The Home Machinist!

I made a purchase.

Jim B

Call Mike at RRSC. The diesel wheels are 5" in diameter, 3/4 bore. The last ones that I got from him were CNC machined steel. No key way and no set screw holes.

The setscrews and key way, I added for my purposes.

Jim B

Even industrial sand blast cabinets aren't that hard. We installed wear plates in some of them, but they were removable.

Jim B

A coworker had to startup a new installation that involved 2 600hp motors. Typical installation, switch gear was installed in a container with a side door. The maintenance guy wouldn't allow him into the room while he switched on the main breaker because he didn't have flash protection. It turned ou...

I watched one of the videos, nice. Many years ago, when I worked for a vending machine company, I would have to drill out a lock on a machine. Yes, they do fail and the route guy can't get in. Not a single person ever asked me what I was doing breaking into a vending machine, or whether or not that ...

I am not talking about star washers, Mcmaster #2741N13 for example.

Jim B

McMaster carries tab washers, but they don't look anything like the picture.

Jim B

Is this what you are looking for? I found this one at Grainger and is called a lock washer. Not very descriptive.

Jim B

"Railroad Supply was still in business"

It still is in business.

Jim B

What woke me up was the day my next door neighbor who has a ramp truck and I went up on the interstate to pick up a friends enclosed two place snowmobile trailer that lost a wheel and hub. A local policeman showed up, blue lights on, asked if we needed help and never asked for any identification or ...

The tracker that I have sends me a message once a day telling me that it is in my driveway, unless I am on the road with it. But, If I need to, theft, I can call the tracker company and they will switch to continuous mode. Shortens the battery life, but if it gets my equipment back, it will be worth...

USPS has gotten a lot better a tracking in the past 5 years or so. Before that, the package would be on my doorstep and their tracking would still say it was in the midwest somewhere. Now, it seems to be spot on and detailed.

Jim B