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I need the 1st floor plan that shows the path to all exterior exit doors to finally feel safe.

 

I gotta wonder how much of the furniture is still in condition to be used??

Climate controlled storage?

 

I can agree with you 100% Not sure why but your type of power plants seem to be the worst.

From all the outages I have worked on. Think you have bad outside help is treated far worse

 

Spot on it has always been like this.

 

I just pick them out of the food and Coffee and don`t really notice them else where.

 

Generally most outage workers say that we're good people to work with, even been called the nicest.
I should have left my feelings in my vehicle this morning. That way they couldn't get hurt. Nah, it's OK but it just surprised me who it came from.
It just goes to show the truth about a couple of bad apples spoils the whole lot.
Ruined my attitude for the day. See I was going to be productive and get work issue resolved and completed ahead of time.
Now I feel bad typing this, the fact I let another person's actions get me down

 

It happens, it’s okay to vent those feelings. If you hold them in they fester like a zit and pop

 

You also need to remember people for the most around the Northeast are not near as outgoing or friendly as in your part of the country.

Then things change been 30 years since I have been out that way.

 

For the most part everything was decent.

Example:

 

That's pretty much spot on from my experience working at Pilgrim Station in Massachusetts.
People definitely not as outgoing or friendly. And it's hard to explain, because not like they were total jerks or anything but just a little longer to open up and be more friendly. My observation anyway.

 

This reminded me about 10 years ago I was driving back from Alabama I seek out US highways rather then Interstates .

I stopped at this Quicky Mart not sure were it was but the Girl at the counter starts talking I figure she is talking to someone I can`t see.

Around Home unless your a regular they seldom glance from the phone to ring you up.

When I did not see anyone else I said I was sorry I am not used to people being so open and friendly .

If I have one weakness it is Women with the accent from Eastern Tennessee Western North Carolina it was 2 large cups of coffee visit

 

Well.. my two vices are not the same height so the smaller pieces that can't be clamped together will have to wait for a solution.

Larger pieces that can be clamped however, can be worked on. Thanks again @tacotoe for the idea.

Also, a socket on a drill makes for a great power feed when freewheeling back to the other end.

 

They can sound sweet, but also kick your ass!

 

Looking good!

I can feed our biggest mill table 200 inches a minute, not sure if that’s faster or slower than you with the drill

 

Haha way faster than the drill! But the drill sure beats turning the crank 87 revolutions to get back to the starting point!

 

Did that one working weekend to the Co’s time card punch clock with an Allen key & drill. Weekend just few right on by.

 

Looks like we're cooking with fire now!
Good deal, glad I could offer some help. You might look into getting a few different types of clamps. Look for Kant Twist on Amazon, there are also some knock off version that may work fine too.
Sometimes if you can fit a more solid piece of material at the rear vise jaw and front vise jaw and sandwich the work piece(s) is another trick.
That's just very cool your getting it going. Sometimes starting out slower, or lighter cuts until you get a feel for the machine and how big of a bite it will take...you'll do great
Years ago I was new guy at tool and die shop and running this very old but extremely heavy duty horizontal mill with about a 8" diameter shell mill cutter on there. I was taking a hundred thousandths off per pass, this guy come up and told me proper set up on that machine is take as big a bite until the breaker trips then back it off .050"
He was just joking of course but he did show me it would take a larger amount off!

 

I've built frames around woodworking pieces to send through the planer or the drum sander and the sandwich thought has crossed my mind.

The small pieces I've failed on are 1/8 thick and only 3/8 tall so clamps on those would be a real challenge.

My current thought is to make the pieces longer to start off with that will have ends that are sacrificial and can possibly clamp those.

I ran the table from right to left then moved outside the material and dead legged back to the other end and made another pass. Time consuming of course, hence the drill for the dead leg.

My next challenge will be flattening a round object. Clamping in the vise without taking it out of round as it's thin walled.. and avoiding it "catching".

I tried it on the mini lathe but I am still learning that too so it requires more learning.


The pieces today are 1/4 thick that I cut out of a plate and needed to square them up. I did the sides then the ends. Not sure if this was the right way to flush up the ends.



1000 questions and I sure appreciate everyone's help as I learn new things!

 

Yes that is how you would flush up the ends. In this instance you would make the cut with the table feeding away from you...on that side pictured.
I'm not familiar with that machine but wondering if that drill chuck is removable to accept a collet holder for the end mill?