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Old proverb: "Make haste slowly."

earlgo wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:45 pm … is fun to watch, so the owner says.
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That's something I enjoy. It's relaxing in this age of rush-rush.

Many years ago I visited an old machine shop in town that still had remnants of the overhead line shafting in the rafters. They had a big shaper about the size of the one in the video. I asked the old machinist if they ever used it. He said not often but there were some things that just couldn't be ...

Well their phone number is listed on the website. Just call them up.

JD Johnson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:33 pm One of the fun parts was making the wing nut for the bezel closer. 0-080 Thread size.

Looks terrific. One of the most fun things is to try to figure out how to make something like that and then make it happen.

I don't have time to watch the video but the death of our hobby has been predicted for some 20 years or more yet the crowd at Train Mountain's triennials continues, and at the last spring meet at Sacramento all the sidings and camping spots were booked well in advance.

I probably do have it, I just can't find it! Of course. And as soon as you buy one you'll find the other one. See my story about that here: https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=112868 And to add to that story, I followed up by losing my wire strippers. Made a special trip to the har...

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:11 am I am not going to have it.....

Congratulations on your first step toward recovery.

But you're not going to have it.

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:51 pm Sounds like a small, under supplied shop

Only 100# of brass..

You’re not going to have it. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve got. You’re not going to have it. You have 77 end mills. You know this because you actually took the time to count them. Two flute, four flute, single end, double end. Carbide, HSS. Center cutting, ball end, new and re-sharps. But you ne...