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Nicely done, great score!

Quote from: jabberwoki on May 12, 2026, 09:14 AMMan sorry to see you have to move, hope you find a good spot.
Nice old gun that.

Exactly, sorry to hear about the move and the gun looks cool.

Man sorry to see you have to move, hope you find a good spot.
Nice old gun that.

 It looks like my wife and I will be moving in the next year or two. Mostly do to her looking for a new job, and there is not much at her level in a small town like this, and my health making going up stair and down more difficult. So, the last few weeks I have been on other tracks, and thinking about what to keep, what to move along, etc.

But! That should never stop us from doing projects



I picked this up at auction, it is a late '30s German AYDT single shot varmint gun. A real oddity, as it has a very heavy bull barrel and is chambered in .218 Bee. I am pretty sure the barrel is original, as it had no standard provision for the peep sights that these normally came with, but it is chambered for an American cartridge. Now, a customer could order these any way they wanted, so I guess anything is possible. But in any case, I need to deal with rust issues, and clean out all the grease that was slathered on here.


starting disassembly, and here you can really see the rust damage.



I had a couple screws really fight me, but I won in the end


the trigger assembly, and you can see how much grease there is to deal with


parts ready for a mineral spirits bath, but I am out so I will pick some up tomorrow morning.

Fantastic! Very well done.

Quote from: Highland512 on May 06, 2026, 07:11 AMThe last of the Fatmax and Craftsman USA made tape measures will be hitting the stores shortly. I have been a loyal customer of the Stanley Fatmax FMHT33865 25' magnetic tape for 15 years........Guess I will go buy a few more. I believe this was the last plant in the USA making tape measures.   

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/storied-toolmaker-closes-its-last-hometown-plant-and-blames-its-tape-measures/ar-AA22tvMI?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=69fb420c2a624cf3b9d7b6db88a96b1d&ei=23

That's a shame.

At least US TAPE is still manufacturing Tape measures in Pennsylvania.
https://www.ustape.com/product/classic-series-short-tapes/

The last of the Fatmax and Craftsman USA made tape measures will be hitting the stores shortly. I have been a loyal customer of the Stanley Fatmax FMHT33865 25' magnetic tape for 15 years........Guess I will go buy a few more. I believe this was the last plant in the USA making tape measures.   

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/storied-toolmaker-closes-its-last-hometown-plant-and-blames-its-tape-measures/ar-AA22tvMI?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=69fb420c2a624cf3b9d7b6db88a96b1d&ei=23

My plan is to catch East bound in June and then on its West bound leg when it makes an overnight stop in July.

Start of third month of autumn and we are still having 20C/68F days.





Tauranga Model Marine & Engineering Club have 1,900' of dual 5"/7.25" track in Memorial Park.