Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Sadie just came in with his safety goggles on

 

Backhoe repair

 

There's a mini CNC mill for sale over in the Colorado BST thread!

 

Looks like we'll all be paying a significant amount more at the pumps this year. $3.65 a gallon two days ago. I filled both Tacomas up with no ethanol premium. I don't always use that but my truck going to sit for 5 - 6 weeks.

 

That's where our stimmies will go. This years extra gas costs...

 

They're very handy; we have a lot of Doug Fir, Hemlock and Alder around here, so I do a lot of spiral pruning for both my place and the elderly neighbour. One of those skills and tool-kits that the average bear doesn't have (Oh... wait, of course they don't... there's no "app" for it).

 

I pay taxes, just figured it should be an option ?? ​

 

Lol kinky

 

Knurling can be a pain, I prefer the scissor type, they're much easier on the bearings. One thing to consider is the TPI/diameter, there's arguments against and for using the "proper" tpi for a given diameter. I'm no expert, but can usually get decent results, just need a very ridged set up.

 

And hope everything goes well with your wife! Thoughts and prayers coming your way.

 

So the way I've done it is, the knurler clamps the workpiece and then you engage the leadscrew on the lathe and it moves the carriage along with that. Then you re-engage at the start and tighten the knurler if you need a deeper finish. Getting it back to zero is easier with a travel indicator. You might actually be able to just reverse the leadscrew and run it back to zero. It's been a while...

 

That would look a whole lot cooler in my garage, just sayin'

 

If you lived closer we’d sure hang it there

 

I talked to the guy in this picture this evening. He and his friend won the local tournament Saturday with these 5 fish. He said they had 21 lbs something. I said what did 2nd place have? He said 11 lbs something less

 

SAM

 

You sank my snoopy plane

 

The Red Baron

 

Black when cartoons were good(ish).