Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Lets discuss our CNC Plasma cutters.
Here’s my CNC work. Not plasma, but a man has to start with what what he knows.

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Kongresshalle (Hall of records), upper left and Zeppelin Field behind the "Lake" (top center).

The lake is actually man made. Hitler ordered it dug as the foundation for a 100,000 person Olympic Stadium that he wanted built. Hitler wanted the Olympics to be always held in Nuremberg (or, at least Germany) for a thousand years, he didn't want them held in any other country.

Construction ceased on the stadium at some point when it became apparent that the Nazi's were going to lose the war. Once that happened, the abandoned excavation filled up with water and resulted in what is now the lake.

I was taken to Zeppelin field (to tour) by two of my German counterparts in the company I worked for. They explained to me that every German child had/has to have at least one year of anti-Nazi "education" while in grade school. Essentially, it was intended to shame every child so badly that they would never entertain the idea of Naziism/Fascism again. I felt really bad for the two of them. They were really, really great people. (One guy, one Gal, both early thirties. You could see the shame on their faces). They were 5 generations removed from that terrible period in history, but yet were shamed and humiliated for the simple crime of just being German.

Zeppelin field is in various states of disrepair. It appears that sometimes, the area right in front of the podium is used for auto racing events. It was an odd feeling to stand on the podium, knowing what kind of evil had stood there before you, then looking down in front and seeing "donuts" on the pavement from auto racing.
 
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What caused that trail? Fake?
I saw trails like this through the spotty when my partner was shooting in cold weather when the temperature was very close to the dewpoint. We were using normal 7.62x51 ammo and shooting 600-1000 yds. It was during a class with FARGO, whom I haven't seen here for a long time. He said he'd seen it before in similar conditions.
 
I saw trails like this through the spotty when my partner was shooting in cold weather when the temperature was very close to the dewpoint. We were using normal 7.62x51 ammo and shooting 600-1000 yds. It was during a class with FARGO, whom I haven't seen here for a long time. He said he'd seen it before in similar conditions.

When I was competing it was called trace. A good spotter could call the shot and verify when the target came back up.
 
What caused that trail? Fake?
No idea about that one but it happens once in a great while. When I was in HS, my buddy had a 25-06, I had a 30-06. We were on our way to evening hunt deer driving on a gravel county road. He said to stop and back up slow, I did. He got his rifle ready out the window. On that side of the road was a wheat stubble field. As we rolled along, he shot a coyote standing the squashed down place where the combine had flattened the stubble. It looked like a lightning bolt hit that coyote right between the eyes. We sorta looked at each other and got out and shot most of our ammo at different shit! HAHA
Vapor trail.
I've only had it happen a few times in 50 years.