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06-18-2013, 05:47 PM
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Clarifixer, that's a really nice setup you have with the lathe and milling machine.
 Is there a bandsaw, drill press, and grinder hidden out of view? Having access to machinery is addicting!Just last week I was having a wave of nostalgia rush over me, wishing I could spend some time in front of a lathe and mill once again. Back in '78 I started working at NASA Goddard in their main machine shop. The first couple weeks I was there I trained on a Monarch EE lathe and a Deckel FP-2 milling machine. Manufactured in USA and Germany. For those not familiar, think high end Cadillac and high end BMW respectively. Beautiful, solid, butter smooth accurate machines that were a joy to work with. Even once I'd moved on to CNC machining, those two remained my 'go to' pieces for manual work. Man I'd love to have this pair in my garage or basement. (images lifted from the net)
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06-18-2013, 07:17 PM
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All the excitement and thumbs up
with tools it's the living proof that audio is a male hobby  This Old Workshop thread with 21 posts, all of them cheering and saluting, it's only possible on a gentlemen's club 
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06-18-2013, 08:47 PM
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06-18-2013, 09:59 PM
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The knurled attachment on this Sinar Norma camera was made to keep the back from flopping open because of the extra weight of the viewer:  This was a tricky-to-make aluminum eccentric turning for attaching a bike computer to my lovely Trice recumbent trike:  And here is something I didn't make, but spent many hours at the buffing machine getting all shiny. Okay, it wasn't fun, but gave me a definite sense of accomplishment--triple tree as part of a Honda 750 cafe racer project yet to be completed: 
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06-19-2013, 09:05 AM
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Cool!
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06-19-2013, 01:16 PM
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 I couldn't get in the door of my own shop to take a picture (so much stuff on the floor, the door wouldn't open) so I'm just including a picture of a shop that reminds me of mine . . . . 
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06-19-2013, 01:27 PM
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Lol..... never seen anyone welding stuff mounted on a lathe...
But that's gotta' be the coolest shop ever. I mean, it has it's own tree growing inside...... Quote:
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06-19-2013, 03:59 PM
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07-22-2013, 02:00 PM
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I have a bit of junk as well.
Southbend Lathe Bridgeport Mill Lincoln 300/300 Tig Machine Millermatic 200 Mig Machine Engraving Machine Horizontal Metal band saw Vertical band saw 2ea 20 Ton Hydraulic Presses Sandblast Cabinet Paint Booth Etc, etc........... Tony 
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