Love the garage! And I did I see the floor project on Garage Journal? Looks familiar. But my favorite part is the pinups.it doesent all fit so i have a smaller garage for some and the quonset for the rest.
Love the garage! And I did I see the floor project on Garage Journal? Looks familiar. But my favorite part is the pinups.it doesent all fit so i have a smaller garage for some and the quonset for the rest.
Aint that the truth! But then if we had commercial shops making decent bank we could all have a lot more toys and room. I have a rule for my shop that helps keep me from going too far. Normally, I don't take pay work. But when I get a new machine, I do force myself to make it pay for itself. I'm a bit flexible, and don't always cover it 100%, but in general I hate doing that sort of "must get it done now" work, and sometimes it's hard to find work suited to applying the machine. Other machines can and do help out, but it HAS to sort of showcase the desired machine. If I can't make it happen, then I don't get the machine. So that helps keep the bills down (or rather mostly offset), keeps the wife reasonably happy with it (and not expecting tit-for-tat spending sprees), and keeps me from needing an aircraft hanger to hold it all! It also naturally lends itself to waiting out the deals.If wildfire post's we all loose,,lol
Yeah, I've heard that (in one form or another) before too. A painful truth no doubt. Sad to say it seems I've buried more than my share, with the rate increasing.My father in law said once, "Its tough getting old. All your friends die."
Gotta recommend, "Proof of Heaven" by Dr Eben Alexander. I just finished his second book, "Map of Heaven" and liked it as well. Ties it all together.
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Those were the days. Ride for an hour, and then work on it for three!Sachs single cylinder sa340ss with a factory tune pipe. Rattled out about 65 mph.
Those were the days. Ride for an hour, and then work on it for 3
That is still the deal with sleds where I live.
Those 700, 800 sleds are less reliable than my old Yamaha Ovation. They are always blown up, and need a bunch of time!
Lehmann lathes are known primarily for being oil field lathes. Large spindle through holes for turning pipe and some even have chucks on both ends of the spindle. Mine only has a two inch hole through the spindle, though.Very nice machines! And a HUGE congrats on the Lehmann, that thing is a beast! I would love to have big lathe like that to leave setup just as you have it, including what looks to be a big oil field 4 jaw.