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Welcome to the new show called…….”Name that Tool”…where you can win valuable prizes and vacations and stuff…..(NOT) Hi…..My name is Runs With Scissors, and I am a “Tool-Aholic”…. So the other day, I was sitting at my desk, and a Gravitational Vortex ripped the fabric of Space-Time (yes, it's...

Well I plumbed my plasma cutter for air when I first got it, and well……it worked. But the “black pipe connections” pipes leak a little…..(too much) My "tooling circumstances" have changed a wee bit, and I have to “re-plumb” it. I have also decided to plumb the rest of the shop with a series...

Well there I am working on the my Chi-Com mill, back story posted below. https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/when-your-cheapness-catches-up-with-you-need-a-little-help-from-the-electronics-gurus.77082/ I am moving along quite well with the X and Y axis. Pretty simple and...

So I have this Mitutoyo indicator and the “tip” of it is at an angle. I recently saw a “Joe Pie” video where he seemed to just grab the tip and use his finger to just move the tip into a different direction. Before I try that to mine, (and sure as hell break it off or strip something out)...

Well as I was pricing out rear leaf springs for my truck, I noticed the shipping was going to be “stupid expensive”. Somewhere north of 365 bucks Since this joint is on my way to the cottage, I know exactly where it’s at. So I reason that I could "make a run” up there, and be back by mid...

Well there I am about a year’ish ago, sitting on my chair in the driveway, enjoy’ing a “Fat bottom Betty” cigar, looking at my truck from a rear view. Hmmmm???? It seems to be “listing port” a wee bit. I put this in my “memory bank” for future useage. Well the next time I put it in the air...

So a while ago I found this during a routine “suck and fill” style gear dope change…... I basically buried my head in the sand, took my chances, and headed out west to whack some Prarie Dogs Well for the life of me, I couldn’t think of what it was. I mean there was a “little” (almost...

Ok, so there I am clicking thru the Chinese Amazon, Ali Express. I spot a “deal” on a “magnetic tape” style DRO and decide that for $156, I "can’t live” another day without it….:) I do a tad bit of research, but find very few helpful videos regarding this style DRO, and even fewer that are on...

Well ever since I got into this whole “3D printing” thing, I have been forced to play/practice with my computer (which I have a "natural aversion” to doing) So after trying a few of the “Major Players” in the CAD world, @Sidekick suggested that I try Alibre, well after trying it, I decided to...

I was perusing the inter-web the other day, when I stumbled upon a video of some guy doing this "Black Oxide" thing to some tool he made. That piqued my interest. Coating/painting/top coats/finish's have never been my "strong suit". For whatever reason, this has alway been my "Achilles heel"...

Well about a year'ish ago, I am coming to a stop and this "very, very, very, faint" noise catches my attention........Just a "very, very, very slight whine" I hear on decel. Now my "Spidy Sense's" are tingling.......but it's not that bad, and it's a 20 year old truck, with "a few miles" on her...

So my "scrap pile" has been dwindling recently and I need to restock my "stash". Well I decide to head to my one of my local metal recyclers and grab some "mystery metal" scraps to put on the shelf for some upcoming projects. I head off to the bank because they only take cash, and grab a "few...

Ok, there I am again, just minding my own business when apparently the Amazon Fairy drops a package....... I am in the middle of overhauling my front axle.....(Topic for a new thread eventually) It's getting late'ish and the day is winding down, my attention span is at the end, and I basically...

Well, my never ending "List", keeps growing, it's approaching 240,000 things ( :D) but when I got home yesterday, I opened a package from @Lil Foot. My "power feed" has arrived!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOO........HOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Now, my plan was to put it aside and go do some household...

So there I am minding my own business when my SIL calls me up and asks me the proper way to "burnish" his trailer brakes/rotors that he just replaced? I said "WTF are you talking about? Never heard of it........Sounds like some internet BS to me. You just put them on, take it it around the...

So there I am just minding my own business working on some little BS project when "BAM." I smash my finger between this stupid "coolant dispenser" and the tailstock.....again!!! (I have actually done it about 400,000 times now and its pissing me off) Now I have no idea if this thing (coolant...

Didn't want to "Hi-Jack" @RCW "new cars/trucks" thread, but the talk about rust, reminded me about this little problem a few weeks ago. So there I am, after parking my truck and walking past the rear wheel, I smell that "distinct odor" of "brake lining burning" So it's one of 2 things. My...

Well there I am, getting ready to remove General Jackson from General Lee. I have to use the box blade to smooth out some "divots" that "#1 grandson" left when grandpa let him do some "practice digging". It's been quite some time since I removed the BH, but I didn't think much of it. However...

Well my "metal sign" skills are getting better, (not great, just "better") and I am at the point where I would like to start painting them. I "transformed" my old "gaming room" into a makeshift spray booth with a homemade "spray rack". I was using rattle cans, but the results are not very...

Elon Musk said something to the effect, "It's difficult being me, because I can't stop the ideas from flowing in my head"....... Well Elon......from one "Thousandaire" to another, ;).......I can relate. 🍻 They (my ideas) just flow non stop and they propagate new project "must haves"....it is a...