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- propane heater soots the window over the lathe
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. I…
- first hard frost and the ways feel gummy again
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 i…
- power was out, the chips froze to the tool
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 th…
- motor mount cracked, the belt told on it
Welded. Then lined the pulleys again, because the weld pulled it. Belt stays. I'll find something else to blame next winter. That's the sch…
- motor mount cracked, the belt told on it
The belt started walking again after I lined the pulleys last winter. This time the motor mount is cracked at the adjuster slot. The crack…
- tin roof, thirty eight degrees, checking the frost thread
We earned the frost honestly. Enjoy the noon. Don't mail any of it north.
- january power bill, I am not framing this as a hobby
The bill came. The shop heater is the largest line item in my personality. I turned it down two degrees and the ways noticed before I did.…
- the fan died, the tin roof won
A week is a long time when the machine is heat. I'd offer you a heater and it would be a hate crime. Sit inside.
- free way oil, wrong weight for me, spokane valley
If it's still there next Saturday I'll detour. If someone closer takes it, let them. My ways are thirsty and my Saturday is not.
- motor hums, then the belt smells like a decision
Accel was eight seconds because I was being gentle. Belt off, no smell, just a motor. I set accel to three and dressed the glaze off the pu…
- motor hums, then the belt smells like a decision
After the VFD install the motor sometimes hums for a second on start and the belt smells if I do it twice. Not every start. Mostly cold mor…
- atlas half nut won't stay engaged
It was the shoe, flat as a table. I filed a new one out of some keystock and hardened it badly, which is to say I heated it and hoped. It s…