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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    Well, Ti starts to burn at around 800 C, long before it melts. I have also seen Ti tubing oxidize strongly at about 600 C, when it...
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    TLM reacted to grainweevil's post in the thread What colour emergency strobe light? with Like Like.
    What's so silly about it is it's not rocket science to provide something like a whistle and seal it up so you can instantly know if...
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    TLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    Yup fun stuff impact mechanics, it tends to run around linear or angular momentum, which is not energy. Linear momentum is quite simply...
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    TLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    I thought about that too but my own experience has been that speed does not compensate for mass generally. I have a light weight...
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    TLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    Mass is mass, Ti does not swing any faster than equal mass steel. Also the claim about energy transfer is such that it should be...
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    TLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.
    Hmmm ... where should I start (aerospace structural and materials engineer), norhing wrong with Ti itself but a tool that partly relies...
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    TLM reacted to Forest fella's post in the thread Burner multitool with Like Like.
    My Nextool S11 mini sailor came today and for what I paid you do get a pretty good little tool mind you the postage adds a bit depending...
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    TLM reacted to demented dale's post in the thread WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY? with Like Like.
    What is a Bodkin? and what does it do? everyday is a schoolday. x
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    TLM replied to the thread Broad beans as an antidepressant.
    The good thing is that treatment is very apparent and easy to arrange.
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    TLM reacted to Woodcutter's post in the thread BH Hammock Night with Like Like.
    Went out for an overnighter BH weekend. Fortunate to have some family owned woods to use. Mix of weather being a comfortable tempreature...
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    As so often it also depends on anyone's definition of "bushcraft". Fishing camp is different from 4 day 100 km hike which is again...
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    I think Mme Toddy had it bracketed, some times a hatchet makes life easier, some times. though not very often, it can be life saving...
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    TLM replied to the thread Burner multitool.
    I went through that list and it is what I was looking for, Bibury apparently cheapest. I guess it is MIC but that is somewhat moot...
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    TLM replied to the thread Fermented pine or fir tips?.
    At least two american pines are known to be toxic P. ponderosa and contorta. Norfolk araucaria is not healthy either and yew you all...
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    TLM reacted to Falstaff's post in the thread Burner multitool with Haha Haha.
    @TLM - unfortunately you must have that furtive birdwatching look off pat! Do they think "bird watching" means aircaraft?? My stepson...