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Lots of WWII era tanks and other vehicles on display. About 20 years ago I was desert bighorn sheep hunting in the Orocopia mountains just across the freeway from the Museum and there are still some relics of the military training that went on there, tank treads and other stuff.

WELCOME TO THE GENERAL PATTON MEMORIAL MUSEUM Immerse yourself in the rich history of General George S. Patton, Jr, the Desert Training Center and World War II. The General Patton Memorial Museum, is located at Chiriaco Summit, CA. Our museum stands as a testament to the bravery and sacrifice of America's veterans while offering an educational journey through the conflicts that have shaped our nation.

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I worked in a sewing plant in Arizona City, Arizona back in the 1970’s and a lot of the sewing machine operators on the Wilcox and Gibbs side lock sewing machines had long hair. Getting that long hair caught in the motor pulley and the machine mechanism were real possibilities so they had a mandatory hairnet rule for those machines. One Monday morning the sewing floor supervisor didn’t show up to work and one of the girls that HAD beautiful long hair started sewing without the hairnet and it wasn’t long before we heard this sickening scream and then a whole bunch of frantic women yelling. I was back in the shipping room and when I got there her foot was firmly planted on the foot pedal and smoke was pouring from the machines pulley. No one had pulled the connection out of the overhead rail so I did it and the machine stopped instantly. A large chunk of here scalp was torn out and by the time we got her hair hacked away and untangled from the machine she didn’t have much long hair left. Not a pretty sight. She took some time off and when she returned to work she didn’t want to be a machine operator anymore and the rest of the operators were very diligent about wearing hairnets after that.

Pinterest has a bunch of short videos featuring very unsafe power tool usage, particularly table saw, joiner and compound miter saws. I’ve reported a lot of them but it doesn’t seem to do any good. I wonder how many serious injuries there are by people trying to duplicate what’s being shown. There was one video awhile back and the guy in the video was missing parts of 3 fingers but he was still pushing stock over a spinning joiner head with no push sticks or guard in place. Slow learner, I guess.

BTT.

Have you ever used yours in a match?

Well my jig is really simple, it’s a hose clamp. Works pretty slick but time consuming. The 2 16 gauge shells to the right of the hose clamp are in the thimbles that I resized. The 3 12 gauge shells are to the left are in original sized thimbles. It’s a rainy day so that’s what I’m doing today.

I’ve come up with a jig that I’ll use to squeeze the thimbles to the 16 gauge size. I’ll post pictures tomorrow, the trial went very well.

You’re welcome. From what I see so far the quality is very good. Looking forward to a few revisions and use it in a match in a couple of weeks.

That’s a great question. I went out to the shop and grabbed 3 12 gauge Winchester AA shells and they fit very snug and I doubt you’d have to worry about them jumping out as you maneuvered the stage. I don’t have any 12 gauge brass hulls to try. If you’ll notice there is an embossed ridge around the upper lip of the thimble and this helps hold the shell securely in the thimble and allows for easy extraction when pulled.

You might want to delete your name and address, scammers love that stuff.

A few years ago there was a pard, Lunger Dan here on the Wire that had built a replica U.S. Army thimble cartridge belt. I guess they call it thimble because the shell holder resembles a thimble. Double Diamond, the pard that does all the leatherwork on the carts that I’ve built and the match director at Escondido told me about these belts being available on eBay. I’ve wanted one for quite awhile and decided to order one. I want to convert it to hold 16 gauge shells and that looks pretty easy to do. Overall it looks pretty well made and has 25 shell thimbles and lots of room for waste size adjustments. https://www.ebay.com/itm/236366547470?_skw=thimble+cartridge+belt&itmmeta=01KA2B1XHTFF9R3XCANPNV9QBP&hash=item37088b4a0e:g:opgAAeSwmBRo4CIg&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cOVJ2hzeyImwAycTC0MEeWxNjUZxWw7gXVnyc%2FYSfTwdfnok%2F%2BckES5mwa4efftR3grxNEqBPyxzJiDoBxnYoHCb2IC3%2F3wh%2BiCJY8ccy77D5K4NlcnjSEixZ7MeUnbxCG%2FDCW4dHwsHEwm%2FD1dcsnwxeBS1FbfMDmQIqtA1BffYVt3o8WHQGwsQK979e6EtyC58G7YRXGL1CpcTyMC0TDXpF5nGXxQpZDZr7%2FRHyP0msapeWA4bjHnH8AIrsNs4sVXcA1Tw9TzoWaP836IrcKjwkEc1Ytkw8GFWwr94EKOA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4rZh8vQZg

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What’s for dinner?😊