What Would These Be Good For

[Bob La Londe]

Chicago Electric is a Harbor Freight trade name trying to sound like something else.

Its like the Central Pneumatic (meh!) name they use...

[Bob La Londe]

Yeah, but they were free... LOL!

Seriously I've got two diamond wheels for the T&C grinder, and if a tool needs touch up on the edge...

[Bob La Londe]

I thought it was cute they are labeled as 4 inch and 10mm arbor on the same label.

[Bob La Londe]

What the heck are these good for. They were free. I know what they were originally sold for. Polishing carbide saw teeth after sharpening. I just...

[Bob La Londe]

I have an El Cheapo, and while I can make "cleaner" cuts with it in some materials I am much much faster with a torch. I rarely use either for...

[Bob La Londe]

Another programming aside. I stopped by a geology professors office one day to apologize for walking out of his class. He said anybody with a cumulative...

[Bob La Londe]

High level like Cobol/Fortran/Basic/C/(etc)? I found writing any of those in a modular manner and testing each routine wasn't to hard. Just tedious. I...

[Bob La Londe]

And apparently basic math escapes me. That was 4 years ago. LOL....

[Bob La Londe]

I mention from time to time the first time I cut over a million lines of code on the Taig mill. It was really when I was just starting out CNC machining....

[Bob La Londe]

I don't understand the question. I bought a brand new South Bend mill. Not a Bridgeport. If you are just picking on me for not choosing a Bridgeport...

[Bob La Londe]

I haven't had the new South Bend Knee Mill a full year yet, but I've gotten spoiled with the spindle brake. I think that's something I would fix if it...

[Bob La Londe]

Um, yeah. LOL. Lets not do that.

I'm not 100% convinced on going to 3 phase, but I would go with the typical 30-40% over size just like I...

[Bob La Londe]

Yes. Stepping on the bar is the same as lifting the shield. It stops the spindle power and you have to move the switch back to the center position before...

[Bob La Londe]

Some times when I am making a bunch of repetitive parts I'll use the foot brake. Over the course of 20-30 of some common parts I make it can save an...

[Bob La Londe]

Yeah I miss Enco. One of many gobbled up by MSC. You still find some Enco label products on the MSC website from time to time....

[Bob La Londe]

I'll have to give them another look when I'm looking for a single piece of something. I ordinarily don't even look at Zoro because they are Grainger....

[Bob La Londe]

Yeah, that was one of the extras for me on the AHPTIG200(dsfgs;dfgsjdf). DC stick capability. Its been a few decades since I ran DC stick, but I seem...

[Bob La Londe]

Took me a moment. Duty Cycle. No. It kept welding, the arc just destabilized and it welded like crap. Let cool down and all was good again....

[Bob La Londe]

Having a party? Invite the neighbors. Unless they actively dislike you they are less likely to complain if they were invited. Even if they don't come....

[Bob La Londe]

We have a very strict law against shooting guns in the air in Arizona. Shannon's Law. Not that it doesn't happen, but all I heard sounded more like...