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Are you nutz?? I used to buy a set of pads from Fleet Farm for about ten bucks or so. But those pads were less than ideal. Those pads were not ceramic. Very hard on rotors. Nowadays, I always specify ceramic.

It was much easier back in the day when I ran square body Chevy pickups.. in the seventies..

Mr. Bob, my apologies of not writing on this thread lately. I really didn't have anything to write about as far as car mechanics go. I do now... My beloved 2019 Durango needs front brake pads... Hugely. The squealers started to speak up and talk at about July 4th week or so. I tried to buy...

Mr. Squankum... This is CNC_ RICK. I just finished reading all of your thoughts, episodes and every well done reviews on all of the tools that you've had the chance to purchase. I noticed that you mentioned my name, with a book in question, that you'd think that I would like. I will try to...

Ok, I git it. Only thing is that I have much more experience with machine tools, than mistresses.... Machine tools are something I understand. Lathes seem easy to everybody, until you look at programming a CNC one. That's when the work comes out, lots of math involved. Fun stuff, like...

I wonder if that poster is true... Maybe it's possible to get a venerial disease from more than one source? That water-based coolant used to get pretty nasty, sitting in the sump, and had to be recycled quite frequently, especially if you didn't run the machine daily.

Haha. Love the responses about my lathes. Not sure how to respond to @Coolabah. How did my lathe stories turn into pretty girls? Ha. I was going to let Bob take control with any answers that needed to happen.

Another time, he got into rebuilding hydraulic valve assemblies... He quickly learned about the very small tolerances involved to make this happen. Next thing you know, Dad made his own OD grinder, with a spindle, a grinding wheel and a 1/3 HP electric motor, left over from a dismantled Maytag...

Well, there you go, @scooterbum46. Have a fun time with that machine. My Dad used this one so much, I ended up making a new lead screw for his while I was in voc-tech, learning Machine Tool Technology. That worked out for his machine. I should tell you that Dad wanted this lathe for a...

This machine, with a fairly large part on it... Once you (me..) would start the chuck, approach the part with a cutting tool, start taking a rather large depth of cut, turn the coolant on... At that point, the machine makes its own weather happen. Coolant bouncing off the chuck jaws (and the...

The one I ran at work was 72" swing, about 50 hp.. Just a sweetheart. I can't imagine having a machine that size at home..

My biggest quest in life was to own a VTL, at home, (Vertical Turret Lathe) with some size to it... At least 36" swing.. My plans never came to fruition, but a guy can dream.... Something close to what I ran at the Company, so many years ago...

There's no substitute for some "snort" that the Turret lathes had to offer. Plenty of deep cuts, with carbide tooling. The machines were three-phase, but I made them work on 220 v. At the farm .

I have my Dad's Atlas/Craftsman lathe and it is very dear to my heart. I've only broke the lantern tool post, once. I welded things back together, and everything's cool. It is no match to my (4) Warner Swasey turret lathes.... Plenty of giddy-up up and horsepower for roughing cuts... Love...

Yea, I'm at about page 45 or so. I've lost track on my way, (computer reboot) and was waiting for you to respond, so I could find you in "new Posts". I'm back in, now. Love yer stories, your research, everything you write about. I have a fond feeling about the Chevy 235 "Stovebolt" engine...

Everyone looks at a lathe (to buy) that can do absolutely everything.... And that's the one to buy.... If that lathe can't do, exactly one thing correctly, nobody wants that lathe... What about the multitude of everything ELSE that lathe is capable of doing?? Nobody thinks that way... Nobody...

Squakum, don't sell yourself short... I've had to deal with my own machines, as I couldn't afford the biggest and the best machines out there. In most cases, my many machines are at least 100 years old. I learned what it took to make an accurate part on a 100 year old machine. More than...

Nowadays, a person could add the anti-freeze, let the car run long enough for the thermostat to open (which she did) but apply some vacuum to the system, to try to get some of the liquid into the never-never regions in the system... I didn't know about that "trick" at the time. Air compresses...

Ha, I love the pics of the TP Cruiser... I have a friend that had a PT Cruiser. I loved those cars. She affectionally named her car, Penelope. I never did get a ride in her car, but always liked the looks of them. My friend called me, one day, and asked for advice. She had just replaced...

It wasn't supposed to be that way, with the styrofoam cooler, for our trip. See, Dad made his own trailer for this trip. A homemade trailer. Since we were a musical family, and once the accordions, guitars, amplifiers were loaded into the trailer, and then Mom started loading cardboard boxes...