tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post6484395558989085864..comments2024-03-10T16:24:19.391-05:00Comments on Budget Machining: Steady RestSTxARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-86665662057578851752021-01-12T12:50:21.763-06:002021-01-12T12:50:21.763-06:00Thanks for stopping by! Yes sir, the old commerci...Thanks for stopping by! Yes sir, the old commercials have more facts than any 10 hour block on tv nowadays. STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-55708305924762313772021-01-12T04:07:47.490-06:002021-01-12T04:07:47.490-06:00Back when i was a kid, the brylcreem commercial wa...Back when i was a kid, the brylcreem commercial was on all the time, it was also a semi form of entertainment. Actually it was more entertaining than the garbage on tv these days.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598268556068863183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-73009096528549996882021-01-05T10:58:52.551-06:002021-01-05T10:58:52.551-06:00I am continually amazed at how mature the technolo...I am continually amazed at how mature the technology is regarding manual metal work. The need of a steady or follow rest... we are running into the same problems and solutions that have existed for over a century. That is really interesting to me. The brilliance of those early guys is impressive. They weren't mental midgets...STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-87682823613735906992021-01-05T10:39:51.284-06:002021-01-05T10:39:51.284-06:00Steady rest for my South Bend lathe is over 100 ye...Steady rest for my South Bend lathe is over 100 years old.G706https://www.blogger.com/profile/03956852055757936068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-27990244679288713602021-01-05T06:32:56.535-06:002021-01-05T06:32:56.535-06:00I find it weirdly interesting that we can remember...I find it weirdly interesting that we can remember the most obscure stuff for decades with just a question. Well done!STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-64821333610802800152021-01-04T21:50:18.838-06:002021-01-04T21:50:18.838-06:00A little dab'll do yaA little dab'll do yaStanley Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196886217657027177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-79790716886791644592021-01-03T18:29:10.955-06:002021-01-03T18:29:10.955-06:00You win the kewpie doll!!
I ordered a part from f...You win the kewpie doll!!<br /><br />I ordered a part from fleabay, and it was busted in shipping. It had insurance, but the post office lady said if I collected, then they had to have the part. I told them I needed the money to source the replacement parts to fix "what they broke". I kept it, wasn't about to let a priceless piece of who knows what get dumped in the trash.<br /><br />One more for the road... I work for a shipping company. They sent me a $25,000 service monitor. Internal shipping doesn't have insurance. When I got it, a complete exhaust system had skewered it, right through the box, into the case. It broke the end off the crt, destroyed most of the boards, and bent the case all up. If they'd drop shipped it, no problem, but someone had to touch it before me. Ha. What a fiasco that was.... <br /><br />That anything makes it safely is a miracle.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-77783729346813427582021-01-03T18:23:20.028-06:002021-01-03T18:23:20.028-06:00Oh man, I'm an odd duck, no doubt. Thanks for...Oh man, I'm an odd duck, no doubt. Thanks for the stop and visit. I like to do things, I'm "industrious" I guess. I also like to do new things, make new stuff, so "creative". I guess those don't normally go together. Which explains a lot...<br /><br />converting back makes sense to me. Trees are replantable, er, renewable. I remember passing a sign in east Texas that said it was the 1 millionth acre replanted by that company. I need to remember to ask for some paper bags next time, that was the last one....STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-58414458531774244502021-01-03T18:17:54.266-06:002021-01-03T18:17:54.266-06:00If I had one of grandma's old Whirlpool porch ...If I had one of grandma's old Whirlpool porch washers, I do it in a heartbeat. Hers was gravity drained. I guess you can grind a valve or a pump too far!!STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-23106421154983709722021-01-03T17:14:03.041-06:002021-01-03T17:14:03.041-06:00"Just a dab'll do ya!"
Yeah, I'm..."Just a dab'll do ya!"<br />Yeah, I'm old.<br />You ought to see the steady rest I got for my mini lathe, it would literally fit on the palm of your hand and is only good to 1 inch OD. This after the first one they sent me literally came out of the box in pieces!<br />How do you manage to break a cast iron piece 3/4's of an inch thick in two inside of a cardboard box without destroying the box too?<br />It was a mystery.<br />They swapped it out with no questions to me but I imagine they had some for the shipping department guy.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-4972164913106242162021-01-03T16:55:03.286-06:002021-01-03T16:55:03.286-06:00I love reading your blog STxAR. Mind you, I have ...I love reading your blog STxAR. Mind you, I have no idea what you are talking about 80% of the time, but love that you do.<br /><br />I do remember paper bags. Oddly enough, some stores have converted back. I save wire hangers when I find them for the same reason.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790083945213725692.post-55508581691822552952021-01-03T16:49:06.450-06:002021-01-03T16:49:06.450-06:00Clean grease rags works too. Back home we had a l...Clean grease rags works too. Back home we had a large canvas sheet that we protected the ways with while grinding on the lathe. When done, shook it out, outside, then into the washer it went. Lord knows what all that grit did to the water pump on the Kenmore washer. Maybe the reason, we had to replace the water pump every third year.....Spartan-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620294744706016199noreply@blogger.com