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The Lunchroom
rivet ate a shop rag, update nobody asked forsouthbend_mick ·
Glad he’s fine. In Brisbane, afternoon heat makes tin roofs feel like ovens and shop rags end up in tins with lids—no surprise. Frost posts, you still think yo…
Machines & Iron
Carbide vs. HSS on the new 24‑in. Bench Lathe – still no consensusk.delaney ·
A fresh 24‑in. bench lathe just landed, and the debate is back. I’ve been using the same 8‑mm carbide tool for 18‑month straight‑turns; the chip looks clean, b…
The Lunchroom
leaves in the chip pan, the door doesn't latchchipsNchatter ·
leaves are a cleaner insult than grit. still wipe before you oil or you just make leaf tea. door discipline is the whole hobby some weeks
Projects & Shop Logs
shop log, the washer month continuedclaire.d ·
The lamp trick works the week you're already annoyed. It doesn't work the week the washers fit. Do the gib when a cut goes wrong, not when the shop feels finis…
Projects & Shop Logs
shop log, the washer month continuedned_cd ·
Four more washers for the same fender, because the first one made the others look lazy. All within a couple thou of each other, which is the tolerance of a fen…
The Lunchroom
leaves in the chip pan, the door doesn't latchw.holtz ·
Wind yesterday. The shop door didn't latch. This morning the chip pan had leaves in it and the ways had a fine coat of outside. Wiped, oiled, latched the door…
Machines & Iron
belt dressing, the can in the drawer from the previous guyeli.b ·
Tightened the motor mount. The slip stopped. The can stays in the drawer as a relic. Thanks for the short version.
Machines & Iron
belt dressing, the can in the drawer from the previous guydave.pell ·
Tension first. A dressed glazed belt still slips, and the dressing ends up on the pulleys and then on your hands and then on the work. If the belt is cracked,…
Machines & Iron
belt dressing, the can in the drawer from the previous guyeli.b ·
The belt slips for a second when I start a heavier cut. There's a can of belt dressing in the drawer that came with the 9 inch. The label is mostly gone. I don…
The Lunchroom
propane heater soots the window over the lathechipsNchatter ·
black rag is not 'just propane.' mine did that when a spider had opinions about the orifice. shop is still cold. im not napping either. minot says hello and al…
The Lunchroom
propane heater soots the window over the lathesouthbend_mick ·
We don't do frost. We do a tin roof that turns the shed into an oven by 9. Different problem. Still open a door. Soot means it's burning lazy. I wouldn't nap i…
The Lunchroom
propane heater soots the window over the lathebanjo_bolt ·
Burner. Clean the orifice before you become a story. And open the man door a crack, you animal. Rivet refuses to come in when that heater is sulking, which I h…
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propane heater soots the window over the latheharold.m ·
First real frost. The heater in the shop is the old propane one and it soots the window over the Logan. I wiped it and the rag was black. Is that just propane…
The Cut
threading 16tpi, half nuts sound wrong at the endjt_tacoma ·
cut a groove with a parting blade i dont love. sound went away. thread looks like a thread if you squint and then stop squinting. thanks. carriage lock was off…
The Lunchroom
first hard frost and the ways feel gummy againchipsNchatter ·
did not touch the gib. waited the hour. it cuts. piotr remains undefeated and i remain cold
The Cut
threading 16tpi, half nuts sound wrong at the endalan.gibbs ·
If it only happens at the end, look at half-nut engagement before you open the gearbox. Wear shows up when the load spikes. No groove means the load spikes at…
The Lunchroom
first hard frost and the ways feel gummy againpiotr.w ·
If it frees after an hour, it is viscosity, not a gib that moved overnight. Do not adjust the gib to chase a cold morning. You will chase it back on the first…
The Cut
threading 16tpi, half nuts sound wrong at the enddave.pell ·
What he said. And lock the carriage lock when you're facing, not when you're threading. People mix that up and then blame the gearbox.
The Cut
threading 16tpi, half nuts sound wrong at the endLogan_11x26 ·
Same family of lathe. Don't ride the half nuts through the shoulder if you didn't cut a relief groove. You're asking them to climb out under load. Pull out at…
The Cut
threading 16tpi, half nuts sound wrong at the endjt_tacoma ·
logan 11. 16 tpi. starts fine then the last half inch the half nuts sound like a can of bolts. i back off. first real thread. dont roast me too hard im already…
The Lunchroom
first hard frost and the ways feel gummy againharold.m ·
Same here, different oil, same honey. I wipe and oil after the heater, not before. Before is how you push cold oil into the felt and call it maintenance.
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first hard frost and the ways feel gummy againchipsNchatter ·
minot woke up mean. ways on the logan feel like they have honey on them until the heater has been lying for an hour. same oil as september. september was a dif…
Projects & Shop Logs
shop log, october, mostly sweepingclaire.d ·
A washer that fits is a finished part. The gib will still be there on a weeknight when you're irritated enough to do it properly.
Projects & Shop Logs
shop log, october, mostly sweepingned_cd ·
Swept. Changed the way oil. Faced one washer for a trailer fender and it came out parallel enough that I didn't redo it. That's the month so far. The 10K is du…
The Lunchroom
the diagonal is not a personality, and yetbanjo_bolt ·
I have it on a note in the toolbox. I still shim the wrong foot first. The note is not magic. Rivet can't read it either, so we're even.
The Lunchroom
the diagonal is not a personality, and yetdave.pell ·
Leave it. It's shorter than the version people post instead.
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the diagonal is not a personality, and yetr.ostrom ·
Caught myself explaining taper with the same sentence I've used since 2015. The diagonal is the whole hobby. I heard it in Dave's voice and then in mine and I…
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r.ostrom's text file of links, we knowdave.pell ·
Leave him alone. The link is shorter than the thread that happens without it.
The Lunchroom
r.ostrom's text file of links, we knowr.ostrom ·
The file. A key would make me faster and I don't need to be faster. I need people to post the swing before I get there.
The Lunchroom
r.ostrom's text file of links, we knowbanjo_bolt ·
Watched a new guy get the measure-first link within four minutes. The link is correct. The speed is a little frightening. R., do you have it on a key at this p…
Fix, Don't Scrap
compound swivel is stiff until it isn't, then it's looseeli.b ·
New nut. Snugged in a star, which I had to look up and then felt obvious. It stays where I put it. Hurry is expensive. That's the note.
Fix, Don't Scrap
compound swivel is stiff until it isn't, then it's looseruth.k ·
One tired nut means the clamp is uneven, so it binds and then lets go. Replace the nut before you round it the rest of the way. Snug them in a star, a little a…
Fix, Don't Scrap
compound swivel is stiff until it isn't, then it's looseeli.b ·
The compound base on the 9 inch either won't swing or it swings and won't stay. The nuts under the flange are the kind you round off if you're in a hurry. I wa…
Fix, Don't Scrap
power feed kicks out halfway down a 6 inch shaftw.holtz ·
Tool clear, it goes all the way. Under cut, it trips. Clutch, then. I'll live with the babysitting for these four and open the clutch when the seed is in the g…
Fix, Don't Scrap
power feed kicks out halfway down a 6 inch shaftdave.pell ·
Something is kissing. A carriage lock not quite off, a chip under the stop collar, or the feed clutch wearing and giving up under a cut it will still take ligh…
Fix, Don't Scrap
power feed kicks out halfway down a 6 inch shaftw.holtz ·
Logan power feed trips out around three inches into a six inch shaft, same place twice. Lever is fully in. It isn't hitting a stop I can see. Manual feed will…
The Lunchroom
power was out, the chips froze to the toolchipsNchatter ·
we lost it overnight. the logan was fine, i was not. coffee was a theory until noon
The Lunchroom
power was out, the chips froze to the toolharold.m ·
Power company took the afternoon. Shop went from almost warm to honest cold in about two hours. A chip that had been a curl was stuck to the tool when I came b…
The Cut
drill wandering in the tailstock, 3/8 then 1/2dan.peltier ·
3/8 was already off. I didn't check because I wanted to be done. Bored the last bit with a bar and the pin fits. Tailstock shoe is on the list again. The list…
The Cut
drill wandering in the tailstock, 3/8 then 1/2l.okada ·
A twist drill will follow a bent start and make it worse as it gets bigger. Check the 3/8 hole before you blame the 1/2. Also the tailstock clamp we talked abo…