I do like a good strong whiskey, or bourbon. I agree, using machines, machinery, or driving while under the influence is not good it was said tongue-in-cheek. I hope it came across that way. Peace, love joy to you all and happy machining.
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On Sep 11, 2023, at 4:42 PM, druid_noibn via groups.io <druid_noibn@...> wrote:
?
Hmmmm
Does using a 1/2" end mill in a mill/drill count..?? I melted a bit of aluminum (wondering how "dull" the end mill was)...
Mea culpa.
DBN, aka John
On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 08:24:03 PM EDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote:
I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
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Hmmmm
Does using a 1/2" end mill in a mill/drill count..?? I melted a bit of aluminum (wondering how "dull" the end mill was)...
Mea culpa.
DBN, aka John
On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 08:24:03 PM EDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote:
I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
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yes it has QCGB
On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 02:20:20 AM GMT+3, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:
What lathe do ya have ? Does it have a QCGB ?
animal
On 9/11/23 1:46 PM, Fred Flintstone via
groups.io wrote:
Thank you,
Yes I am sure it is 1/2 inch
and have access to a 1/2 inch 10 tap, which of course does me
no good.
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:40:02 PM GMT+3,
Jim_B <jim@...> wrote:
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These may help. BUT are you shure it’s 1/2? If
it’s true Acme and 1/2-6 there is little room for a
tool in the nut ID.?
Here is a 1/2-10 I made.?
Jim B,
On Sep 11, 2023, at 3:59 PM,
Fred Flintstone via groups.io
<stoeger666@...> wrote:
?
Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great
holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to
restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing
a t type nut internally and I have to tap a
new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since
high school over 50 years ago. This thread is
6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am
at a total loss as to what to do and from what
I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on
this.
Thank you,
--
Jim B
|
I lent my brother my worm drive skillsaw so he could do some remodeling work. He brought it back and said it was no good and downright dangerous. It jumped and smoked and wouldn't cut and he had gone and bought a new el-cheapo circular saw and it was much better. I opened the carrying case and noticed a brand new blade installed backwards in my saw. When I asked him he said "oh yeah, I put that in before I started to make sure I got clean cuts".
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:32:42 AM EDT, Richard Wanke <r.wanke@...> wrote:
As I was leaving to run some Saturday morning errands years ago, I said good morning to the neighbor in his newly built garage as he was getting ready to put up a new garage door opener. Several hours later upon arriving home I walked over to see how he was progressing. He was having trouble drilling holes in the wood header and said he had just bought the drill bit the day before but he screwed up because he bought metal cutting bits instead of wood cutting bits. I looked around and at every place he had run a lag bolt into the wood to fasten the hardware was a blackened hole where the drill bit had burnt a hole in the wood. I politely told him the button on the drill would switch it into the correct direction. He was quite embarrassed to say the least but at least this last hole he was drilling went much easier. ?  
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 08:24:51 AM EDT, ww_big_al <arknack@...> wrote:
The solution is simple. Use left hand drill bits. ?LOL.. Been there, done that Al-USA ?
From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill in OKC too via groups.io Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:50 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [SouthBendLathe] Home shop adventures ? I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :) Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it! William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first. ? On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote: I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
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-George M.
|
What lathe do ya have ? Does it have a QCGB ?
animal
On 9/11/23 1:46 PM, Fred Flintstone via
groups.io wrote:
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Thank you,
Yes I am sure it is 1/2 inch
and have access to a 1/2 inch 10 tap, which of course does me
no good.
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:40:02 PM GMT+3,
Jim_B <jim@...> wrote:
These may help. BUT are you shure it’s 1/2? If
it’s true Acme and 1/2-6 there is little room for a
tool in the nut ID.?
Here is a 1/2-10 I made.?
Jim B,
On Sep 11, 2023, at 3:59 PM,
Fred Flintstone via groups.io
<stoeger666@...> wrote:
?
Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great
holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to
restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing
a t type nut internally and I have to tap a
new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since
high school over 50 years ago. This thread is
6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am
at a total loss as to what to do and from what
I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on
this.
Thank you,
--
Jim B
|
My limited experience says bourbon and wrenches don't mix. Too much caffeine can also be a problem, though it's less likely to affect your judgment to the extent too much bourbon does. ;)? I'm not a drinker of that sort of thing, 'cause I'm a cheap drunk, and of course your mileage may vary!
I have LH drill sets. You can get the same effect with them if you don't switch the drill to reverse. DAMHIK. ;)
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 04:29:32 PM CDT, RJ White via groups.io <soilrelocator@...> wrote:
OH, yes. This was good , made me smile and laugh a little . I am sure we have all done stuff like that. I know I have! Peace out and ?? up to more coffee, maybe even a bourbon! On Sep 11, 2023, at 5:24 AM, ww_big_al <arknack@...> wrote:
?
The solution is simple. Use left hand drill bits. ?LOL.. Been there, done that Al-USA ? ? I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :) Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it! William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first. ? On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote: I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
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-George M.
|
OH, yes. This was good , made me smile and laugh a little . I am sure we have all done stuff like that. I know I have! Peace out and ?? up to more coffee, maybe even a bourbon!
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On Sep 11, 2023, at 5:24 AM, ww_big_al <arknack@...> wrote:
? The solution is simple. Use left hand drill bits. ?LOL.. Been there, done that Al-USA ? ? I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :) Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it! William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first. ? On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote: I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
--
-George M.
|
Thank you,
Yes I am sure it is 1/2 inch and have access to a 1/2 inch 10 tap, which of course does me no good.
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:40:02 PM GMT+3, Jim_B <jim@...> wrote:
 
These may help. BUT are you shure it’s 1/2? If it’s true Acme and 1/2-6 there is little room for a tool in the nut ID.?
Here is a 1/2-10 I made.?
Jim B,
On Sep 11, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Fred Flintstone via groups.io <stoeger666@...> wrote:
? Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing a t type nut internally and I have to tap a new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since high school over 50 years ago. This thread is 6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am at a total loss as to what to do and from what I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on this.
Thank you,
--
Jim B
|
 
These may help. BUT are you shure it’s 1/2? If it’s true Acme and 1/2-6 there is little room for a tool in the nut ID.?
Here is a 1/2-10 I made.?
Jim B,
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On Sep 11, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Fred Flintstone via groups.io <stoeger666@...> wrote:
? Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing a t type nut internally and I have to tap a new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since high school over 50 years ago. This thread is 6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am at a total loss as to what to do and from what I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on this.
Thank you, Stoeger
--
Jim B
|
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:17:03 PM GMT+3, m. allan noah <kitno455@...> wrote:
First, right or left hand thread?
allan
On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 3:59?PM Fred Flintstone via <stoeger666= [email protected]> wrote: Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing a t type nut internally and I have to tap a new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since high school over 50 years ago. This thread is 6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am at a total loss as to what to do and from what I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on this.
Thank you, Stoeger
-- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand"
|
First, right or left hand thread?
allan
On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 3:59?PM Fred Flintstone via <stoeger666= [email protected]> wrote: Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing a t type nut internally and I have to tap a new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since high school over 50 years ago. This thread is 6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am at a total loss as to what to do and from what I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on this.
Thank you, Stoeger
-- "well, I stand up next to a mountain- and I chop it down with the edge of my hand"
|
Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great holiday,
I have an old vise I am trying to restore, it is a small vise, and it is missing a t type nut internally and I have to tap a new one. I have not cut an ACME thread since high school over 50 years ago. This thread is 6 per inch and the diameter is 1/2 inch. I am at a total loss as to what to do and from what I have seen 6 TPI is not standard either.
I need all the help I can get on this.
Thank you, Stoeger
|
As I was leaving to run some Saturday morning errands years ago, I said good morning to the neighbor in his newly built garage as he was getting ready to put up a new garage door opener. Several hours later upon arriving home I walked over to see how he was progressing. He was having trouble drilling holes in the wood header and said he had just bought the drill bit the day before but he screwed up because he bought metal cutting bits instead of wood cutting bits. I looked around and at every place he had run a lag bolt into the wood to fasten the hardware was a blackened hole where the drill bit had burnt a hole in the wood. I politely told him the button on the drill would switch it into the correct direction. He was quite embarrassed to say the least but at least this last hole he was drilling went much easier. ?
On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 08:24:51 AM EDT, ww_big_al <arknack@...> wrote:
The solution is simple. Use left hand drill bits. ?LOL.. Been there, done that Al-USA ?
From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill in OKC too via groups.io Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:50 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [SouthBendLathe] Home shop adventures ? I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :) Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it! William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first. ? On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote: I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
--
-George M.
|
The solution is simple. Use left hand drill bits. ?LOL.. Been there, done that Al-USA ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill in OKC too via groups.io Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:50 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [SouthBendLathe] Home shop adventures ? I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :) Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it! William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.
Physics doesn't care about your schedule.
The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first. ? On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote: I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
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I suppose it's easy done. Not that I ever have, I think.
Back in September '73 when I started my British Rail sponsored Engineering degree course with 3 months in Derby carriage works apprentice school, the machining instructor regaled us with a wartime story. The railways were a reserved occupation then, so he had remained in the works as a machinist, mostly setting up capstan lathes for the large influx of initially unskilled female labour. One such managed to run an entire cycle with the spindle revolving backwards. The output product was to some extent recognisable... Needless to say, he had a bit more to do than a "quick touch up"!
Eddie
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From: "George Meinschein via groups.io" <gmeinschein@...>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 11 Sep, 23 At 01:23
Subject: [SouthBendLathe] Home shop adventures
I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
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I'm going to self-righteously claim I have never, ever, ever done that. Sure I haven't. I wouldn't? lie to you about a thing like this :)
Much. ;). Try it with a 1/2" bit sometime. I think it's caffeine deficiency. Yeah sure! That's got to be it!
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 07:24:02 PM CDT, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote:
I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
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You are not the first one??
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On Sep 10, 2023, at 6:24 PM, George Meinschein via groups.io <gmeinschein@...> wrote:
?I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
Sent from Proton Mail mobile
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-George M.
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I've been on a "git 'er done" home shop rampage for the last few weeks. Ran a dedicated 220 circuit to the garage. Learned how to bend half inch EMT and did that without screwing up a single piece of conduit. Got a 1hp Fuji VFD for the Bridgeport and a 3hp Fuji VFD for the 14.5" South Bend from the nice folks at Wolf Automation. Put up a nice belt drive garage door opener on the shop side of the garage this weekend. That's what is prompting me to write this post.
In the process of hanging the garage door opener, I had to drill a couple of holes in a piece of regular old angle iron. I was using a nothing fancy hand held DeWalt drill and the set of drill bits that I normally use for household tasks. The drill didn't seem to be working as quickly as I had expected, maybe because this drill and drill bits usually get put to work on wood and drywall. Anyway, I put the drill in reverse at one point to back out a drill bit. Chucked in a larger drill bit and went to open up the hole I was working on in the angle iron and the drill worked like total crap. It wouldn't drill worth two cents. I chucked in a bit one size smaller and got the same result. I went up to 5/16 of an inch on the drill size and that worked like crap too. After looking things over for a minute, I realized I had been working with the drill in reverse for the last few sizes I had attempted. AAAARGH!!! After a quick trip to the basement and a touch up of the drill bits on the bench grinder, I returned to the garage, put the drill in FORWARD, and drilled the holes in the angle iron as if it were made of butter. So, what's the moral of this story? Drink more coffee before picking up a hand drill? Don't work with my glasses all sweated up? Engage Brain before using tools? How many engineers does it take to drill a hole in a piece of angle iron? I have no idea, but I thought this would make some of you smile.
Thanks,
George H. Meinschein, P.E.
Firearm and Ballistics Engineering LLC
150 Brittany Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
gmeinschein@...
Cell#: 732-580-1736
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Re: Horizontal drive unit
Hi Bob,
Do you happen to have that drive still? I’m looking for one, please drop me an email.
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Looking for SB9A apron and countershaft assy
Hi folks,
Picked up a rusty 644Z cutie recently that’s missing the carriage apron and a few other things. According to Ebay the apron is cast gold and gears are Inconel, or so the asking prices suggest... If someone has a reasonably priced apron assy, or parts of it, I’d appreciate a pointer. Looking for the countershaft assy too but that’s longer term.
Thanks!
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RJ White
Bill in OKC too
Jim_B
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