Posts by Sappy

Quote:Originally Posted by 98 gt The rifle is a merlin .22 bolt action... I think that 9 of the missing have returned they "flew the coop" so to speak.I shoot quite a bit, and own quite a few guns of all sorts. ...

Mind you, I'm new and haven't tried this, but I read somewhere that if you mix a tablespoon or so of honey up with a cup of warm water, and give them that to drink... sometimes some chicks that are having issues can perk right up and get...

The guy I'm thinking of buying from apparently has a really good reputation in Missouri.  He's an old man who does things old school, from what I hear.  Thing is, buying from a hatchery isn't a guarantee either.  For...

Well, the initial posts said they are older folks, and low-tech, so I'd say that's why they don't have a website.  It might be more bother for them than it would be worth to them.  When my fiancee and I get married (yay) and...

Quote:Originally Posted by Nifty-Chicken Here is who I use for my bits:   http://www.jameco.com    They have pretty good prices and diversity.I've had PCB's printed before and know of a GREAT deal on them if we...

btw, regarding reversing the drill,I just realized, if we're using a flip flop we could probably dispense with relays altogether and just use a couple transistors to switch the drill direction.  Just hook a beefy enough transistor...

Quote:Originally Posted by CedarLake Dave:The motor I have is much bigger than the RadioShack ones. However, I think using a cordless drill is an excellent idea. Reversing is easy and can be done with a double-pole double -throw...

Quote:Originally Posted by aiwetir i only mention the motorcycle battery because it occurred to me that you can just hook up a cheap harbor freight batter charger and never have to think about it again (hopefully)  i'm not sure...

Quote:Originally Posted by aiwetir battery power so you don't have to run +100' of cord out to it.  a car or motorcycle batt would be fine with cheap solar recharger.  although this is probably about the same or similar...

Hiya Peepthis541, Glad to join in on the discussion.  Like I said, I've been tossing around ideas for something like this in my head anyway, so I thought I'd throw out some ideas.  Until I'm moved and we're building the coop...