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What’s the next best thing to visiting Keith Rucker’s shop in Georgia or Clarke

What’s the next best thing to visiting Keith Rucker’s shop in Georgia or Clarke Easterling’s foundry in Mississippi? Getting Keith and Clark to visit MY shop in Ohio!

What an honor it was to have @vintagemachinery and @clarkeeasterling67 stop by. They were passing through the Cleveland area and I was able to arrange a tour for them of the @midwestrailwaypreservation down at the old B&O roundhouse. While they were here, they accepted my invitation to see my small shop and how Keith has been an inspiration to me on my journey to being a machinist. I cannot thank them enough!

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Using the Arccaptain MIG 145P to learn how to weld

Arccaptain asked me if I would check out this MIG 145P flux core MIG welder for them. I used it to teach one of my best friends what I could about welding with it. I am not a welding instructor, just another idiot on YouTube. Chris got to take this welder, a TIG torch and a welding helmet home, courtesy of Arccaptain.

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Machining a Backplate for a 6-Jaw Chuck for my 1942 South Bend Lathe – Part 2

The shop has acquired a Buck Chuck, 6 inch, 6-jaw chuck that has a back plate for the 1960 South Bend Lathe. I would like to use this on the 1942 South Bend, but that will require a different back plate as the spindle nose threads are different. These aren’t available commercially, so I have no alternative than to make one.

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New Machine Day! K. O. Lee Tool & Cutter Grinder

I have had my eye out for a tool and cutter grinder for some time now. But since I like to keep costs to a minimum, the ones I have seen on Fakebook and places are just more than I want to spend. Plus, I need one that will fit in a small space. I kick myself to this day for passing on a nice Brown and Sharp that was at a local auction. When I saw this one come up, I managed to be the winning bidder. It’s going to sit for a while until I can get to it, but it’s here when I am ready to get it prepped for me to learn how to use it.

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Machining a Backplate for a 6-Jaw Chuck for my 1942 South Bend Lathe – Part 1

The shop has acquired a Buck Chuck, 6 inch, 6-jaw chuck that has a back plate for the 1960 South Bend Lathe. I would like to use this on the 1942 South Bend, but that will require a different back plate as the spindle nose threads are different. These aren’t available commercially, so I have no alternative than to make one.

During the process of machining the back plate, I would need something to measure the progress of the internal threads, so I thread gauge is necessary and I will also need to make one of those!

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Installing Tire Clearance Plates on a Jeep JK using the Bestarc BTC500DP Plasma Cutter

My friend Mike has 39″ tires on his Jeep. And they are GREAT for using it off road. However, because the tires are so much wider and bigger, when he turns the wheels all the way to the left or to the right, they rub on the inside of the Jeep’s frame. So we are going to use the opportunity to test out the Bestarc BTC500DP Plasma Cutter that was sent to me by Bestarc to notch out the inside of this frame and then to weld in new plates that will allow his tires to clear.

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