Doing what I have to do to make sure “tick tick tick” doesn’t go “boom!” Looks like I had a bad bushing in the spindle pulley. Simple and cheap fix.
I made a bolt. And it cost me nothing.
I made a bolt. And it cost me nothing. Except for the thousands of dollars I spent on machine tools and welders and the hour to make it. So practically free. 😉
This won’t win me any awards
This won’t win me any awards, but the bed clamp for the South Bend steady rest is done! This journey of learning to be a hobby machinist is so much fun. I’ve watched enough videos of the real deal that I figured I could put some of what I gleaned to use and this is one of those results. If all goes well, I’ll have the video for this posted at my normal time tomorrow at 11:00am Eastern time. I have another on the K&T all ready to go just in case I can’t get it done. It’s amazing how long it can take to whittle 6 hours of footage (12 hours if you count the second camera) into a 20-25 minute video! Fingers crossed! 🤞🏻
Yahtzee! Having some fun in the shop tonight.
I was examining some of the parts of the Bridgeport mill.
I was examining some of the parts of the Bridgeport mill that I have already removed when I noticed this. 😭🤑
I haven’t quite decided if this is where these machines will live permanently.
I haven’t quite decided if this is where these machines will live permanently. But here is where they will be for a while.
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I have all this steel scrap from the closed machine shop a lot better organized
I have all this steel scrap from the closed machine shop a lot better organized than buried in boxes and buckets.
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A machine shop near home closed up shop.
A machine shop near home closed up shop. I happened to score this truck load of steel from the place today. Had to be close to 1,500 pounds. My truck was squatting a bit. I think I have enough material to last the remainder of my days on the planet. Still going through it. I need more shelves. 😳 And then went spelunking at Lee’ Machinery with @foxbergsfabbercobblin looking for tooling. Great way to spend a Saturday but my back is roached!
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The metering block for the Bridgeport mill.
The metering block for the Bridgeport mill. Spent some time cleaning all of these fitting and the main block. To replace this would be over $200 retail. I’d rather clean it.
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The generosity of strangers never ceases to amaze me.
The generosity of strangers never ceases to amaze me. I reached out on a local community Fakebook group to see if my town had any other hobby machinists. Hoping to make a friend or two. Not only did I make a new friend, but since he recently retired, he gifted me some of the tools he still had but no longer needed. Wow. Just wow. Made my day. I am honored to be the new custodian of these tools.
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