On Jul 9, 5:56*pm, Wes wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote:
I noticed that parts of the east coast hit triple digits. *As a former
resident of Indiana
that experienced a lot of hot muggy summers you have my sympathy. *When
the humidity
defeats evaporative cooling, aka, sweating, life is miserable and often
dangerous
depending on age and health.

Wes

I've just been working indoors with air conditioning. Some people are really
suffering.

I went out this morning to fit my BXA Phase II post to my Clausing. *I should have cut a
hole in the wall and installed the air conditioner first.

Instead I clamped up the piece that goes in the tee slot and started milling it to size.
Stuff was heat treated but machinable with HSS but it was really pushing my mill hard. *

Ran into issues with part lift, end mill pullout, or something. *This wasn't working, I
wasn't getting each side of the tee nut the same which would cause the tool post stud to
lean and over stress the tee slot in my compound.

Finally, I stepped back, rummaged around and found a 1/2" carbide end mill, grabbed an
ingot from the bullet casting supplies and beat that part against the parrallels in the
vise while giving the handle a bunch more twist. *Put a bit more torque on the drawbar to
make sure I don't get any walk there, set the gib locks on all axises I'm not moving and
went after it one more time. *Cut like butter, no vibrations, nice finish. *a bit of
whittling and I'm done.

Sweat is dripping off of my body. *Go to tighten down the tool post, can't find a 1"
wrench. *Time to go shopping.

The BXA is much larger than the AXA I had on a riser plate. *The BXA looks right. *I
enriched the economy of China via CDCO to secure a small pile of #2 holders.

Later in the day I did some measuring for the hole I need to put in the wall and the heat
and humidity was making me miserable. *I'll try to get out early tomorrow and get the AC
installed. *It was supposed to be a nice day and I planned to get the grass cut. *

This is my futile attempt to turn a political post into a metalworking post.

Wes

Last week, I added two new (big) computers in my basement. That was
finally enough to trip a breaker. So, I moved one of them to another
circuit (which is shared with the AC unit in the basement), That
breaker tripped, too. So, it was time to use up the last remaining
slot in my old, soon-to-be-replaced panel and add a new outlet for the
AC. By the time I was done, I literally had a puddle of sweat on the
floor.

This, of COURSE, is not global warming. It is weather, not climate.
All the same, I think it sucks, and there ought to be a law ;-) In
Coyhaique, Chile, it's currently 32 degrees F and snowing. Maybe I
should build a summer home there...