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Eugene Nine
 
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Default Machining In The Living Room aka A Lathe In A Desk

Too_Many_Tools wrote:

"When I was much younger I kept a 1978 Harley Low Rider in my living
room . .
. the first wife was not the domestic goddess type . . .There were some

problems though . . . After a couple hours of riding the "cooling" down

period tended to make the living room a tad bit warm . . . Also the
carb
tended to drip a few drops of fuel on the carpet . . . did you know
that
will melt right through to the padding . . . also oil will penetrate an
old
copy of Popular Mechanics eventually and that also is rough on the
carpet .
. . . But you know ten plus years later when I sold it still looked
brand
new . . . "

The house or the Hog? ;)

TMT

Or the wife?