Snowstorm In Minnesota Made Me Gravitate To The Shop...

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Here's a morning project made from scraps. The threaded bolt part of the jack was made
from a junked armature shaft from a burned out electric motor. The bottom part was made
from a piece of run of the mill hot roll material. I found it interesting how nicely the
armature shaft machined. It didn't gall at all and the threads came out just skookum. My guess
is that the armature material is 12L14 or similar material containing a bit of plumbum.
You can see the grooved lines on the top of the bolt part which held the mass of the armature.
I left them as is since the look was OK and saved another knurling operation. It will sit in the
tool box and at some point will be pIMG_0621.JPG ut to use.
 
You're smarter than me. I've been working in snow flurries outside here in central MN.
 
Nice, You stayed warm and put stuff in your tool box that you can use.
 
The snow is pretty but I have seen enough of it for the year, I'm ready for spring now. at any rate MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ATTACH=full]99985[/ATTACH] Here's a photo of my shop out the kitchen window....IMG_0624.JPG
 
KEWL hit'n'miss one lunger engines. Do they run?
 
They are loose and would run with a little bit if effort. I have others that I run regularly. These are
a pair of "gargoyles" placed on the stairway for aesthetic reasons. My favorite engines
are a 5 horse Galloway on a saw rig and a 15 horse Fairbanks Morse Z that I fire up in the
warmer months, especially on the 4th of July. The Z has a large muffler that lets off some
good reports..... L O U D !!
 
holy cow, you're still getting snow?! I'm sitting in my hammock in shorts and t-shirt in Eastern WA!

nice jack too :)
 
Ha while your in shorts I'm out sweating mowing the lawn. I like snow but we never get much here. So maybe that's why I like it
 
I keep wishing for snow here, But it seems every time it snows here, I'm somewhere else, and people pester me with pictures of my car, lawn etc with snow on them. Other problem is the longest it last is about a day then it is all gone.
 
I keep wishing for snow here, But it seems every time it snows here, I'm somewhere else, and people pester me with pictures of my car, lawn etc with snow on them. Other problem is the longest it last is about a day then it is all gone.
 
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