Accuracy is fun

[Janderso]

Remember when you couldn’t hit your goal to save your life?
A good friend is restoring a 1967 Ford Bronco. I mean from the frame up.
He asked me if I could make him a transfer case linkage bushing.
I said, be glad to.
We decided what we needed.
I’m using scrap tie rod end material. Keeping it Ford all the way.
I hit my numbers. That’s the fun part.

 

[C-Bag]

Accuracy is definitely fun, but just making parts I could only dream about before is priceless.

 

[mmcmdl]

Fun in the neighbor hood . I had some today . Rescued a Bobcat with my little Bota . Alls well .

 

[Ulma Doctor]

nice work Jeff!

 

[mikey]

You did a really good job on that part, Jeff!

 

[DavidR8]

On the money Jeff!

 

[Winegrower]

I’ve been on a kick to try to hit dimensions exactly, too, even when it’s completely unnecessary. It’s a great learning experience to miss a dimension and then work backward to see how the miss happened. And still surprising when it works.

Joe Pie has a great video where he makes a run of parts with a seemingly reasonable setup, has wild variances, then shows why the setup failed. That was very instructive for me.

 

[davidpbest]

 

[Aukai]

My friend with an auto repair shop called, his employee lost a bushing for an idler belt tensioner. PFFFT done, tapered step, and all, yeah we're good Jeff.... Not me but I'm able to help if I can

 

[mikey]

I’ve been on a kick to try to hit dimensions exactly, too, even when it’s completely unnecessary. It’s a great learning experience to miss a dimension and then work backward to see how the miss happened. And still surprising when it works.

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