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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #210 on: July 17, 2018, 08:25:36 PM
Good luck with catching the chipmunks Nix :like: :tu:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #211 on: July 17, 2018, 09:27:52 PM
Good luck with catching the chipmunks Nix :like: :tu:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #212 on: July 17, 2018, 11:29:00 PM
Thanks guys!

I just checked the trap......empty. I'm a little worried that the first chipmunk alert the other(s) to the presence of a dangerous situation and he (or they) are being wary now. Sneaky little ninjas they are.

But they don't know who they are dealing with here....




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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #213 on: July 17, 2018, 11:29:53 PM
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #214 on: July 17, 2018, 11:31:07 PM
Day 25 (continued):

Used the Powerlock's driver bit to pry up and open a soda. This little trick is handy for people with short fingernails, and I seem to use it quite a bit.




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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #215 on: July 17, 2018, 11:40:50 PM
Day 25 (continued):

Work continued on my knife handle today. The epoxy set up well and I wanted to shape the handle today, or at least start shaping the handle.

The brass pins were left standing tall (proud), and I thought I'd try to use the file to grind them down, so that the pins didn't tear up my sandpaper. However, the file (both sides) was mostly useless for this. I did scratch up the brass a bit, but didn't make enough progress to continue using this 'tool'.




I resorted to using a hacksaw blade, which did the trick nicely.




Later, I used a dremel to sand down some of the tricky spots in this curvy handle. The medium driver bit at the tip of the cap lifter worked well in adjusting the tension of the little sanding bit.  :tu:




For those who are interested in the progress of the knife handle so far:



Might still be a be thick, but I want to slow down now. It's easy to take wood off, not so simple to add it back..... :rofl:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #216 on: July 17, 2018, 11:44:05 PM
Looks like a neat little knife

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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #217 on: July 17, 2018, 11:47:36 PM
Thanks, RF!   :tu:

It's not perfect by any means, but this will be the first knife I have made from nothing more than a bar of steel, a chunk of wood, and a brass rod. .....if I don't destroy it in the process.  :ahhh

It's been a fun project and there is a small chance that I may have actually learned something.  :rofl:


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Reply #218 on: July 17, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
That is cool I want to do that myself someday

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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #219 on: July 17, 2018, 11:49:36 PM
Wow excellent job on the knife handles Nix :dd: :like: :like:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #220 on: July 17, 2018, 11:53:30 PM
I'll try to remember to post up a shot of the knife when it's done.  :tu:

(And I'll need to make a sheath for it after that....this knife hobby can be time consuming.  ::))


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #221 on: July 17, 2018, 11:59:03 PM
The knife is looking good, Nix! :like:

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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #222 on: July 18, 2018, 12:02:00 AM
Thank you, sir!   :hatsoff:


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #223 on: July 18, 2018, 02:51:32 AM
Day 25 (continued):

We caught another chipmunk this evening. This one was a bit bigger, but equally angry.



We took him out to the same spot where we released the first chipmunk this morning. Maybe they will start a small colony..... The same procedure was used to release the door of the trap, using the extended reach provided by the SOG Powerlock's pliers.

Once the door was cracked open, this big rodent was out in a flash. Lightning could learn a thing or two from this guy!

So, that's two chipmunks relocated. That may be all, but we will set the trap again in the morning.  :tu:


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #224 on: July 18, 2018, 04:34:36 AM
As I read the part about driving the little feller out to the woods near a stream I was afraid that the next thing I read would be how you threw the trap, with the chipmunk in it, into the stream, submerging the chipmunk until he stopped twitching.  Your way of dealing with the fluffy menace by releasing it was a more humane end to the story. :cheers:  Liked your version of the story much better than the version in my head. You caught Alvin and Simon, now you just have to catch Theodore.


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #225 on: July 18, 2018, 05:13:16 AM


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #226 on: July 18, 2018, 12:23:18 PM
Excellent Nix  :cheers:
Now you have to catch the whole family  :rofl: :tu:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #227 on: July 18, 2018, 02:54:35 PM



That Theodore has proven to be elusive so far this morning.........


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #228 on: July 18, 2018, 02:57:17 PM
Patients Nix you will get lucky  :D :tu:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #229 on: July 18, 2018, 10:35:47 PM
I don't know what is so hard about catching those three particular chipmunks? :think:
Aren't they easy to find, because they are constantly singing? :D
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #230 on: July 18, 2018, 11:33:12 PM
Day 26 :

Busy day and a lot of uses, so I'll have to make multiple posts.

We'll start with the third chipmunk, let's call him Theodore.

Theodore fell victim to Mrs Nix's vengeance early this morning. I set the trap at dawn. Shortly after breakfast, he was caught.

One more time, I drove this little guy out to a lovely woodland setting about 10 miles from the house and released him, using the Powerlock's pliers to lift up one gate. He seemed a bit more frightened than the others. He froze on the rock after he crept out of the trap. However, once he realized he was free, he took off for the hills.....




I was feeling pretty good about having trapped and released three (3) chipmunks. I knew there were two (2), but I wasn't sure about the third one. But there he was, number three, Theodore, bagged and relocated. So, you awl can imagine my incredulity when I pulled into the driveway and saw.....

NUMBER 4!


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #231 on: July 18, 2018, 11:55:57 PM
Day 26 (continued):

OK, so I knew of two, but then there were three, and now four (4) chipmunks. Clearly this was a more serious situation than I had realized. I now felt I was outnumbered and about to be overrun. I put the trap out again, but a new fear had settled in. How, oh, how, would I get out of this with an intact automobile?

No, I wasn't panicking, but I figured I might have to up my game. Time to bring out the heavy duty equipment. Time for some good old American firepower.....

Yes, I pulled out a few firearms and headed up to the range to make sure I was sighted in.

The Powerlock served well here, too.




I used the awl to open up a box of .22LR ammo, and loaded up a magazine.......  Oh! My sights were a bit off. I was shooting a little high.....






I used the small driver on the can opener to adjust the rear sight and started scoring hits! 

But....while .22LR is a fine, fine cartridge, what if there was a big one out there? What if there were a really big and tough chipmunk out there, just waiting for me....? 




There is no way a .22LR would get the job done. No.....I'd need something more Powerful......I'd need a .44 Magnum.....





So, I pulled out the old .44 Mag and set up some targets.




I used the scissors to open a package of stickers. The scissors still aren't working all that well, but, with some patience, they got the job done.

Now, I had made up a batch of heavy bullets. These were big 300 grain rounds, loaded up on top of some H-110 powder. Should be enough bullet to stop an Ox, but would they work on Monster Chipmunks?

The initial shots were a tad high and bit to the right. I used the Powerlock's small driver on the can opener to adjust the sights, once again.

I never wiped the smirk off that little smurf's face, but I felt pretty good about getting rounds on target.




My guns were 'dialed-in', but was I ready for the chipmunk hordes?  And was this heat starting to get to me.....?


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #232 on: July 19, 2018, 12:00:16 AM
You know that number 4 came looking for number 3
So this is not going to end as number 5
will be looking for number 4 and so on  :rofl: :rofl: :like:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #233 on: July 19, 2018, 12:17:56 AM
Day 26 (continued):


I was feeling prepared. Not confident, but prepared.

My traps were out, my guns were loaded and sighted. I thought I was ready.

But it was hot....too hot....




I knew I'd have to do something to keep my senses sharp. But what?

I reviewed the recommendations while I had a beer and some fried chicken wings.....




Then I remembered that some authorities and experts reported that hot or spicy foods could induce a cooling sweat!  And I had a fresh bottle of hot sauce in the cupboard!

Of course it had one of those smurfin' safety wrappers on it. But I whipped out the awl and had that bottle of hot sauce opened and downed in no time.......  :ahhh




So.....I thought at this point with a bottle of hot sauce, a quart of milk, and a bottle of antacids in my stomach that it might be a good time to take a nap...... yeah.  :facepalm:

Just as I'm drifting of to dreamy dreamland, I hear....***squeak***....***scratch, scratch, scratch*** 

Huh?

Yes, another chipmunk caught in the trap.

So, those of you who thought I might be a bit paranoid, maybe the heat was getting to me, maybe I was 'losing it'.....no....chipmunk number four was in the box.

I drove him out to the woods and released him next to that same stream.  This time I tried to capture the stream in the background:



SOG pliers, again pressed into service in opening the trap.

This time the little guy scampered right down the bank and hid in a hole under a rock. Hope he gets that peanut butter cleaned off his fur......
« Last Edit: July 19, 2018, 12:19:16 AM by Nix »


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #234 on: July 19, 2018, 01:16:31 AM
Day 26 (continued, still):

End of day, time for a bit of diner (before I join El P for a Thursday fast):




The SOG's can opener again did the job well. It's not a great can opener, but it works well enough. And sometimes good enough is good enough.  :tu:



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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #235 on: July 19, 2018, 01:48:40 AM
PowerLock. Official Multi Tool of Chipmunk Trappers. :like:

Good work, Nix! I have my fingers crossed that you got all of them. It seems like a daunting task; trapping, transporting, and releasing them. :cheers:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #236 on: July 19, 2018, 02:19:11 AM
 :rofl:


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #237 on: July 19, 2018, 12:31:20 PM
Excellent work Nix in that hot weather  :tu:
So you are going to have to
move the whole family of chipmunks
I think that there are about 10 you have to move
You got number 4 now number 5 is going to look for number 4
At your house  :rofl: :rofl: :tu:
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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #238 on: July 19, 2018, 03:01:20 PM
 :facepalm:

I haven't seen anymore...... But the trap is set.......


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Re: Powerlock 30-day challenge
Reply #239 on: July 19, 2018, 03:20:28 PM
:facepalm:

I haven't seen anymore...... But the trap is set.......
It’s definitely keeping you busy  :rofl: :rofl: :tu:
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