I went to Toronto on the weekend to deliver my Bridgeport to its new machinist.
Post in thread 'New to me Bridgeport Mill' https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/new-to-me-bridgeport-mill.3491/post-75439
On the way home this silly little surface grinder jumped up onto my flatbed and followed me home.
It's a KO Lee S612 fully manual unit that spent most of it's life teaching shop to young aspiring machinists. So not heaving used but prolly badly abused.
I don't really know much about it yet except that it works. It has the perfect motor on it already - a 1hp 220V 3 phase Doeer. Didn't have to do much to hook it up. Very smooth with no discernable vibration.
All three axis work, but the lift is a bit stiff. Not sure why.
I plan to move it a bit further back in the shop so it's back to back with my mill. That leaves lots of room to clean up and walk around it. More to discover and even more things to learn.
I sure hope it is worth it. She didn't follow me home very willingly........
Barely out on the highway, my truck blew a front wheel bearing. Not good. No tools, Friday night, busy highway, pissed off passengers. It can't get any worse......
Yes it can! CAA will tow me to the nearest repair shop. After a few hours they call again to say a truck is coming. I asked AGAIN about the trailer. They said they don't do trailers and I was on my own for that but they did give me the number of the outfit they were sending for the truck. So I called them. Answering machine...... Call again in 20 minutes. Got the owner. Said truck is on the way but ya, no trailers. After suitable begging, he said he would find another truck that could pull the trailer but it would be $350 plus tax. What do I do? I know no nothing about Toronto. So ya, I'm not leaving it on the side of the highway with a surface grinder on it. 350 it is.
A little while later CAA calls again and says a taxi is on its way. Ya, you guessed it. Towing company won't take passengers. So I told her to hold on while I get raped again. I call the towing guy again and he says no way - only two passengers and only if the driver agrees. I said I'd get a taxi for my wife.
We talk for a while ourselves and decided we CAA d prolly bribe the driver if he didn't agree to take us up front, but my wife would hide behind the back seat in the truck and take a long nap. Ya, she fits back there.... Another hour later the truck arrives and says ok to my son and I but only if we wear masks and only if we agree that he doesn't have to.
So he drags the truck up onto his flatbed and doesn't notice my wife wretching.
Then he takes out a 2-5/8 ball, screws it into the tow bar, backs up to the trailer and lifts the tie bar, connects the wiring and off we go. $350 worth of extra work??? Screwing on a ball???
Oh well.... Off we go to the repair shop where I bribe him with cash to split $200 between himself and a $100 towing fee for a small box trailer. After he unloads the truck and leaves we check on the bride and she is like a cat somebody threw into a bath tub. I folded down the seat and ran like the wuss I am...... She is NOT HAPPY.
OK, so far so good/bad.
Across the street is a hotel! Nope, across the street is a hotel with no rooms. And they say nobody in the area has rooms either.
So off we go looking for a room. My son suggests we sleep in the truck. I'm glad said it not me..... Ok then..... I guess we need to find an 8 star hotel - cuz 4 or 5 ain't gunna cut it after that truck ride.
Sure enough, I find a 1 star place with one room left due to a cancellation. Insert big sigh here.
In the morning I try to find a rental car place that rents trucks with hitches. No way. Apparently, nobody does that. So we rent a car, drive home, jump in my wife's jeep and drive back for the trailer. Didn't get home till really late and got the surface grinder in the shop just as the rain started.
Two full days. I could have driven to Calgary in that time.
She is still mad at me.
I sure hope the Lee Grinder is worth it.
So starts another adventure....
Post in thread 'New to me Bridgeport Mill' https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/new-to-me-bridgeport-mill.3491/post-75439
On the way home this silly little surface grinder jumped up onto my flatbed and followed me home.
It's a KO Lee S612 fully manual unit that spent most of it's life teaching shop to young aspiring machinists. So not heaving used but prolly badly abused.
I don't really know much about it yet except that it works. It has the perfect motor on it already - a 1hp 220V 3 phase Doeer. Didn't have to do much to hook it up. Very smooth with no discernable vibration.
All three axis work, but the lift is a bit stiff. Not sure why.
I plan to move it a bit further back in the shop so it's back to back with my mill. That leaves lots of room to clean up and walk around it. More to discover and even more things to learn.
I sure hope it is worth it. She didn't follow me home very willingly........
Barely out on the highway, my truck blew a front wheel bearing. Not good. No tools, Friday night, busy highway, pissed off passengers. It can't get any worse......
Yes it can! CAA will tow me to the nearest repair shop. After a few hours they call again to say a truck is coming. I asked AGAIN about the trailer. They said they don't do trailers and I was on my own for that but they did give me the number of the outfit they were sending for the truck. So I called them. Answering machine...... Call again in 20 minutes. Got the owner. Said truck is on the way but ya, no trailers. After suitable begging, he said he would find another truck that could pull the trailer but it would be $350 plus tax. What do I do? I know no nothing about Toronto. So ya, I'm not leaving it on the side of the highway with a surface grinder on it. 350 it is.
A little while later CAA calls again and says a taxi is on its way. Ya, you guessed it. Towing company won't take passengers. So I told her to hold on while I get raped again. I call the towing guy again and he says no way - only two passengers and only if the driver agrees. I said I'd get a taxi for my wife.
We talk for a while ourselves and decided we CAA d prolly bribe the driver if he didn't agree to take us up front, but my wife would hide behind the back seat in the truck and take a long nap. Ya, she fits back there.... Another hour later the truck arrives and says ok to my son and I but only if we wear masks and only if we agree that he doesn't have to.
So he drags the truck up onto his flatbed and doesn't notice my wife wretching.
Then he takes out a 2-5/8 ball, screws it into the tow bar, backs up to the trailer and lifts the tie bar, connects the wiring and off we go. $350 worth of extra work??? Screwing on a ball???
Oh well.... Off we go to the repair shop where I bribe him with cash to split $200 between himself and a $100 towing fee for a small box trailer. After he unloads the truck and leaves we check on the bride and she is like a cat somebody threw into a bath tub. I folded down the seat and ran like the wuss I am...... She is NOT HAPPY.
OK, so far so good/bad.
Across the street is a hotel! Nope, across the street is a hotel with no rooms. And they say nobody in the area has rooms either.
So off we go looking for a room. My son suggests we sleep in the truck. I'm glad said it not me..... Ok then..... I guess we need to find an 8 star hotel - cuz 4 or 5 ain't gunna cut it after that truck ride.
Sure enough, I find a 1 star place with one room left due to a cancellation. Insert big sigh here.
In the morning I try to find a rental car place that rents trucks with hitches. No way. Apparently, nobody does that. So we rent a car, drive home, jump in my wife's jeep and drive back for the trailer. Didn't get home till really late and got the surface grinder in the shop just as the rain started.
Two full days. I could have driven to Calgary in that time.
She is still mad at me.
I sure hope the Lee Grinder is worth it.
So starts another adventure....
