NvgtrWiggles
Been Around the Block
dewjantim said:
Thanks! Lucky to live by the only distributor in the United States.
Post a pic of your latest purchase
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Thanks! Lucky to live by the only distributor in the United States.
Captmilk76
Coast to Coast
Re: Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
I have been eyeing the new Taurus up... Does it drive as good as it looks?... (that's what she said)
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biker_reject said:
I have been eyeing the new Taurus up... Does it drive as good as it looks?... (that's what she said)
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biker_reject
Over 1,000 Posts
Yes. Very planted feel, decent grunt for a full sized car, nice sporty feeling cockpit. Wish I had the bank to have bought the SHO. Only down side is the doors don't have that solid sound when shut. They kind of sound hollow or like they don't have any sound deadening, though the car is well insulated against road noise. SYNC is cool, too.
Starrett Machinists Scale (Rule)... 6", 10ths, 100ths, 32's and 64's
http://www.amazon.com/Starrett-C305R-6-SLC-Graduations-Thickness/dp/B007P67IQG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346390515&sr=8-2&keywords=Starrett+C305R-6+Full+Flexible+Steel+Rule+With+Inch+Graduations%2C+5R+Graduations%2C+6%22+Length%2C+1%2F2%22+Width%2C+1%2F64%22+Thickness
I finally had a good excuse to get one (I need it for class). Also... it's handy for something much larger...
Now, I'm not the kind to count my chicks before they hatch... but lets just say this is a very heavy egg. About a half ton egg. And I need to sell a ton of crap out of my basement to have room to put it in. But it was a deal that I could NOT pass up.
http://www.amazon.com/Starrett-C305R-6-SLC-Graduations-Thickness/dp/B007P67IQG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346390515&sr=8-2&keywords=Starrett+C305R-6+Full+Flexible+Steel+Rule+With+Inch+Graduations%2C+5R+Graduations%2C+6%22+Length%2C+1%2F2%22+Width%2C+1%2F64%22+Thickness
I finally had a good excuse to get one (I need it for class). Also... it's handy for something much larger...
Now, I'm not the kind to count my chicks before they hatch... but lets just say this is a very heavy egg. About a half ton egg. And I need to sell a ton of crap out of my basement to have room to put it in. But it was a deal that I could NOT pass up.
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
Rocan said:Starrett Machinists Scale (Rule)... 6", 10ths, 100ths, 32's and 64's
I finally had a good excuse to get one (I need it for class). Also... it's handy for something much larger...
Now, I'm not the kind to count my chicks before they hatch... but lets just say this is a very heavy egg. About a half ton egg. And I need to sell a ton of crap out of my basement to have room to put it in. But it was a deal that I could NOT pass up.
Now get a metric rule to match.
Got a lathe or mill coming? (or something else?)
veloracermike
Coast to Coast
New rear stand 20 bucks on CL
buckeyebike
Over 1,000 Posts
Brought a race seat home for the Triton from a swap meet a couple weekends ago and lo and behold, it fits the frame of the Thruxton almost perfectly. Hmmmm . . . .
Basement rat
Over 1,000 Posts
Thats a good looking bike
buckeyebike
Over 1,000 Posts
Thanks . . . it's always changing ;D
crazypj said:
Metric will come in time. Have to save a few more pennies before I can justify the cost. I'll need to get myself some good micrometers, thread gauges (just missed out on a set on ebay; starrett metric, imperial, and radius gauge sets for only 30 bucks for all three sets!), and some other stuff first. Not going to even consider buying chinese measuring devices. Also, used american (and germand and japanese) tools on ebay and craigslist can be had for very cheap, especially when a good deal is found.
I'll be buying a lathe this saturday; looks like a logan 10" or 11", a guy is selling it for an older lady. I'm guessing it was her husbands. No real information on it, but it's only 250 dollars and comes with a large amount of tooling, chucks, etc, and is in fine condition. absolute steal at that price. Already have my south bend "how to run a lathe" and project book, and another book on its way. I've done some machining in the past and know most things, but have decided to delete everything I have been taught by halfway competent teachers and mimic what is said in the south bend lathes and by some trustworthy sources in order to do proper machining.
Funny story:
I have a machining 101 class I am currently taking, and after the first class I was speaking to the professor about my love for machining and fabrication in general, and after speaking to him for about 5 minutes he told me
"You most likely know more about machining than I do; I don't really take the time to practice or study it."
Now, I understand you're teaching a 101 class, professor, but I would also like to have teachers who are competent and experienced, ESPECIALLY when teaching students who have had no prior experience with anything more than a hand drill (IF EVEN THAT!).
Those poor poor lathes. not one of them hasn't been crashed on multiple occasions.
Big R
Heaven is so far away.
Cool machine David.
It's pretty easy to tell somebody how to run a lathe, it's quite another to machine a part. I'll tell you the same thing I tell everybody else though: PLEASE be careful with that. It doesn't care if you have a bad day, suffer from lack of sleep, whatever. It will cut off anything you put near it.........
It's pretty easy to tell somebody how to run a lathe, it's quite another to machine a part. I'll tell you the same thing I tell everybody else though: PLEASE be careful with that. It doesn't care if you have a bad day, suffer from lack of sleep, whatever. It will cut off anything you put near it.........
Big Rich said:
Believe me, I am completely aware of the power of such a machine. Any and all doubts I had about the power of a lathe were completely stripped out of me a few years ago when I came across a picture of an industrial lathe accident. Not pretty to say the least. I thank you for telling me again though; Safety is something that cannot be repeated enough times.
I came across a 3 ton Greenerd Arbor Press for 100 dollars I will be picking up as well. Simply cannot turn that down; the press is in mint condition and they usually fetch 5x that amount if not more.
surffly said:
Thats awesome man! we should organize lathe days where we share our projects with each other... haha!
chicken0207
Been Around the Block
Rocan said:
Awesome snag on the arbor press, i wish i had heavy tools but no space for them and i dont have access to engineering department at my high school anymore.
chicken0207 said:
I'm surprised your school had a shop in the first place! No highschools in NYC for the most part have a shop class anymore.
Probably a good thing anyway; most of the kids lack simple hand eye coordination and patience to operate the machinery. Such a shame, truly.
chicken0207
Been Around the Block
Rocan said:
It was a modest shop , drill press laythe , circular sander, bench grinder , chop saw , and we had sawzaw corded drills, several dremeles , solder guns , 10+hp electric motors, and we have a nice hp 3d printer and 20 auto cad drafting pc's
