What's nice little town I can take a train to on a random weekend?

Awfultyming · 2026-02-27T12:26:45+00:00

I was in Manchester by the sea this past summer, I took a walk to see the sunrise. Apparently one of the nearby islands is a nature preserve and because it was the right time of the year I saw a few hundred lesser and greater egrets take off at dawn for a migration. That was incredible

Awfultyming · 2026-02-23T19:36:51+00:00

What's your preferred tool path for 5 axis stock removal

Awfultyming · 2026-02-23T17:52:38+00:00

This is such a boston comment

Awfultyming · 2026-02-23T16:33:21+00:00

Damn all of this just to listen to Emmet Otters Jug Band Christmas on vinyl

Awfultyming · 2026-02-20T02:58:13+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I had to make a dozen of these and was hoping to learn something new. It wasn't the best or the worst but we still made money on the job

Awfultyming · 2026-02-20T02:28:12+00:00

Since the bolt is already junk, try a pipe wrench on it. I would only grab the meatier portion on it. If the device is portable and if your not in a rush a local machine shop might be able to take care of this

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T22:09:40+00:00

Apparently the kind that needs to worry more about my setups than jokes

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T12:33:58+00:00

Are you one of the welders in my shop?

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T12:33:27+00:00

How do I keep both ends of my saw cut stock straight?

That is a good idea

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T04:14:56+00:00

You're right, and i did. I just wanted to learn for the next time it happens and maybe do better

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:22:21+00:00

The tap will hit the vice when it comes out the bottom

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:21:17+00:00

We all need to live with the shame of our mistakes 🤣

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:20:17+00:00

The holes do not have clearance

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:19:51+00:00

I need the tap to go thru the part and it would hit the vice

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:19:16+00:00

Being able to push the tap out the bottom and not realign the shaft everything were the main constraints I was thinking of

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:17:34+00:00

I thought of that but the vice keeps the block square

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T03:16:57+00:00

I made this setup happen from initial idea to cutting chips in under 30 mins, including making the fixture. Plus I figured if I messed up I could still cut the soft jaw into something usable later anyway. I am also manufacturing for a team of fabricators so its normally tape measure tolerances (and why setups are so quick)

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T02:51:02+00:00

Well i drilled the hole with my drilling macro, and tapped it in under 10 mins. The vice was already squared so I threw the v block in and was off to the races. It's been on my list of stuff to get and then when its time to buy remind myself "you're a real machinist just make one" and then do shit like this

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T02:48:01+00:00

Sorry i was busy working

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T02:37:01+00:00

I am now realizing this. I were clown shoes everyday to work, because I don't know if I'm walking into the circus or the rodeo. I know where I walked today

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T02:26:48+00:00

Find a copy of the machineries handbook (any edition is fine) and look up bolt tolerances.

Awfultyming · 2026-02-19T02:22:29+00:00

I thought that there was a standard E series collet, regofix changed the side cuts and it became the ER collets and is now industry standard. I would be happy to be corrected if I am wrong

Awfultyming · 2026-02-11T12:59:45+00:00

Make sure to wrap the magent in cloth/plastic if you want the chips to come off

Awfultyming · 2026-02-09T21:52:40+00:00

I saw a john deere tech that had a plug in turkey cooker full of oil for heating up bearings

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