Recent content by Chicken lights

I'm mostly house Milwaukee but I've had good luck with dewalt corded grinders. I actually don't have a lot of cordless tools, I'm mostly air operated. If I hadn't invested in pneumatic tools I probably would've made the switch to cordless. But years ago the cordless tools weren't what they are now

Are those African? One book (fiction) that I have mentions them. But I realize they could have been imported to Africa too

* flag pole My F tree fiddy is larger than his dodge 1500, I already won the first round ;)

The first version on the brass collar, I drilled a hole and used mechanics wire to attach the flag. That ended up ripping out. :rolleyes: So I thought use a hose clamp, had the collar turned so there was a boss for the hose clamp. The hose clamp is too large for the grommet on the flag...

Start the car!!

So you're saying you would re-mount the vice at a 45 (ish) angle to mount the part to mill the angles? You're right, there's no 100% precision needed, it's mostly for looks/ trying to make a better tool. I have a four way chain collector that was basically torched out and welded up, but looks...

Trying to whittle that

Does anyone have a trick for milling a 45 degree? Could I use a scrap piece of stock, drill and tap it, then bolt the workpiece to that at the 45? That would let me use the vise still, and keep the cutter away from the vise?

Pleasure meeting you! Thanks for the shop tour!

I got the impression you and yours were a great fit....my first time meeting your better half but very much suited to each other It's been fun meeting the ones the guys complain about to find out they are sweethearts

Not permanently, but we south of Harrisburg for the night, neighbour

Ever hear of Gravely? It was explained to me that "if it was good enough for grandpa for fifty years" style of marketing was replaced with sell them a new one every five to ten years but it's cheap to buy every five to ten years style marketing. The older stuff was built to give the brand a...

@ChazzC we gonna be neighbours here shortly

I'm heading the wrong way tomorrow, see what the week brings

That would be like ordering a load of maple and getting all soft maple, instead of hard maple. Close but not the same thing There's a type of poplar called bam or bambaguillion that isn't in most tree books, at least when I looked years ago. It's even more junky than white poplar, typically...