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[Tim The Grim]

Paul, Those motors are probably RS-550 or equivalent. They pack a pretty good punch with the 12v battery supplied with the toy. I spliced in some contacts...

[Tim The Grim]

Somewhat divergent but maybe still appropriate... Back when I was the Foreman at the stamping shop I used to get magazines like Modern Machine Shop and...

[Tim The Grim]

Everyone swore he confronted and then hit me first. No repercussions from the fight.
The owner called me back in on a Saturday and said I was a...

[Tim The Grim]

I was 30 and the well liked and respected foreman of a die shop. I would lock up at days end and set the alarms. Weird stuff started happening. A groove...

[Tim The Grim]

My wife is the executor of her late mom’s estate and we’re prepping a house for sale that the family has had since ‘59. Her dad passed in ‘03....

[Tim The Grim]

Matt that is really nice and so well executed.

Way, way back on this site, I seem to remember someone making an “air sled” using a couple...

[Tim The Grim]

I was making a bracket to attach a “sail” to a corner of the soffit of my shop. This is to provide shade at the swing set.

Usually, when...

[Tim The Grim]

While not an “Analog DRO” we did have a unit back in ‘80 that read off of rotary encoders, attached to the lead screws at the dials, that sent info...

[Tim The Grim]

These are the curved console systems I used before I retired.
There is the previous system, local to the units, with 10 touch screen control...

[Tim The Grim]

If it’s really brand new and not just new to you, I would pull off the top cover and do a careful look-see into the drive box.
My ENCO 13/40...

[Tim The Grim]

The big gear in there is often plastic as a safety break if crashed. Quite often a few teeth are missing here and there and it makes noise as it works...

[Tim The Grim]

This is a good forum. I’ve been here 15 years and don’t have anywhere near the proliferation of posts that others with the same or less tenure have....

[Tim The Grim]

My brother in law, niece and I, built this ramp for my wife’s aunt who is coming home Monday after falling at home, going to hospital, nursing home,...