a stub so that later we can branch off and run water to a future goat barn.

To ensure we have no leaks before we fill the hole back in Smitty put in a temporary stand pipe and attached an air gauge.

We attached an air line and pressurized the system to 80 psi for about 4 hours. If the pressure stays in the system there are no leaks.

If the pressure drops then you know you have a leak.

To find the leak add three drops of dish soap into a bottle of water. Simply spray the water around the couplings and air the system back up. Leaks will blow bubbles with the solution.

You can then fix your water line installation problem.

We also put the water line to the tiny house in a bucket buried in the ground and added a shutoff. This is useful because if the plumbing in the house needed to be worked on, you can shut it off from the outside so that you don’t have water leaking all in the building.

14 May 2015

Surgical Speed Shooting

Surgical Speed Shooting helps you learn the secrets of shooting a handgun quickly and accurately under the extreme stress of a gunfight.

These cutting-edge techniques for managing recoil in rapid fire, high-speed trigger control and more are used by today’s hostage rescue teams and competitive grandmasters.

Andy Stanford is a well known firearm instructor, and the shooter on the cover is the famous/infamous James Yeager.

I actually come from a town near where Yeager came from and took my very first handgun permit from him before the goatee and tattoos.

All that aside, this book is about how to shoot fast and accurately – and that is something I can get behind no matter who is the person teaching.

7 May 2015

Gear Review: Hot Hands

Hot hands are a reusable heat pack that can be used multiple times.

There is a metal disk inside the pack than when clicked activates an exothermic chemical reaction as the solution inside the package crystallizes and released heat.

After the crystals cool down they can be reactivated by hot water.

Most manufacturers recommend a crock pot, but I have also used a pot of boiling water. I have had success with, but cannot recommend, dropping the hot hand into a cup of water and after completely immersing it, putting it in the microwave.

I like this type of product much more than the iron oxide cloth heat packs that are commonly used. Those style are a single use only and the heat released is intense enough to burn you.

The reusable hot hands get hot, but it is not as intense, so it is much safer.

Besides, you can keep them around and use many times. I have had mine for over 3 years and have not had a single problem.

Now, the pack I got did not have detailed instructions so it took me a while to get the hand of the process.

The main thing to remember is heat it completely to melt not allowing ANY crystals to remain, and to let it cool completely before you try to activate.

7 May 2015

How to Build Practical Firearm Suppressors

How to Build Practical Firearm Suppressors is a very small book that covers the very basics of how to construct a suppressor. It does a fairly good job at it, but if you already know the basics, then everything in this book is just common sense.

Of course, If you live in the United States, and have not paid your $200 tax stamp and have a completed ATF form 1 giving you permission to engage in this activity then you will face serious police consequences if you construct anything in this book.

However, if you are willing to fill out the proper paperwork and remit the fee that Caesar demands then this book will show you how to build a firearm suppressor.

Now, if you consider the suppressor to be practical or not depends on what you think is practical.

If by practical you mean low cost and some level of decibel reduction then it will show practical suppressors. If you mean high quality construction that rivals the commercial brands – then the designs within this book are not practical.

But all things considered, suppressors have been around for a LONG time, and anyone with a lathe has the ability to construct a high quality firearm suppressor for little cost.

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