Recent content by Yooper

After you get your vertical mill start saving up for a laser or water jet 😉.

Well done! That design should hold up well and your back is saying thank you!

I’m going to throw this out there from a similar experience. The issue could be electrical in that it seems to run good cold but comes on with heat, which electricity doesn’t like. The mower I fixed had a corroded ground wire. Start and run fine when cold but after 15 minutes or so it would lose...

Paul, with only 2mm of warp on that length you did excellent! I would always remind the young engineers/designers that where there is weld there is warp. You can see the difference between the first and second videos so you are heading in the right direction. I really like your idea of parallel...

Pretty cool and nailed it on the first try! How long does your chain last before it needs to be sharpened? Dried wood like that is usually a chain killer.

Water softener took care of the problem for me. Same issue. Use the salt that has ‘Iron Fighter’ on the bag. Installed it myself in a day and played with the settings for a couple of weeks to get the water where I liked it. Using the manufacturer’s setting the water was way too soft.

Paul, when you weld out the tabs I suggest you stagger the welds to minimize warping. IOW, weld one set and then rotate 180 and weld another set on the opposite end. Rinse and repeat. When done you can put it between centers in your lathe if it’s long enough and weld on some flat stock to...

It’s all about your eyes. They tell your hands what to do. If you wear bifocals or use cheater glasses to see up close you will have to use them under the helmet. I have cheater lenses in all my helmets that are available at the local welding store and they are not expensive. I’m sure you can...

I’m with Ken on this one. Did my shop with 3/4 copper because I just don’t get along with npt threads. Yeah, its old school, but I’m getting to be an old guy so it all fits.

For some reason I picture that being used on your Hanix. Not sure why but I picture busting up hard clay etc with it.

Been to the museum and also crossed the lake on the Badger. I found it interesting that there was only about a twenty minute time period that you couldn’t see either shoreline.

Water table I presume? It would help take some of that fine particulate smoke out of the air.

That looks familiar to a Cummins I repaired years ago where an impeller from the intake side of the turbo broke off and got swallowed by a cylinder.

Thank you all for taking the time to educate me! RWS: I think you are correct for suggesting to find a cad program before investing in a printer. I have used Autocad LT since the mid 90’s and taught myself 3D using Spaceclaim, which was about as intuitive as you could get. But at 3k per year...

I know several of you own a 3D printer and my question is, if you were to buy another one which one would you buy and why. Also, what software would you buy to support it?