What is this? - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 06-28-2007, 04:41 PM

I was going to guess #2 was the end of a CFL, but then it would be a spiral instead of concentric circles.

Shawnee123 · 06-28-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Is the last one a lit cigarette?

WELL?

BigV · 06-28-2007, 06:04 PM

Fire, a handful of fire.

Here are a couple more shots taken very shortly after the one in post #4. In the first picture, you can see the silhouette of his fingers. In the second picture, the light is enough to see his profile and his hand and the ball of fuzz which contains the glowing ember.

Watch what happens on the next breath in the next post!

BigV · 06-28-2007, 06:09 PM

In the next breath, the ball of untwisted sisal rope bursts into flame! Now's a good time to get it away from your face, don't you think?!

These were started with flint and steel. The flint scrapes off a little sliver of steel and the energy of that scraping heats the minute sliver to incandescence, a spark. When this spark lands on a piece of charcloth, it glows like the coal on the end of a lit cigarette. The coal is enfolded in the nest of sisal fibers and blown into life, like you see here.

HungLikeJesus · 06-28-2007, 06:27 PM

Was this last Sunday near Angora Ridge, California?

BigV · 06-28-2007, 06:33 PM

No sir. Last summer at camp, north of CA.

SteveDallas · 06-28-2007, 08:59 PM

I was going to guess the first pic was a governor of some kind.

wolf · 06-28-2007, 09:52 PM

I see the resemblance to Schwarzeneggar too.

fargon · 06-28-2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

What is this thing?

I have taken many (many) pictures since I quit using film cameras, since electrons are so much less expensive than film stock. Some of those pictures have been interesting to look at, partly because they were unusual subjects, or extreme close ups, or had the context removed from the frame, any other reason. I'm sure you've all seen such pictures. I have fun looking at them and guessing what they are. Maybe you'll have fun guessing what these are.

A reloading press?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2007, 11:33 PM

Pssst....post 11.

busterb · 06-29-2007, 07:04 PM

I have a straping deal in shop. No crimper. You bend it over and tap closed with hammer. But I really did know what it was. Bah.

glatt · 06-30-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

But I really did know what it was. Bah.

Me too, but opened the thread too late for credit.

zippyt · 07-01-2007, 02:16 AM

Ok what is THIS ???

Aliantha · 07-01-2007, 02:57 AM

blood

Undertoad · 07-01-2007, 07:50 AM

ketchup

06-28-2007, 04:41 PM	#16
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I was going to guess #2 was the end of a CFL, but then it would be a spiral instead of concentric circles. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-28-2007, 06:04 PM	#18
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What it is -- Post #4 Fire, a handful of fire. Here are a couple more shots taken very shortly after the one in post #4. In the first picture, you can see the silhouette of his fingers. In the second picture, the light is enough to see his profile and his hand and the ball of fuzz which contains the glowing ember. Watch what happens on the next breath in the next post! Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-28-2007, 06:09 PM	#19
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	What it is -- Post #4, part two. In the next breath, the ball of untwisted sisal rope bursts into flame! Now's a good time to get it away from your face, don't you think?! These were started with flint and steel. The flint scrapes off a little sliver of steel and the energy of that scraping heats the minute sliver to incandescence, a spark. When this spark lands on a piece of charcloth, it glows like the coal on the end of a lit cigarette. The coal is enfolded in the nest of sisal fibers and blown into life, like you see here. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-28-2007, 06:27 PM	#20
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Was this last Sunday near Angora Ridge, California? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-28-2007, 06:33 PM	#21
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	No sir. Last summer at camp, north of CA. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-28-2007, 08:59 PM	#22
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I was going to guess the first pic was a governor of some kind.

06-28-2007, 09:52 PM	#23
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I see the resemblance to Schwarzeneggar too. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-28-2007, 11:33 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pssst....post 11. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2007, 07:04 PM	#26
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I have a straping deal in shop. No crimper. You bend it over and tap closed with hammer. But I really did know what it was. Bah. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-01-2007, 02:16 AM	#28
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Ok what is THIS ??? Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-01-2007, 02:57 AM	#29
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07-01-2007, 07:50 AM	#30
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