Pretty nice.
Don't think it would be a good idea to suck in flaming hot metal shards into a vacuum with a lot of dust and a paper filter...
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Don't think it would be a good idea to suck in flaming hot metal shards into a vacuum with a lot of dust and a paper filter...
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Was that you I was bidding against? Kidding but might have been if I'd seen it. Picked this cabinet up from AP last week at Logan Martin Dam.
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Nice score on the Lista. There were several bidders but once it went a little over $500 nobody else bid. Of course I did bid at the last minute so they would have had to be watching at the end. 4pm on a weekday isn't convenient for everyone.
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@KLF This metal cyclone unit is rated for hot materials. I would need to see if the metal container can have some water in it. I won't be using this grinder very much but when I do I want to contain as much dust as possible. Most important is to keep the hot particles off the wall. That I could probably do with just some metal flex duct into a metal bucket.
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Heavy-Duty Dust Deputy 2 Cyclone 10 Gal. Kit | Oneida Air Systems
Features our patented steel Dust Deputy® cyclone separator - up to 99.9% efficient with wood dust and over 90% with concrete/silica dust. Aids with OSHA compliance to new Silica Dust Safety Standards. Large 10-gallon steel drum contains heavy dust loads. Includes hose adapters for...
I have one of those very similar (same brand) on a 5 gal bucket on my miter saw, it works very well, really does save the $$$ filter in the Shop Vac. That's a great solution.@KLF This metal cyclone unit is rated for hot materials. I would need to see if the metal container can have some water in it. I won't be using this grinder very much but when I do I want to contain as much dust as possible. Most important is to keep the hot particles off the wall. That I could probably do with just some metal flex duct into a metal bucket.
Heavy-Duty Dust Deputy 2 Cyclone 10 Gal. Kit | Oneida Air Systems
Features our patented steel Dust Deputy® cyclone separator - up to 99.9% efficient with wood dust and over 90% with concrete/silica dust. Aids with OSHA compliance to new Silica Dust Safety Standards. Large 10-gallon steel drum contains heavy dust loads. Includes hose adapters for...
Okay, back in the day before CNC machines or even tape machines, if you wanted to make a replacement gear, or cut splines on a shaft, you had to do it on manual machine tools,
Back then you could use manual gear generators, gear grinders or gear hob machines, But if you didn't have access to that equipment, you could still get the job done using a dividing head on a vertical milling machine,
The photos below are of a Hardinge dividing head that I've used to machine replacement gears for customers using special cutters, called involute gear cutters, Once the gear is cut for the customer, it would still need to be heat treated before use,
Fun fact, a dividing head like this with a tail stock, and a PTO drive hooked to it, and geared with the power feed for the mill table can be used to make scroll type supercharger lobes,
Even in today's modern computerized world, old school tools like this can still produce high quality precision parts,
Back then you could use manual gear generators, gear grinders or gear hob machines, But if you didn't have access to that equipment, you could still get the job done using a dividing head on a vertical milling machine,
The photos below are of a Hardinge dividing head that I've used to machine replacement gears for customers using special cutters, called involute gear cutters, Once the gear is cut for the customer, it would still need to be heat treated before use,
Fun fact, a dividing head like this with a tail stock, and a PTO drive hooked to it, and geared with the power feed for the mill table can be used to make scroll type supercharger lobes,
Even in today's modern computerized world, old school tools like this can still produce high quality precision parts,
You should check out Clickspring on the YouTubes. He has a few videos on using one of those, very talented guy, excellent videos with great effects.
Neat Snap-on DC amp meter I stumbled across recently. Has a slot on back you simply lay on wire to read current.
I bought a set of those Snap-On amp gauges when they were new. Came in a carboard box with two gauges. One for starters and one for charging. Damn I'm getting old. Cool find.
It's been a long day, but I picked up a Bridgeport® Series 1 Standard Knee Mill, got it home safely, and unloaded it into the workshop. I have to say that I could not have done it without the WARN® PullzAll - for loading, unloading, and moving it into the workshop. It was definitely the star player today. There is still some work to do to get it into its final resting spot and then to unpack and organize the tooling, but I'd call it a successful day!
Congrats, I'm jealous.
It's been something on my list for some time. It had been owned by the father of a friend of a coworker. The coworker actually mentioned it to someone else first, but they didn't follow up on it. I had heard about the deal and said if it would fall through for some reason to keep me in mind. A couple weeks later I got the nod. The next option was to call the scrappers to haul it away... 
So I got it for a price I was very pleased with and the friend and his father were also very pleased with the "extra" money they got for it.
So I got it for a price I was very pleased with and the friend and his father were also very pleased with the "extra" money they got for it.
I've wanted a Bridgeport for a long time but couldn't afford one. So far I've been getting by with this 1948 Rotex I rescued. It's small and completely manual. It's both horizontal and vertical. A fun project. All because I sold a Toyota part to a crotchety guy in his 80's. He lives off grid in the middle of nowhere. It was an adventure just getting it.
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That's a beautiful restoration!
I ordered the pump from a Chinese manufacturer and it arrived the week in 2020 when Covid exploded…during each step-of the process , due to extreme paranoia fueled by TV news, I sprayed every single piece with 190 proof Everclear…EVERYTHING!!!…You can see the bottle in the last picture
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@John Young post up some pictures of your new mill, and new gantry, both on my truck at the same time 
Back in the early 90's i use to run my own auto repair shop, my bread and butter was tune ups and emission repair work, Below are a few photo's of some of the equipment i have left over that still works on my 94 Land Cruiser, The funny thing about all this equipment, when i bought all this stuff it cost me thousands, and thousands of dollars, and in today's used market, it's pretty much worthless,
First item is an old school carbon pile battery load tester, it will also test starters, and alternators, The new versions of this battery tester are so small, they will now fit in the palm of your hand,
This next item is a Mac tools engine oscilloscope, very handy for pin pointing problems on pre computer cars,
Next up is a VERY old school Marquette 2 gas emission analyzer, now a days shops use 5 gas analyzers, Back in the day this piece of equipment made me lots of money before the state switched over to the IM240 emission test, The state then required all shops to start testing with a new, VERY expensive 4 gas analyzer, not that this one was cheap when it was new, This is another piece of test equipment that the new ones used by shops today are small handheld units, not huge like this one, that needs it's own cart to move it around,
The next item is a Midtronics FAST, and i do mean fast battery charger, this charger came in handy for those customers who were always in a hurry and never wanted to wait,
And the last 3 items are from the back left, a distributorless ignition adapter for the Mac engine scope shown above, It was needed when car company's got rid of engine distributors and switched over to coil packs, Then on the back right is a old red brick Snap On MT2500 DTC code scanner, and last in the front is a small digital handheld single channel engine scope/ multimeter,
First item is an old school carbon pile battery load tester, it will also test starters, and alternators, The new versions of this battery tester are so small, they will now fit in the palm of your hand,
This next item is a Mac tools engine oscilloscope, very handy for pin pointing problems on pre computer cars,
Next up is a VERY old school Marquette 2 gas emission analyzer, now a days shops use 5 gas analyzers, Back in the day this piece of equipment made me lots of money before the state switched over to the IM240 emission test, The state then required all shops to start testing with a new, VERY expensive 4 gas analyzer, not that this one was cheap when it was new, This is another piece of test equipment that the new ones used by shops today are small handheld units, not huge like this one, that needs it's own cart to move it around,
The next item is a Midtronics FAST, and i do mean fast battery charger, this charger came in handy for those customers who were always in a hurry and never wanted to wait,
And the last 3 items are from the back left, a distributorless ignition adapter for the Mac engine scope shown above, It was needed when car company's got rid of engine distributors and switched over to coil packs, Then on the back right is a old red brick Snap On MT2500 DTC code scanner, and last in the front is a small digital handheld single channel engine scope/ multimeter,
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No timing light?
^ That reminds me.
I wanted to measure the idle speed on my bike a few days ago, but I don't have an actual bike or engine tach so I had to improvise a tad.
I played with an antenna on the plug wire and a scope and I could get the rpm that way. Also played with a mike on the exhaust and a frequency analyzer and that worked too. But, admittedly, none of that is remotely user-friendly, that was all a nerdish trip for fun and not very practical, evidently. But eh!
But then I dug up my very old timing light (not used in 20 years), which unfortunately does not have a tach feature. Put it on the spark plug wire. And I do have a laser tachometer. The kind you measure shaft rpm with. So I was wondering if the laser tach would be able to pick up the strobing of the timing light. Sure enough, it worked! Got the rpm on the display. I was pleasantly surprised. Yea!
So, don't throw your old timing light away, you never know...
I wanted to measure the idle speed on my bike a few days ago, but I don't have an actual bike or engine tach so I had to improvise a tad.
I played with an antenna on the plug wire and a scope and I could get the rpm that way. Also played with a mike on the exhaust and a frequency analyzer and that worked too. But, admittedly, none of that is remotely user-friendly, that was all a nerdish trip for fun and not very practical, evidently. But eh!
But then I dug up my very old timing light (not used in 20 years), which unfortunately does not have a tach feature. Put it on the spark plug wire. And I do have a laser tachometer. The kind you measure shaft rpm with. So I was wondering if the laser tach would be able to pick up the strobing of the timing light. Sure enough, it worked! Got the rpm on the display. I was pleasantly surprised. Yea!
So, don't throw your old timing light away, you never know...
