Blind Squirrel Finds Nut

[Downwindtracker2]

I had been a member of the Delta Toolmaker Yahoo group. I guess it folded . In searching for Toolmaker repair hints I joined a Toolmaker Facebook page. After one very innocuous post saying how happy I was having a Toolmaker grinder, even got three likes for that, I got banned. They wanted a video of me no less to get back in. I had already read through a few years worth of posts looking for teflon tape replacement, it's used on the ways, without any luck. That page had no value. But still looking, another small group showed up on my Google search. One thread had a link to Kieth Rucker's site and a five page thread on just that and second generation machines overhaul. . It's better to be lucky than good looking as the saying goes.

 

[Dusty]

Welcome aboard 'Blind Squirrels Finds Nuts' yes plural as you're not the only one. LOL

 

[slow-poke]

I'm banned from Facebook because I refused to send them a video " with clear views of your face from all angles" for identification purposes. They can go F them selves as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Susquatch]

I love this "even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes" wisdom. The truth is that the wisdom is wrong. Blind squirrels don't have any trouble finding nuts. They don't see them, they smell them. A squirrel can smell nuts buried 6 inches under the dirt or under a foot of snow. A blind squirrel would probably be even more successful at it than a normal squirrel. It's just plain wrong. .

A much better analogy would be "Even a blind squirrel can jump to another tree sometimes".

 

[Downwindtracker2]

LOL !! .I was going to use blind pig finds acorn. Which might fit a little closer. chuckle

In my notification Emails, the one ahead of this one was the acceptance of me as member of Groups, Toolmaker. It seems I was already a member of 12x36 lathes and 4x6 bandsaws. I guess from the old Yahoo groups. The Yahoo groups were a great resource but very awkward to use.

That finding of that thread on overhaul of the 2nd Gen Toolmaker was a mixed blessing. I did find the replacement of the Teflon tape but also the how-to tune up of my little surface grinder. Mine is certainly in need of one. The Dreaded Another Project Machine rabbit hole. This all started with me being unhappy with the finish on a piece of CRS and the metal piling up on the face of HSS bit . I realized I would have to do a better job of sharpening. ( I hadn't ground the bit, only honed it ) . So I took a couple of paths, new CBN wheels for the 7" grinder and the set up of the Toolmaker.