Recent content by Lil Foot

This thread made me realize that my truck is old, (23+ years) but I'm 48 yrs older than that..... Does that make me ancient, medieval, fossilized? Sigh....

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-dVxKiRCKuU

Found this at a thrift store for $1, great feel, heavy, well made tool, from Titan. For those really tight spaces:

No wrist injury, but I had a similar incident years ago. I was using a 4 1/4" hole saw in a Milwaukee Hole Hawg to cut a hole through siding, felt paper, a 3/4" PT band board, and a 2 x 10. I was using the side handle. Without warning it grabbed and literally picked me off the ground, rotated...

They are geared LOW. The top speed of a standard Sherp ATV is approximately 25 mph (40 km/h) on land. When operating in water, the amphibious vehicle travels at a top speed of about 3.7 to 4 mph (6 km/h). It is engineered for low-speed, high-obstacle terrain rather than fast travel.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BBjN9TRURWw

One of the prizes in this contest is a Kabota. The really stupid part is that the pic has the correct spelling.o_O:ROFLMAO:

Wonder if they make this for tractors? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V7FIsgFR54o

Scored again.... nearby thrift shop does a dollar day sale the last Sunday of the month.... every item is $1, no matter what. Got a solid carbide burr, a 5/16" 5C collet, a 1/2" R8 collet,, a 3/16" R8 collet,, a #3JT R8 arbor, a 1" R8 shell mill arbor, and a 1"-8 thread plug gage. All items...

Great project, great documentation, great wife! One of the toolmakers that I worked with (and learned much from) needed to perform the same operation, the only difference was that the mill he was moving was about 3/4 the size of a Bridgeport. (can't remember the brand) His son was a journeyman...

Welcome aboard!

The wife's uncle had a place in the woods in the UP, nearest town was Escanaba. First time we went there, he stopped at the end of his road to explain where he wanted me to park my fifth wheel. Maybe 1/4 mile down down the road I saw a big, dense cloud of smoke, so I assumed one of his neighbors...

Yep, pretty poor audio.....

Very true! (previously posted) Back in olden times I worked in a production machine shop. We had one particular guy who was not liked by anyone- he started his machine 20 mins before shift, worked 20 mins late at the end of shift, worked through lunch break, spent lots of time sucking up to...