I know about the low humidity in NM, I was stationed at Cannon AFB in Clovis
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Actually made something useful with my 3D printer.
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@grouchie77 , I used to work in the power boiler industry with boiler makers and I remember a one frame cartoon of a semi-Neanderthalish looking boilermaker with a small sledge in one hand and a larger one in the other, the caption was "This is your Beater, This is your Buster" IYKYK, they would laugh at a Persuader.
Of course another old BM joke was, You have 3, 1" steel balls and you give them to an Artist, a Scientist and a Boilermaker and ask them to make something with them.
The Artist made an avant-garde sculpture
The Scientist made a model of an atom
The Boilermaker broke one, lost one and stole one
Of course another old BM joke was, You have 3, 1" steel balls and you give them to an Artist, a Scientist and a Boilermaker and ask them to make something with them.
The Artist made an avant-garde sculpture
The Scientist made a model of an atom
The Boilermaker broke one, lost one and stole one
'72 and '73. You?
I disliked that place so bad I volunteered for Vietnam just to get away from it.
In typical Air Force fashion, the sent me to England instead.
Got my 3D printer today. Waiting for my filament order.
I actually loved NM... it was the base... that and the huge stockyard 5 miles away from it.
Chet Ironhorse
XS650 Enthusiast
Anytime I had time off.... every time... I'd head for either Santa Fe or the mountains north of us... Las Vegas area. Now that was beautiful country.
Was driving in SE NM with a sales guy from our Lubbock distributor and I asked him about his NM territory i.e. the general area he covered and he said "all the $hitty, none of the pretty"
And Las Vegas, very nice! My son and I rode thru/around there a few years ago e.g. Las Vegas, SF, Taos, etc. Super area! Stayed at the old hotel on the square that was in a lot of movies (No Country for Old Men, etc) and that a lot of actors have stayed there...we stayed in the "James Spader" room! Food was great too!
Excellent bike camping up in the Taos' mountains. 
Don't hate me but we're headed that way next week. Cuz we love to go SW when it's the season of mud here.
Rotten pic, but my R5 on the left, buddies CL 450 on the right. Early 70's, early morning. Not positive, but most likely heading up to the Taos mtns. All I can say for certain is we was headed AWAY from Clovis. 
Chet Ironhorse
XS650 Enthusiast
Awesome photo!!!Rotten pic, but my R5 on the left, buddies CL 450 on the right. Early 70's, early morning. Not positive, but most likely heading up to the Taos mtns. All I can say for certain is we was headed AWAY from Clovis.
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Apologies for the sidetrack @Downeaster Didn't realize what thread I was posting in.
Back to 3D printing.
Back to 3D printing.
Finished my little exhaust tips for Bonnie the Speed Twin. One of those projects where I had to chip away at it over a series of lunch breaks.
Op 1, profiling the inside bosses for the M6 set screws, milling the OD that fits into the exhaust pipe, chamfers.
I didn't take pics of the Op 2 setup of milling out the ID of the opposite end, or Op 3 drilling and tapping for the set screws, but this is after those 2 Ops.
Op 4 setup. I milled a small flat on a 25mm bar to "time" one of the set screw bosses.
Op 4, milling the "slash". I think technically it's a scallop since it's a radius???
Finished machining, and deburring.
This is why I LOVE 3D printing prototypes first.
Op 1, profiling the inside bosses for the M6 set screws, milling the OD that fits into the exhaust pipe, chamfers.
I didn't take pics of the Op 2 setup of milling out the ID of the opposite end, or Op 3 drilling and tapping for the set screws, but this is after those 2 Ops.
Op 4 setup. I milled a small flat on a 25mm bar to "time" one of the set screw bosses.
Op 4, milling the "slash". I think technically it's a scallop since it's a radius???
Finished machining, and deburring.
This is why I LOVE 3D printing prototypes first.
I'll be giggling about that all day, Jim. Perfect response Brother!