The Thrifty Rocketeer

 The Thrifty Rocketeer blog continues... We've all been there. You're getting ready to paint the finish coat on your rocket, when you pick up the rattle can, only to discover that the nozzle is clogged.  No matter how you push or twist, poke or scrape, the paint has clogged the opening and there's just no way to get that can to spray. Most of us would just move on, and pick up a new can of spray paint at our nearby store. But not all of us have the option.  Either:  the paint is no longer being produced..  the store is too far away...   we've run out of time...  the color won't match... Sometimes we've taken an Exacto knife and scraped away at the pile of paint that is clogging the pinprick hole in the nozzle with minimal success. Some of us have taken the plastic nozzle off and soaked it in turpentine, hoping that it will loosen it. And some of us have pried at the pin hole with a needle or pin, trying to get it to open, if only for a few brief shots. But the b

 The Thrifty Rocketeer blog continues... You know, inspiration for these blog entries come from all over. Like today, while out mowing the launch circle we affectionately call our "crop circle", I looked up at an adjacent woods and wondered where the missing chute and nosecone from a late fall recovery could be.  And there it was... high up in the tree. Deciding to post about it on our club website, I did a simple google search for "Model Rocket in Tree" and came up with several photos of various rockets.  Little did I know that they were all from the same amusing blog entry. I'm not kidding. Someone had made a blog entry about this problem in the same humorous vein that I would have. And it's charming! Since I'm not one for stealing another's work without credit, let me just link you to his blog " RobotRoom.com"  with a caveat that his typical post is about electronics, robots and machining.  And so this is quite out of left field, and VER