WHAT DID YOU DO IN YOUR SHOP TODAY


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Golden Jubilee
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Post Sat May 30, 2020 3:34 pm

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Both of my grandfathers were born in Europe around 1880. My mother's father died in 1938 from what we now know to be cancer. He was a heavy smoker. He never experienced electricity, on the farm. Rural electrification came in 1950.
My dad's father died in 1965, he had a second stroke.
On the day that my Mother's father died, the family had just arrived home from the Danish Lutheran Church, a mile away. The sky opened and a heavy hail destroyed the crops. My one of my aunts, ever the optimist, said, " someone gather the hail, we have lots of cream, we can make ice-cream."
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Post Sun May 31, 2020 8:03 am

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I try to imagine all the changes my granddad (dad’s dad) experienced in his life. Born in 1890 on a farm in mountainous western N.C., oldest of 5 children. His dad past away when granddad was young casting him into primary breadwinner as a young teenager. He served as a blacksmith in WWI Argon Forest of France. He died in 1979, having experienced life of horse and buggy through witnessing men walking on the moon. Electricity, radio, television, transportation, all manner of life evolved within his lifetime. And I’m having trouble getting use to a pandemic. Would have been just another change to him.
L110 owner since 1974, finally rebuilt 2014.

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Post Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:18 pm

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I like to collect tools. The tools must be Made in North America, first then in Europe, Japan or Australia. I do not have any HF tools.
Yesterday. I was able to find another copy of MACHINERY'S HANDBOOD. This book is 2293 pages of details. I have another later copy of Machinery's Handbook.
I will add the latest MH to my growing collection of shop related books.
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Post Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:23 pm

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THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RECALL. FAILURE TO COMPLY COULD PUT YOUR LIFE IN DANGER


https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/co ... is%20issue.
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Post Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:38 pm

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Wow not good .. about the jack stands good to spread this about.. thanks
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RECALL. FAILURE TO COMPLY COULD PUT YOUR LIFE IN DANGER
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/co ... is%20issue.

also that handbook is cool. ..

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Post Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:31 pm

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Nikki-
i don't know whether you watch Abom79 on YouTube, but the young guy has some interesting machining videos, especially early on in his list. Fun watch you might enjoy- he also collects the Machinery's Handboooks. I wish I'd been able to grow up in GrandDad's job shop like he did- mine died when I was 11.

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Post Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:40 pm

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I subscribed to Adam Booth's You Tube channel since he began. He pictured my 1940 Ford in one of his videos.
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Post Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:02 am

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For sure very cool thanks

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Post Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:58 pm

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So much for a day in the shop.
There was a loud humming noise followed by some electrical crackling then the Hydro went off.
I called in to report the outage. BC Hydro already had a crew on the way.
A power outage is very rare here. This may be the third time in 42 years.
My cell phone works. We have those portable phones in our house . No power, no phone service
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Post Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:06 pm

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I purchased a used genset 'cause it is old and too good to pass up. $600 for a 62.5 KVa unit. I have never had to use it in the 16 years I have lived here. Good too cause I could go thru more money in gasoline than the unit cost me in a long outage! Burns 5 gal/hr at 3/4 load.
It is a 1940 Buda 525 CID dual spark ign engine. I always thought I would convert to liquid draw LP, but haven't done so and likely will not at the rate I am using it.
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