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  • Have you oiled your lathe today?

    Just checking...I did mine.
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  • #2
    That must be handy to have; I'll bet it lasts forever with good care and lubrication.
    -dulcich

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    • #3
      nope, only every time I use it today was pickup Corvette parts day.
      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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      • #4
        No but I have replaced all of the brake lines under a '68 C50 in the last two days.

        Lathes are cool.
        That which you manifest is before you.

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        • #5
          Didnt do the lathe, but I did on my new to me drill press!
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          DW- 12,16,17
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          • #6
            no, but I got all the sacks of beer cans off the top of it. I noticed the "Timken Bearing Equipped" sticker is starting to look poorly.
            Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.

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            • #7
              Jim, I missed the results of your robot competition trip......how did the kids do, and how did the truck work out?
              Oh, I don't have a lathe either........j
              Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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              • #8
                The truck did fine, the kids lost in the semi-finals (they made it to the Final Four)....they play again in Phoenix next weekend.

                This weekend my brother and two of my sons and two of my nephews from Tucson are playing with their robot in Utah, they're rookies at this (my sons aren't, but everyone else on the team is) so it should be interesting.

                Yesterday I made a few little parts for a truck transmission with my lathe, and also finished cutting an O ring groove in an underwater robot part.
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                • #9
                  Sounds good, all in all. Good luck in Phoenix Jim!
                  Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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                  Inside every old person is a young person wondering, "what the hell happened?"

                  The man at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. -Vince Lombardi

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                  • #10
                    Not today, but last week? Yes.


                    But that was after I had true'd the headstock chucks again a bit after years of abuse by PO's.


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                    • #11
                      I am reminded that Loren's lathe could probably use a little oiling...
                      That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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                      • #12
                        O'RLY?

                        Why would... ...
                        What do y...
                        How come... ehm...

                        No, not going there. I should know better.

                        Well anyway, weekend is around the corner, so it's sounds like you got your hands full...
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by dulcich View Post
                          That must be handy to have; I'll bet it lasts forever with good care and lubrication.
                          -dulcich
                          Sage advice for a long marriage too !
                          Phil / Omaha

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                          • #14
                            Actually maintenance is a huge deal! You can have all this cool stuff but if you don't keep up with the maintenance when you need to use the machine it won't work!

                            Since we moved Loren's shop home to the garage/shop I have a long list of machines that need cleaning, degreasing and painting!
                            2 Lathes (I don't know why he needs two, they are different sizes though); Bridgeport Mill ~needs imbedded metal chip grease scraped off, final degrease and paint; Drill Press, Press Brake and Shear cleaning and paint. The different welders need sprucing up. A couple weeks ago I sorted all the wrenches and sockets, Metric and normal. The detritus laying around needs to be picked up and either put back on the walls after paint or moved somewhere else.

                            A woman's work is never done!
                            That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View Post
                              I am reminded that Loren's lathe could probably use a little oiling...


                              too many ways to read into this....Gonna leave it alone...just leave it alone Joe...walk away...
                              If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

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