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Illusion Sysytems makes some of the highest quality hunting calls on the market. Over the last ten years they have been studying all species of wildlife in order to give tens of thousands of hunters an edge in the woods with their total tone technology calls. Sit back and enjoy the ride that the Illusion Crew has been riding for nearly a decade.
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Jeff Wade introduces custom calls to the hunting world!!!
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Kern Lasers has released a new laesr system called the Z12 Monument Etcher. This laser system comes with 12″ of clearnace and a rollerbed for easy loading of oversized stones and monuemnts. Etch beautiful designs onto marble, granite, slate, glass and ceramic. The same system will cut a variety of materials. For more information please visit www.kernlasers.com
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I am inheriting a sofa and recliner, and misc. items. The sofa is beige, the recliner is a burgundy color. I have one wall to put the sofa on and I am wondering what effect painting that one wall a darker color than the rest of the room would be. I am planning on going with some neutral colors. I have hard wood floors, and a a large entertainment center of natural wood. It’s a medium wood, not light, not dark. I have a fireplace that is currently painted white. It is brick though, with a painted wood mantle. The opening to the fireplace has a black and glass front. The hearth is black slate. I love black and want to get some tables with wood and black. But the color selection for the walls are driving me crazy. I thought of a mauve, but everything looks so pink. So I am looking at beige’s and browns, but think a darker color behind the couch would help the couch not to get lost in the wall. I hope someone has some advice, as I am one of those that is afraid to use color for fear of using it wrong
play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to help you imagine how the colors will look together. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/
I think "dapper tan" (# 6144) might be a good choice for your accent wall, and then use "cargo pants" (# 7738) for the rest.
You can take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & for $5 they’ll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.
Handmade in Eau Claire Wisconsin. Mero Custom Calls are available on the web at http://www.merocustomcalls.com This call is made from padauk and is slate over glass. I’m using a Padauk striker on the call.
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an aquarium has a square base made of slate costing 8 cents/in squared and 4 glass sides costing 3 cents/in squared. the volume of the aquarium is to be 36000 inches cubed. find the dimensions of the least expensive such aquarium.
Let x be a side of the square base and y the height. Then we have that
Volume = (x^2)* y
So 36000 =(x^2)* y
If we solve for y we get y =36000/(x^2)
Next we create a function C(x) to represent the total cost
C(x) =8*x^2 + 3*4*xy
=8*x^2 + 12 xy
=8*x^2 + 12*(36000/x) Using the equation for y above
= 8*x^2 + 432000/x
Now to minimize the cost we find C’ (x)
C’(x) = 16x – 432000/x^2
Next Let C’(x) = 0 to find the critical points and we get
16x = 432000/x^2
x^3= 27000 so then x = 30
then y = 36000 / (30^2) =40
So the dimensions should be x=30 and y = 40
I’m new to hunting and am getting ready for turkey season coming up here in Illinois. I was looking into slate calls for turkeys and was wondering which brands and types were best. I know that this is a subjective question since every hunter is different and different birds respond to different calls but as fall as quality of product, certain brands are better. So which brand is best known for making durable and reliable products? And any information that could help me decide on the type of call would be helpful. ( i.e. Glass, Slate, Aluminum, and the different wooden sticks)
Get one of each type of material because birds will respond differently to each one and it helps to have more than one call to use. As far as brand goes, there is no best brand. Most manufacturers make quality slate calls because they are pretty simple to produce. I usually test out various calls before I buy them just to check for the sound I prefer. Everyone is different and you will get numerous opinions. It is best to put your hands on a few calls and buy the ones you like. Quality in craftsmanship usually is not an issue because there is not much to fail on a slate call. I would suggest looking into Lohman, MAD, Primos. Also, if you can get your hands on an oddball call, maybe a handmade, then by all means do so. Everyone goes to Walmart to buy calls. They are good calls but everyone has them. Having something the birds haven’t heard before is a big help.
Also get a good box call for those windy days or times you want to call aggressively. Lynch makes great box calls.
One other piece of advice for slate calls. Make sure they do not move around in your pocket too much or you will wear off the scratches you made in them. Your call will not sound good or function properly unless you have scratched the surface good.
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i just got an HHR this weekend…wouldn’t trade it for anything..and besides i think it looks 10X better then a PT crusier
I have about 100-150 white cloud mountain minnow fry in a fish bowl (about 4-5 litres). They are 2 weeks old now and i’m thinking of moving them to a large container (50 litres) until they are 2 months old and big enough to give away. When should I move them to this container and what is the easiest way to. The fish bowl has a floating plant in it and at the bottom lots of glass stones and slate.
The fry are not with the adults now ive already sepreated them the 50 litre container is for them to get bigger in.
I would make sure the water temperature and parameters are the same and just dump them in. Make sure you remove the glass stones and slate first so you don’t accidentally crush one of them. This would be the easiest and least stressful way to transfer the fry.
If there’s no other fish in the 50 liter container then you can put them in there any time you wish.
Does anyone have any suggestions like what material options we might consider to build a really nice in-wall tank for tropical freshwater fish?….like maybe 150-200 gallons
we are planning to build an aqurium into a wall in our home.
I would like to build the tank myself….using a 3/8 in glass front, with slate tile walls, bottom and back. These will be attached to 3/4 ply and backer board, grouted and sealed….perhaps
1. can i use slate?…or will this leeech minerals
2. can i use grout?…same thing?
3. can i use sealer?….i dont want to poison my fish..so sealer may not be necessary…if i silicone the corners and joints with aquarium silicone
This wall is backed by a closet so I will be able to access the tank from the closet. The tank will likey never be moved, but I may consider it as a component that is seperate from the base, or all as one component on wheels
I will build a sturdy frame of 2×4 beneath the tank level like framing a window, but different…..lol
as Jerry mentioned to paint the plywood with marine epoxy paint,….would I do that before attaching the backer board and ’tiles’?…or it that an alternative to using tiles…and just to use painted plywood?
Jerry B, in the the photo album you shared with us in phot # DSC 0042, is that an in-the-wall aquairum?…I noticed the framing around the edge, it seems really nice. …… are all of your tanks in cichlids?
Use marine epoxy paint on the plywood, and only use aquarium silicone (I think 100% silicone sealant will work too)
Test any rocks with vinegar. If it fizzes, don’t use it. If not, just wash it off well.
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Thanks for taking a look. There are actually a few dsc_0042’s I found (oops). None of my tanks are in wall – all are free standing. I think you are looking at the tank that is in this picture: http://www.aquariu.ms/images/main.php?g2_itemId=182
It is a 125G with stand and canopy that I got from glasscages.com.
I have cichlids in all of my tanks, but I would classify all of the tanks as community – with a mix of tetras, swordtails, gourami’s and the like.