Andrew VK3BFA wrote:

On Mar 4, 9:37*am, Wes wrote:
Andrew VK3BFA wrote:
Lighten up folks - there's some good people here, with things to say.
Lets hear them for a while.

Okay, just to make you happy.

Wes

Wow - that was a mental exercise there - (the latter) - I knew what
you were talking about, but had to actually "think" while I was
reading it - (an arduous task I prefer to avoid). You are fortunate
that you are able to do these things in your own shop,...
But thanks - a good exercise in finding, testing, planning a job.
Logical thinking - you probably do it automatically after all these
years.

I don't do it automatically. While I do have an associate degree related to metalworking,
it wasn't what I did for many years. In the last 7 years, 15 years after I earned the
degree is when I actually started using some of what I was taught.

I primarily diagnose and repair things. A bit of machining is like icing on the cake.


AND - as for "losing" the 3 jaw chuck - Sorry Wes, it aint going to
get any better. Same here, hate it. The worst is when the phone rings
while you are holding something - you put it down automatically to
answer the phone, and then it vanishes, sometimes for ever......

Oh if that isn't the truth. My machine room is fairly tiny by American standards. Eight
foot by 11 feet with a lathe and a bridgeport. Heated and insulated. I can loose
anything in that room in a second and take minutes to find it again. Heck, I spent more
time in that room this winter than the rest of my garage and I couldn't find that darn
chuck.


My current job - not nearly as grand. Cut sheet of 3mm aluminium,
used a flycutter to cut 2 holes, the same exhaust diameter of 2 hard
rubbish PC power supplies. This was then mounted, recessed, into the
original vent outlet plate on the caravan refrigerator. And a *******
of a job that was - the plastic was brittle, in the end the only thing
that could touch it was the Dremel with mini-cutoff wheels - still
finding bits of them everywhere.. The thermo syphon fridge does like
hot weather, it cant get the heat out of the back, so the fans should
help.
Also welded up a frame to hold a portable mast for when I go bush
amateur radio - its hanging on the clothes line, the first coat of
paint drying.

So you cut outlets for two muffin fans to help out your fridge's efficency using the fly
cutter as a treplanning tool and did some welding for a portable mast for field days and
such.

What bands and modes do you work? I only have a technican class license and I'm currently
not radiating. One of these days really soon I'm going to start studying to upgrade to
General class before I have to renew my tech license. Might as well get full value for my
money

Sounds like you had a "Good Day in the Shop (TM)".

I'm still looking for the box of Gatling parts and tooling.

Wes



So. My commiserations on finding the lost chuck, and thanks for a nice
metalwork story.

Andrew VK3BFA