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Offline Mike Brooks

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So I was wondering yesterday
« on: October 02, 2019, 03:47:59 PM »
I was engraving yesterday and  with my mind wandering the way it does I wondered if with all the engraving I have done over the years if I have engraved a line a mile long yet? More maybe? How about with the parting tool laying in carving?  Mile? Less? How about wire?  I know I have put well over 20 ft of wire in one gun on several occasions.
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Offline Jim Spray

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Re: So I was wondering yesterday
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2019, 06:12:20 PM »
63360 inches in a mile! I'll bet your past that!
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Offline Craig Wilcox

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Re: So I was wondering yesterday
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2019, 12:18:25 AM »
See, told ya 39 years ago to charge by the inch for the engraving - then  you would know for sure!

I think I was working in the central Florida woods 39 years ago, and didn't have a computer or a cell phone....
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Re: So I was wondering yesterday
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2019, 12:41:13 AM »
Hi,
Well Mike, I probably deposited at least a pint of blood on all my guns over the years.  I just deposited some today.

dave
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: So I was wondering yesterday
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2019, 04:37:47 AM »
Quote from: smart dog on October 03, 2019, 12:41:13 AM
Hi,
Well Mike, I probably deposited at least a pint of blood on all my guns over the years.  I just deposited some today.

dave
Yes, nasty wounds seem to go right along with extremely sharp hand tools.
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Offline mountainman70

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Re: So I was wondering yesterday
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2019, 04:40:35 AM »
Quote from: smart dog on October 03, 2019, 12:41:13 AM
Hi,
Well Mike, I probably deposited at least a pint of blood on all my guns over the years.  I just deposited some today.

dave

also called Consecrating your work.
Have done a lot of that over the years..Dave 8) 8)
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