Recent content by ShopShoe

Jumping back to the boat in post number two: Another boat and an older video, but I appreciate what it took to maneuver a small boat powered by one of these: As someone told me as I drove an unsyschronized stick shift transmission many years ago: "I didn't realize so much manipulation was...

I also occasionally have "...a need now and again to weld two bits of metal together." So I seem to have have experience close to yours in this area. I have been welding off and on for decades now, although not so much lately. I can't comment directly on the laser welders, so you can move to...

Steamchick, I seem to think and operate a lot like you do in your shop when I am doing something in mine. In our worlds what matters is what fits, no matter how we get there. As far as rambling goes: Feel free to ramble away. I read your posts. --ShopShoe

Random Thoughts ............. For an individual working with that individual's own set of tools and own usual techniques everything is undrstood by that individual and precision and repeatability is pretty much, well..., repeatable. Standards for communication and practice come into play when...

Congratulations! I have been watching your posts and waiting to see this run. I am impressed by the result and I have enjoyed your skillful build. But more than that, I admire the stick-to-it-ive-ness you have had to result in the completion. Thank You for posting all of it. --ShopShoe

When I was young, I had an opinion for about any subject and I was often correcting what others said a lot. Now that I am old, I am just beginning to understand what is meant by "with Age comes Wisdom." I often hold my comments and opinions for a period of time rather than jumping right in as...

Other Ideas?? In studying various lathes and watching different people address the problems of exact positioning that you want to address, I can offer what seem to be the traditional ways of working toward precision. 1. Install a DRO and try for the best adjustment and calibration so you get...

FYI, I googled aviation gyroscopes, hoping to find more information. I did find several vintage ones for sale for low bucks, in terrrible condition and probably not functional. Possibly worth trying to get one to have the case and the display and something else to play with. I am interested in...

You've done a beautiful refurbish on that saw. I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting. --ShopShoe

Brian, Whatever you decide, I'm sure you'll post it and I will definitely be watching. It does seem to me that with your abilities you could really benefit more from a mill with X-Y-Z capabilities rather than a router as it would allow you to speed up the process of making many more things...

"Hopefully somebody find this useful." I do, and I think there are probably others here who also do. I enjoy stories of what can be done with some of the less expensive items out there and I enjoy stories of home-built jigs and machines. I have done some of that myself and I consider it part...

All of your projects are beautiful. I really like the engine with generator and the tractor. Thank You for posting. --ShopShoe

Congratulations. Really runs well and sounds great. Thank You for Posting. --ShopShoe

For a time, I was involved in arranging instruction in CAD for High School instructors. We had a discussion on the first coffee break about all this and the consensus was that once one could get past the "way we were always taught" it is not really that important EXCEPT that any supplier of...

I will add my 2 cents that you need to dress your grinding wheel or stone. The diamond point wheel dressing stones are not too expensive and you can build a holder to do the dressing, or buy one. If you search the catalog of any large tooling supplier you can find "diamond dresser" or "diamond...