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Ok everyone, I have/had been looking around for a bigger/better/more robust lathe for my "retirement shop". Now my "plan" is/was to buy the "big tools" while I am still "working for the Man" and I have been earnestly looking for the "Mac Daddy" lathe. Well I got a little carried away at the...

I have been looking around a little and I have decided to add a DRO to the new "hobby lathe". I found a SINO 2 axis on Aliexpress for about 80-150 bucks. However I was thinking about getting a 3 axis and adapting the 3rd axis to the tailstock somehow. The cost difference between the two and...

Well I "accidentally won" an auction for a "gunsmithing lathe" and had to go pick it up the other day. The ride back to the cottage was "uneventful" but also uneasy. I had it strapped down "good enough" with ratchet straps and 2 chains, but the "top heavy'ness" made the ride back...

As a "city slicker" , I have lived my entire life with "natural gas" heat. Just walk over and push the button, and about 10 seconds later, you hear a "whoosh" as the furnace kicks in. And thats good. But I remember when my grandparents "retired" and moved "up north", they added on a room and...

I have determined that @joesmith123 is actually Hickok45 from Youtube...... They have identical thumbs. and here is Hickok45....

A buddy sent me this, but has nothing to do with my post.....but since I worked in Detroit for a few years it still brings a tear to my eye. Now to the 'meat' of the problem. I just signed up for "Bid Spotter" and OMG, holy Sh$t, as my Grandma used to say, "I am going straight to the poor...

So I am entering my last 5 years of working for "the man". My last day will be Friday November 29th 2030 at 1406. (not that I'm looking forward to it or anything 😂 ) So I have been thinking about my "shop situation". The plan is eventually begin to move my current "Basement shop" up north to...

So from what I can gather there is "supposed to be" a difference between HVAC copper fittings and Plumbing copper fittings. I was talking to the "guy at home Depot" today, and he was like "Oh NO you can't use plumbing fittings on HVAC!! It will blow up, Satan will send the Grim Reaper and...

I have 4 pipe wrenches 2 "up north" and 2 "down south" and I have files coming out of my "Yin Yang" My wife and I went "garage sale'ing" the other day and lots of people are nuts on what they want for "used stuff". Like 100+ dollars for "never used" kitchen faucets that may have missing...

Ok fellas, my AC went out a few days ago. No big deal since it's fall here, but I do want to/will replace it soon. Since the system is ~24 years old, I want to replace the furnace too as a 'matched set". I have decided to take it on myself, but I have a few questions on furnaces. I...

So me and the grandson are prepping a burn barrel and there are some "sharp'ish edges" that I want to take care of. Well someone (On the Langmuir forum I think, but I can't remember who) said that these (new to me) disks are his "go to" disk now. Well I decided to try one, even though they are...

Well today I dedicated myself to learning how to take a HSS blank and turn it into a cutting tool.....I have done an OK'ish job so far, but I was dead set on "mastering it" today........ After about 6 hours I have decided to say.... I have hundreds of these blanks (well a lot of them) and I...

Yes well, today @Yooper posted a picture of a "crossslide" device that you use in conjuction with a dial indicator to make accuate cuts. Well I wanted to see if there was some way to "auto shut off" the cross slide" I could not see anyway to do that, but I saw this "silver knob' that I had not...

First off, I apologize to any Machinist, Weldor, or seasoned Fabricator. What you are about to see is simply “what I know” and I mean no disrespect and do not claim to be a “tradesmen”. (y) (y) 🍸 I’m just a guy that likes tools and metal working; I am in no position to “give advice”, just...

Although it’s not huge deal, I got my first ever “CNC Plasma cutter” project finished, from “soup to nuts”. I decided that the laptop stand I ordered with the machine needed an “upgrade” I am hopelessly addicted to using a mouse, so not having one when working was not going well. So...

I am going to try and get some Federal help through the ADA for my incurable "buy-a-tool-osis". Well a few weeks ago those bastards at Langmuir Systems decided to pull a dirty trick and had a "4 of July sale" and offered $700 bucks off their "Crossfire Pro CNC plasma system." I am only human...

Now listen....I am not preaching, nor will I argue if you think differently than I do about God, but He was watching over me the other day. So there I am watching my grandson, enjoying the day with him. I started teaching him what little I know of the "basics' of DC TIG welding and we have had...

Ok y'all, so there I am "trail blazin" again, and I find a "big gas" pile of dirt. It's about 10' tall and has some decent sized trees growing "in it" The only thing I can think of is that it is the "spoils" from when they dug the crawl space, 18'ish years ago. So I break out the On-X app to...

So there I am just minding my own business trying to get my tire fixed. I needed to get the forward starboard tire on the General Lee "fixed" the other day, so off to the dealer it is. Guy behind the counter says it will be a 'little while". So I say " I'll just look around".........Man I...

So there I am last week doing some "trail blazing" and although its pretty flat, I found an area that "dips" a "wee bit" Nothing like y'all PNW'ers got, but just like an area where I wanted to go and the front would dip down a little, making it "tougher" to work on, but not impossible. Well I...