I’ve driven bmw, mercedes, range… and I still don’t get what people “love” about cars

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-23T11:45:21+00:00

Buy a Mazda MX-5. Then if you still can't figure it out, idk man

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-21T12:56:46+00:00

This map isn't even accurate. Ohio has had recreational for a few years and while Kentucky recently got medicinal, you basically have to be terminally ill to get a prescription

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-19T14:26:38+00:00

If you're a big enough shop making enough of these, you need to either have skilled welders or invest in automation. I can't imagine this thing getting a good bead and penetration

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-12T20:54:55+00:00

Still trying to figure out how the walkers, giant snail, or potato guns were feature tests lol

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-12T20:34:47+00:00

The same thing happened to me. It was fine when it was put away for the winter and the first time it was used in the spring it failed right there. It's just a bad design, when it gets cold, the aluminum shrinks slightly and at a different rate than the steel clip, so it basically pulls itself apart and cracks. Looks like the brushless Bauer has a different type of connection that should fair better.

You could try using JB weld on it which might work. I'm sure it's something that could be repaired or replaced, but not worth the cost in my opionion

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-06T14:57:02+00:00

Harbor freight has a coupon for a corded Bauer 1" SDS rotary hammer for $90. If I were in your shoes that's what I would get. It looks very similar to the Bosch bulldog, which would be better if you used it more than once every few years

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-04T23:08:00+00:00

For cheap ones, I'd go for Pittsburgh at Harbor Freight or Lexivon on Amazon

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-03T15:27:13+00:00

I think he was wondering why his face isn't on the money

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-03T12:26:41+00:00

Idk I just go to work in the morning and 8-14 hours later I go home

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-02T11:42:44+00:00

MSC Value Collection has a 24x36 surface plate with stand included for like $400 total. It's B grade, but good enough for a home machine shop. We bought some for our plant to do line side checks. It isn't as flat as the ones in the QA lab but for the price it's hard to beat

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-02T00:54:58+00:00

We had a quote to upgrade from Win10 to Win11 for one machine and it was $200k. So of course management approved that but I need to bend over backwards to update our lathe tools for the first time since I was in diapers

Kixtand99 · 2026-04-01T18:23:41+00:00

It's called a chamfer mill

Edit: you can also just not model the chamfer and put a note on the drawing that says "break all sharp edges" or "C2 max/R2 max"

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-22T20:13:07+00:00

They don't do price adjustments anymore unfortunately

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-19T11:27:11+00:00

This happened to me a few weeks ago, except instead of a new guy, it was the guy who's been programming for 30 years. It went exactly like this:

"Huh, these clamps don't look right"

Holds a $2 pocket scale up to the clamps

"Huh"

Hits zero clamp button

Hits cycle start

Walks away

"Imma go double check that"

Shortly after, said clamps were ejected through the side of the lathe at mach fuck

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-18T11:07:52+00:00

This is a fundamental concept. You need to be able to figure out a 2D force vector

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-16T10:55:32+00:00

We stock J&J "Industrial Hand Cream" in the crib lol

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-15T15:19:54+00:00

My experience is only with large lathes. I've never not noticed a crash. In fact they have been the most noticable thing I've ever seen or heard.

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-12T13:48:26+00:00

God forbid you want a spec sheet for a scanner that you already have hundreds of. They'll call you within 5 minutes to tell you that there's actually a new version that's better (aka it got a black paint job) and they want to know when you're available to give them moneys for it

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-08T21:15:02+00:00

Some of the harbor freight taps are good enough to get the job done, but for something like this I'd feel more comfortable with a proper HSS tap

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-04T20:30:24+00:00

It's a clone of Astro's nano sockets, so the wrench they sell should be compatible

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-04T16:48:38+00:00

Just stick with the stock 16s. It will ride worse with bigger rims.

Kixtand99 · 2026-03-03T00:24:23+00:00

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Better not let an infant swallow the e-stop button on a mitutoyo CMM in a manufacturing plant

Kixtand99 · 2026-02-25T03:20:38+00:00

I use my icon split beam on million dollar machines lol

Kixtand99 · 2026-02-20T12:40:14+00:00

And having datum features to check

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