Shop Time w/T.W. Friends. Deleted your text. What was it you wanted again?

Shop pictures of key way cutter. Chomper I call it. There's a picture of the largest bar and max capacity 1" on the table. Below you can see how it works. Kind of like a connecting rod on a crankshaft.

 

had? Had?! HAD?!?!

 

I wanna come work for you, you've got some fun machinesin that shop. I'm somewhat clean, I kinda keep machines in ok working order, I can read at above 5th grade, pass a drug test if I have 6 months notice, show up to work every day, usually sometime in the morning, but most certainly by afternoon, I can think for myself, prints don't tell me what to do. So what ya think? Am I hired?

But seriously though, we just passed through Nebraska going up to Wyoming. I hadn't thought much of it before, but you've got a nice state up there. most importantly, other than the DB that stole my CC number, lots of nice folks. Seems like a nice place to live.

 

Yes unfortunately as the offer was to good to turn down.

 

Still a nope for me

 

Your hired! Few thoughts; people that come from all over the U.S. comment on how nice people are here and one of their favorite places to work a outage because of it.
I put together a bunch of basic machinist questions with a note telling the people doing the interviews that don't know that answer is acceptable. The superintendent said that out of numerous applicants it looked like 2 had some experience, then asked me how is a CNC person different. I kind of had to explain then the 3 levels of CNC operator.
But you nailed a few of key items for me, somewhat clean and machines in working order.
I feel like just give me someone with good mechanical ability, a willingness or desire to learn and capable of following directions and that's something I can work with. The old manual machine operator person is getting more rare by the day.
Thank you for the compliment and sorry about your CC. Come through this way again PM me!

 

Yeah, thought I better not mention the coworkers that now is now SBC powered.

 

SBC?

 

Small block Chevy

 

I know all the "good" reasons people put SBC in things -- I just don't want to do what other people do, I have a bright orange truck after all...

The kid I got the Wisconsin engines from had a 6V53 Detroit with a ten speed to sell -- if there had been a handy U-Haul trailer dealer that probably would have ended up in the garage.

Now that would be a repower!

 

Gotta love a two stroke... those have such a great sound!

 

In my current position I deal with the local manufacturing companies, specifically plant managers/ foreman and HR. without outright saying what I do, I help provide/develop those talents. But not at the um.... sub par level i stated lol.

I defiantly will. On our way to Wyoming we passed in the night. Headed back home we were passing through during the day, but only really stopped at a nice little park in ogallala to let the dogs stretch their legs and grab a bite to eat.

 

Until shortly after buying my 2017 AC Sport, I hadn't seen a Inferno color. They look so much better than any picture could do justice.
Yeah on the whole SBC swap, they can be very reliable or at least extremely easy to fix or repair, but take a fine example of the one pictured earlier today, I sure wouldn't be the one to molest that beauty.
The guy at work who own one put it together from used, abused, and neglected donor's.

 

Inferno is an odd color, depending on the light it can be all sorts of colors from bright to soft, orange or red.

It was actually Blazing Blue that got me to look at the Tacoma. I never paid any attention new stuff, just had cheap old clunkers & wheezers, took care of them and they did fine.

Day 1) I drove past the dealer (in my $1200 daily van) saw a BBP and thought "cool color".
Day 2) "That is kind of a cool looking truck".
Day 3) "That is bad ass, I'll just stop to look."

So I'm blown away - air conditioning, CD player, electric windows, cloth buckets, all this nice stuff -- it was an SR5.
I truly had no idea modern trucks were so fancy. Hell, I remember when a back bumper was optional and the "standard" transmission was a 3 speed on the wheel.

Then I started reading, discovered Inferno, discovered this forum -- most expensive mistake of all -- and the rest as they say is history.

 

I love that share! Thanks rusty. The guy who I originally worked with at my current job was telling me his dad was super Penny pincher and wouldn't even splurge on a radio in his new truck way back when. Instead he used a cheap dinosaur transistor radio that those gas stations gave away with ten free fill ups or something. Oh, then complain all the time because it didn't work for squat

 

Hmm, were those gas stations called Dino? I think there's still a couple around here but I've never stopped. Big green dinosaur

 

Sinclair

 

Yes! Thanks.
By the way, the first new truck we bought my wife caught both of our eyes the same way.
1999 Ford Ranger Step Side 4x4 access cab 5spd manual.
Jalapeno Green. We went from that to double cab TRD offroad because little ones come along.

 

When I got the ($1200) daily van the air conditioner didn't work (naturally) and the stereo was crap.

Fixing an AC that hasn't worked for years is a gamble at best.

I will probably run this thing 10 years so I decided to actually put a "system" in it. Dynamat in the doors and quarters, Alpine head unit with their plug in power pack amp (45 watts RMS x 4) Kicker and Rockford Fosgate speakers -- I spent more than half the cost of the van