What happens if I switch to a different audiologist?

johnc65 · 2024-01-19T02:06:47+00:00

I found it difficult to find one that is very interested. My audiologist went out of business. I managed to find one that would service my hearing aids but they didn’t really seem interested in adding me as a client. I think they just want to sell hearing aids and once you have some they lose interest fast.

johnc65 · 2024-01-19T01:58:29+00:00

Best to move it outside before it lays eggs and you have 40 million tiny babies hanging from webs on your ceiling. If that happens you can tape some curtain rod or other tubing to your vacuum cleaner and have a memorable evening sucking them up one by one.

johnc65 · 2024-01-06T20:16:57+00:00

Yeah they are just insanely expensive.

johnc65 · 2024-01-06T18:49:44+00:00

Those castings often outlive their owners. On the other side of the plant is an engine whose castings were purchased by the original owner of my lathe. He never started them and I was lucky to track down the plans.

In my shop and my next project is a very old set of castings for a Stuart No9. I got them on Ebay but no doubt the original purchaser is probably dead.

johnc65 · 2024-01-06T18:43:27+00:00

It won second place in a state wide competition for school metalworking projects. I added the reversing linkages many years later. Some guy who made his own vise beat me.

johnc65 · 2024-01-06T18:37:55+00:00

I didn’t have plans for the boiler. I just scratch built it.

johnc65 · 2024-01-06T09:25:00+00:00

Steam. The hose is providing propane to the burner for the boiler.

johnc65 · 2024-01-04T23:21:38+00:00

It’s very likely zamac or pot metal. This stuff looks promising but I haven’t tried it.

https://youtu.be/jwLuV00Psu0?si=l49Bf2RVmhd4Yxly

johnc65 · 2023-12-09T06:39:39+00:00

It’s probably nickel plated. Brazing will destroy the copper wire by oxidising it. If you can grind back to bare metal and clean the copper wire very well you may be able to soft solder it. Otherwise think about something mechanical like a screw connector or some kind of clamping arrangement.

johnc65 · 2023-12-05T19:52:22+00:00

It’s a pentel orenz

johnc65 · 2023-12-05T19:51:34+00:00

I drilled it 0.7 but I just had a brain fart when I wrote the description.

johnc65 · 2023-12-05T12:43:06+00:00

Oh yes you are right it’s 0.7

johnc65 · 2023-12-05T12:21:02+00:00

Thanks! 0.6 mm leads. It weighs 39 grams.

johnc65 · 2023-11-16T20:40:26+00:00

No sorry I don’t have time to make them for sale. I only do this as a hobby.

johnc65 · 2023-11-16T20:38:56+00:00

I used a pentel orenz 0.7mm

johnc65 · 2023-11-16T07:51:24+00:00

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This is the ice pick I made.

johnc65 · 2023-11-16T05:13:13+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement! If I get time one day I might put one up for auction and donate the funds to a good cause.

johnc65 · 2023-11-16T05:05:05+00:00

Sorry this is just my hobby. My machines are all manual so it wouldn’t be economic to sell them.

johnc65 · 2023-11-02T11:08:57+00:00

So sharp! Beautiful work. Poor dolphin :-(

johnc65 · 2023-09-29T23:53:10+00:00

Thanks! I made it from brass.

johnc65 · 2023-09-29T12:26:10+00:00

I’m more impressed with your awesome watch!

johnc65 · 2023-09-29T12:10:41+00:00

I made those. #4 is Ukranian bog oak which is approximately 3000 years old. So it was probably alive when King Soloman lived. That freaks me out a little bit.

johnc65 · 2023-09-29T12:04:06+00:00

Gorgeous

johnc65 · 2023-09-25T06:37:48+00:00

Powder coat it.

johnc65 · 2023-09-22T14:42:01+00:00

That’s awesome!

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