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  • Started 9 months ago by unclearthur
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  1. unclearthur

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    It's something waiting to be reborn in a new and useful form. This started life as a godawful piece of tourist junk from Mexico. A copper mug with a brass handle and an ugly medallion of the front featuring "Aztecs" . A butane torch can be a beautiful thing. Removed the excess crap. Formed up a lid and soldered in a lip on said lid to keep it on and then did some polishing. Next I coat the inside with envirotec and make a gasket of the lid. There ya have a nice copper humidor for a cost of around two bucks,

    If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.
    Posted 9 months ago #
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    Looks nice.

    Posted 9 months ago #
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    Looking good!

    In a society that has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society.
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    Posted 9 months ago #
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    You are branching out Uncle Arthur!!! Nice!!!

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    You got skills man. Nice!

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    Just have no fear of failure. If something comes out a bit different than planned I call it a running design change.

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    Looks good.

    U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)
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    You rock unclearthur!

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  9. lordnoble

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    Very cool! It'll look even cooler once some patina sets in...

    -Jason

    unclearthur on high nicotine blends:
    A few will leave you wandering around wondering who you are .
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    A Real Renaissance Man...

    Not that he actually is from the Renaissance.... (Hmmmmm maybe....)

    But, by resurrecting things from the past to inspire the future.
    He makes the world a better place.
    Well done Arthur!

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    I agree with your "No fear of failure" philospphy. As with many things in life, just by trying, you are automatically in the 99th percentile! Great work! If you left it outside for the winter, I'll bet it would go for over $100 in any antique shop!

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  12. igloo

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    My father used to say , Poor boys have poor boy ways . Good job uncle .

    “There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detached.”
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  13. bubbadreier

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    It looks good my friend! Congrats!

    Mason jars and bale top jars, mason jars and bale top jars.... that is all!

    "There’s truth in the statement that pipe tobacco will never be any less expensive than it is today, so think of your cellar as a cost averaged investment" - G.L. Pease
    Posted 9 months ago #
  14. unclearthur

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    When Dad's family got together someone always mentioned a new tool. The question asked was not where did you buy it. It was how did you make it. Pays to grow up around that kind of thinking.

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  15. logandow

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    nice job

    A man without a pipe is a man unprepared
    Posted 9 months ago #

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