Joe K has done one heck of a bang up job for the Fort. He's restored both mines now in the South Gun Room. The goodies he's asking for are to replicate the...
CALLING ALL HERCULES - - Need all the hands we can get to muster at the bunker on Thurs about 10am to help move that BIG HONKING workbench into the hall.Needs...
Good idea! We will need to remove the electrical outlets on whichever side is down, as they WILL get broken. 10 minutes worth of prep, that's all. So, folks,...
You mean like when I'm there working??? That's ok.. Earl has broad shoulders.. lol I'll bring down an old shop vac and can start vacuming while the rest of...
Enough troops assembled to move the workbench into the hall. Will now be able to roll the bench to the job in any part of the bunker. Thanks to Bob and Cindi...
what needs to be done to the gun mount as far as restoration?? i have sandblaster, sander, all kinds of body shop stuff and paint guns with an hvlp compressor ...
Thanks Rob: Quite a bit of restoration work needs to be done to the gun prior to sand blasting and painting. Still researching the correct color. Will...
Joe, i live about 4 hours away from the fort...well more lke 3 i guess, I'm in Hershey Pa, but am down for all the reenacting events and as long as i have a...
The gun mount does need some help, most of it is in the mount for the barrels themselves. We think we have a guy who can repair that part. Thanks to Fred, we...
John Stripping steel can be done with wire brushes on a drill or grinder. I have a ten inch unit. We stripped out a 44 foot 1927 Pullman parlor car (The...
Not to worry, we take any help we can get. At the moment, I am looking at chemical means to strip the rust. There are GOOD rust removers that can just be hosed...
I just want to say thank you to the crew who have been helping us, including park personnel and Americorps people. We're getting to the point where we're...
a good orbital sander will work as good and faster than sandblasting usually and i have a good one, just need to make sure we have plenty of sanding discs for...
in either case make sure you have a good hepa filter mask, you dont want to inhale lead based paint  and POR 15 as an undercoat will ensure that all rust is...
Actually, much to our surprise, when they did the environmental evaluation of Battery 519, they found no lead paint! No asbestos either. Yep, POR 15 is great...
as long as we can keep things dry in there rustoleum will work fine, but the paint stripping and sanding should either be outside or at least in the blast...
Pulling the doors to do this is a great idea. IT may, however, be a LOT more work than anyone might think. Removing them was my first idea too. Then I looked...
And thanks again, Bob, for your photo documentation of our progress. I need to hit Mike up for the pics they took when this project first started several years...
I am trying to come up with a list of things that need to be done. What I'd like to do, for the Thursday/Friday gigs, is to have one day doing the necessary...
Hi John; I just got ALL of the FMHA messages.  My bad.  I am so used to working on my own business & personal email I flat out forgot to check my yahoo...
pb blaster or a torch to heat up the hinge bolts should work, and need a few strng people and some rope and a dolly to move them around ... From: John Roberts...
No worries, mate! It has been fairly consistent, only because of my schedule. If you want to get together with others you can work on this place anytime you...
Yep! You should, however, take a look at the size of those things first. LOL! I am working on identifying a rust remover we would just spray or mop on, and...
I'd like to personally thank Bob, Joe, Tom, Fred, Mike, Cindy, and anyone else I have forgotten for their efforts this week. We've done a lot on the Flak...
Given how much rust we're dealing with on this project (doors, frames, guns, whatever) I've been doing some research on how to get rid of the stuff. Not being...
My plan is to get the keys and open 519 at 10 am and close at 3 pm. If anyone is interested in working on John's list of tasks, I'll have the place open on...
Fred: Sounds like a plan. John and I were discussing a basic rule for safety in the bunker so would like to issue: General Order 001 - Whenever anyone plans...
1. I realized that any message we post is VERY public, and doesn't require logging in for anyone to see it. So far, no issues, but just keep in mind, if...
