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I bought an hw50s from a pawn shop for $400. Was built in 1976 based on serial number and made in “west Germany” the thing is old.

Anyway, aside from price the gun has a few issues. The breech seal disintegrated and needs replacing. It was shooting a respectable 11 ft-lb of energy and now is at 5.5 because of the breech seal.

It’s old enough that the piston should have a leather seal on the piston. and it smokes like a mother when you shoot it.

I already ordered a breech seal ($20 with shipping) and that should put me back at 11 ft-lb but should I get an adapter and a rubber piston seal? (Another~$60)

Despite all this cost and rework that needs done, it’s way nicer than my rs2. Before the breech seal disintegrated it was so smooth and the trigger is so much better.

So I edc’d a mini pineapple from reylight for years. I loved it, absolutely perfect for my daily needs.

Anyway about a year ago my battery went dead. I was running aaa primary cells at the time so I swapped it out and nothing. Tried 4 batteries of differing brands and it just wouldn’t work.

I looked it up and apparently the drivers can fail, that sucks. I didn’t have a budget for a new driver so I reverted to my old microstream usb. I’ve been running that for the last year.

But last night, during a power outage, my three year old borrowed my light to go to the basement. When she came back the light was gone and she doesn’t know where it is.

Out of desperation, I grab my old broken reylight. I throw a lithium cell in it (finally found my 10440 stash long after I swapped to microstream) and it works!

Turns out I’m just an idiot and must have had 4 dead batteries in my junk drawer.

I’ve spent the last year using a fine but not preferred light and thinking not so nice things about reylight all cause I’m a dummy.

In the power outage it’s really shining how much I love the mini pineapple again. It really is a great edc

Hey guys, I know this isn’t the right sub per se but it seems like a good fit for this kind of question

I took 1 quart of elderberries and 1 cup sugar and cooked it down. Strained the solids and got 275ml of syrup.

I mixed this with 400ml of vodka at 41% for a total of 675ml of liquor at 24.3%.

I have it in new clear bottles with synthetic cork stoppers. How long can I expect this to last on the shelf of my liquor cabinet?

I expect something like “indefinitely” but wanted to make sure.

Hey guys! I was just hoping someone could help shed light on flavor differences between different mash bills.

•100% blackstrap (2gallons in a 6 gallon wash)
•1 gallon blackstrap + 2 lb brown sugar
•1 gallon blackstrap + 2 lb white cane sugar
•1 gallon blackstrap + 2 lb white beet sugar

I’ve never made anything and I’ve seen lots of varying recipes so I was curious as to how they differ

I’m getting a spyderco charisma in Saturday and I intend to take it as thin as possible behind the edge. This thing weighs .8oz and I want it to fall through vegetables.

Does anyone have any experience with how thin of a blade profile this steel can take before it’s just not stable?

Rum gurus! I come seeking wisdom!

How big does a muck pit need to be?

Say for a 25L still charge how much muck would you add to the low wines?

On my last thread someone suggested running a wash, making the second wash with Dunder, adding the low wines from batch 1, running that and then completing the process a second time.

Essentially doing a 1.5 run and then a second 1.5 run. How does this compare flavor wise to just running three washes (still made with Dunder) and then just doing a spirirt run, more like you’d do a whiskey?

Hey guys! I’m reading up on making rum. There’s a lot I’ve read and want to try but I have no experience with any of it. I’m just gonna lay out some strategies and goals and I’m hoping some people here will have some input and advice.

I’d like to get something that’s good to drink white pretty quickly, just to get into the groove of things. I’ve read that straight brown sugar with nutrient and bread yeast is good for this. I’d also like to work with some straight up blackstrap molasses to see what flavor that produces.

But that’s not really the end goal here. I want to actually get into some funky complex rums.

I’ve heard about dunder and saving it to use for subsequent batches. I’ve heard about muck pits to develop organic acids for esterfication. What I don’t really know how to do is any of that.

Sounds to me like rum using dunder is basically like making a sour mash whiskey, is that right? Does using fresh dunder have a noticeable effect on the end product?

As for muck pits, I’m assuming you start with some dunder and help it get inoculated with bacteria by additions like old fruit or solids from a rum ferment that you racked off of. I don’t really know how to take care of a pit though.

I’ve also read (on homedistiller.org) about a guy continually saving the tails from a run and adding them back into the next run. He claimed that over a few generations this concentrated so many fusel oils in the wash that they were forced over during the hearts cut. He found this desirable. What are your thoughts on this?

I found a recipe, again on homedistiller.org, that I’d like to get feedback on here.

It said to make a blackstrap wash, strip it, run tight tight tight cuts on the spirit run. Then use the dunder to make a straight sugar wash. Strip it, add the feints from the blackstrap batch to the low wines, run the same tight tight tight cuts as the blackstrap wash and then blend the two distillates.

That recipe seems easy enough, should yield a lot of dunder to start a pit with, and should yield a lot of tails to blend into subsequent batches.

Anyway, with my stated goals do you think that’s a decent place to start? And any advice on any run specific part of the process is much appreciated.

I just had a little event on a road trip. We’re going to the beach and I decided I wasn’t gonna carry on the beach swimming all week so there was no need to bring along a gun to leave locked in a hotel room.

On the road, it’s midnight. Passing through a pretty rural area of Virginia which is out of state for us.

Baby needs a diaper change, the other kids and grandma need to stretch out. So my wife is changing the baby and gram and older kid are out maybe 5’ from the car. I’m still finding my shoes (some Birkenstocks)

Suddenly I hear a man say, “do you need help” and my mother in law say “there’s a weird guy out here.

So I hop out and there’s a guy, maybe 6” taller than me walking away. (My wife had told him no thanks) I keep an eye on him and get the knife and flashlight in my hands and hands in pockets so I’m prepared but not threatening.

He checks out the thrash cans and grabs a couple cans and then wanders back over. He starts asking if we’re local and is sort of mumbling/maybe slurring his speech.

So now I’m here in Birkenstocks standing between my whole family and a much bigger guy than me just buying time and kicking myself for not having any tools besides a flashlight and a knife.

My oldest, sensing no danger, saw me talking to him and tried to come up and join the conversation so I had to herd her back by stepping in front of her.

Anyway, it all ended well. We had a short, polite conversation about where he was from and heading and that we were passing through and leaving. He asked for some money (sorry, no cash) and he left. Having a gun wouldn’t have actually changed the encounter at all. But I definitely would’ve felt better with some more options available to me.

Hey everybody I’m hoping someone can help me with jetting on a pz19 carb mounted to an imaycc 80cc build. It’s a 66cc two stroke with 135 psi of compression.

The bike just will not idle. I can start with the throttle like 1/8-1/4 open no problem and I can hit 30mph going uphill but as soon as the throttle is released it dies.

I’ve confirmed the following

No air leaks
Good spark
Idles with stock bofeng carb

I assume the idle jet is the wrong size. I’ve tried 35, 38, and 40.

When I get the bike to “idle” holding the throttle cracked the 40 jet runs best with the air screw 3 turns out and the 38 runs best with the air screw 1.5 turns out.

The idle speed screw cannot physically hold the slide up enough to maintain idle with these jets.

So, what are you running in a pz19 carb on a two stroke?

Hey everybody I’m hoping someone can help me with jetting on a pz19 carb mounted to an imaycc 80cc build.

The bike just will not idle. I can start with the throttle like 1/8-1/4 open no problem and I can hit 30mph going uphill but as soon as the throttle is released it dies.

I’ve confirmed the following

No air leaks
Good spark
Idles with stock bofeng carb

I assume the idle jet is the wrong size. I’ve tried 35, 38, and 40.

When I get the bike to “idle” holding the throttle cracked the 40 jet runs best with the air screw 3 turns out and the 38 runs best with the air screw 1.5 turns out.

The idle speed screw cannot physically hold the slide up enough to maintain idle with these jets.

So, what are you running in a pz19 carb on a two stroke?

I have a new pz19 carb on the bike. 35 pilot and 70 main with needle clip 1 position down from middle.

Bike starts up from cold with no choke but I have to give it throttle. Then I have to keep on the throttle or it will die. Will not hold idle.

I don’t have any air leaks but I’m at a loss here

I made a 3.2% ordinary bitter. Got it all done and boiled. Cooked it down and popper it in the fermenter.

Then realized the fermenter wasn’t sanitized. Gonna be a great beer I’m sure

I cracked my frame so I’m rebuilding on a new one. Since the motors off I split the case and I’m gonna balance the crank.

This is a stock China girl imaycc 80cc motor.

I do most of my riding at 3/4 throttle hitting 25-30 mph otw to work.

Have the stock rear sprocket and a 26” tire.

What balance factor should I aim for?