What did you do in your shop today?

Schroedc said:
I've been running the jet. well worth it. if you get in a bind I've got a delta vs lathe you can borrow.
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Yeah, I spent a few minutes checking out your Jet the last time I was in your shop. I had already determined well before then that it would likely be my next lathe, but getting a few minutes to look at and get my hands on one that was fully set up and running sealed the deal. If I need an inbetween lathe, I'll definitely check in with you about borrowing the Delta. But if things go as I hope they will, I'll only be without a lathe for a few days between selling the current one and picking up the new one - whether that's next week or during a future Jet tool sale.
 
Sprung said:
Agreed on that... My wife and I upgraded from 4 year old iPhone 4S's last month to Samsung Galaxy S7's. WOW! What a huge jump in picture quality. We had been looking at buying a new digital camera after ours broke, but our new phones take better pictures than any camera that was within our budget - so we decided to pass on a new camera and just use our phones.
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You say Samsung 7 I think Laura Clery's terrible pick up lines in her Flirting with Stephen series. I would post a link but NOT family friendly.
 
I did absolutely nothing in the shop today. 615 this morning my daughter wakes up with nasty cold, she's supposed to waitress at 645. dad grabs a uniform and apron and I've been waiting tables all day. plus now I'm prepping appetizers and salads for a reservation only event tonight at the restaurant. my wife and I get to eat fancy at 8pm, then she goes home and I do clean-up until probably 10 tonight.....
 
Well today was the day for the machine base move. On Wednesday I brought it home and unloaded it out of the trailer by my self, I shot some video of that. Today I got it in the basement by my self, all 500 lbs. of it. I shot video of that too. Once I get it downloaded to YouTube I'll post the video.
 
Here's a couple of pics of the move on wednesday.

So again, it's nice to have access to a crane, sure makes things easy.
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In the trailer and strapped down, ready to roll.
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A side view.
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So here's some pics of the set up. I came home after work today and got busy setting up all the stuff that I had planned to move this machine base.

Some nice heavy aluminum channel to span the landing, heavy 6" channels to run the length of the stairs.
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Channels running down the stairs.
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Aluminum extrusion channels for ramps to get up the step.
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So what do you think? Can I push a 500lb piece of cast iron up these ramps.by myself?
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Maybe?
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You'll have to wait for the video that's coming to find out, lol.
 
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woodtickgreg said:
So here's some pics of the set up. I came home after work today and got busy setting up all the stuff that I had planned to move this machine base.

Some nice heavy aluminum channel to span the landing, heavy 6" channels to run the length of the stairs.
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Channels running down the stairs.
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Aluminum extrusion channels for ramps to get up the step.
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So what do you think? Can I push a 500lb piece of cast iron up these ramps.by myself?
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Maybe?
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You'll have to wait for the video that's coming to find out, lol.
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Pretty danged cool Greg. Nice to have all that metal to lay track with. By the time you get that thing set up, you may as well put on an engineers cap and ride it down tooting the whistle.
Excellent planning and development. You're right, Kevin would really have enjoyed this. I sure am.
Happy New Year! - Mark
 
Thanks Mark, one of the perks of where I work is access to all kinds of metal like this, you should see what goes into the roll off scrap dumpster! I go dumpster diving on a regular basis, lol. I would like to think that Kevin was watching me the whole time, from planning to fabrication to execution.
Video takes forever to upload to youtube, probably won't post it till tomorrow.
 
Great job, Greg. Sure must be nice to have that mill base down there. Amazing how plans come together.
Step by step, inch by inch, it's a cinch. And now comes the real work getting that sweetheart put back together like your machine lathe. That's a nice combination. Just the right scale for down there.
Here's to a great New Year - off to a great start!

Mark
 
Greg, that was something else! Heck of a job, took some brass ones to do that man! Glad it worked out so good. Tony
 
Holy cow Greg!!! Great job!! I had a huge smile on my mug when it reached bottom! And no casualties!!
 
Way cool Greg! The only thing that had me crapping during the video was the couple times you put your foot on the inside of the chain loop while it was held by the cable. Other than that, a textbook job for a guy alone!
 
Schroedc said:
Way cool Greg! The only thing that had me crapping during the video was the couple times you put your foot on the inside of the chain loop while it was held by the cable. Other than that, a textbook job for a guy alone!
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Believe me, I thought about it every time I did it. Wasn't many places left to step.
 
deltatango said:
Great job, Greg. Sure must be nice to have that mill base down there. Amazing how plans come together.
Step by step, inch by inch, it's a cinch. And now comes the real work getting that sweetheart put back together like your machine lathe. That's a nice combination. Just the right scale for down there.
Here's to a great New Year - off to a great start!

Mark
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I plane to clean her up real good and make sure all the lube points are clear, polish the dials and handles and paint it.

ripjack13 said:
Holy cow Greg!!! Great job!! I had a huge smile on my mug when it reached bottom! And no casualties!!
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You have no idea how relieved I was when it finally hit bottom. I was stressing about it all day, must have went over everything a hundred times in my head, kept wondering what I was forgetting or overlooking. I still can't believe everything went as smooth as it did, lots of planning, fab work, and preperation went into it. I really wanted to show people that they can do things like this and move heavy stuff by themselves if need be with some careful planning.
 
Tony said:
Greg, that was something else! Heck of a job, took some brass ones to do that man! Glad it worked out so good. Tony
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I think my brass ones shriveled up with age, lol. Now my moto is, work smarter not harder.
 
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