Found this hiding from the sun at the sale site.
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Found this hiding from the sun at the sale site.
Fishing toys for big boys
That's an interesting conglomeration of fishing tools. Looks like a tying vise, a spool winding motor, a bobbin loader, but I'm not sure what the dark green liquid in the plastic bottle is for.
That is an "automatic" glue applicator. Thread runs thru the end of that tube.
It's an "automatic" fly tyer. Sorta. Sorta of a rotary vise in reverse. Don't need a bobbin - it wraps the thread around the hook for you. A few commercial tyers (probably mainly jig tyers) used them to increase production. They are not made anymore, are rare, and I have never seen one in person.
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Ah, now I see how it works. Foot treadle peddle on the far left. It's missing the belt connecting the motor to the thread winder. Does the vise actually slide in and out as the thread is wrapped - is that why it sets in a groove like that? I've seen Nor Vises attached to motors but they only rotate the hook in the vise. The thread is still held in a bobbin and manipulated manually. I guess for tying off the heads of jigs and stuff that might be helpful but for most flies I think it would be more trouble than it's worth.
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Pretty much agree. However, I have heard of some guys being able to use it to crank out flies. Can't be complicated flies. If you tied the hopper - nice. Used one very similar catching my first yellowstone cutthroat many years ago! If I used one around here it would probably scare the fish back to the deep. Indicators for around here!
Iff'n I don't know my planers - this here be a serious planer!
I found this Chinese maple tree in the arboretum. It is quite pretty
Gotta get me some seed or trees - know someone who would want to bonsai that!
I was also thinking about collecting seeds but I will only be here until Tuesday the I have to move to a different research station 2 hours from here.
Not sure how long they will take to ripen but I will be back just to drop off some equipment in a week.
Maybe I could some at the end of the month but it's a 3-hour drive ....
The bark is what called my attention
Just did a little research - apparently China has quite a number of varieties of maples. One site I've bought from before has some - and they are widely different - the few he has.
We are blessed with a lot of hummingbirds this year. They have gotten very comfortable with us being outside. I decided to try something while doing my daily bible study. I put a feeder directly beside me on our patio table. It was so cool to see. I even had several literally touch me trying to figure out what I was 
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Trey, that is way, way, way, too cool! Finally in the last 2 weeks have 2 or 3 coming regularly - maybe more. Just waiting till they get more accustomed and I'm gonna try something like that.
Yes sir it is way cool. This year our numbers have exploded. I think we are the only people with feeders around us and I'm filling up feeders every single day.
I want to get one of those hand feeders and try feeding them from my hand. I think they will do it now.
Hand feeding is the bomb. There is a book available that gives good ideas of how to accomplish it. I have no idea where my copy is, or I'd send it to you. This is the first year in a few, we have had more than the occasional visitor. A bird shop about 3 blocks away started feeding and they all seem to go there. It's like having big mosquitos around standing in their bird feeding yard!
More begonias out front. More shade loving.
Hummers seem to adapt to people pretty quickly. My Mom had a dozen or so at her feeder all the time (in Arizona). When she'd go out to clean and refill the feeders, the hummingbirds would fly right up to her face and buzz around her head. They couldn't wait for her to re-hang the feeder before they'd land and start feeding. They weren't scared of her at all.
Some recent photos along the Blue Ridge Parkway
