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140mower said:
........ I do a lot of oil changes and tire rotations. 😛
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My other half has an Audi, do I have to say more😛

Hey, how’s that truck restoration coming along, is it peeking out from under the security blanket? 😉

D 😎
 
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Unfortunately, not as much happened over the winter as I had hoped. It turns out that taking shortcuts down ladders is really hard on the body. I took the express lane down one last fall and tore my shoulder up pretty good, it's coming along, but it's been a long haul. 🙄
 
140mower said:
Unfortunately, not as much happened over the winter as I had hoped. It turns out that taking shortcuts down ladders is really hard on the body. I took the express lane down one last fall and tore my shoulder up pretty good, it's coming along, but it's been a long haul. 🙄
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Oh that sucks, well look on the bright side it gives you more time to hang out around here and gab!

Mend well!

D 😎
 
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Tecnico said:
Oh that sucks, well look on the bright side it gives you more time to hang out around here and gab!

Mend well!

D 😎
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Interesting perspective. The more time members spend on here the more F'd up they must be........

I know, that's not what you said, but......

Might even be true. 🙄
 
Susquatch said:
Interesting perspective. The more time members spend on here the more F'd up they must be........

I know, that's not what you said, but......

Might even be true. 🙄
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Uh oh, are you saying that I need to cut down on my screen time and join the real world? It's scary out there, there are Susquatches running free......😳

D 😎
 
140mower said:
Unfortunately, not as much happened over the winter as I had hoped. It turns out that taking shortcuts down ladders is really hard on the body. I took the express lane down one last fall and tore my shoulder up pretty good, it's coming along, but it's been a long haul. 🙄
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Taking stairs too fast has a similar effect: total reverse replacement. 6 more weeks of PT, but not back 95% until the end of the year; at least it wasn’t my dominant arm!
 
ChazzC said:
Taking stairs too fast has a similar effect: total reverse replacement. 6 more weeks of PT, but not back 95% until the end of the year; at least it wasn’t my dominant arm!
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I blame it all on gravity, we really need to ban that crap as it just ain't safe. 🙄 Unfortunately it was my dominant arm, I could still chain up a tandem truck, but there was no way I could change a light bulb. Lifting it over my head or reaching out was out of the question, strangely though I could upshift my pickup 2 to 3 just fine, but couldn't downshift 4-3 to save my soul.🙁
 
The Starrett #196 indicator sets was a requirement for millwrights before lasers. I have couple of sets. In order for couplings to last, they have to in alignment . The ones I most often had to align were pumps and motors . Big ones were easy, the little ones I swore were on springs.
 
Downwindtracker2 said:
The Starrett #196 indicator sets was a requirement for millwrights before lasers. I have couple of sets. In order for couplings to last, they have to in alignment . The ones I most often had to align were pumps and motors . Big ones were easy, the little ones I swore were on springs.
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Never used them, but I remember watching some of the many dozens of motor/pump shafts being aligned at the Hershey Virginia plant in the early 80’s.
 
Oil refineries required cross dials , more complicated math, but pulp mills were happy with the simple rim and face. I think that was all the engineers understood. It was a fair bit of trial and error. If the sun shone on your motor, your numbers were out. Now with lasers , you set up and the display will tell you your shim packs, even soft foot.
 
Chicken lights said:
Any links to more knowledge on this?
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It isn't the way I would do it. But I'm sure it would work just fine. If asked how, I'd run the button on the bed with the dial facing up. But I think other methods are easier.

I love this indicator for checking the bedding of an internal spiral tube. I'll show you how I do that next time you are here. If you or others want, I could post about it on the members only forum.

If you want, I'll also show you how to tram a mill with it when you are here. But it would be interesting to hear how @Stuart Samuel does it.
 
Susquatch said:
I use a kit like that to check bedding stress.
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I was unaware that the FAR NORTHERN Susquatches ~had~ *issues* with their Beds • • • • Ours below the 48th just look for a bunch of branches from Pines, although they WILL use FUR BRANCHES for a single Nights sleep • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (A QUICK look both ways, EXIT stage Left)

philip, from the Great Pacific NorthWET, Oregon, USA
"Wood Working" & "Electronics", since 1957, Metal working added, 1968
 
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