Recent content by Machinist guy

Thank you

I ask her what she wants and she asks me what i want. Hers is usually "quality time with the kids and peace on earth" and so on. Mine: "babe ... i'd love a Stihl 041 chainsaw and a new kerosene heater and/or some 25' parrot-jaw jumper cables" :D

My toolbox. Some of it anyway

We have some sort of epoxy coated floor in part of the machine shop here and we regularly drive a medium size forklift over it with no damage to the floor so far.

I'm no tool&die man but I'm a machinist lol. I'm sure others have got you lined out with what you'll need but here are some great things to have. Machinists handbook A good 0-6" set of dial or digital calipers safety glasses at least a 0-3" micrometer set if not 0-6" set a decent set of...

Hey y'all. Nice to meet you. I'm a machinist by trade and I have been fixing up on my garage a bit over the last year and a half since I bought my home. Nothing fancy but a nice, well lit place to work on stuff. I just got my first work bench about a month ago so I'm still a newbie I reckon...