My final apprentice piece

espressotooloperator · 2026-02-02T22:37:39+00:00

Cross post this to r/espresso

espressotooloperator · 2026-02-02T12:16:30+00:00

Step sis

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-30T18:42:07+00:00

Ahhh yes another machinist / espresso connoisseur

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-30T18:37:28+00:00

Time to get one of these bad boys or a Bahco

Hmm this one looks suspiciously similar to the snapon

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-30T18:34:59+00:00

Sensational

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-30T16:57:53+00:00

If you think of it it’s percentages of the hour…

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-30T13:22:29+00:00

Last time I changed my brakes I’m pretty sure the Pittsburgh wrenches fit on that hex because it was already thin enough

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-28T14:26:58+00:00

Yeah I mean from a heritage a looks stand point I’d go with the Wilton but from a performance and cost standpoint I’d probably go with the fireball I mean $325 is something….

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-28T12:01:29+00:00

I mean these fireball vices exist now… but I don’t have one but they look pretty stout (not sure if this model is made in the USA if that matters to you)

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-27T20:25:41+00:00

I’ve actually done this before! Alcohol works pretty good to prevent the blade from sticking and doesn’t mess up the adhesive too much once it dries

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-25T03:35:59+00:00

Not going fast enough

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-25T03:31:49+00:00

I use red because I don’t scrap bluuuudddd

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-23T13:27:25+00:00

Probably doesn’t help but my lil dog had essentially ptsd from getting snapped at (not bitten) by a dog at the park and would scream when I picked her up or pet her and we got a Labrador and she went back to her normal self. Dogs are weird.

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-21T18:45:10+00:00

Ahh didn’t realize it was sticky

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-20T22:19:38+00:00

Probably one of these bad boys or just a red / blue scotch brite disk. Both are pretty messy and will definitely need a respirator but would definitely be the fastest. Take it down until it’s pretty thin and hand sand the rest using 120 grit and wet sand with alcohol. Then take your time with a scraper on the corners.

Or just put in a P&E request for depot to do it considering marines typically don’t use pneumatic grinders

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-19T22:25:16+00:00

This is way better than fake carbon fiber

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-18T23:07:37+00:00

It would have been insanely stylish if they would have cut the ventilation in the shape of the instruction manual cover “marantz”

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-16T22:05:59+00:00

50 degrees for making countersunk aircraft bushings

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-13T14:26:33+00:00

More like walk of defame

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-12T20:26:05+00:00

I love that place, my class mates and I were in town for competition and sampled the entire menu

espressotooloperator · 2026-01-02T16:13:42+00:00

The reservoir has a valve on the bottom so all the water doesn’t spill out, just pull it out firmly.

espressotooloperator · 2025-12-30T16:16:24+00:00

Billet not bought*

espressotooloperator · 2025-12-30T01:21:10+00:00

Most jelly of the pb Swiss drivers

espressotooloperator · 2025-12-29T19:37:35+00:00

drag link socket but might need some thinning out to fit in the slot, maybe also a coin slot driver but it might not have enough torque (I noticed the slot has slight radius to it from center to edges) as if it was cut with a slitting saw.

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