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Spent most of the day in the shop or out walkin' dawg.    Cut that tapered shaft for the genny and left enough raw meat on that bone to do what ever needs done when we go to put a pulley on it.   I also cut a bolt for the 4 jaw chuck for the southbend.   … Continue reading nuthin to talk ’bout

Sharon mentioned in comments what part of our economic woes are called. I made a detailed though crass description of some of that while talking about that Genny and lack of cover plates or inspection plates etc etc. Today Snake and I successfully pulled it apart in tear-down to find the real issue. It is … Continue reading “Planned Obsolescence”

Sharon mentioned in comments what part of our economic woes are called. I made a detailed though crass description of some of that while talking about that Genny and lack of cover plates or inspection plates etc etc. Today Snake and I successfully pulled it apart in tear-down to find the real issue. It is … Continue reading “Planned Obsolescence”

And the housing/mount is next up. But I have to wait for the weather to warm a tad first so that my casting sand will work properly.(and a ha'dozen other excuses I could come up with if I really got into it.   Not really set up for casting as yet.) Anyways, here is a short … Continue reading Dio takes this round; one gear down,,,,

Well, I ended  up back on the gear today anyway.   I tried to break the generator housing free from the engine, but was defeated by engineering and time.    First up, why the hell would you make an engine so that to do ANYTHING inside of it, you have to completely dissassemble the whole thing.    What … Continue reading Round two, Dio vs Gear

Murphy was in the house today, hardcore.   If it could go wrong, it likely did.   First up, while drilling the holes as gash marks for the new gear, my rotary table managed to come apart at the seams.   I should have known something was wrong when the first drill bit broke while drilling, but stubborn … Continue reading I’m thinking the universe has a different plan in mind

Well, round one with making a threading indicator went Bust. I have never made a worm gear using an Acme thread (no Wile E. Coyote jokes please, it is a real type of thread) The last worm gear I made was just to see if I could do it and I used a standard American … Continue reading Chips a flyin, and apparently some bullets :-O