Snark City

[1066vik]

1066vik Everybody needs a box of railroad spikes

Funny you should mention that.
I got a box of 10 in the mail yesterday, quite unexpectedly.
From Nagadoches, TX.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Funny you should mention that.
I got a box of 10 in the mail yesterday, quite unexpectedly.
From Nagadoches, TX.

I’m psychic like that.

 

[The Warrior]

Got my new teepee pole, the correct one in. Also got my catenary curve sil tarp in as well, the Polatouche.

 

[DunkEm]

Funny you should mention that.
I got a box of 10 in the mail yesterday, quite unexpectedly.
From Nagadoches, TX.

Anything special about Deep East Texas spikes?

 

[1066vik]

Anything special about Deep East Texas spikes?

not that I'm aware of.

 

[Roguer]

All I got was my stripped PSA upper yesterday. 4150CV melonited barrel with a FFT 13.5 and a 16" barrel for my new blaster rifle for only 250.

Tonight the heat wave continues! -22 F-Word WHOOT!

 

[Jonny1280]

Just finishing up a week of working 12hr shifts on nights. I’m whooped…

 

[Tanker 1/66]

All I got was my stripped PSA upper yesterday. 4150CV melonited barrel with a FFT 13.5 and a 16" barrel for my new blaster rifle for only 250.

Tonight the heat wave continues! -22 F-Word WHOOT!

Good Price

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Anything special about Deep East Texas spikes?

Nope. It was just a good price for new Higher carbon spikes for Vik to forge with.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

In the RR spike world High Carbon doesn’t mean what it does in the knife world. They just have a higher carbon content which makes them stronger but won’t necessarily have the ability to be hardened.

 

[daizee]

In the RR spike world High Carbon doesn’t mean what it does in the knife world. They just have a higher carbon content which makes them stronger but won’t necessarily have the ability to be hardened.

Totally.

I have some Carnegie-era spikes that sure don't harden. I hope to turn a couple more of them into other garden tools, since they were dug out of a garden in the first place. How do I know they are Carnegie-era? They were dug out of buried ties, holding down track mounting plates with "Carnegie" cast into them. Now I suppose the spikes could have been replaced randomly as necessary, but it all the bits look like they aged together.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Totally.

I have some Carnegie-era spikes that sure don't harden. I hope to turn a couple more of them into other garden tools, since they were dug out of a garden in the first place. How do I know they are Carnegie-era? They were dug out of buried ties, holding down track mounting plates with "Carnegie" cast into them. Now I suppose the spikes could have been replaced randomly as necessary, but it all the bits look like they aged together.

Pretty dang cool

 

[DunkEm]

Nope. It was just a good price for new Higher carbon spikes for Vik to forge with.

Are you in Nac or did you find them online and send them to him?

 

[Tanker 1/66]

I wish I was in Texas. A seller on the bay. Good prices and feedback. Vik is good people and I know he likes to pound on glowing metal lol

Are you in Nac or did you find them online and send them to him?.

 

[gmoneyluv]

Woke up this morning with the temps hovering at -21º C (-6º F). Looks like we are stuck with these conditions for the whole week. Currently enjoying coffee and catching up on the news. What's everyone else doing today?

 

[Roguer]

So if we put all the carbon in to knives, that will stop global warming?

 

[The Warrior]

Woke up this morning with the temps hovering at -21º C (-6º F). Looks like we are stuck with these conditions for the whole week. Currently enjoying coffee and catching up on the news. What's everyone else doing today?

Being a bum, probably. Thought about antiquing today. We went to a new place yesterday. Sucked, pretty much. 22°, high of 38° today.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Woke up this morning with the temps hovering at -21º C (-6º F). Looks like we are stuck with these conditions for the whole week. Currently enjoying coffee and catching up on the news. What's everyone else doing today?

Putting in outdoor outlets on both sides of my front porch. That means punching thru the foundation and pulling a dedicated circuit to the panel. I’m debating with myself. Two 20 amp gfi outlets or just wire everything to a 20 amp gfi breaker. By the time I drill the foundation I should have an answer for myself.

 

[plumberroy]

Putting in outdoor outlets on both sides of my front porch. That means punching thru the foundation and pulling a dedicated circuit to the panel. I’m debating with myself. Two 20 amp gfi outlets or just wire everything to a 20 amp gfi breaker. By the time I drill the foundation I should have an answer for myself.

GFCI outlet trips you walk to the outlet GFCI breaker you walk to the breaker box

 

[1066vik]

Putting in outdoor outlets on both sides of my front porch. That means punching thru the foundation and pulling a dedicated circuit to the panel. I’m debating with myself. Two 20 amp gfi outlets or just wire everything to a 20 amp gfi breaker. By the time I drill the foundation I should have an answer for myself.

you're either punching 2 holes in the foundation or you're running metal conduit for the second outlet.
You only need one GFI per circuit. (just like a kitchen or bathroom, only the first outlet needs to be GFI)
In fact, running more than one GFI on a given circuit interferes with the way it works and can cause a lot of intermittent issues later.

If it was me, I would use a GFI breaker and run my romex to a 4x4 j-box and split from there to both receptacles.