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[Tim The Grim]

Since the mid ‘70s I was a huge fan of Herman’s Survivor boots - until their manufacture went off shore. Walmart later bought the brand and suddenly...

[Tim The Grim]

Off topic a little here on this post...

I’ve been doing a little cash work for some Engineering students. They needed some metal pieces...

[Tim The Grim]

As a retiree I had to think way more than once about shelling out the money for the 3” Shars boring head I just bought. It was a “Watch” on EBay...

[Tim The Grim]

The Engineering students are coming up with some off the wall stuff for me to make. Today’s exercise was an aluminum manifold with a 1-5/16 16tpi internal...

[Tim The Grim]

I was a long time ENCO customer and bought my 13x40 lathe from them new. Somehow when MSC shut them down I wasn’t able to get the continued discount...

[Tim The Grim]

While successfully changing the drive belt on my ENCO 13x40, I decided to enlarge the rear spindle opening in the end cover so I won’t have to take...

[Tim The Grim]

The WKE45 blanks are some of the best I’ve used. At $16.42 a piece for 3/8 x 3” they aren’t cheap but they sure do last.
I personally prefer...

[Tim The Grim]

Very nice score.

And, keeping with tradition...you suck

[Tim The Grim]

You need to think outside the box as far as threads. You want to maintain maximum diameter around the chamber and make a true bushing with a uniform wall....

[Tim The Grim]

The insidious thing about it is it’s apparently not over when your body thinks it is. My wife’s cousin spent 5 weeks in hospital fighting it. After...

[Tim The Grim]

A while back I bought a self igniter Presto-Lite Turbo Torch and acetylene tank from a guy on CL. I think I paid $125 and was happy.
Late last Summer...

[Tim The Grim]

^^^^^^
Very nice.

[Tim The Grim]

Very sorry to hear what you’re going through Paul. I hope only the best for you as you follow this unintended path....

[Tim The Grim]

For the 20 years since I purchased my first home here in El Paso County, I have had on my tax bill an amount taken out for a county hospital. Ten years...

[Tim The Grim]

General rule of thumb is not to go below 18 teeth.

[Tim The Grim]

The celebrities thing brings to mind the start of the second week of vaccination here. My buddy’s wife was a high school nurse who got switched over...

[Tim The Grim]

My wife just got a call, during the game, that another extended family member passed after a 6 week battle with COVID. That’s 2 uncles, 1 aunt and 2...

[Tim The Grim]

These are great for solvents and the like but they specifically do NOT recommend using paint.
HF used to have a larger size that was almost clumsy...

[Tim The Grim]

Very happy with my new Shars / Discount Machine boring head. The laser etched characters on the dial are a little hard to read without direct light shining...

[Tim The Grim]

I just did my Glyptal coat on Wednesday and then cured it yesterday in my electric smoker .
I was surprised how red it was here when applied but...