2016 POTD Thread Archive

[David VanNorman]

Nice collet rack . God bless you Mark.

 

[Charles Spencer]

just sliced my toe open.

Really? That doesn't sound very good.

 

[TOOLMASTER]

Really? That doesn't sound very good.

IT'S NOT..yet another leak....still healing from a couple toes that i lost 2 years ago...

 

[f350ca]

Your right Tony, the two don't mix, when I built this shop the ground floor machine shop is totally sealed from the cabinet shop above, don't even have an inside stairway between them. Between the two I supplement my income, in this area there's some machine work but probably could drum up more furniture business. I dry my lumber in an open front shed. Softwood will dry in about a year hardwoods 2 to 3. Great selling point when you can show clients their future furniture in a pile of rough lumber beside the mill that cut it.

Greg

 

[NCjeeper]

Gas gauge reads empty but the tank is full. Well there is the problem. Float doesn't want to float. Look closely you can see it is filled with gas.

 

[Ironken]

I boogered together a machine tool cart out of a Horrible Freight cart. My machine tools are kinda sparse yet.....I'm still collecting.

 

[rock_breaker]

Had a float like that in one of the three carbs on my outboard really created a problem at Lake Powel. Got towed into Halls Crossing the problem ended the fun, would like to go back.

 

[DoogieB]

I needed gaskets out of some PTFE gasket material. The material works great for this application, but it's gummy stuff that's best cut with punches. I have a nice Matco punch set, but I need one size larger than the largest punch.

A few years ago, I had to spend a long time getting just one somewhat adequate gasket cut with a modeler's knife and a circle cutter. I also made quite a few duds. Fast-forward a few years, now it's just easier to make the punch I need on the lathe. The first gasket made was a winner.

Having machinery is so liberating!

 

[Rick Berk]

Gas gauge reads empty but the tank is full. Well there is the problem. Float doesn't want to float. Look closely you can see it is filled with gas.

 

[Rick Berk]

Remember then floats were copper, 70 plus years and still going, I had a 1909 THOR motorcycle that had a stainless steel float in the card, remember plastic is for child toys only.