More likely heavy fog.
Yep the fog...it can be worse than rain, soaks everything all the time!!! I have seen it so thick there that it was difficult to see beyond the hood of your car...try being the local Deputy Sheriff and get an emergency call that requires redlights and siren response. The fog bounces the sound and light back at you. You roll down your window and look down, and follow the yellow line beside the car door....
Still beautiful there.
It's a really good looking lathe, Double D; what's the first artillery type turning you are going to do? And did you get those leveling pads installed yet?
T&M
first cannon project, carriage axles for the SAMCC cannon-out of white oak. Then after that a golf ball mortar for my grand daughter. She asked for it. I am her Grandfather and it is my responsibility to grant her every wish. If her mother objects, I will remind her, she is my daughter and I will ground her and send her to her room. Daughter usually responds "Please!? Please send me to my room!"
The Machine mounts work quite well. When Southpaw and I set the machine up on the bases and the mounts weren't adjusted the Machine seemed a bit unstable. But once adjusted the machine now feels pretty solid. While doing the break in at 1400 rpm the lathe just hummed. I was afraid to run the old lathe that fast. I will finish the break in this morning, change the oil, recheck the level, then dial in the tailstock. The old lathe you could put your hand on it and feel it run, this lathe, you can just barely feel it running, barely.
Going to have to get a shop heater.
Maybe you should take up waste oil collection, like used french fry oil from fast food places. They usually have to pay to get rid of it and you could use it to keep warm with at no expense if you underbid the existing haulers so you cover your collection costs. If it becomes hard to use it all up, give some away to friends.
I looked into that when I looked into building a foundry. The locals chain resturants all recycle. The local Hutterite Colony grabs all the rest. Engine oil waste is also recycled. There is also a storage issue, where do you keep it until you need it for a couple weeks a year.
O boy , snazzy..........that's a fine looking piece of kit. glad to see you've recovered from the major surgery DD.....................................Following the opening of the wallet. Hope you have many happy hours working on your new lathe.
Yeah that hurt. I was going to look into getting the motor rebuilt and see if I could find another switch. And, while I had it apart replace the frayed drive belt. Then the old wooden base was getting wobbly so I looked at building a new metal base. Sat down with the wife and a budget and she said. "No!!! Take the money out of the Money Market account and buy a new one!!! This isn't the first time you have spent money fixing it"
So in the interest of domestic tranquility I agreed. But just to be technical, I didn't spend the money, she did. I had her do the transfer of the money. Still was painful.
It was interesting, when I took the old base apart, once I took the bolts and lag screws out, I could pull all the nailed parts off with no resistance. Every single nail was loose and could be pulled loose with my fingers. Even the lag screw were loose and were turned out with my fingers. The base was built by the first owner and came with the lathe 25 years ago when I bought it. It has been moved all over the country and set up and taken down dozen of times. I hope the next time the new lathe is moved is at the estate sale---as is where is!
