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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: New Project for the shop.

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:51:01 AM »

Got a new 80mm LED Ring light for the spindle/brush. Really nice and VERY bright and it's 12v as well so I'll be connecting this to the button I already have setup on my controller.

This will be fastened into the dust boot as I've routed the top to accomodate it.

Picked it up from Dealextreme as found here: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/t10-24-led-white-light-car-angel-eye-80mm-diameter-26001

Will need to clean up the wiring and firm it up a bit as well to make it hold up, but what a nice addition and really lights everything up for better vision. Speaking of which, I added another shop light to help out with that as well. My eyes aren't what they used to be...  

A few pics for your perusal:

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: PoKeys Questions....

« on: September 09, 2011, 05:47:34 PM »

This topic has been moved to PoKeys.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=19492.0

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Works in progress / Re: New IPS (Interactive Programming System) Professional Screen for Turn

« on: September 08, 2011, 05:05:04 AM »

Wes, just a note from a non-pro CNC lathe user. I know you're spending a lot of time on this (and it shows!), but making tutorial videos on how to utilize the features of this screenset would sell a LOT more of these. Especially to guys like myself who would benefit from all the "extras" in a screen set, but aren't sure how to go about using them.

Good luck to you-
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 04, 2011, 08:51:19 PM »

I've often wondered about gas fridges and freezers, but don't they need a compressor/pump?

Actually this is interesting:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator5.htm

Dave

EDIT: but it looks like an RV fridge?

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 1/5th Scale V8 Blown

« on: September 04, 2011, 06:35:49 PM »

nice! 

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 1/5th Scale V8 Blown

« on: September 04, 2011, 06:27:37 PM »

Believe it or not, I actually like the simple "ole school" brushed finish on the valve covers. 

Looking forward to another kick-ass segment from you. Steve-

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe threading - I Love Brian!!

« on: September 04, 2011, 04:18:50 PM »

Art is amazing, even when he quits for good, he never "really" quits!   

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe threading - I Love Brian!!

« on: September 04, 2011, 03:46:33 PM »

 

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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 03, 2011, 10:13:02 PM »

Yep, it gets like that around here in winter. It's amazing when we get a couple of inches of snow and all the bread and milk disappears 

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: still kickin'.......

« on: September 03, 2011, 07:19:18 PM »

The first 4 crews were probably supervisors who know nothing technical, probably just stalling until the guys who knew what they were doing could get there.
We used to live in an area where there were only 58 homes on our particular power grid, so when the power went out, it was low priority, and we had to wait until they had some free time to fix it. So I know how frustrating it can be. But at least the restaurants still had power so we could go out to eat. Of course, you have to throw away everything in the refrigerator, which for me is a huge investment because I tend to keep the freezer packed.
How did you deal with food? Could you cook? Even if you have a gas stove, most of them have electric ignitions, so they won't work.
Thanks for the welcome.

Unfortunately the first 2 days most of my little town was out but it was really no big deal to head to the next town over at the riverside bar. Our fridge lasted about 12 hours before it started gaining degrees to about 45 F and then we started getting ice to keep it maintained. That went on for about 2 days and we said screw it and chucked everything after that. Luckily the hurricane happened on a weekend so I figured to hold off on food shopping until we saw the outcome.

When I first bought the home it had an electric hot water heater and I replaced that with a gas model as we have natural gas here. Hot showers make no electricity a bit more bearable  . Also LED headlights and flashlights make getting around almost enjoyable and I've always been a big fan of candles. Grew up camping so we made the best of it.

We have a charcoal grill and a gas grill so it's always a blast cooking things you don't normally do on a grill....like pizza 

Will be definitely looking into a nice sized generator with a manual transfer switch to power everything before winter this year. Need to do my homework on one of these for sure-

And yes, "ya-nvr-No, matches are always with me in times like these. Or at least those long stem lighters!

Dave