The Home Machinist!

Seems like every time I have a feeling I should lurk back here & see what's going on, another of the old crowd has passed on...sorry to hear about Big Dave, he was always interesting & humorous. I remember harassing him & Seal Killer about being the same guy...
RIP, Dave.

Pony motor runs fine.

Brian, I'm sorry to hear of your Dad's passing. I haven't been on this forum for a while, but something prompted me to log on this morning & check up on what was going on...can't add much new to what has already been said about Ken, but his library of information was amazing to me, as was his gracio...

Or maybe the pros just think they know... That is a gratuitous comment, without specifics it can be said of anyone. Why would a consensus among people that have direct professional experience and an economic stake (they make their living) in a field be dismissed so easily without even a serious cou...

OK, maybe it doesn't amaze me...maybe it just irks me because I've heard it so many times...and yeah, I know, that's what a forum is for-educate the newbies. Maybe I'm just tired of forums & becoming a troublemaker... Or maybe the pros just think they know... http://www.lathes.co.uk/bridgeport/page9...

+1, WJH...amazes me how the pros never miss a chance to tell us how bad a BP is...

I was once where you are...not Arizona, but a more Northerly part of the machine tool wilderness, & in the same dilemma. I looked for mills for at least 10 years, almost bought milling attachments for the lathe, considered mini-mills, mill-drills, you name it. Then one day, an ad for a Bridgeport sh...

Just like plastic trash can lids...somebody downwind of my place has a bunch of them, but the hardware store won't sell you a lid w/o a can. BS...

Yes, primer bulbs...what a PIA...my Honda tiller has one of those Caplugs, the little red plastic caps that come on new hydraulic lines or fuel injection pumps to keep dirt out...I have thousands of those plugs, & found one that fit the hole where the primer bulb rotted out. It has lasted for severa...

Where exactly did you order this carb from? My John Deere trimmer seems like it requires a carb overhaul every time I use it...Hell of a machine, when it (if it decides to) runs...

[snip] Next house will have 2 bedroom and a 7 car garage. That'a why our coming move will include this building that is nearly complete: Shop 90%small.jpg My dream shop when completed. It also has a 20' x 24' concrete pad in front. ~RN Too small... :roll: That's what some ol' guy told me about my 3...

I use cardboard from John Deere gasket packages in the drawers on the service truck. Big gaskets come on a flat piece of cardboard as big as 2 ft. square w/ little JD logos all over it...looks cool, & costs zip...when they get grody-looking I change them out for new. I took a pic of my wrench drawer...