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Sometimes, impatience breeds ingenuity.

Sometimes, impatience breeds ingenuity. I wanted the mill out of the garage and into the shop. I had offers to help from @tjpowellnet, but I spent some time after work today and made an anchor point for the snatch block for the winch line. Used the wireless remote on my @theoriginalsmittybilt winch on the Jeep to slowly inch it into the shop, moving the pipes it’s rolling on as I go. Took me less than 30 minutes to move it into place. Not sure if the mill will stay in this spot or not.
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Work continues on the 1941 South Bend lathe.

Work continues on the 1941 South Bend lathe. I’ve cleaned up the motor housing, the chip pan and the bed and can start putting those pieces back together. The badge on the bed was painted over. I would liked to have restored it to the factory red and black colors, with just the letters staying brass, but it would have been very difficult. I decided for these, I was just going to leave it as is.⁠
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