OH man TJ! That is a bummer, the snow thing.So,Dan-how's the shop project going?
as well as the machining classes?
still have 18" of snow in my yard,cant do anything around here.last year the farmers were seeding by now.
Dang Greg, ya made me look out the window and we are just about ready to start mowing. Think I am gonna have an ugly lawn this summer.Dang TJ I don't know if I could handle that much snow, here in Ga were already mowing grass. I haven't been on the forum much lately I have too many irons in the fire, I had three big projects going at one time. I finished the engine change in my inlaws truck, now my son and I are rebuilding a pontoon boat. We finished redecking it yesterday, this afternoon we plan on doing the carpet. When that is finished I can work more on my project car or my m /b 's, I have a 1950 ford sedan I am restoring.
LOL TJ, was gonna PM ya with the cig butt thing. (I also freed a cold hornet)peppermint or cinnamon for spiders.i think.ok i dont remember at all.
nice to get into the shop and move forward,eh?
i spent the day building a cart for my pellet mill,decided to try running it electric instead of using the tractor pto.
that mill/drill/lathe you have should come in quite handy.
the big thing is,make sure the machine bench is super solid,especially if you plan on running the mill off the ways and using a milling vise.
lots of info for various machines,like mods to improve machining capabilities.
i spent 15 hours in front of my lathe making a hub puller
from a piece salvaged from a scrap pile.
4"od x4" long,bored and threaded for 1-1/8-7 in one end and overbored and threaded 2-3/4-16 in the other.
man,i never imagined the pile of swarf from all that cranking.
Swarf-yup thats what you call it.
my biggest problem is not knowing what i am using,as most of my lathe food is from the scrap pile.
different composition means a learning curve for every piece.