Rev has been busy putting this together for me, and doing a great job IMHO. It's still a work in progress but I'm very happy with the results of his hard work. http://mikelange.homestead.com/index.html
site looks good and so does your work thmbsup
thmbsup Looks good!
great job by both of you! i see an assembly line in your future.....
Well, payment for a gun that I'm presently building will be a small duplicator that I'm told will take the wrist and butt area of a stock down to within 1/16" of finished dimensions in 10-15 minutes -- that will be a huge step toward more of a factory-style operation. What I foresee is before too much longer having to figure out where to find the time and money to put up a purpose-built shop. I just moved out of an 8x12 shed, into my 12x21 garage, and can see the day coming that that won't be room enough.
I guess in a way, as long as I don't get stupid with the money I bring in, the need for a larger shop will be a self-solving problem -- I'll need more room because I'm selling and building more guns, which will mean more money coming in to take care of little details like where exactly the building gets done.
Life is good when this sort of thing is one of the biggest concerns I have. Anyone thinking I'm not thankful on a several-times-daily basis obviously doesn't know me too well.... thmbsup
site looks nice, guns too.
I wish I had the talent to make a gun.
Impressive. thmbsup
Hey! That's awesome! I hope you have great results!
thmbsup Hope it works out for you!
Rev added me something new to the site -- a link to a Word document that I can change on an as-needed basis, in which are listed any guns I have for sale and also descriptions and photos of projects in various stages of construction, that will be for sale this June at Friendship. Of course the point to listing and showing these projects is that, if anyone comes across something that's just what they're looking for (even if they didn't know it was what they were looking for, till they saw it), they can "bespeak" the gun-in-progress, pay the appropriate deposit, and it will be finished for that person instead of the sales rack.
Very nice, especialy for those who cant make it to Friendship.
I'm having issues with the file-sharing site. At this point it appears impossible to modify the files I upload, and if I delete the old version of a file and upload a new one the link provided on my website no longer works.
I've contacted the service and asked how to resolve this problem. Till such resolution the link on my site will take you to a message saying the requested file has been deleted.
Of course I paid for an ad-free download so my customers and friends wouldn't have to be bombarded with solicitations to buy this or try that, so it's not quite as easy as simply cancelling the service and finding a new one -- and looking over its features before committing to it, though in fairness to myself I would assume, in the absence of being specifically told otherwise, that I would be able to modify my own files when and how I pleased. That fact I had to contact them and ask if I can even do this indicates I wouldn't have learned anything more up-front than I have after the fact.
We will have this straightened out in no time, probably before you read this. Just a little confusion in terminology...
It's done and things are working again. Many thanks to Rev for his patience in hacking away at the mental block I have about all things computer-ish.
Computers can be fixed with a framing hammer! :mini-devil-28492:
I've found a 10-15lb. sledgehammer to be more efficient and faster and a .69 cal prb pushed by 70 gr. of ffG more fun. Mongrel, those are some good looking pieces.
great looking rifles and a nice site. I will bookmark it to look when i have more money.
New address. The old link will still work but some of the content, there, is outdated. Rev set me up to be able to modify things on my own.
http://www.chooseyourweapon.net/index.html
As an avid Mongrel fan, and someone who wants to see what you have to offer for sale, it is frustrating to not be able to open the "for sale" documents.
Quote from: mongrel on August 20, 2013, 08:57:13 PM
New address. The old link will still work but some of the content, there, is outdated. Rev set me up to be able to modify things on my own.
http://www.chooseyourweapon.net/index.html
Actually, the old URL just redirects you to the new location...
Quote from: ADK Bigfoot on August 20, 2013, 11:58:23 PM
As an avid Mongrel fan, and someone who wants to see what you have to offer for sale, it is frustrating to not be able to open the "for sale" documents.
At the moment I have nothing for sale, though I have a lot of stuff in progress that would be in that section, except -- my account with that file-sharing shite expired, and they were charging me too much for it anyway, and I got feedback from a couple of folks that their virus-protection programs went berserk when they tried to open it, toward the end of my time with them. As a matter of fact, as of now there is no "For Sale" link on the site.
One of the reasons Rev suggested turning control of the site over to me is that, after some educating (Rev is looking forward to smacking a ruler across my knuckles during this process), I will be able to provide a link to a "For Sale" page without needing a file-sharing site. At least that's how my limited computer literacy allows me to interpret how Rev explained it to me.
Bottom line is, "For Sale" will be returning shortly. In the meantime, everything you would see if such a page existed is shown in "General Gunsmithing" here. No prices, yet, but that's simply because I feel the need to use my time working on the guns instead of detailing their progress and writing up specs.
(Rev is looking forward to smacking a ruler across my knuckles during this process),....
AS long as he does the knuckle rapping in a judicious manner that will not impinge on your ability to finish my rifle I have no problem with a bit of corporeal punishment. :mini-devil-28492: Next thing we know you be posting that you gave up the commodore 64 for a real computer... whipping
In the interests of maintaining absolute historical authenticity in my building and business practices, I will be disconnecting the computer and phone. The United States Postal Service was established in rudimentary form, before there even WAS a United States, by Benjamin Franklin, so "snail mail" will satisfy the most discriminating PC standards -- however, my own sense of PC will require that mail delivery to and from my residence and place of work take place only by actual post rider or trader's mule train. The lack of post riders and mule trains in my immediate locale may delay shipments and communications for an indefinite period of time, but I'm sure those mocking my computer skills and hardware will understand my desire to not only simplify my life but to add a genuine 18th-century element of delay and uncertainty to our dealings.
Thanks in advance for your understanding and support.... strpot
ROFL ROFL cuch OOOHhh boy here we go! wtch
Well, actually, I endured "computer disconnection" for approximately 30 seconds before needing to check my e-mail or have a nervous breakdown.... So the "here we go" is off. I should have known it was a vain and idle threat that I lacked the fortitude to follow through on.
I could always send these pigeons your way. They would be faster than the mail and they always return, unfortunately.
Quote from: mongrel on August 21, 2013, 05:34:24 PM
Well, actually, I endured "computer disconnection" for approximately 30 seconds before needing to check my e-mail or have a nervous breakdown.... So the "here we go" is off. I should have known it was a vain and idle threat that I lacked the fortitude to follow through on.
Surprised you lasted that long... ROFL