Recent content by MiteyF

I had a kennedy roller with friction slides. Got it for a killer deal. Hated it. If it's got wheels on the bottom, it better have bearings on the drawers. My Craftsman, US General, and other boxes are all worlds ahead of the Kennedy roller, for a fraction of the price.

That's about how my 11 drawer looked when it was my work box. Granted, mine doesn't have any felt, because you can't clean it. More work gets done with tools in a neatly organized box, because you don't spend an hour looking for the tool you need, grinding a new piece of HSS, tracking down the...

I'm far from a sharpening expert, but I tried this a few weeks ago and had zero luck. Into the bin she went. The last one I threw away went from ~1/4" to 1-1/4", I trashed the 7/8" part drilling some holes a while ago, and so it quickly became a 1/4" to 3/4" bit. Luckily they're cheap. In...

They're also nice with thin fiberglass! And if you get an impact-compatible one (I would never actually use one with an impact driver), and pair it with one of these You'll be ready for anything.

Not just one, get a half dozen different sizes. Sooner or later, you'll use them all.

I'd guess it's varnish dipped, just like you'd see on most electric motors. This was an old, kinda wacky Century Electric I re-did on my lunch breaks for a personal project.

I prefer one-off work myself. It keeps things interesting. I don't think I've ever machined more than a handful of any one part.

Funny, I just bought this 11 year old Craftsman "lawn tractor" for a staggering $500 a few weeks ago (plus $100 worth of needed deck parts) The last couple days I used it to mow about an acre of 3' tall blackberries, mole hills, and grass that hasn't seen a mower in years. That old girl...

CNC can make things that a guy on a manual machine could never make. But there is plenty of work that's just not feasible for a CNC. The first thing that comes to mind (most of what I was doing at my last 2 jobs) is repair work. Fixing old parts that haven't been available for years or decades...

As silly as that sounds, I sold all but my 11 drawer and cantilever Kennedy boxes (IE, rolling cabinets) because they're just not very good boxes for the money. My Craftsman, US General, and other boxes are much better rollers, for much less coin.

Which is why the "dial indicator and hand wheel" guys make more money than ever. A CNC can't do everything!

I always saw people put the Machinist Bible in there.

Well I must be the only one who still uses his 11 drawer for his "good" tools.

I'd say about 60% of the times I've shocked myself on AC is unplugging 220v welder extension cords. Inevitably they get a little stuck, and I instinctively try to get my fingers all the way around to get more leverage, only to find my thumb and middle/ring finger on the 2 hot prongs.

I like it. Vegetable powered lamp.