Sam Adams
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I found this gem today: http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/wood115.html
If anyone has any suggestions for improvements, sources of supply for some of the products used in the article, or can identify the rust preventative oil used, please chime in. After all, with the Obamessiah about to enter office, many more people may be doing what the guy in the article did 15 years ago. I'd hate to see anyone dig up their property in 10 or 15 years and find a bunch of rusted junk.
My first suggestion for an improvement (not my idea, I saw it elsewhere on the web): Attach some rope to the tube's top, so that it can be easily lifted out. Put the tube containing the gun, ammo, etc. inside a larger tube. Close the larger tube (8" diameter in this case) with a simple screw-top cap. That way, once you've located the package, all you need to do is unscrew the cap and lift out the smaller tube. This has 2 advantages: first, one additional tube to resist moisture and any potential crushing forces; second, once you've found your package, getting it out is very, very easy (and quick, which may possibly be a concern).
Second suggestion: Eezox to coat the metal parts. Every single test off rust preventatives that I've seen on the web shows it to be an amazingly effective substance all by itself (which must, of course, be back up by several other layers of protection to ensure successful protection against rust).
Have at it.
If anyone has any suggestions for improvements, sources of supply for some of the products used in the article, or can identify the rust preventative oil used, please chime in. After all, with the Obamessiah about to enter office, many more people may be doing what the guy in the article did 15 years ago. I'd hate to see anyone dig up their property in 10 or 15 years and find a bunch of rusted junk.
My first suggestion for an improvement (not my idea, I saw it elsewhere on the web): Attach some rope to the tube's top, so that it can be easily lifted out. Put the tube containing the gun, ammo, etc. inside a larger tube. Close the larger tube (8" diameter in this case) with a simple screw-top cap. That way, once you've located the package, all you need to do is unscrew the cap and lift out the smaller tube. This has 2 advantages: first, one additional tube to resist moisture and any potential crushing forces; second, once you've found your package, getting it out is very, very easy (and quick, which may possibly be a concern).
Second suggestion: Eezox to coat the metal parts. Every single test off rust preventatives that I've seen on the web shows it to be an amazingly effective substance all by itself (which must, of course, be back up by several other layers of protection to ensure successful protection against rust).
Have at it.