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Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:20 am
by LatakiaLover
Guilty as charged, Mr. Huber. I'm
still unable to explain what came over me.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:58 am
by oklahoma red
LatakiaLover wrote:Guilty as charged, Mr. Huber. I'm
still unable to explain what came over me.
Simple: you got back on your meds like a good little gy-rine. That PTSD is a bitch.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:55 am
by pipedreamer
Well now that's a worry off my mind. It will be nice since Hell has frozen over!!! That is nice! Can hardly wait for the spit shined pictures!!!
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:08 pm
by Charl
Nice lathe! Very cool
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:18 pm
by sparkyspipes
Gratz on the new Lathe!
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:58 pm
by LatakiaLover
I am officially a lathe virgin no more. Just finished taking the thing on a test drive. I have all my fingers and the house is still standing, so I'm callin' it good.
Decided to make one of the oddball things that I got it for in the first place as its maiden voyage: an otherwise standard stem with a deeply undercut (dished) face. No drama, I just stared a while at the pieces-parts and did what felt right, and got a perfect result straight away. Go figure. Getting the rod centered with a 4-jaw chuck was a pain, but that was expected. Kinda fun doin' things sideways.
(Fuck that thread-cutting insanity, though. NO amount of intuition would make a dent in that gear train shit.
)
The main belt is getting a bit ratty & lumpy, so I ordered a length of that twist-lock stuff to replace it, and the idler pulley axle seemed rough, so will be replacing it with a length of extra-hard polished drill rod. Other than those things and a solid lamp or two, zee project is finished. Yay for the repair team!
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:08 am
by oklahoma red
LatakiaLover wrote:I am officially a lathe virgin no more. Just finished taking the thing on a test drive. I have all my fingers and the house is still standing, so I'm callin' it good.
Decided to make one of the oddball things that I got it for in the first place as its maiden voyage: an otherwise standard stem with a deeply undercut (dished) face. No drama, I just stared a while at the pieces-parts and did what felt right, and got a perfect result straight away. Go figure. Getting the rod centered with a 4-jaw chuck was a pain, but that was expected. Kinda fun doin' things sideways.
(Fuck that thread-cutting insanity, though. NO amount of intuition would make a dent in that gear train shit.
)
The main belt is getting a bit ratty & lumpy, so I ordered a length of that twist-lock stuff to replace it, and the idler pulley axle seemed rough, so will be replacing it with a length of extra-hard polished drill rod. Other than those things and a solid lamp or two, zee project is is finished. Yay for the repair team!
Congrats! Hell has officially frozen over.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:56 am
by caskwith
Awesome! You should shoot some video for us
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:38 am
by scotties22
I'll take some video tonight and see if I can't find a way to post it......did that come out kinda dirty, or is it just me?
Let me rephrase: I'll take some video of GEORGE turning a tenon or something ON THE LATHE while I am at his shop tonight.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:09 am
by Alden
So. You're gonna film George turning his tenon later ?
I can't find a dirty joke in that anywhere.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:40 pm
by TRS
Alden wrote:So. You're gonna film George turning his tenon later ?
I can't find a dirty joke in that anywhere.
I didn't get it either; what's dirty about her filming George using his tool tonight? I, for one, am looking forward to watching a video of him working on his rod stock.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:15 pm
by Alden
TRS wrote: I, for one, am looking forward to watching a video of him working on his rod stock.
Film it through a crack in the closet door, and breathe real slow and heavy the whole time.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:15 pm
by LatakiaLover
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:24 pm
by scotties22
Alden wrote:TRS wrote: I, for one, am looking forward to watching a video of him working on his rod stock.
Film it through a crack in the closet door, and breathe real slow and heavy the whole time.
Damn you Ryan....I just spit soda all over the place!
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:19 am
by Sasquatch
I don't know what's funnier, the thought of George working on a lathe, or the thought of Alden creeping Scottie creeping George. All top quality stuff.
Re: Mostly to keep Chris A. & Chas (Oklahoma Red) happy...
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:20 pm
by sethile
Congratulations on the lathe, George! I think you're going to love having that option in the arsenal!
