Hi Brandon, This is for your wife: please investigate “fused glass”. You can take those broken bottles, especially the bottoms, and melt them in a kiln to make smooth glass shapes that would be great in your mobile artwork. You can buy wire that will not melt which will fuse with the glass in the kiln so it can be hung. Some of the kilns can be used in the microwave. The brown beer bottle glass melts especially well. There are molds in the shape of bottles that you could use to melt bottle shapes (for slightly bigger kilns). I hate to see all those lovely bits be rejected when you could do wonderful things with them. ArtGlassSupplies.com is a good website. Please do not publish my name. Actually, why share this hint with any competitors?
Pointing out the DANGER of (your father) being in a 10 foot deep VERTICAL WALLED hole in slightly ‘sandy soil’ without any cave-in protection (not even a ‘V’ shaped hole). A partial collapse of any side of the hole could take 1-3 HOURS to dig him out, and he would be extremely DEAD by then. . I knew a 6′ 6″ weight-lifter plumber working in a 4.5 foot deep trench, who suffocated when one side of the trench partially broke off and kept him from expanding his lungs enough to breath (his head and shoulders were free, but his stomach could not expand to suck air into his lungs). . He is now very DEAD.
Even minimal ‘shoring’ (a 2X4 on each side) works pretty well to prevent a side collapse that would prevent breathing, resulting in DEATH.
(Please edit the video- about the 3rd video into the link- to ADD A WARNING that even ‘good’ soil can unexpectedly break loose.)
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Hello Brandon, been watching your video’s on & off for a few months now.
I would like to try metal detecting. I’m on old, retired boomer. and live in the far northwest, Sussex Co. NJ. The soil can be rocky in some spots. Revolution history abound. I’ve looked online several times for a detector, but it’s very confusing to me. Could you recommend a detector for me? Something with waterproof ring as there are streams & brooks throughout. I don’t think I need that detects greater then 12″. Alot of farmland, forest, RR tracks, and historical sites. up here. Heck, my own property uses to be a church and I’m pretty sure I know the location of oth out house was. which back in the day is where other trash was dumped. I’m willing to pay $300.-$500.
Have you ever come across a bottle with the word American on i? There are air bubbles in the glass and it looks like it was pressed with a seam but I can’t make out the wording in the bottom. Just would like to find out some info of where it came from. Thank you in advance!
Hi Brandon, This is for your wife: please investigate “fused glass”. You can take those broken bottles, especially the bottoms, and melt them in a kiln to make smooth glass shapes that would be great in your mobile artwork. You can buy wire that will not melt which will fuse with the glass in the kiln so it can be hung. Some of the kilns can be used in the microwave. The brown beer bottle glass melts especially well. There are molds in the shape of bottles that you could use to melt bottle shapes (for slightly bigger kilns). I hate to see all those lovely bits be rejected when you could do wonderful things with them. ArtGlassSupplies.com is a good website. Please do not publish my name. Actually, why share this hint with any competitors?
Pointing out the DANGER of (your father) being in a 10 foot deep VERTICAL WALLED hole in slightly ‘sandy soil’ without any cave-in protection (not even a ‘V’ shaped hole). A partial collapse of any side of the hole could take 1-3 HOURS to dig him out, and he would be extremely DEAD by then. . I knew a 6′ 6″ weight-lifter plumber working in a 4.5 foot deep trench, who suffocated when one side of the trench partially broke off and kept him from expanding his lungs enough to breath (his head and shoulders were free, but his stomach could not expand to suck air into his lungs). . He is now very DEAD.
Even minimal ‘shoring’ (a 2X4 on each side) works pretty well to prevent a side collapse that would prevent breathing, resulting in DEATH.
(Please edit the video- about the 3rd video into the link- to ADD A WARNING that even ‘good’ soil can unexpectedly break loose.)
do not show my name or email.
Hello Brandon, been watching your video’s on & off for a few months now.
I would like to try metal detecting. I’m on old, retired boomer. and live in the far northwest, Sussex Co. NJ. The soil can be rocky in some spots. Revolution history abound. I’ve looked online several times for a detector, but it’s very confusing to me. Could you recommend a detector for me? Something with waterproof ring as there are streams & brooks throughout. I don’t think I need that detects greater then 12″. Alot of farmland, forest, RR tracks, and historical sites. up here. Heck, my own property uses to be a church and I’m pretty sure I know the location of oth out house was. which back in the day is where other trash was dumped. I’m willing to pay $300.-$500.
Have you ever come across a bottle with the word American on i? There are air bubbles in the glass and it looks like it was pressed with a seam but I can’t make out the wording in the bottom. Just would like to find out some info of where it came from. Thank you in advance!