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Once again, had a great time at the show. It's one of the few times of the year I can get together with my friends and enjoy my hobby, sell off a few things I don't need to make a couple bucks, and relax a little more than usual. Lost 2 wheel studs on the trip (!!!), but torqued the rest down...

1 person in my group tentatively, maybe 2 if I can convince a friend to go with me. 1 vehicle, but no offroading for it.

Packing up in between rain showers at the moment. Plan on leaving here around 1800 and arriving 2000 or so. Can't wait to see everyone there!

If anyone has 4-5 extra lids for .50 cal ammo cans, I could use them. I bought a lot of ammo cans in december, not all the cans had lids. :( Also, looking for a good quality, preferably older US-made, bench grinder. Nothing too big, just for home shop use...

Yellow LM section, Mark.

I'll be in Yellow LM18. Here's what I'm loading in the truck: - new pairs of West Coast mirrors for deuce/5-ton, etc. - halftrack parts, incl. fender, dashboard, passenger seat base - MV taillights - CCKW hard top - M37 transmission, oil filters, misc parts - deuce rear mud flaps - 5-ton rear...

Hit another hamfest on Saturday in Hagerstown, MD. It was a small affair, a club gathering but a nice one. Most of the vendor spots were under cover to provide protection from sun or rain, though since I had a trailer with me I had to settle for an outdoor spot since I wouldn't fit in the...

XYL is ham radio code for his wife.

If you use white pine, try getting a 5-gallon bucket of linseed oil or tung oil, and coat the heck out of it, giving the stuff plenty of time to soak in, before you recoat. When that stuff dries it hardens like noones business. Might make the pine last a LOT longer than normal.

Lots of equipment trailer owners around here go with locust boards, rough cut from the sawmill, instead of oak. Locust is very hard, sometimes called ironwood. A lot of the old fences around here are locust wood, the fences built 50-60 years ago and the posts are still standing. Not cheap, but...

Glad to hear it, that's a big, but much-forgotten piece of history that needs to be saved...

Well, I'm out. I knew it would happen - work reared it's ugly but paying head and since work isn't that often for me I have to take it this weekend. So, once again I'm not going to be able to make the MTA show. :(

I'll be in my usual spots down bottom of Yellow. Look forward to seeing all my friends in the hobby again!

Really? We build a lot of invisible stuff too. :)

From their website: "We sold our M35 parts inventory to Eastern Surplus and Sales".

Saturn has recently sold a pile of parts off to other vendors, TNJ Murray and Eastern Surplus come to mind. I believe the owner of Saturn wants to get out of the business entirely. Chances are, the reason they are not communicating is that they are shut down already.

Okay, I decided. I'm going. Not sure what firmed up my plans, but there ya go.

Hoping to get there, but not sure - responsibility always seems to rear its ugly head right before I go, in some form or another.

Protective cage for a genset. My theory.

Sorry, I was ranting again. It just seemed the right thread to do it in. :)