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Monday, I put the homemade cab on the BX and cleaned the windows. I just need to cover the radiator screen under the dash and remove the covers below the battery.

Nicely done! My wife wouldn’t have been as understanding if I said “Now hear me through….” Lol I’m glad I didn’t have to go through any of that with my machines. When I got my mill, I borrowed a neighbor’s old Allis Chalmers rough terrain forklift to pick it off my trailer and set it in my...

Used the pallet forks and a skid to move the deck furniture to the barn for winter. The battery was dead, so I had to jump it. I moved the tractor to the garage and hooked it to the battery charger/ maintainer when I was done. It’s quite the game of Tetris to fit all of the deck and patio...

I built side boards for my 18’ car trailer to haul loose materials. I’ve hauled several loads of gravel, sand, busted up concrete, etc. I screw down plywood to keep materials from falling through the gaps in the boards. I block up the tail of the trailer and drive the tractor up the ramps and...

I do tend to over complicate designs but in this case I went simple-but-effective. A 3/8” chain fits in fine. I wanted them out of the way for my homemade forks that hang over the top lip of the bucket.

I went the cheap route and bolted on some weld-on hooks to the sides of the bucket with 3/8” bolts.

I had thought about welding some stops onto the stick as well. It would definitely have fixed the sliding issue. The modifications I made to the thumb were posted here. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/kubota-bx24-mechanical-thumb-bolt-position-question.41332/

I had one of the cheap universal fit (Titan) manual thumbs on my BX24 for a while. It took quite a bit of modification to make it fit, clear the bucket curl cylinder, and stop it from sliding on the stick. I got tired of fighting with it and ended up making a hydraulic thumb.

Few pics of the northern lights on Thursday night. They were slightly visible with the naked eye and my phone camera picked them up great.

Add a 2” receiver and it becomes much more useful. I simply welded a receiver tube to mine but there are companies that make bolt-on replacement pieces.

Not to brag, but I hit Powerball for $8 on Wednesday. I’ve stopped answering the phone and knocks on the door to try and keep it all for myself. Lol I did win a couple of 50/50 drawings at work for a friend named Denny, that was diagnosed with cancer. I didn’t keep one cent for myself and gave...

We have that same Nardini lathe at work. It’s a solid machine. It will cut Inch and Metric threads but I believe it requires a gearing change. I’ve only cut threads on it a time or two. My only gripe with it is that the chip pan slides out the back so you need sufficient room behind it to empty...

I had been looking casually for a Bridgeport mill for several years. I got serious at the end of last year and found a Taiwan built Willis mill. It’s built heavier than a Bridgeport and has a larger table with more travel in X and Y axis. Willis is in Toledo, Ohio and they stock replacement...

To be honest, I don’t even use it. I don’t have any rear implements that I need to set to a specific repeatable height. I only made it to see if it would work.

I added a 3 point height indicator to my BX24. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/bx-3-point-height-indicator.53079/

Picked up a few things at a swap meet yesterday: 6” Kurt vise for the mill, Starrett 0-6” blade depth mics, 5C collets, Jacobs No3 17/32” drill chuck, and a $5 tackle box full of tools. Inside the box, I found a nice set of Craftsman small hole gages and some old sockets and wrenches, some of...

Mill part stop. Made a couple improvements to my Hardinge lathe. Made rubber way wipers and a hinged cover over the cross slide ways.

Added a cabinet to my mill and re-wired the variable frequency drive. Added a digital readout to the quill and made a new collet rack. Have been making tools. Tap guide block. Indicator stand with fine adjust. Screw jacks with risers. Indicator holder for mill spindle. Spring...

The weather radar flipped me the bird this afternoon.