Here?s something for the adventurous experimentalists out there to try: Mix a half teaspoonful of coarse magnesium filings with an equal amount of dry aluminum...
Another idea - make a batch of nitroglycerine and load it in a squirt gun. Maybe a water cannon? (put on safety glasses) (insert ear protection) Point it at a...
... squirt gun. ... Never worked with Nitro, but Sid has some real neat stories about its' use during the early days in the oil patch on his website....
Yes, Syd is the most adventurous! The nitro idea was just tongue-in-cheek! :) The best advice I can offer is - don't play with explosives. Use perforating...
A voice of restraint, the misuse of explosives is a very serious breach of everything ethical and professional to us that make our living from thier use.... ...
Chuck: Mr. Johnson really does know what he is doing. He spent many years working at government labs on explosive systems. Syd ... From: Charles Merritt To:...
I don't think anyone is promoting anything unethical here. But for experimentation, we would not have commercial explosives at all. Here is another crazy...
... working at government labs on explosive systems. ... offer is - don't play with explosives. Use perforating charges for their intended purpose according to...
Jim: I knew you worked on the nukes, but I did not mention it since I was not sure about national security issues. Fascinating stuff. For those interested,...
Robert's advice is well taken. My comments weren't directed at those who work on explosives professionally but those who read this list and are only one recipe...
I for one am proud to know Jim Johnson he is one of a select group of men who is responsible for making the US the greatest warrior nation that ever existed....
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Nov 9, 2004 11:38 pm
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Jim, you lucky dog! Carl ... -- The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set...
I bought mine at http://www.circuitspecialists.com and mounted it behind a 1 inch thick plexiglas blast shield. Add a monitor/vcr combo and you're ready to...
Cheap color video cameras are everywhere. Try Geovision (Marks Products), Well-Vu, CCV, Laval.... and many others. Regards, James J. LoCoco, C.P.G. Mount...
Jim LoCoco
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Nov 10, 2004 4:05 pm
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We are very pleased to announce the release of version 7 of our POLLUTE program. This program has taken over three years to develop and represents a major...
Gentlemen, I have not been active in the discussions. I am an old, over experienced, overtrained, unemployed wireline technician from the old nuclear navy...
Does anyone out there have any "Field Experience" running Plug/Shoot systems under Wireline Tractors? What can be done to beef up the cablehead to prevent burn...
While researching film capacitors, I stumbled on this useful website: http://my.execpc.com/%7eendlr/index.html Polycarbonate and polystyrene film caps are both...
We have run tractors successfully several times here. However we use an open hole cable head and not the traditional mono-cable cased hole head. If you are...
*I can't speak to most of the below, but one comment is embedded on the teardrop subs. ... * Titan and Applied were still making them not too many years back....
Syd, One of the Mfg’s is presently working with a tractor company to develop a teardrop that may be able to withst the 600+ v and 4.5+a required to run their...
I see the problem now. I figured you just needed the mechanical strength. First thing I would do is use a brass center rod rather than stainless steel. It...
We just listed a nice small truck; see the first classified ad on this page: http://www.logwell.com/classifieds/index.html Let me know if you are interested. ...
Hi Syd, I saw your message for the logging truck and thought I would ping you on my rig. We are still working on our hole - having a horrendous time getting...
Look at Tradequip also (it is published by the Rock & Dirt folks). Also, you might talk to the major oilfield auctioneers since they also do private treaty...
The Smartract tractors require only a fraction of the current that other well tractors do. They typically draw 1.5 Amps unless the going gets really tough...
Dan or others using tractors: Something slipped my mind about the teardrop subs and other cablehead connections. The insulating washers sometimes conduct in...
Gentelmen We are an Iraqi co located in Baghdad Iraq called AlFurat co for Petroleum Services, we had been established in 2003, to provide petroleum services...
Gentelmen? I got an offer just like this one (almost the same wording too) from an Egyptian Company doing business in Libya. Chuck Merritt President - WELLOG...
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