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Words of wisd..... Yeah right.... We all know better than that!

ShawnF said:
A door on the weewoo box I'm guessing? The salt and sand destroys stuff like that up here in the winter.
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You got it. What kind of preventative and repair measures do you take for that? I thought about taking the door off entirely to clean it all out with some Simple Green and lube it back up with lithium. But I guess I need that door attached when I have to do stuff. :ROFLMAO:
 
bentheduck said:
You got it. What kind of preventative and repair measures do you take for that? I thought about taking the door off entirely to clean it all out with some Simple Green and lube it back up with lithium. But I guess I need that door attached when I have to do stuff. :ROFLMAO:
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You need to be careful with grease on an exposed hinge. It can actually hold dirt making things worse. Usually something like PB Blaster or WD40 works fairly well. They are generally more for rust prevention and penetrating, but do offer some lubrication. The problem is they are a low viscosity oil and will dissipate quickly.
A dry lubricant like graphite will work well once the hinges are cleaned out.
 
Well, once again I'm wayyy behind. Actually been so stupid busy I haven't even had time to really pop in here much at all. I had one day off where I was going to go to the shop and try and get some overdue projects caught up but that didn't work out either.... Woke up to no power that morning due to wind storms, and we didn't get it back on until shortly after 7pm that night. Of course, everything I needed to do was drilling and grinding so that kind of shot that idea down.

Shaves... I couldn't even tell you. Just whatever I grab. Either don't have time to think about it, or just too whooped to care.

A lot going on at work. Dennis finally retired, so I am fully in his position now. I have been helping with things up at plant 2, doing normal things around our plant, installing a new 4 head planer sander, pulling wire for said sander, replacing precision bearings in a rip saw, just constantly busy.
The wire we had to pull for that sander is size 250MCM. It weighs right at a pound per foot. Times 3 because there were 3 wires in the conduit. 2 of us pulled 150 feet of that by hand. Then we got to play around in the live 480 volt main panel to hook those up to the 400 amp breaker.

Spent a day trying to track down an issue with the wood hog not running saying it was either low on hydraulic oil or the hydraulics were overheating. It does leak a little so that will pop up about every 5 or 6 months because it is low. This time it wasn't. After a bunch of tracing checking and replacing a burnt starter contact, it turned out the PLC had a fused contact. So the electrician came in from vacation to confirm and then it needed to be hooked to a laptop to reprogram it to use an open contact we were lucky enough to have.

On the good side, in the last couple months I got a co-worker started wetshaving, got a 10 gallon a week fuel allowance, a dollar an hour raise, and an extra week of vacation added. So at least they don't seem to be planning on getting rid of me any time soon.

And pictures because...
Had to run new sealtite and wires for this motor
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Playing in the sawdust augers.
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The burnt starter contact from the hog.
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And the new planer sander
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Oh yeah? Well I tripped a breaker while vacuuming the other day and actually found the panel so I could reset the breaker! Take that! 🤪

Glad to hear from you my friend! I was wondering what you were up to. Sounds like a lot of hard work going on and a lot of time put into said work. But it also sounds like your employer values what you do for them. It appears that you are in a good place.

Take care man!
 
What amazes me is that it's not like you can pull out a manual or take a class, you just pull it apart and dive in. I tend to do the same things with a slightly less success rate of fixing it :LOL: And here I just put a window in the cabin and thought I was going to get a star on my man card!

Your anvil and mine are both complaining about how little time we give them lately!
 
It's me again Margret!

Still same thing here. Busy, shaving, busy, busy, grandbaby, busy......

Did have a little me time at work and now that Dennis has retired, I have more freedom in the machine shop to change/improve/rearrange things. So for @Majorrich I took a few photos.

I took the small cabinet off the wall and replaced it so I don't have to half unload it to get something out of it anymore.
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The old lathe outside the machine room had a tool post that wasn't for that lathe and was a very limited design. We could basically use one type of tool, but no boring bars or anything else. I don't use the old lathe often, but it has a longer bed and bigger swing, so I can do larger pieces when I need to.
The Dorian tool post on the lathe in the machine room was more versatile, but required extra time for some setups due to needing shimmed differently for different tools. So I made an adapter for the "t" nut slot to bring the Dorian post up to center and adapt to the size and made a new hold down bolt to compensate for the added adapter. This will allow anything we have for the "new" lathe to be used on it now.


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Then for the "new" lathe, I ordered an Aloris tool post. It is a quick change post that has separate tool holders that can be "set and forget". You adjust the thumb wheel on them to get your tool on center, then tighten the lock nut. The holder then drops down onto a dovetail that will tighten and keep it in place. So changing tools is now as easy as flip the handle, lift one off, drop the next one on, and tighten the handle. I already have it set for my indexable tools, boring bars, parting tool, and have one that is free to customize for threading tools or cemented carbides.
I did have to machine the "t" nut on it, as they come blank, but that was an easy thing to do.



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NIce picture of the little hammerman! In no time he'll be swinging the sledge hammer as you tap the hot piece of steel telling him where you want the "power hammer" to hit.

I bet it feels good to get things arranged your way. It looks good in there and it's nice to reach in and put you hand on the tool you know should be right in that spot.
 
Wow.... Had trouble finding this it's been so long...

The little one turned 2 last month. I've posted a little of him in the shop with his new anvil and tools in my other thread, but he also has a shaving ritual too. He claimed my minion brush and has his own TTO razor. He likes to pick out the soap and aftershave every night he is here. He does a pretty thorough job of lathering. He gets the face, arms, hair, chest..... Kind of voids out the shower he just got out of, but he likes it.

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Fightingillini22 said:
So awesome - my son is 16 months old and quickly approaching when I can have him "shave" with me too. I'm so excited about it that I'm sure he'll be completely disinterested :LOL:
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Jaden's first shave was when he was still getting a bath in the sink. I thought it was funny to get his bubble bath on his cheeks and wipe it off with a razor. The little turd actually would pick his chin up and turn his head so I could get it. So I knew he was hooked.
Now when we go in the bathroom for his shower he has to get the chair ready at the sink, pick his soap, shave, brush his teeth, pick his AS (I hold his hand flat on the top and tip it to just give him a tiny bit),and get his ears cleaned.
Hes got the whole ritual and you can't skip any part because he will let you know.
 
Since I have been away from this so long, it deserves a really big update.....

Life has been very hectic lately and has kept me away.
I have recently moved and had a major shift in my personal life.

Good news is I am no longer hiding stress and depression. I have called it quits with my girlfriend and the drama involved and moved out. I stayed for a long time while not being happy for the kids and then the grandbaby, but it was taxing to keep up a happy face.

I have moved in with someone that makes me very happy. She is someone I work with and have known for a few years now. Things happened very recently and we are now a couple.
The way I went about some things was wrong and I'm not proud of doing it that way, but I needed to be out.

Some may be familiar with or caught a glimpse of some drama that was trying to get started here and had some questions, so that is what happened and why that came about. Thankfully it was stopped before it really got started. I really appreciate the quick action by those involved in stopping it.

Sorry Its kind of a cliff notes version, but I don't want to get into a lot of the details in an open forum.
I really appreciate the support of those who did know what was going on.

Soon I will have the shop back up and running, and actually have a shopmate. She is very interested in my hobbies and actually tried her hand at honing a straight razor last night. (Even put a better finish on than I've been able too with that stinking little coti....)

So hopefully there will be more updates here and to my hobby page soon.
 
Thanks for the update...but no explanation or apologies are necessary.

Sounds like things are for the better right now. As long as your happy that is all that matters. Glad to see you back on and looking forward to seeing what the Forge can put out!

I got that Lansky knife sharpening set you talked about. Now I am having a hard time finding my knives! 🤪 The knife I got from you though is still stupid sharp!
 
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