Recent content by bmwrd0

Well, I at least got to open the McMaster order Woodruff cutter and pin spanner. Hopefully I get to play with them tomorrow, 'cause today was spend driving a total of 5 hours there and back to get patio furniture. At least I got to hit some estate sales...

I swung by the Restore the other day, as I was looking for something mil glass light glass (which is what I was after), 3/8 Spintite (in perfect, unused condition), Orchard Park flat head driver, unknown but old and interesting socket. $2 with senior discount.

Waiting for a McMaster order, so I started reassembling the Dalton apron as far as possible until the Woodruff cutter comes in. Also, started getting the pile of junk to go to the Restore out, only to be told I am picking up new patio furniture tomorrow, which will necessitate staging the junk...

Not a dang thing. I didn't even set foot or turn on the lights. Too many other things kept popping up during the day.

Make sure to put that in the top of your box, as it will be your Maine wrench!

I tried all of that, to no avail. And looking at the close tolerances of that key's remains, along with everything else about this lathe, I am not surprised that this has been the only thing seized up. This thing is incredibly well built. In any case, I spent my limited shop time tracking down...

When I first picked it up, I was impressed that it turned on and no one had bought it just for that reason. Also having the leads and manual, I figured what the heck, and grabbed it.

Sunday around noon, I swung by an estate sale that I had missed on Friday, mistaking the one I found the B&S digital calipers for this one (which was much closer in that that other one, but no problem), and along with two other gentlemen we went through what was left of the rather large and...

Hah! I was in SLO around that time, my dad was a prof at Cal Poly.

I have spent the last two days, on and off, fighting a stuck, 100 year old, Woodruff key, And I won, but only by brute force. Hacksaw and file, and, finally, emery cloth. As if it never existed, now. But, this means I am going to have to find a #2 Woodruff cutter, which is not in common use...

I did something similar when I found one C-series socket at an estate sale/clear out of a remote airplane hanger. I dug for hours trying to find anther one, but no luck. Did find a bucket load of other stuff though.

I would bet that the unknown Torx are Lisle. Not bad, but don't use them with an impact.

I am looking for a new cord right now, as this one is a little worn. The follower rest is marked M6 so for a model 618 Atlas made one. As far as furniture, the much more common generic mid-century is nowhere near as desirable as the modern type. Think sweeping lines and odd shapes, like kidney...

Ecotec is right. Unless you have something really special, midcentury pieces are what is in vogue right now. They work really well in small spaces like apartments, there is still a lot of it around, and it does have good lines and style.

My fathers old '67 Datsun pickup had a hinged access panel in the bed, made getting to the fuel sender dead easy. My '95 Dakota you either needed to drop the tank, or pull the bed. When I had to replace that part, I was working at the auto electrician and had access to lifts so it was easy to...