Recent content by Troutsqueezer

Purchased in '83 by my brother who used it maybe a half dozen times and then let it sit on the shelf in his garage. He gave it to me a while ago. I started it and cut two very large logs and now it just collects dust in my shed. I know this particular model is highly desirable among the...

Try not to piss in the same place every time off the back or front porch because it starts to smell after a while. Make sure your neighbors don't have line-of-sight if you plan on gardening in the ****. Make sure the neighbors don't use a cannon to scare the birds away from their cherry...

I use my lathe and mill to make running model gas and steam engines. I've shown some of these before: I will also use it to make things like my RC car stand:

Trout.

You need a die holder if you want to make threaded rod. You can make it yourself. http://www.goldfinch-acres.com/Steam%20Engines.html

I didn't get anywhere near this amount of welcomes on my first post. Can't figure out why....

I would just say this, speaking from experience, buying bare land is fine but you have to be prepared to fight your way through all kinds of obstacles to get a house up and running. There are so many government entities and contractor issues that will pop up at every turn and make your head...

In my case, the wife and I made a decision early on, that I would pay attention to earning the money and she would pay attention as how best to invest it. I went through my career focusing only on how to get ahead and wasn't distracted by financial issues. We both were good at what we did and...

Thank you very much, Sir.

Hey Joe, I got a smile out of that post. Thanks! :D

Unless you've got a production facility going on, they're all toys, aren't they? Are the parts you make better than the parts I make? Doubt it...

Had to smile at that one. Talk about one boring video! Maybe if I put it to music, perhaps Also sprach Zarathustra (theme from 2001 Space Odyssey). dah....dah.....dah! Da-Da! BOOM-BOOM, BOOM-BOOM! I can see it now.... Thanks guys.

It is suggested in various machining forums to not place your tooling racks/shelves on the back side of the lathe to eliminate the chance of you ever leaning over the machine while it is running to grab something. Yup, some people have died trying as their clothing/hair/jewelry etc. gets caught...

This illustrates how bad some advice can be on the Internet. I've been using one to make running steam and IC engines for years. http://www.goldfinch-acres.com/Steam%20Engines.html All the lathe does is spin the workpiece. It's the tooling that does the cutting.

Aw ****. I've been MIG welding in my wood shed for years. It takes a pretty big chunk of hot metal to get a wood floor to flare up. You probably couldn't do it if you tried. But then, I also stand on my ladder above where they put the warning stickers. About the only thing I wouldn't do is weld...