Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Good thing I haven't gotten taught how to program the lathe yet. Customer just came in with a piece with acme thread on the inside, fine thread on the outside and said they need it ASAP and money was no object. Oh, the acme thread is left hand. I said I'll tell the boss when he gets back

 

FUCK YA FRIDAY!!

 

Well the left handed acme thread shouldn't be a problem since it's a brass piece being threaded.



https://a.co/d/csZ4Eh4

 

Thank you.

 

So I did a thing.
I recently added another service to my bowling ball repair hobby.
Identification dots to make bowlers with the same balls be able to tell which is theirs.
So I bought a drill press.



The process begins with drilling a exact center depression in the ball





Angle drilling to help secure the dot to the ball



Coloring the epoxy and filling the hole



Curvature sanding and reconditioning the ball



Now I know there are two people that has the same balls as I do.
Now I’ll be able to find mine.
Holes are exactly round and not oblong because of drilling a round object

 

Never mind on that tap, 2 week lead time. Ain't gonna work.

 

Love it! That’s exactly the kind of desk/table I’m looking for.

 

Alrighty crew, got a call last night from a nice young lady from the plant. Asking how we were doing and making sure we had everything we needed.
As y'all know we've been good all this time.
But this morning I got a call from HR . Giving me the lowdown on my benefits which supposedly kick in on 11/1/24.
This morning I got a text message from work explaining that we are going to get paid for another 2 weeks, but asking for volunteers to come in starting next Monday on 12 hr shifts to start cleaning and getting ready to start up production. I sent in I am ready to start!.
After the initial 2 weeks of cleaning others will need to sign up for DUA with the state for unemployment. I gotta keep my foot in the door only worked there 3 weeks. I should be able to do 12 hr shifts, gonna be tired but who cares after we get back open it'll be a walk in the park.
Waiting on the guy to call me and let me know my truck is ready too.
Been a busy week with food pantry and all. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

Great news! How far is the plant from your house?

 

I'm a little sus.

 

410, 420 and 440 are all magnetic as you know

 

I'm guessing there only needs to be a minute amount of nickel to classify it as stainless steel. I tested the magnetic pull on some plain old hi carbon steel and the old "butt" dyno couldn't tell the difference.

 

It's likely mislabeled as you initially stated

 

Not only a great idea but a nice job too!


Looks like your new vocation is rolling right along nicely.

 

Another day working on the GMC.



Here are some bits I pulled off for the prize dumpster warehouse.



^^^^^
How appropriate the pail originally held cat litter.

(Yet) Another pile of quality General Motors rust protection on the floor, I have filled 2 pails so far.



The rocker panel area does have a bunch of plastic plugs that could be pulled out and Fluid Film, etc applied -- if someone had done that we wouldn't be here now...

 

Man o man I cant wait for @six5crèéd to pick that stuff up!! Thanks Rusty!!!

 

Always thinking for the betterment of the group.

Having @six5crèéd pick this up will save a lot of shipping and it only about 500 miles for him...

Spoiler

...one way...

 

"Fits" is relative...



Just like always, the solution is a bigger garage.

 

18 miles but it's not a bad drive at least it wasn't I haven't driven it since the storms. Guess I'll find out.
Just got the truck back from the shop 2 front axles and steering rack. Now I can drive to work on Monday.

 

So we had a fire drill today
Shift is 6 am to 2:45 pm
the drill was around 2:10~2:15 pm and cleared around 2:25~2:30 pm
so we had to go back in for 15ish minutes
I have mention I work in an ISO 5 cleanroom and ICE we don't degrown to evacuate
So we blow though 180 sets of gowns and booties instead of the normal 90 at the end of a week
but I digress