What Did You Buy Today?

[ChazzC]

Best wishes on the shoulder. I've had both cut on, one rotator cuff, one torn tendon. In my experience, don't rush recovery. It will just take the time it takes.

Thanks; just had my Pre-OP visit, so in 14 days I'll be home with some Titanium.

And don't worry about me rushing the recovery: I guy I worked for 20 years ago had a knee replacement – two days after he was back to work he started hobbling across the parking lot, up the steps and out on the factory floor; two days later he stoped using the crutch; then he was off work for a week. At what this is going to cost (not me, fortunately [other than paying for my Medicare Supplement]), I'm going to follow instructions.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

Thanks; just had my Pre-OP visit, so in 14 days I'll be home with some Titanium.

And don't worry about me rushing the recovery: I guy I worked for 20 years ago had a knee replacement – two days after he was back to work he started hobbling across the parking lot, up the steps and out on the factory floor; two days later he stoped using the crutch; then he was off work for a week. At what this is going to cost (not me, fortunately [other than paying for my Medicare Supplement]), I'm going to follow instructions.

I use to be rough and tough until I figured out that not taking care of myself lead to greater discomfort. Why you are recovering we look forward to shared wisdom and hope for your full recovery.

 

[682bear]

My lathe's spindle nose and face is <=0.0001". How's yours?

Check the forcing cone in the Jacobs chuck to verify everything in the assembly is true to the spindle as a sanity check, and clean the collets of any rust or buildup if you haven't already. I routinely get less than .0005 runout with the setup, usually less.

Everything has been cleaned, double cleaned, and re-checked to ensure it is clean...

I just ran an indicator on the taper inside the chuck where the collets seat... and it showed 0.0005" runout...

I dismounted the chuck and put the indicator on the spindle nose... it also showed 0.0005"...

I cleaned the spindle nose on the other lathe (it's a parts donor machine) and mounted the chuck... it's showing 0.0025"... so it likely also needs some attention.

-Bear

 

[woodchucker]

Thanks; just had my Pre-OP visit, so in 14 days I'll be home with some Titanium.

And don't worry about me rushing the recovery: I guy I worked for 20 years ago had a knee replacement – two days after he was back to work he started hobbling across the parking lot, up the steps and out on the factory floor; two days later he stoped using the crutch; then he was off work for a week. At what this is going to cost (not me, fortunately [other than paying for my Medicare Supplement]), I'm going to follow instructions.

I thought you had the surgery already. Good luck.

 

[yota]

I've purchased a Jacobs rubberflex chuck and a set of collets for my old Hendey gearhead lathe. I mounted it and chucked up a .500 guage pin and checked the runout... it was 0.003"...

I dismounted the chuck and inspected the taper inside the back and the taper on the spindle nose (L1 taper)... the chuck looked good, but the spindle had some dings in it. I lightly stoned the spindle taper to remove any high metal, then re-mounted the chuck... that brought the runout down to 0.0009"...

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Is 0.0009" typical of these rubberflex chucks? It's probably close enough for what I do...

-Bear

I've read good things about these sets. they must have used real rubber and not the junk they call rubber these days for it to still be good after all these decades.

 

[yota]

about a year ago my probably 15-year-old Ryobi rotary tool finally bit the dust. of course, I went and bought a brand new Dremel set to replace it. low and behold, last week the variable speed switch on my less than 1 year old Dremel tool became a one speed (wide open). didn't even get a year out of the POS. so, I ordered this set. the tool is made in Luxembourg, the accessories are made in Germany (according to the packaging). hoping for better luck with this one. I've had a tiny Proxxon metal cutting bandsaw for about 10 years and it's been flawless.

I do have a Foredom FlexShaft on the bench but having a standard rotary tool is nice when you want to grind outside or the item you're working on is too big to go on the bench.

 

[682bear]

My wife has been wanting to rearrange the living room so I decided to invest in some higher quality furniture dollies to save my back...







...that's 16,000 pounds of furniture carrying capacity...

That will probably move our couch... maybe even with me laying on it!

-Bear

 

[mmcmdl]

My wife has been wanting to rearrange the living room so I decided to invest in some higher quality furniture dollies to save my back...

I sold my set on Fleapay . Got some darn good money for them .

 

[yota]

My wife has been wanting to rearrange the living room so I decided to invest in some higher quality furniture dollies to save my back...

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...that's 16,000 pounds of furniture carrying capacity...

That will probably move our couch... maybe even with me laying on it!

-Bear

ha, ha.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

My wife has been wanting to rearrange the living room so I decided to invest in some higher quality furniture dollies to save my back...

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...that's 16,000 pounds of furniture carrying capacity...

That will probably move our couch... maybe even with me laying on it!

-Bear

LOL, yeah and all your friends on it as well...