On Tue, 04 May 2010 20:21:49 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 04 May 2010 08:21:29 -0500, Wayne Cook
wrote the following:

On Mon, 03 May 2010 22:05:50 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 03 May 2010 22:00:43 -0500, Wayne Cook
wrote the following:


Well it's been several years now but I finally did a small update on
my web site. The new stuff is at the bottom. In case it doesn't come
up in my sig here's the url.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm


Hi, Wayne. Some thoughts on cruising your site:

Hayseuss Crisco! What's that Sydney used for, turning torpedo husks?

Well it doesn't see as much use now that I've got the Pratt. But we
used it the other day to face some final drive gears from a Case
backhoe, before that it bored a couple of vane vacuum pumps, repaired
some drive shafts, etc.

I suppose it's big enough for all that. How's the precision?

Considering it's age the precision is pretty good. It's not perfect
but then most of what we do doesn't require that level of precision.


The Pratt could be brush painted with alkyd paint while in that state,
making it look better now, not waiting for the bed sprucing.

If you've noticed I'm not a big one for paint. In fact I cuss people
who paint without doing proper preperation.

Yeah, I noticed that. g I usually go over it with a scotchbrite
pad and paint thinner after a brush degreasing, wipe it with lacquer
thinner, and brush on alkyd. That's for a quick touchup. I abhor the
idiots who spray everything which can't come off with their fingers
and then ask double for a "rebuilt" machine. There's a place in Hell
reserved just for those folks.

Agreed. The radial drill is one with at least two layers of paint
over grease and dirt. The truth is that while I wouldn't mind giving
them a paint job we just don't have the time needed to do it properly.
The first part of this year is the first time in at least 5 years that
I started see the backlog of work dwindle.


Sweeping works, but shop vacs clean. /hint (Then I realized that it
was a dirt-floored shop and 'someone' put down steel or plywood hard
spots. Never mind.

It's a working shop. We work pretty hard to keep it clean but it's
impossible to keep it perfect.

True, unless you hire a person full time for cleaning and
straightening, shops get messy and full cleaning days are necessary
once in awhile.

My main helper does a good job of cleaning when I'm not pushing work
his way and we do have a high school kid come in after school who does
a fair job (his big problem is still figuring out where everthing
goes).


That Cannedy is a cool, dangerous, and workhorse looking old beastie.

It was a pretty nice drill press when I had it. I traded it for a
3,000 lb 24" swing Cincinatti Bickford drill press kind of like this
one (it didn't have the big feed wheel).

http://www.gnstools.com/200.html

...which looks like it belongs on a sub tender or carrier, eh?

It was a good drill press. In some ways better than the radial (less
wear for one). But it was limited in work envelope compared to the
radial.


Which I sold when I got the current radial drill.

Now I see why you have the large crane in there. It's to lift parts
which need fixing onto the tools. You work on some monstrous stuff, I
guess. Cool.

Sometimes yes there's some rather large things that come in.

Carry on!

Thanks.

P.S: I didn't see a pic of an air conditioner in that shop. In
Texicus, you must have egg-fryin temps inside in a few months. Ouch!

There's 3 swamp coolers in the back wall (well one is in a doorway)
and I have a soaker hose on the roof. It's not perfect but it makes it
barely bearable.