Thanks fellas, glad we can all see the humorous side of life. Its good for what ails ya! Sadly the wonderful lathes and mill will be going also , but I can't complain, I learned a little bit playing machinist over the last decade.On a more cheerful note. Oh boy did I have fun today, the rain finally let up, and for the first time I got smoke and fire out of my new girls. I have named my little golf ball mortar, Twiggy. She is petite and good mannered, not very loud. It was blanks only for her today, I did not want to throw a golf ball to far into the unknown. She did throw a pretty orange flame about 6' long. The real fun is with loud mouth Viickki . Rotated the barrel to near vertical , dropped my charge , inserted a soda can full of water, touched the fuse, and got a deep satisfying BOOM. Man it was great watching that can sail all most straight up until it was just a dot hanging there in the sky. A few seconds later it was crashing through the limbs of the huge cottonwood tree about 50 yards away. the whole backyard was full of smoke! Man I thought it was fun making these things, but the real pleasure is in seeing your creation come to life. I will attempt to get pics next time. Enjoy your weekend gents. Tracy
