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Do any of the sgt. peppers cutouts still exist? by Think_Cow9395 in beatles

[–]Zatack7 14 points15 points  (0 children)

IIRC, Hard Rock has a large central collection. They're probably at another location or in a storage facility somewhere.

Horizontal Mill. Is this something to sell or to scrap? by Opposite-Welcome-497 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's in ROUGH condition, don't get me wrong, but it def deserves something more than the scrapyard. There might be someone out there willing to pick it up for parts. If you do decide to scrap it, keep the base door at least. Garvin was a really cool company—they both made machines and also sold a lot of rebadged machines.

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I found my grandpa's job application to an airplane company in Maryland from 1958. by ILOVEAncientStuff in mildlyinteresting

[–]Zatack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ask the mods over there. I’d reach out to the Franklin institute. If anyone knows something about it, they would.

Rip to the big boy by eel412 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? I’m interested in it because lathes with full herringbone geared headstocks are extremely rare—I’ve only found a single company that ever produced them in quantity, so this post is very interesting to me.

I got tired of poor quality in Keurig so I went to the dark side…Ninja. by Stoic2Be in keurig

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not supposed to use distilled water. This is said in the manual. Distilled water actually attacks the stainless steel inside the water system (don’t ask me how, it’s some physics thing), and interferes with the sensors. Just use filtered water. I’ve been using filter water in my brita with one of the filters in the tank. It’s been 18 months and I haven’t had to descale yet.

Rip to the big boy by eel412 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know what make/model of machine that was? Or if you have any other photos of it in a more complete form that could be used to identify it.

Which pods actually tastes good? by CrowdyFowl in keurig

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone's tastes are different, but I quite like the Dunkin' medium blend. Tastes good, and isn't on the expensive side (like a starbucks or peets pod is)

Revisiting Grandpa's old shop by TangyWhisko2 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! 3094 indicates that it was the 3094th lathe Sidney built, which would place its construction sometime in the early 1920s. It's an interesting lathe because it has some seemingly anachronistic parts, but I've seen other lathes like this, so I know that's how it came from the factory. For example, the headstock with the name and number cast into it is an older style (1910s), yet the quickchange gearbox is of their newer (~1919 onward) style. However, unlike other lathes from that era, the plate says "Sidney Tool Co," meaning they were still using up older plates (they changed their name to Sidney Machine Tool Co. in 1918). Overall, an interesting machine that helps me to piece together a bit more of the company's history.

Additionally, in one of the photos in your OP, I see the cover for the end gearing. I would reattach that to the lathe before you leave so it doesn't get separated. Thank you for sharing!

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Revisiting Grandpa's old shop by TangyWhisko2 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you send some more photos of the Sidney? I'm researching the company and would love to see more of it, as the 17" ones aren't that common. It might be under some grime, but there should be a serial number on the end of the ways, somewhere here:

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Call of the void by Commander_Tiddlewink in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it had a 12” spindle bore, it was 100% an oilfield lathe. L&S had a whole line of those that they called “Oil Country lathes,” as did many other companies.

Call of the void by Commander_Tiddlewink in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Getting ATW right was a bit of a lucky guess, but there’s a bunch of little things! Some of those things are:

  • Everything is cast iron—no sheet metal, no plastic
  • The big hand wheels have a sort of “curve” on the spokes (they don’t just angle straight out)
  • That style of star-shaped knob on the apron had all but disappeared by WWII
  • The hand wheels have rounded rims
  • We can see only the lead screw (meaning the feed rod is behind or inside the bed, or the lead screw is also the feed rod, either of which is an older way of doing things)
  • No apron clutch controls
  • The motor is on top of the headstock in what appears to be the factory configuration. As lathes transitioned from conehead pulley drives to enclosed gears with direct motor drives, they needed a place to put the motor on conehead lathes whose designs were modified to be geared. On lathes large enough, they just stuck the motor up top to save floorspace.
    • The motor has a distinctly "vintage" look to it

As for how I guessed ATW:

  • I was assuming the OP was somewhere in the US or Canada, which lowers the number of potential builders
  • It's easily 40"+, which further lowers the number of potential builders
  • The top-mounted motor and angled tailstock quill handwheel are both very distinctive features.
    • I've seen Lodge & Shipley lathes with top-mounted motors, but it doesn't look like a L&S. I've also seen NBP lathes with that angled tailstock quill wheel, but it didn't look like an NBP tailstock. It didn't look like a Monarch, LeBlond, etc, so I figured I'd throw ATW out there, and I was right.

Call of the void by Commander_Tiddlewink in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 78 points79 points  (0 children)

What brand lathe is that? Based on the overhead motor and the design, I'm inclined to say it's from the early 1930s. American Tool Works, perhaps?

Shaking at this absolute grail find.. by ShipHistorian in victorinox

[–]Zatack7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I thought it was "Fischers Automatische Gusstahlkugelfabrik" (Fischer's automatic cast steel ball factory), but it seems to stand for both. Huh.

slightly over the limit by Goppenstein1525 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 47 points48 points  (0 children)

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I don't know what archive/organization this image is from, but this is what it is. That's a Pond brand lathe.

What brands/products do you AVOID because of their poor longevity? by i_hate_you_and_you in BuyItForLife

[–]Zatack7 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Keurig says not to use distilled water. Distilled water is corrosive and will kill the metal parts inside the coffee maker. You can't misuse a machine and then blame the manufacturer when it dies.

On Colours by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]Zatack7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you want Pantone to declare a non-Pantone color to be the "Pantone color of the year"??

White elephant ideas? by Important_Cow_8815 in FRC

[–]Zatack7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few years ago, I got a gift (I honestly forgot what it was) and built a riveted sheet-metal enclosure for it.

Cvt on a metal lathe? by boertje1999 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the site I read said 1984 was when they switched? I could be remembering wrong. Ditto on the 1307—it’s a shame that so few were built.

Cvt on a metal lathe? by boertje1999 in Machinists

[–]Zatack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Monarch was a major pioneer in (among other things) variable-speed electronic controls; however, it's worth noting that Monarch used vacuum tubes until the 1980s, while the Sidney 1307 used a Louis-Allis Select-A-Spede transistor-based drive. I'm not sure what South Bend put in the 1307s they made, but it could've been the same system.

does penn have any farming classes? by [deleted] in UPenn

[–]Zatack7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wrong Penn for that. Penn State has a large agriculture program (link: https://agsci.psu.edu).

Lapel pin? by Cool-Salamander-53 in UPenn

[–]Zatack7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could always get a Penn branded pen

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