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Dear Guitar Hero: Richie Sambora
He's the longtime lead guitarist of Bon Jovi and has a collection of 135 guitars. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…
I loved Bon Jovi's country-flavored hit single "Who Says You Can't Go Home" [from 2005's Have a Nice Day] and was wondering if the band would ever consider doing a full album of country songs. —Lori Lennon
A full country album? No, I don't think so. But as those words leave my mouth, I should add that the one thing I've learned in this business is to never say "never." Hey, the Rolling Stones have had a country vibe in a lot of their songs, but somehow they always manage to sound like the Stones. So if we ever did something again that fit into the country genre, I'd want to make sure we were being true to ourselves. There might be a song or two down the line, but I don't think we'd ever do a full country album—we're a rock band.
You have an incredible guitar collection. With so many to choose from, how do you decide which guitar to play on any given song? —The Tank
Well, Tank, when you've got 135 guitars, it can be a problem. When we tour, I don't bring a lot of my expensive, vintage guitars out with me, 'cause I'm afraid they'll get stolen. Leave a 1959 sunburst Les Paul in a hotel room? I don't think so! [laughs] Basically, I have my ESP Richie Sambora signature model, which is very versatile soundwise. I have a bunch of those. Then I have some Strats, a few Teles, some Les Pauls and Les Paul Juniors. My general attitude is, "whatever fits the song." The vintage stuff I'll use in the studio, but there's certain pieces I'll never take on tour. Why take the risk?
I really like the solo you do in the new song "Bullet" [from Bon Jovi's 2009 album, The Circle]. What kind of wah-wah pedal do you use on it? Did you try recording a version without the wah? —Steven Koles
I'm glad you liked that one. I used a regular Dunlop Cry Baby wah, right out of the store. I think I did try a pass without it, but it didn't sound quite right. I put the wah-wah on to give it a bit of a sonic lift, some added dimension. Generally, I try not to go too crazy with effects, especially a wah, which can sound kind of redundant if you're relying on it all the time. Use effects sparingly, I say, the same way a chef uses spices.
What do you think of Jon Bon Jovi's skills on the guitar? Is he just a simple strummer, or is he capable of busting out a mind-blowing solo? —Kenny Griffen
Jon's been getting better on the guitar. Over the past couple of years, he's really been working on his technique. He never really played any leads until the last tour, and now he's at the point where the two of us are even doing a couple of dual-lead solos onstage. He's always been a terrific rhythm guitar player—very underrated, too, if you ask me.
On your first solo album, Stranger in This Town, Eric Clapton played on the song "Mr. Bluesman." Did you feel at all intimidated to work with him? —Hannah Smith
No, I wasn't afraid at all. I've been fortunate to play with a few of my heroes, and Eric is one of them. He's a very gracious man, very humble, and he never tries to be intimidating. When I was cutting that song, he was playing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, so I went to him so he could record his part. He came down to the studio and blew out a great solo. Afterward, we went to the show together. It turned out to be a great day and evening.


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If you're like me, you obsess over car trivia and stats much like a kid does with a new set of baseball cards, or in my little cousin's case, Pokemon cards. That leads me to NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. Stewart's nickname is "Smoke." His early skills for smoking the right rear tire and later for blowing up engines, has earned him the famous moniker. While he may not be known for drifting theatrics, or for a coveted collection of pimped-out street imports, I'm a fan. Recently, Mobil 1 asked their fans to vote on Facebook for which of four vehicles they'd like to see him drive in an exhibition. They voted him into Formula D driver Tyler McQuarrie's Mobil 1 Formula Drift Chevy Camaro SS. My reaction? "Wow."
Tony's NASCAR season will be winding down in a couple more months and that got me to wondering what his winter plans are. Now that he's driven Tyler's car, has he ever given any thought to competing in Formula D? Maybe, he'll spend the off-season building the ultimate drift car—in my dreams. But, if he did ask for my opinion, I might steer him toward an AE86, perhaps an RX-7, or maybe even a 944 Turbo. What are your thoughts on the subject? Regardless of what he would choose in this fantasy project, he'd be wise to pay some attention to car tires, like I do.
When you think about your import's high performance parts, car tires have to be part of that equation, much like adjustable shocks, performance suspension, lowering springs or other performance upgrades. Whether you're driving a 2012 Scion tC that's been Optimized, or an old-school Mazda RX-7 SA/FB with a performance suspension, the rule applies – neglect your tires, and you're sitting on the side of the road—instead of driving to one of this year's Wekfests to check out the latest in suspension tuning or aftermarket performance auto parts.
Car tires matter—as much to your tuner's performance as to its overall look—and should be included within your vehicle's high-performance parts equation. Running the wrong tire pressure can seriously undo investments made into a performance suspension, or for several other aftermarket performance auto parts you may have installed. Checking tire pressure regularly is the best way to ensure that your car tires deliver long, reliable performance, and will help you save money at the gas pump. So, when you're shopping for aftermarket performance auto parts, add a good digital tire pressure gauge to that list.
Look for the recommended inflation pressure on your driver's side door-jamb or in the glove box, and check the pressure when the car tires are cool. You can improve fuel economy and reduce wear. Of course, if you're smoking your tires every weekend, you're not going to be too worried about wear. It's already happening.
Watch Tony Stewart drive Tyler McQuarrie's Mobil 1 Formula Drift Chevy Camaro SS here.
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How's the messiah's policies on the foreign front meeting your approval? And please stop telling me how it all was corrupted by others...what are we looking forward to? What's past is water over the dam...we can ONLY deal with what's ahead?
Of course we don't know what Romney's proposals are, but I'd far rather trust his advisors than the Apologist-in-Chief, to get something resolved before it moves onto main street USA.
As to your crying 'foul' for our blame of Obama...he and his henchmen are the ones making the decisions. Who else do we hold accountable? Of course the MSP are as much to blame, but we can't vote them out yet. But they are doing a pretty good job of becoming irrelevant on their own, so that won't take all that long for them to go under.
This following view of what's happening in the ME, and the true cause of it, fits my views far better than what the MSP and this oligarchy came up with.
The collapse of the Obama strategy against radical Islamists
By: Newt Gingrich
The real meaning of the violence of the last week across the Muslim world is the bankruptcy and collapse of the Obama strategy which began with his speech in Cairo. President Obama had a deep conviction that pandering to Islamic sympathies, identifying with the virtues of Islam and parroting phrases that sounded good would lead to a deeper acceptance of the United States by Muslims.
While reaching out to mainstream Muslims, the Obama strategy would wage selective war against designated enemies. The Obama administration decided to ignore concerns of sovereignty and to kill terrorists with stepped up drone attacks.
It apparently did not occur to the Obama team that the enemy could and would react.
The killing of the American ambassador to Libya was apparently a direct retaliation for the American killing in Pakistan of a Libyan senior al Qaeda commander. The Obama administration has desperately sought to spin all the violence as caused by one hostile anti-Muslim movie.
Once again Obama and the elite media blame America for the hostility of others. In their ideology it is much safer for America to be the bad guys. Then we can excuse the violence, the attack on embassies, the burning of the American flag, the destruction of American businesses and American schools. In the Obama-elite media worldview that is all somehow the result of American provocation.
If only some American hadnt made a bad movie, everything would be ok, is the view the Obama administration and the elite media has exuded.
There are three things profoundly wrong with this analysis.
1. The Libyans reject it as a matter of fact.
2. It confuses excuse with cause.
3. It suggests a solution which would subordinate American civilization to Islamic supremacists.
First, al Qaeda has asserted the attack on the American ambassador to Libya was a revenge killing. Senior Libyan officials have rejected the idea that the Benghazi violence was caused by the anti-Muslim film. They see no relationship between the Egyptian riots against the film and the team of killers who tracked down Ambassador Chris Stevens.
The Obama administration is desperate to avoid linkage between predator strikes in Pakistan and the deliberate revenge killing in Benghazi. That would undermine all their assertions about the collapse of al Qaeda. It would bring into doubt their claims for an Arab Spring democracy movement. If this is an act of war, as I asserted last week in Politico, then all the Obama and media assertions about senseless violence begin to look as shallow, silly and self-deceiving as they are.
Second, the last week of violence stretching from London to Australia is a signal about the depth of anti-American and anti-Western passion among radical Islamists.
The silly anti-Muslim film was an excuse for violence not the cause of it. It joins the Danish cartoon incident as another example of the deliberate use of Western freedom as an excuse for violence.
The Iranian announcement that they had increased the bounty for killing Salman Rushdie for his novels was one more piece of this violence against any challenge to Islamic supremacy.
We have to be clear that the real problem is not the movie but the hatred, the bigotry, the mass hysteria of religious fanatics who see their values threatened by modernity and are in a desperate fight to impose their values on the world.
Third, the very dangerous game the Obama administration and the elite media are playing in suggesting that we censor American words and American art in order to appease Muslim religious fanatics has to be directly challenged.
As a Christian, these same left wing media elites have lectured me for years about the authenticity of art involving Christ immersed in urine or Mary smeared with elephant dung. We have been told again and again that we have to put blasphemous speech and obscenely offensive items in taxpayer funded museums.
Now these same left wingers are explaining that it is OK to censor in order to appease Muslims. The White House is begging Google to remove the video from YouTube.
No American should tolerate this hypocritical double standard.


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1.9: Translate Verbal Phrases into Variable Expressions
Have you ever had to figure out a math problem that was described in words? Look at this dilemma.
Kelly and her brother sold lemonade and cookies at the school fair. They sold the lemonade for two dollars per glass and the cookies for one dollar and fifty cents a piece. When finished, Kelly realized that they had sold fifty glasses of lemonade and twenty cookies. She said this to her brother.
"We sold fifty times two dollars and twenty times one dollar and fifty cents."
Kelly's brother isn't sure how to write this expression. Pay attention and you will be able to help him at the end of the Concept.
Do you know how to take a verbal phrase and write it as a variable expression?
To accomplish this task, you will need to think about what different words mean. A verbal expression is a mathematical statement that is expressed in words.
You will have to work as a detective to figure out what different words mean. Once you know what those words mean, you will be able to write different variable expressions.
Let's start by looking at some mathematical operations written as words.
Increased by
Less than
Take away
Split up
This list does not include ALL of the ways to write the operations, but it will give you a good place to start.
Take a few minutes and write these words down in your notebook.
Now we can look at the following chart which starts with a verbal phrase and writes it as a variable expression.
|Verbal Phrase
|Variable Expression
|Three minus a number
|\begin{align*}3 - x\end{align*}
|A number increased by seven
|\begin{align*}n + 7\end{align*}
|The difference between an unknown quantity and twenty-six
|\begin{align*}s - 26\end{align*}
|A number decreased by nine
|\begin{align*}w - 9\end{align*}
|Ten times a number plus four
|\begin{align*}10f + 4\end{align*}
Notice that words like "a number" and "an unknown quantity" let us know that we need to use a variable.
Example A
Write a variable expression that reads "The product of a number and six plus four."
Example B
Write a variable expression that reads "Ninety divided by a number minus eight."
Example C
Write a variable expression that reads "Two less than a number, multiplied by thirty-six."
Now let's go back to the dilemma from the beginning of the Concept. Kelly explained the sales to her brother in this way.
"We sold fifty times two dollars and twenty times one dollar and fifty cents."
First, use the information in the statement to write an expression.
Notice that we have fifty times two dollars plus twenty times one dollar and fifty cents. This shows the number of glasses of lemonade and cookies times each price.
Next, we can figure out how much money they made.
This is our final answer.
- Variable Expression
- a group of numbers, operations and variables without an equal sign.
- Variable
- a letter used to represent an unknown number
- Constant
- a number in an expression that does not have a variable.
- Verbal Expression
- using language to write a mathematical expression instead of numbers, symbols and variables.
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Write a variable expression that reads "Eighty-five divided by a number minus thirteen."
Because you are moving toward Algebra, let's use a fraction bar.
Video Review
Writing Basic Algebraic Expressions
Directions: Write a variable expression for each verbal expression.
1. The sum of a number and twelve.
2. The difference between a number and eight.
3. Three times a number
4. A number squared plus five
5. A number divided by two plus seven
6. Four times the quantity of a number plus six
7. A number times two divided by four
8. A number times six plus the same number times two
9. A number squared plus seven take a way four
10. A number divided by three plus twelve
11. A number times five and another number times six
12. Sixteen less than a number times negative four
13. A number times eight divided by two
14. A number divided by six and another number times negative five
15. A number divided by four plus another number divided by sixteen
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Army veterans trade in IEDs for IPAs
A group of veterans who served in the Army as bomb disposal technicians are setting up shop in north Idaho, but instead of working with IEDs, they'll be working with IPAs.
For the past seven years, clearing IEDs has been Tom Applegate's job. But when he retired from the Army, he realized finding a new job was going to be tough.
"The problem is we're over specialized on the bomb squad, so you're not marketable when it comes down to anything," he said.
So along with several other guys in his unit, they decided to make the hop from bombs to beers.
"Initial success or total failure is the motto, so we traded all personal risk for the financial risk and just going out and doing something we are passionate about," Applegate explained.
So they picked a place and a name, but the Mad Bomber Brewing Company almost didn't make it off the ground after founding member Nick Reid was killed by an IED in December.
"That was pretty difficult," Applegate said. "It almost shot down the whole brewery plan right there."
But they decided to push on, finding a place in north Idaho to decorate with gear and pictures of the men and women who have served.
"We want all original pictures, taken by guys out there doing the work because we don't want to forget them," Applegate explained.
Applegate says they plan to brew two special beers once they get all the required paperwork from the state. A St. Nicholas Pale and a Fat Man IPA named for the two beer lovers who didn't make it home: Nick Reid and Kenneth Wade Bennet. He says he knows he wouldn't have made it this far without them.
"It's impossible to fail surrounded by such good people," said Applegate.
The Mad Bomber Brewing Company is expected to open for business some time in October.
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'Catfish' jumps to prominence amid Te'o hoax
College football player's drama demonstrates peril of online relationsJanuary 18, 2013 10:00 AM
It was the kind of story that transcended sports, the kind that made it to morning talk shows and elderly relatives. Did you hear about the football star from Notre Dame whose girlfriend and grandmother died within hours of each other?
As we now know, it also was the kind of story that wasn't true. A story that, as Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in an emergency news conference Wednesday evening, involved a particularly current, and bizarre, form of online trickery called catfishing.
The story, as we best now know, is that Notre Dame star linebacker and Heisman Trophy candidate Manti Te'o, whose story of overcoming the tragic deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend just hours apart became national news, was only half true. The girlfriend, who he had apparently never met in person, existed only online -- in what Mr. Te'o referred to in a statement as a "sick joke" seemingly perpetrated by one or more of his acquaintances.
How could Mr. Te'o fall in love with a woman he'd never met? How could a woman that he told Sports Illustrated he has known for four years -- and dated for a year -- not exist? Wouldn't he have visited her at least after her car accident, after her leukemia diagnosis, while she lay hospitalized?
All questions that drive the movie and television show "Catfish," which seeks to explore the world of romantic entanglements with fake online personas.
The term "Catfish" was coined in the documentary of the same name that premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The movie solves the mystery of Nev Schulman's online romance with the young and beautiful Megan -- later discovered to be a creation of a lonely mother, living out fantasies of what her life could have been. After the movie, "it felt like everyone on the Internet wanted to tell me about their bizarre online romance," said Mr. Schulman, who now hosts a "Catfish" reality television show on MTV.
"I think we're right at this cultural moment where people are starting to realize how much of this is going on," said Montana Miller, a professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. "What's so shocking for people to realize is that this is a widespread thing, it could happen to someone I know. It could happen to a football player I admire."
In her class on Internet Communities, Ms. Miller and her students discuss "Catfish" in the context of greater themes in online interaction. They try to pick apart what is reality in a relationship involving a fake identity and real emotions. They also discuss whether the Internet encourages people to lie or whether it just provides a venue for people who already lean toward deception.
The most fascinating part of each "Catfish" episode is the revealing of the actual identity of the pretender -- and why they've chosen to create an alternate persona. "There's always a good reason why someone is turning to a fake Internet identity," Ms. Miller said. "Usually there's some underlying pathology behind it."
So a gay man who wishes he were a woman poses as one to strike up risque online relationships with young men. A man uses high school photos and Facebook to hide the fact that he's 600 pounds.
"You project what you want to be, who you want to be with," said Mr. Schulman on a recent episode.
Ms. Miller's students also wonder about the motives of the person being scammed. She notes that the strategies that Mr. Schulman uses to expose the pretender are usually fairly rudimentary.
"Why don't regular people take that initiative? Why do they prefer to be passively in denial, sometimes for years, not wanting to look any further below the surface?"
Indeed, the Deadspin.com article that broke the story of Mr. Te'o's girlfriend hoax questioned whether Mr. Te'o might have been in on it, for reasons unknown -- a charge that Mr. Swarbrick dismissed in his Notre Dame news conference.
The term catfish, according to the movie, is named for the practice of putting catfish in a tank of languid cod to make the cod more active. A catfish, says a character in the movie, spices up life for those around them.
What drives participation in social media generally might also help drive the catfish phenomenon, said Andrew Stephen, an assistant professor at the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Stephen has done research on what motivates people to tweet, and has found that seeking attention is a big driver for people participating in social media.
"It's largely related to some form of doing it to get attention, to increase one's status and have people be interested in you," he said. "They want to get attention in ways other than they would get it in their normal regular lives."mobilehome - nation - tvradio - sportscollegenational
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Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Winners of the ""Hit Me with Your Best Shot" GigaPan Photo Competition are:
1st Place: Jose Maria Lopez - Sagrada Familia
2nd Place: Jason Bucheim - Aspen Highlands Maroon Bowl in 3-D Stereo with Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells, and Hayden Peak
3rd Place: Karim Saad - Sheikh Zayed Road | Dubai HD
To view the winners' gigapan images, please visit this page: www.gigapan.com/competitions/114/gigapans
Thank you to everyone who participated. View all the submissions for "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" below!
Competition Entries:
voting ends February 01, 2013, 12:00AM
- Entry Name: Hanauma Bay by Richard Palmer
Hanauma Bay is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island of O`ahu, Hawai`i. I took this panorama with the initial beta model GigaPan unit, and a 8 megapixel Canon S5-IS P&S camera. With a 12x optical zoom, and a 1.5x tele-extender, the effective focal length is approximately 650 mm. Wave movement ...
- Entry Name: Ciudad de Caracas (Centro) by Aureliano Fernández
MI HOMENAJE A CARACAS Nota de Prensa: www.eluniversal.com/2010/10/07/ccs_art_la-ciudad-en-193-gra_2062667.shtml A la fecha del 11 de Diciembre del 2016, esta gigapanorama continua siendo la foto más grande y más vista de la Ciudad de Caracas con mas de 98.189 veces vista en todo el mundo; abarca en...
- Entry Name: Aspen Highlands Maroon Bowl in 3D-Stereo with Pryamid Peak, Maroon Bells, and Hayden Peak by Jason Buchheim
This amazing 3D-Stereo image is best viewed at www.3dpan.org/aspenhighlands . You may view with anaglyph glasses or select cross or parallel side-by-side views with 'change view' button in upper right. The Stereo Images stay aligned even upon deep zoom! . . Please try the 3D-Stereo viewer and explore befo...
- Entry Name: Goosenecks State Park, Utah by David Pivin
Goosenecks State Park is located near the southern border of the state of Utah. The park is 'simply' an overlook into the 1000 ft. deep meanders of the San Juan River that runs from southern Colorado through Utah and finally into Lake Powell where it joins the Colorado River. At some point in time, people from Phoenix ...
- Entry Name: Hallstatt, Austria by Tom Nelson
Morning in Austria's lake district. This uses better-matched images than my first attempt (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/60725/). The images are all 3-shot HDRs, tone mapped in Photomatix.
- Entry Name: Angers Nursery & School Room by Dror Yaron
GigapanMagazine.org vol 3 issue 4 It's a long ride up the mountain from the Hospital to the village of Angers, and an even longer walk. The evidence of centuries of deforestation in Haiti is all-too visible on these mountains. Conservation in the developing world is a complex problem that requires innovative ...
- Entry Name: Downtown Harstad by Trygve Selmer
A closer look downtown Harstad an early morning (around 03.00), when the Town asleep and the first sunbeams has stroke the streets and buildings. Mouseover the number beneath the snapshots. Then click the link in the description to get information/history of the zoomed view. A panorama that includes the Towns...
- Entry Name: paris shop by karl kindt
on the river Seine
Early evening pano of the amazing view from the Wedge Overlook above the San Rafael River in Central Utah. This area is some times called the Little Grand Canyon for obvious reasons. I think this is one of the most spectacular views in Utah. I've been trying to find the time to make it down there and shoot a gigapan fo...
- Entry Name: Halong Bay, Vietnam from Dao Titop overlook by John Shepard
Halong Bay's spectacular limestone islands--nearly 2000 of them--stretch to every horizon from the top of Dao Titop, an island that has a staircase leading up the steep slopes to an overlook at the top. This is an unparalleled oceanscape for exploring by chartered junk and kayak. Hidden floating fishing villages in qui...


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Lots of companies design there own heads and stuff but its all based very closely on gm designs. In order to get a patent on a head it would have to be 25% different from any previous patent. Since thats pretty much impossible. there are not to many real patent parts made in this field. Edlebrock and the other big guys had an advantage as they owned the foundry but its cheap to buy an un-ported casting now a days and bang your a head manufacturer. For the most part they just pick there port and chamber size and machine the bolt holes and other machined surfaces.
Since there are only a few really large foundries in the world that can cast a block or head from aluminum you can imagine that many of the companies buy there castings from the same place. why one would get a bad rep and the others a pass is beyond me. Pouring 50 pounds of aluminum to make a heads is no small feat and not going to be done by a small business in the us or anywhere else for that matter.
Even the larger companies buy castings. Part of the deal with the castings is you take responsibility for there construction so legally you are the manufacturer but in reality its just paper work and none disclosure agreements. From cell phones to tires many things are made this way today and is one of the ways we get such a diverse list of parts for high performance engines.
If you look at all the head designs for a sbc and then look at all the heads made by gm performance you will see there are no really new designs. Gm has a 9:1 compression head that will make almost 800hp for class of nascar racing. Has had them on the market for 20 years. commonly called the 18 degree head now a days many companies sell a version of this head in different combos. 15 and 12 degree are mostly the same head angle milled to produce the valve angle. Where the raw 18 degree casting is a breed all its own and makes a lot more power than any 23 degree head. It is still a gm designed head and in some cases made by gm.
I for one am glad gm did not fight the aftermarket cause that led to all of us having so much fun. Gm could have been the only seller of sbc heads and thats ok since they have lots of good choices but the cost and limited parts would be hard to work with. nothing like todays aftermarket tech. but in fact every major advance in sbc was born at gm 30 years ago. from roller to LS heads they designed them all and its awesome you can buy from so many different companies and combos on the market.
I would think that companies like Edelbrock would pay a royalty or at least get permission from GM or whoever to make parts based on their design.
But the total knockoff industry has no R & D or engineering back up on anything they produce. Do they do testing, run FEA on anything they make? I tend to doubt it.
I make lots of knockoff parts myself, I'm sure many of us do to suit our needs. But we don't try to market them.
Speedmaster has always been the procomp parent company. That is there aussy trade name.
I like the procomp heads I got. They look good and work good as well. they could of course use some porting when not cnc version. But hey there cheap I can port instead of paying top dollar for a set. And with any large port head there are some different setup requirements. Gaskets and port/rocker alignment. The large port brodix and afr both require offset rockers and lifters. Now some afr work with standard sbc stuff but not all of them.
I have never understood the bad rep procomp gets on the internet. The other companies making there heads in china never get the same treatment.
Make sure you get the rockers on right or they will beat the new valves as well.
i are really smart too i believe. Some say different however. Whew, now that we've got that over with... There are guys who go buy a well-engineered, well-made and pricey item, take it to China or India and say "make this"...whether the manufacturer knows what they were making or not, a shipping container of copies comes back and is on the market here looking just like the original. It's a good way to make a buck, I know or know-of a couple people who do just this. In many cases it's necessary and fair, such as for reproducing a no-longer-available part...in others it's just a blatant rip-off of the original mfr. effort. Hopefully for the sake of the end user they at-least get the quality right, but in any event I try to not support people doing the latter.
That said, the worst-made (design, casting and machining) part I've ever bought was from right here in the USA from a company calling themselves "the greatest name in racing". It was a long time ago but I never forgot dropping an intake manifold that cost me a week's wages into the scrap barrel when I was finally fed up with it. So it's not like you can just rely on anything...or not...based on where it came from.
Speed Master sells a lot of Pro Comp parts, maybe they own them? I see lots of their rockers sold by KMJ, total knock-offs of any rocker under the sun. Both Speedway, Summit and I'm sure Jegs and others sell as well.
I looked at some other aluminum heads (Flotek) sold by Speedway and was steered away from them by my engine builder. Cast in China, machined & assembled here.
I wound up with Dart aluminum heads and intake, Lunati cam, lifters and roller rockers. Push rods are from Comp Cams (bought locally).
My thoughts, build it once and build it right. I tried to use US made components everywhere in the build.
1st gen procomps
I know this thread is really old but i want to add to this procomp debate with my actual history. first a little on me. I am a process engineer. i started out at the bottom as a machinist running a drill press or handscrew. i was smart and soon was running CNC lathe and mills. because i am fairly smart i kept right on going and now i am figuring out how to process medical instrument and implate parts thru a machine shop, send out to passivation, plating, silk screening what ever is needed. i know parts and machining. casting everything to make a chunk of metal in to a beautiful instrument that will possibly save a life or make it better. NUF said about me.
I'm just building a SBC 350 (355) for my 65 malibu SS. I like to play and do everything so my car is set up for street, strip, autocross, whatever trouble i can get my self in to. I first bought a set 1st gen 190cc, straight plug, 64cc chambers, 2.02/1.6 heads, complete off ebay. the casting core shift was horrible on the intake runner of 1 head. bad enough to where the center port dividers only overlapped the head by .03 and i didnt think it would seal and sent them back. aside from the casting core shift the machining looked superb. all threads and milling look great. nice finish everywhere. the intake ports were very small on these 190cc heads. smaller than my "461" camel back heads. because of the core shift and me sending them back, the seller let me exchange/upgrade to the 210cc intake, angle plug, 64cc chamber, 2.02/1.6 heads, set up for roller cam (i did not know these werre raised runner intake ports). these heads were much better. again the machining looked excellent, all threads were nice, all milled surfaces looked great. there are very large casting ribs in the intake port in two places. 1 is by the push rod and the other is closer to the bowl end around a head bolt between the Siamesed runners. the distance cross the opening by the push rod was smaller than my 461 heads because of the casting bulge. i figured "aluminum casting" and that these were supposed to be ported, so i did just that. i also checked the valve seat to guide runnout and all the seats were within .002 except for 3 seats were .003, .004, .006. i feel this is pretty good considering 16 seats. i have had fresh heads out of the box on "American" made heads that had seats up to .015 out of whack so this wasn't to bad right out of the box. I like to see less than .002 so i corrected the three seats. all the exhaust seats were within .002 right from the start. also, the intake port is a raised port on these heads so it doesn't work with stock gaskets. you need the larger and thicker felpro 1266 gasket. a 1206 will not work it is too thin. I gasket matched a Vic Jr intake to the raised port head. an RPM air gap didnt have enough meat to do this, at least the one i had looked at. after porting the intake runner out as far as i felt safe without going to thin and breaking thru i still had some small casting humps but it is way more open and the raised intake runner is supposed to help make more power so i dealt with the extra porting of the intake. i installed the heads on the motor using the procomp parts as i was short on money and time and figured i would upgrade the parts after the summer of driving. the engine ran like a raped ape. i have a howards oem style roller cam p/n 180265-10. paired with 1.6 rockers it is .565 lift int/ .581 ex. final lift. so far the heads are kicking as. i raced a buddy with a 409 sbc with Dart heads and he dynoed at 498 hp 502 tq and its in a 74 buick apollo with the same 3.73 rear gears i have in my malibu. we raced and we were dead even so im assuming im making close to his power with a 355 cid engine. not bad at all.
after this summer ended i pulled the heads off and inspected parts. all the ends of the exhaust valves were beat to ****, looked like they have been actuated by a chisel & hammer. some of the valve tips had little chunks of metal chipped out of the edges and the end surface looked horrible in general. one intake valve also looked like this. I was also running some really crappy KMJ stainless steel full roller rocker arms. DO NOT BUY THOSE THEY ARE JUNK. the roller tip is not perpendicular with the rocker trunion so the roller tip doesn't contact the valve tip squarely.
Back to the heads, the seats and castings still look great after beating this motor about 4000 miles this summer. i am now installing manley valves, crower springs, comp cams ultra pro magnum full roller steel rocker arms.
i could have bought the heads as bare castings and looking at this with hind sight, thats what i should have done. i think the bare castings were around 350.00, add the 300.00 for new manley valves and crower springs, & stem seals i would have been right around the 650.00 i paid for the complete heads with crappy parts. i know procomp is now speedway and i heard they have improved quite a bit. so i would tell you i am very happy with the heads but not the parts installed in the heads. the new speedway heads might be better. i could have saved a lot of money if i would have bought bare heads. with that being said, even after upgrading the valves, valve springs, valve guide seals, plus add gaskets i am still LESS than the cost of a pair of complete "American" made heads. total cost is sitting close to $1000.00 after all the upgraded parts are added in. So Mrperformanceparts is pretty much right on the money. you need to ask, or build it your self so you know what parts are in your heads. then you will have no worries.
|I have the same heads on my 383...the problem with these heads are there is too much meat inside the chambers witch block the flow...check it out you'll see...I saw a video on you tube that dealt with this problem
|El Rob
is it me r does the rocker arms not look right.
Yes i know this is over a month old
I got some cnc AVG/PC 351C A3 port heads for $1900 complete, really nice castings, really happy with them, looking to buy another set right now.
|me 2 cents I purchaced a set of procomp oval port 300cc aluminum heads pro comp layered gaskets and proconp studs for aluminum headsfor a total of $1150.00 including tax from ASA in COLUMBUS GA add said completly assembeled opened package today to puy on my BBC engine they are NOT together have to put on guide plates and studs problem is bolts for studs are7/16, holes in heads 4 are 7/16 4 are 1/2 holes 1 head came with helicoil but they dont fit the holes 2 guide plates do not align with pushrods the set at approx 30 degrees so i am going to have to remove heads redrill tap and helicoil both heads so rocker studs will fit i will loose layered head gaskets 70.00 plus labor sealer and antiseize trial fit intake after problem with heads you guessed it, intake does not fit some of bolt holes are off 1/2 of the hole this is a factory GM tripower intake so i cant enlongate holes with runing value of intake approx $1200 just incase anyone cares I AM NOT HAPPY, Dont wast your money
|Jim Rockford
|Why was it back when we made everything here and bought the things WE made a man could have a decent paying job and things where affordable... **** went to hell in a hand basket when we started importing all this crap and sending jobs overseas.
Based on the valve issue, sound like the previous owner lied to you and they had a clean up and new valves put in. There are several dealers on ebay selling the heads with their own valves and springs. No telling what they do in assembling them. Hard to say it's Procomp's fault.
Could also be a machine shop drumming up business..."yep, they're all bad"
My heads worked perfect. The new owner has had them on a year and loves them. My Airwolf heads use a Procomp core and are flat out ******.
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I have the new revised 210/ 64 pro comp heads on my sbc 383. Motor is in a 1967
firebird. 3000lbs and I am running 10.90 at 122mph and 6.95 in the 1/8 th @ 99mph
I bought the heads bare and put in my own hardware. Running a .600 solid roller by lunati. Have a ton of passes on them and no problems. Until you buy a set of the new ones dont knock them...
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|Well I managed to tie some bass flies this weekend and a few came out to my liking. I tied Dave Whitlock's Swimming Frog, some poppers, bunny strip worm flies and some pike flies as well. Can't wait to get out and give them a shot.
|Great! I can't wait to see some results. I haven't started with my bugs yet but did tie up some killer crayfish imitations. They look like they could crawl away from you. The fly I really want to tie now is Dave Whitlock's Swimming Frog. It is similar to a Larry Dahlberg Diver in olive and yellow and utilizes hackle as the tail. My only problem is I've been tying saltwater flies all winter and still have to tie more crab imitations and shrimp as well. Looks like I'll be busy during the next few weeks guys. Thanks for the info and I look forward to seeing more creations.
Thanks again Pete! My problem was that I had pre-wrapped the entire shank, which prevented me from pushing the clumps back to pack them together. I have some deer hair that should be good for bugs. I'll spin some up and post the results!
Q: Here is how is "pack" hair.
First tie on at the bend of the hook and tie whatever tail, rubber or hackle making sure you tigthly secure this part of the bug. It will help when you "shove back" as mentioned in an earlier post. For bass bugs, try to find the longest and coarsest hair you can get.
The first two bunches you spin onto a BARE HOOK SHANK become the anchor for the subsequent spun bunches. After spinning each bunch, make 2 or 3 additional thread wraps immediatly in front of the spun bunch, then shove back with one hand while using the second hand at the rear/bend of the hook to keep the assembly from slipping below the bend. Once you have packed each one make a further 2 or 3 additional thread wraps immediatly in front of the spun bunch. The first two bunches are smaller in diameter, say 1/2 pencil size, and the middle section bunches are 1 pencil diameter and reduce this as you get to the last two bunches. It may also help if you trim off the tips of the bucnhes prior to spinning.
Hope this helps.
Thanks guys. Guess I'll stick with the razor blade method for trimming and I'll check that prior thread to see what I can learn about selecting proper deer hair. Of course, I'm limited to what I can find at the flyshops unless I mail order, in which case I have no control at all over what I get.
Got a question about packing the hair: I had a hard time trying to push the spun hair back along the shank. It just refused to move, and the hair started tearing off if I tried to force it. Do you wrap the hook shank prior to tying on the hair? I did wrap the shank because the recipe said to do so, but it seems like the hair would slide better on a bare shank. Then again, it would also be more likely to twist out of place after catching a few fish. Any more helpful hints before I start spinning?
|Q: Over the years that I have tied spun deer hair, I have tried just about everything, including various types mechanical and electric clippers. In the end I always come back to my straight razor and leather strap. This seems to work best for me and can be sharpened easily when it gets dull. As for thread, I have also experimented with all sorts of stuff from rod building thread, Kevlar, silk etc. I still use plain old 3/0 Uni-Thread and get excellent results. Spinning is not different from any other technique, it takes no great skill but it does take practice and theproper deer hair. In another post I talked about "not all deer hair" is the same, you may want to search for this post in the archives. Being a hunter, I have an incessant supply of White Tail and Mule deer skins, of varying ages and sex. Through a friend who is a Fish & Wildlife officer, I also have access to deer that are road kills and the skins are taken at various times of the year. I also dye my own and wind up with some really different colors, all by way of experimentation. I realize that not everyone has this type of access so my suggestion is to be very diligent in selecting hair at a store. Lastly, maybe deer skins are different if the purpose is to protect the animal through severe winter cold Vs. them spoiled Texas deer who live in desert heat?
|John Desjardins
Mark, my limited experience with kevlar threads led me to chuck them out. They were tough on tools & cut hair if you pulled too tight.
What I like for heavier tying in general has been Guidbrod 3/0 & Giorgi Bennocci which I haven't seen in a couple of years. The Bennocci stuff may be the gelspun material. For lighter stuff I've been using 6/0 Uni thread and have been surprised by its strength. It may just be me but I think that threads have become much stronger in recent years.
One cutting tip I forgot to add is that the tighter its packed the easier it is to cut. so remember that old foot ball cheer and " pushem back pushem back way back"
|Dble Haul
|I seem to remember some commotion a few years back about kevlar thread......not bulletproof, but extremely tough to break and holds deer hair well.
Nice bugs!
Q - use goop to attach plain google eyes to your deer hair bugs. Easiest to work with and really holds. I have tried everything including all of the zapagap products and goop or shoe goo works best. I would try the straight razor before going to clippers. Deer hair is hollow and I think it would probably jam the clippers. The blade is amazingly efficient once you learn how to use it SAFELY.
Anyone know what the gel-coated thread for tying bass bugs is called? I tried some a couple of years ago and it made the bodies much quicker and easier to tie...
|John Desjardins
Pete those are some real nice bugs.
Q, I've never tried an electric trimmer, though I have thought about it. What I've found in the trimming department is to trim the underside flat first, then work on the sides & top. A double edged razor works best, can be bent into a semicircle to trim the top, but is a scary implement to work with. Each razor is good for ~ 1 fly. Thr final thing is to do the trimming over or inside a trash can.
Wow! Very Nice! I feel inadequate . . . mine were just gonna be plain white deer hair poppers .
I thought about adding the google eyes but wondered how well they would stick. I was recently at the craft stores looking for some kind of eyes that I could use. Did you just glue the eyes onto the hair? Or is there some sort of "stem" that's imbedded into the hair or tied to the hook shank?
I was also looking at one of those cheap electric mustache/beard trimmers ($9.99) as a way to trim the deer hair. On the few deer hair flies that I've tied I had a heck of a time trying to trim the hair with a razor blade. Anybody ever try the electric trimmers?
|Here is a Bunch Of Bass Bugs - BOBB for short. Fun to play with all sorts of colors of deer hair, rubber legs and hen hackle tails.:hehe:
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|I'm a fan of Muddlers for my Deer hair creations. This is one I've posted in the past. Brown Maribou Muddler
Funny you should ask . . .
I'm planning to tie some white deer hair poppers for the freshwater fly swap if I can get them to come out right. (I'm new at this too!)
The recipe and photo will be posted here after the swap is done. Due date for the swap is 2/14 (I think?) so you won't have to wait long.
If someone want's to post a photo and recipe before then please do-- it will help me too!
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Ok I'm starting to tie some deer hair bugs for river smallies and was wondering if anyone else here ties them. if so could you please post some pics. Thank you.
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As a tradesman not too far from retirement, Tony has a 2003 Toyota Hilux with a canopy for his work vehicle. And although Tony has a few years of work left in him, the ute may be put out to pasture.
"It's done 150,000km and does not have ABS, stability control or airbags," says Tony.
"I have seen a 2008 Hilux for $29,950, mileage unknown, and also specials offered on new Mitsubishi Triton and Great Wall utes. I am unsure about these, especially about maintenance and depreciation."
Well Tony, double-cab utes fitted out with all the "bling" have almost become a fashion statement. More people are finding them the perfect family and work vehicle.
It's not hard to see why. They drive like your standard road car, with safety and specification levels to match, with the bonus of being able to withstand the rough stuff on the odd occasion it is required.
Even some of the Europeans have seen the opportunities in this market segment, with VW selling the Amorak ute range as an alternative to the far more dominant Japanese brands.
Second-hand prices for older Hiluxes have never ceased to amaze either. They seem to fetch good money whether they be petrol, diesel, manual, auto, high or low mileage and in a range of drive-line and body configurations.
The Budget: $30,000
Mitsubishi Charger X
Mitsubishi has been in the commercial game forever and with the Triton badge offers a very competitive range of vehicles. The Charger X manual at $35,990 (add about $2000 for an auto) is exceptional value for a 4WD ute and has your safety concerns covered. A quick ring around their dealers would suggest there is limited supply left so you would need to be quick. It offers well-proven reliability.
Great Wall V-Series
This is one of the less established brands on the block that is slowly building a customer base for those looking for an old-fashioned workhorse at an affordable price. You're not going to turn heads driving around town but, if it's more about work than play, then it may well do the job. It's not class leading, especially in safety, where dual front airbags and ABS are all you get. No auto either. Resale values and depreciation is where you will suffer.
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Consistent and well-proven performers Nissan and Ford offer a range of good-quality utes. Nissan has the 2WD RX Double Cab for a tick under 40k for the six-speed manual ($41,900 for auto) while Ford retails its good-looking all-new Ford Ranger Super Cab 2WD (including side and curtain airbags) in auto and manual for a shade more.


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Alternate name: Showy Desert Marigold
Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family
Description Native herbaceous annual, biennial or short-lived perennial.
Habit: clumping, with showy gold flowers above a mound of wooly foliage; may be evergreen, depending on location.
Height: 8-40 in (20-100 cm).
Leaf: in basal rosette, deeply lobed into thin blades, 1-4 in (3-10 cm) long; sparse to none on the stalks.
Flower: daisy-like, terminal, yellow to gold, to 2 in (5 cm) wide; with 30-60 layered, overlapping, oval to oblong rays, 3 teeth at end; around a button-like disk.
Fruit: seed capsule, 3/16 in (4 mm) long.
Flower March to November, depending on rainfall.
Flower March - November
Habitat Native to stony slopes, mesas, and sandy plains; roadsides; 325-6500 ft (100-2000 m).
Range Native to the desert southwestern U.S., from California to Utah and Texas, and south into Mexico; now cultivated in the Southwest and California.
Discussion DAlso known as: paper daisy, wild marigold. Dense patches often form solid strips of yellow along miles of desert roadsides. In gardens a single plant grows into a perfect hemisphere of yellow, blooming throughout the hot summer and into fall. The name Marigold, given to several species of Asteraceae with sunny yellow or orange flowers, comes from "Mary's Gold," in honor of the Virgin.
Comments Desert marigold is a well-behaved plant that thrives in poor, dry soils and extreme heat. It is subject to crown rot if the soil is too wet. A stand of desert marigold will self-sow in favorable conditions. The seedling rosettes require a period of cold dormancy to set buds.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution S.e. California, Arizona & s.w. Utah, e. to w. Texas
Site Preference Sandy plains; mesas; rocky slopes
Soil Preference Sandy or gravelly soils.


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By Kevin Tate/Outdoors Writer
A simple plastic pipe construction can save pond owners countless headaches and dollars when it comes to lowering water levels for work, for maintenance or just for routine management.
Liquid moving down the line of a siphon under the influence of gravity literally sucks the liquid behind it up the line, overcoming the weight of the water on the uphill side in a perpetual flow that will continue until interrupted. To make this work, there needs to be more pipe on the downhill side of the rig than on the uphill side. The more the length of fall on the downhill side exceeds the rise on the uphill side, the more robust the system.
"Usually you want at least two thirds of the pipe on the downhill side," Greg Briggs, of Porterville, said.
Briggs does land improvement work using bulldozers and other heavy equipment and is often called upon to work on ponds. Impoundments that have silted in and become shallow over the years or others whose owners simply want to alter or expand are best addressed after being drained. Cutting the levee with the use of a backhoe is one simple way to get the water out, but it can be an expensive process, one that can be largely avoided by going over the top with PVC pipe instead.
To set up the siphon, you'll need at least one ball valve, a clean-out, several sections of non-collapsible pipe and some way to stop the water on the pond side while the pipe is being filled. The ball valve goes at the foot of the downhill run. The clean-out goes on top of the levee or at the highest point of the run.
The pond end can be capped with another ball valve, a one-way valve or any other contrivance that can be quickly opened. If you use a spring-loaded one-way valve positioned to let water flow into the pipe but not out, you can operate the siphon single-handedly. Any other solution requires a second set of hands.
The pipes themselves can be joined with standard glued PVC fittings or with flexible rubber joints and hose clamps. Either method works well, but the rubber joints allow some flexibility to the system after it's assembled and are easily removed later.
With the ball valve at the bottom of the run closed and the pond end stopped, open the clean-out and fill the pipe with water. With the pipe filled, close the cleanout tightly. If you've used a one-way valve on the pond end, just open the ball valve at the bottom of the run and you're draining water until you turn it off. If you've used something other than a one-way valve, both ends will need to be opened at the same time. Either way, this method is a simple, straightforward drainage solution.


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42-Bottle Dual Zone Wine Chiller
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Avanti 42-Bottle Dual Zone Side-by-Side Wine Chiller
The Avanti Dual Zone Side-by-Side Wine Chiller (WCV42DZOB) is perfect for wine lovers who want to keep their reds and whites at optimum temperatures. The two zones of the beverage center are separated by a vertical divider and are enclosed by a pair of glass "French" doors. Each side of the chiller has seven wire racks which can hold 21 750-mL bottles. Both zones are illuminated by a soft LED lamp that does not heat up the inside air.
The beverages are chilled by a compressor-based cooling system that is regulated by soft-touch controls and an LED temperature display mounted on the top door frame of each zone. The zones can be separately set to a temperature of 45° to 65°F allowing you to keep Champagne, Sauvignon Blanc, Chianti, and Bordeaux ready to pour. Auto-lock controls prevent accidental changes to your temperature settings.
The Avanti WCV42DZ Wine Chiller is versatile enough to be installed either as a freestanding or built-in application. The cabinet's exterior and interior are painted in a glossy black that contrasts with the stainless finish of the door frame. This holds a glass pane as well as a long curved door handle designed not to snag clothing. Locking systems are installed at the bottom frame for your wine and beverages' security.
Electronic Display:Individual soft touch, auto-lock controls for each zone allow you to adjust and maintain temperature with no guessing
Elegant Lighting:Soft LED interior lighting with ON/OFF switch for each zone
Preserve Your Collection:Two temperature zones holding up to 21 bottles each give you the flexibility and capacity to keep and store your wines at the ideal temperature
- Model: WCV42DZOBFull Range Thermostat
- Brand: AvantiAutomatic Defrost
- Dual Temperature ZonesDesigned for Built-In, Recessed, or Free Standing Applications
- Compressor-based cooling systemSoft interior LED lighting with ON/OFF switch
- Soft Touch Controls with Electronic DisplayBlack cabinet with glass door and stainless finish frame
- Auto-Lock Controls Prevent Accidental Changes to SettingsElectrical: 115V / 60Hz
- Independently controlled temperature zones from 45°-65°FWeight: 108 lbs
- Warranty: 1 Year Parts and LaborDimensions: 34" H x 23.5" W x 24.5" D (w/Handles)
- Avanti 42-Bottle Dual Zone Wine Chiller
- Height: 34"
- Width: 23.5"
- Depth: 24.5"


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Stay positive boys...
My two best birds (inch and 1/2 spurs) were both taken on the last day of the Michigan season, May 31 st. That is truly your best opportunity to take a boss gobbler that was henned up through much of the season when the two year olds were being harvested.
The first I got off the roost by calling, he gobbled like crazy. The second we patterned and I was waiting in the right spot the next day. With full foilage out, you can get much closer to roosted and strutting birds than earlier. Also a Thermacell unit works miracles for the bugs. Get one, you won't regret it!
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Christmas Goodie Pop Top Cans
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Reuse old cans and be environmentally friendly. Create the cutest Christmas goodie pop top can. This craft is great for your friends and family. Everyone loves getting a little gift filled with all kinds of fun. You will surely be popping out smiles this holiday season with these Christmas crafts. Fill your cans with anything imaginable. The tiniest of stocking stuffers will be glad to finally have a home where they will not be forgotten about at the toe of the sock.
- Any Tin can with a Pop Top Pull tab
- Can Opener
- Ribbon for Embellishing
- Scrap Book Paper
- Candy, Gift Card, Small Sized Gifts to fill the can with
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Take any can that comes with a Pop Top.
- Remove its label and flip it upside down! Open the BOTTOM with a can opener! Leave the lid attached just a tiny bite. This will make a future step a little easier!
- Save the contents of the can for later. Wash out the can and dry it well! Add your fun surprise inside! Candy, gift cards and small gifts like jewelry fit perfectly! Add a small Holiday greeting inside as well.
- Bend the lid back down and use a hot glue gun and glue the lid shut!
- Measure and cut pieces of Scrapbook paper to re-cover the outside of the cans.
- Glue your paper on with your hot glue!
- Embellish your can if you'd like! Ribbon, Ric Rac, gems and button all add fun detail!
- Tie on fun coordinating Ribbon to the Pop Top tab! Be sure to burn the edges of the ribbon with a lighter to keep them from fraying!
- Add a tag that reads "Pull my Tab!" on top.
- And off you go delivering smiles and Holiday Cheer!
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Jun 04, 2016
Looks so fun and something I could do with little cost for my sixteen grandchildren for Christmas!
Apr 24, 2014
This is such a fun idea! I'll have to keep this in mind for next Christmas when I'm thinking of ideas for Secret Santa. It's cute AND would save me money! (Not to mention a good way to recycle cans!)
Jul 22, 2013
Good idea and one I might try. For children though I would use crisp tunes, (pringles, etc.) as these are easier to adapt, and safer.
Apr 06, 2013
What is the purpose of cutting the bottom off the can? It doesn't say what you do after you cut it off.
janniebono 3426817
Dec 21, 2012
I think this is an adorable idea and went out to buy everything I would need to make it, including cans of soup with pop tops. When I attempted to open the cans from the bottom, it does not work. I used a manual can opener, which did nothing but dent the can and then I bought an electric can opener, which won't even begin to work on it. I don't know what other kind of pop top can to buy. Soda cans are rounded at the bottom and made of aluminum, so all they do is bend too. Tried them all. If you have other suggestions, please let me know. I want to make these as Christmas gifts! Thanks
Dec 10, 2012
This idea is awesome. If you plan ahead then you could just save your cans.
Jul 10, 2012
This is a great idea. Used last Christmas. One problem, not all pop top cans can be opened at the bottom with a can opener. Newer type cans won't work (rounded bottoms). I found some soup cans work.
Jan 23, 2012
This looks like a great idea, but you never say how in the world you get the pull tab to work a second time???????????
Feb 09, 2012
From looking at it it looks like they opened it from the bottom the first time and hot glued it back on. So when the gift receiver got it they could use the pop top.
Redneck Woman
Jul 11, 2011
My mind is already spinning thinking of all the things I can stuff inside these cans. I've knitted several pairs of socks for my family this Christmas. I can't wait to roll them up and "can" them. I'm also thinking that instead of wrapping paper or scrapbook paper I can print my own designs, pictures, etc. on card stock and apply. Or, how about using your child's drawing, or in my case grandchild's, to cover the can. As I said, my mind is spinning with ideas.
Koolio Crafter AM1 3
Jan 24, 2011
I just tried this unque idea, and I love it! I used the idea for a birthday present, and it consumed about no time at all! I love how it's enviorment friendly! I do have some Pointers to make it even better: *read all the comments before you plan out your design *wash the can out and make sure it smells good before you put the stuff in the can(you don't want your BFF opening the can with excitement and it smells like Green beans!) *I covered up the top and the bottom just to cover up the directions on the top, and it looked good! I also cut an opening for the "pop top Part". I love this Idea and I hope you find my pointers helpful!!!
Dec 18, 2010
what a way to think outside of the box!
Crafter 4086533
Dec 17, 2010
This is so neat!! Here I've been wondering why so many soups, etc. come in pull tab top cans now and thought it was a waste. Kudos to the genius behind this. Makes me want to go get my freezer containers together and open all those soup cans so I have 'materials' for a last minute project! This is perfect for a little gift Valentine's Day, etc. for family and friends.
Apr 10, 2010
This is a great award idea for scouts. I love it!
Crafter 5920037
Apr 10, 2010
This is a cute idea. I could use this for my grandchildren, or my sewing club.
ReanaZ in PLGA 300 72
Apr 01, 2010
I use the can opener that does not leave sharp edges, that way the kids can help make these.
Apr 01, 2010
I love this idea. I also use the cans for seasonal decorations for the the tables @ our fellowship meals @ church. mymama
Jan 02, 2010
What fun!
Jan 02, 2010
This is a wonderful idea! It's simple to do but with oh so many possibilities. WOW is all I can say! Thanks!
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Alexander McCall Smith's Art Book Bag
Besides being the creator of the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, an author of more than 50 books (his novel The Importance of Being Seven from his "44 Scotland Street" series is out on paperback), an expert on bioethics and a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, Alexander McCall Smith is also a big art fan. He picks his favourite reads that capture the excitement of that world.
David Hockney: the Biography
By Christopher Simon Sykes
Splash! Artists have colourful lives, and this fascinating biography reveals the interesting times of this most amusing painter.
The Lost Painting
By Jonathan Harr
Not all of us have lost paintings by Caravaggio in our parlour. But some do.
Han van Meegeren was a skilled painter who was fed up with being derided by the critics for being old-fashioned. His solution was to paint the occasional Vermeer.
The Nature of Order: Book One: The Phenomenon of Life
By Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander is an architectural visionary. This fascinating book explores the role that shape and order play in art and in our lives.
The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art
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Kimball tackles the pretentious nonsense that has been spouted by critics who import their political agenda into art history. Very funny stuff: ouch!