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If you don't mind me asking who manufactured the table, that looks very solid.

JB

*Edit* After posting I came back to amend my statement:

"If you don't mind me asking who manufactured the table, that looks very solid for something with more holes than Bonnie and Clyde's car.
 
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Merry Christmas Duker.

With all those new additions to your garage I'm sure you will have a great new year



Don


Thank you Don! I hope you and Ann had a great Christmas!

OK, you ****!! :rocker:


:beer:


LOL Dan - Santa was very good to me this year!

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Damn! A plasma table and a new layout table :pimp: I don't need to tell you Merry Christmas xmas



I want to come over and play :lol:


You can come down anytime to play in the shop! I think I am full up on toys for the metal shop now. I need to start putting some time in on the wood-shop as I have some actual paid projects to get done!

Merry Xmas all, and a prosperous New Year.


Thank you John! You as well!

Merry Christmas Duker!


Thanks Craig! I hope you had a good Christmas! I wish I could join you guys on your museum get together!

Nice score!!!

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Thanks Shorty!

If you don't mind me asking who manufactured the table, that looks very solid.

JB

*Edit* After posting I came back to amend my statement:

"If you don't mind me asking who manufactured the table, that looks very solid for something with more holes than Bonnie and Clyde's car.


Thanks JB ! The table is a Siegmund 28 imperial version. Quantum Machinery has them on sale at the moment. It’s not cheap but I wanted to buy once cry once so it’s over kill for what I will use it for most likely. The table according to the specs is about 2190lbs with the legs.

Nice score Duke. You'll love using that collet chuck and just collets in general.


Thanks Mike I am looking forward to having the Chuck on the lathe. I think it will be very handy!

That is a nice haul Duker. You and your family have a safe and Merry Christmas.


Thanks John! I hope you had a great Christmas and will have an even better Née Year!

WOW. You ****! That straightedge alone was worth the whole auction haul cost. And you got a 22J chuck? Man, you are really coming up aces!


Yeah the straight edge was a lucky bonus. If your looking for a Sjogren Chuck let me know as the oil business here is hurting and there are quite a few machine shops at auction. I have already seen a few others go cheap. Let me know your budget and mount ie L1 or D1 for the lathe and I can keep an eye out for you!



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Duker cut anything or used that huge table yet?

Happy New Year!



Hey John, Happy New Year to you!

I have been using the table to tack up some tubing for frames to use my Rousseau drawers in for storage. I am building 8 - 93” tall cabinets that will have wood cabinets in the top half like this one I made previously.

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I need to remember to takes some photos this weekend!


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Yeah the straight edge was a lucky bonus. If your looking for a Sjogren Chuck let me know as the oil business here is hurting and there are quite a few machine shops at auction. I have already seen a few others go cheap. Let me know your budget and mount ie L1 or D1 for the lathe and I can keep an eye out for you!

Duker, i have an L1 and i would definitely take a sjogren for the right price.

Thanks!
 
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Duker, i have an L1 and i would definitely take a sjogren for the right price.



Thanks!



I will keep an eye out for one. There is a big auction coming up in a few weeks and I know they have some L1 lathes.


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So what do you do in TX when it snows... stay in side and watch your son practice his Tig welding....

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I finished cutting all of the pieces for the Rousseau drawer cabinets I am making.

I am throwing in the towel today and going in to stick by the fire... I admire you guys in the north who work in these temps....

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yea you Texans stay inside and off the roads.

How is the tig welding going?


Well... I can stick pieces of metal together but
I definitely need more time under the hood to make it look like a stack of dimes. My son is doin well with it but he prefers MiG.


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Well I am sure it's better than anything I weld... mine looks like vomit.

I don't TIG and I can barely MIG.
 

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Cam,

You probably get three seasons in your triangle of travels.

Right, I definitely get a couple. Its like the three bears. Summer in Phoenix has gotta be papa bear time. Winter in Prescott (been low teens most mornings for a while) gotta be mama bear. And baby bear Cali is juuusssst right about anytime. :confused:


BUT, I'll gladly take my temperature extremes over the alternative climate anytime. :beer:
 
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Oooohhhhh, are you saying you don't like that white **** Cam?:lol_hitti

You guys give me **** when I complain about it but it's a little different now isn't it?:lol:

I told a native Texan friend on Facebook about taking my kids to a snowy church parking lot when they were young drivers and locking back to 2wd with nothing in the *** end. He said he would stay inside with his coat on.
 
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Oooohhhhh, are you saying you don't like that white **** Cam?:lol_hitti

You guys give me **** when I complain about it but it's a little different now isn't it?:lol:

Touche! I played hockey and skied growing up but my body has definitely "climatized" to Texas weather!

Of course... we have to put up with the white stuff every once in 10 years or more... not everyday! Still no plans for Cam and I to buy a snow blower! :beer:
 
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I love that snow blower, I hope I never have to live through enough snow where I feel like I need one. Currently sitting at about 8" now and that is fine to drive through but I'm over it, bring on summer.

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I love that snow blower, I hope I never have to live through enough snow where I feel like I need one. Currently sitting at about 8" now and that is fine to drive through but I'm over it, bring on summer.

JB


^^^ what JB said....

Pffft, speak for yourself





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I stand corrected! That is a beast!

That's good to hear. Anything freeze besides yourself in the garage?


Had the backflow on the sprinkler system become a fountain but that was it....

Brrrrr! Reminds me of 1985 snow when I was in Austin. Stay warm.


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I was in New Mexico skiing in a race at Taos when that storm hit.... there was more snow at my folks place in Boerne then on the mountain!



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Duke skiing? racing? pictures please.



I will have to check with my folks to see what they have for pics... those days were long before cell phone cameras. I haven’t looked at any of those pics since I tried to use some to impress my then girlfriend and now wife ( she was not impressed!) Wow i can’t believe it’s been 36 years since I last raced...

My mind still thinks I can keep up with my kids skiing but my legs remind me everyday it’s a fool’s errand!


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Oh I remember those days not that I was a racer.


btw I didn't realize you were speaking of the storm in 1985, I thought you were referencing this past storm, hence my comment.
 
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The projects have been constant but a few of them were extra fun. For those of you who have followed along know that my son Chris and I built a gas forge as he became interested in forging. In April we attended a Tire Hammer class at Chapapeela arts in Louisiana. In one weekend we built 27 power hammers including one for ourselves.

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‘Forged in Fire Champion Derek Melton was our quality inspector and in charge of heat treating all of our dies.

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If you are into forging you have heard of Brian Brazeal. Both he and his brother were there and were great at passing on some information to us rookie blacksmiths.

In the shop, Chris welded up some frame material I cut up previously to create some cabinets for the wood and metal shop.



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Now I have to find some time to build the upper cabinets.
 
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Brother its great to see you back in action here. I was starting to get concerned when you hadn't been around in a while. But please explain to the short bus crowd WintheF is up with those power hammers. Was there a special sale on spare tires after the Vid took out all the chainand sprocket manufactures or what??. I ain't never seen anything like that and why?
 
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