Ruger's Auction To Benefit The Light Foundation

Ruger® is offering an Old Army® Blackpowder Revolver in their weekly auction. This cap-and-ball revolver was manufactured in 1974, and it is still in its original box.  You can click to see several pictures from Ruger's website, and you can read the entire description on Ruger's GunBroker page. This fine pistol will sell mid-day, Wednesday, January 20, 2016.  100% of the proceeds of this auction will go to benefit the Light Foundation.

$1290, 45 bids

Valentine Countdown: Love and Marriage, Frank Sinatra

Uploaded by Max Powell.

Under Wraps

 Collected forty years ago up a hollow in Eastern Kentucky...

Serving as the Mailbox Engine for more than twenty years...

Adopted by Gary Bahre in March, 2014, the 8 HP vertical Bessemer engine is up and running, and it is a masterpiece of engine restoration.  Gary let us know that the old Bessemer is running, painted, on a new cart with a cooling tank, and it even has decals like it did a century ago.  The coming-out party will be in March at a secret location, and then photos and videos of this rare engine will be made public.  Watch for it here, and on SmokStak.  Gary will also be submitting an article to Gas Engine Magazine where he will share the difficult restoration process.

Valentine Countdown: Love Ain't Easy!

Video upload by Jonax64....


...And a couple songs from our library.

Running Out Of Dry Wood?

Cut a black oak snag:

Got Snow And Ice? That's Taken Care Of!

Back To The Old Grind!

Valentine Countdown Crankup: Snyder's Got A Little German Gal!

Valentine Countdown: Moonbeam

Nick Lucas, 1927. Uploaded by ccwidget.

Weekend Steam: Boiler Builders

Watch the men handling the rosebud torches.  They handle those with the same respect you show the muzzle of a firearm.  Video uploaded by FixYerDigger.

Art's All In How You See It

Created with none of your tax dollars, and available for viewing only by those who walk the remote byways of rural Illinois, Agrarian Shipwreck symbolizes the futility of small dirt farms, the heartbreak of shattered dreams of sharecroppers, and the misery of starving and poorly clothed farm kids.  An anonymous sculptor created this masterpiece by utilizing an abandoned cultivator, a broken mowing machine, and a farm waif's rusty tricycle.

Or maybe someone cleaned out the machine shed. Admission is free!

Valentine Countdown: Buddy Holly's True Love Ways

Uploaded by CatMan916.

Valentine Countdown: That's Amore! Performed by Dean Martin

Video uploaded by Evie Simons.