gray wolf
04-04-2011, 03:29 PM
Being totally disgusted with the weather
55* yesterday and 30* today and snowing I needed something to do.
With no TV and no radio reception in the day time I got to thinking about some WW I had bunked in the totally over crowded impossible to get to anything shed out back. So on went the coat, gloves and boots.
Julie wanted to know if I was going snowmobiling, I reminded here that we didn't have a snow machine. She said OH, then you must be going out to the shed.
Well after moving everything from the left side to the right side and everything from the back to the front---there they were.
I thought what the heck I may as well go through these and look for ZN and FE.
I always put them all in the pot and just keep the temp. low, I look for the floaters and scoop them up. But this time I brought them in the house and went through them one at a time.
Some were marked with ZN and some were FE, not to many but enough to know I would have definitely had some in the pot. The FE ones were a
no brain er and easy to spot. The ZN are so much different than the regular ones.
They are very hard to dent and if I tried to scratch them with a sharp nail they made a very different sound. Also very hard to dent with the side cutters.
I held a regular WW and a known ZN with a pliers and put the torch to them,
The zinc takes a lot longer to melt. I did find one ZN with no mark on it to indicate what it was. Like I said I never look at them, just put the heat to them and catch the floaters. I do have a thermometer.
I guess I need to get a job EH, or the weather has to get warm.
Any-hoo -- for the new guy's--- don't be afraid to test the WW with a side cutter.
Once you find a bogy you can keep it for a sample to test a suspect WW.
Now what else shale I do ? I could try and make dinner, I ain't doing the windows.
Sam
55* yesterday and 30* today and snowing I needed something to do.
With no TV and no radio reception in the day time I got to thinking about some WW I had bunked in the totally over crowded impossible to get to anything shed out back. So on went the coat, gloves and boots.
Julie wanted to know if I was going snowmobiling, I reminded here that we didn't have a snow machine. She said OH, then you must be going out to the shed.
Well after moving everything from the left side to the right side and everything from the back to the front---there they were.
I thought what the heck I may as well go through these and look for ZN and FE.
I always put them all in the pot and just keep the temp. low, I look for the floaters and scoop them up. But this time I brought them in the house and went through them one at a time.
Some were marked with ZN and some were FE, not to many but enough to know I would have definitely had some in the pot. The FE ones were a
no brain er and easy to spot. The ZN are so much different than the regular ones.
They are very hard to dent and if I tried to scratch them with a sharp nail they made a very different sound. Also very hard to dent with the side cutters.
I held a regular WW and a known ZN with a pliers and put the torch to them,
The zinc takes a lot longer to melt. I did find one ZN with no mark on it to indicate what it was. Like I said I never look at them, just put the heat to them and catch the floaters. I do have a thermometer.
I guess I need to get a job EH, or the weather has to get warm.
Any-hoo -- for the new guy's--- don't be afraid to test the WW with a side cutter.
Once you find a bogy you can keep it for a sample to test a suspect WW.
Now what else shale I do ? I could try and make dinner, I ain't doing the windows.
Sam