Stijn!!

[Andy911sc]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

He sounds like a guy I knew in Alabama. We were at his house and I saw some of his machine work and was impressed. He asked if I wanted to see his shop. I was floored. As a hobby he bought old Bridgeports, lathes, sheet metal brakes and the like to fix up and use. They were all works of art. Most of the stuff was manufactured in the 20s and 30s.

His shop was probably 10,000 sq feet of awesome.

Yeah, we are actually in the process of rebuilding his home shop. He has an old bridgeport from the 30's that he is rebuilding (just got the head torn apart and all new bearings&pieces in) and I am currently remaking his 1929 southbend's lathe.

[Jim Richards]

Morning, Andy.

Lu and I are probably not going to make it to Seahawk's place for the Stijn get-together.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Andy911sc

Yeah, we are actually in the process of rebuilding his home shop. He has an old bridgeport from the 30's that he is rebuilding (just got the head torn apart and all new bearings&pieces in) and I am currently remaking his 1929 southbend's lathe.

I hope he has taught you to use all that stuff. I wish I had access to one with a good teacher.

[azzarule]

sad you are not going to make it Jim and Lu, but we will have fun without you!!!!

[azzarule]

cooking blueberry muffins!!

With fresh blueberries yummo

[Andy911sc]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I hope he has taught you to use all that stuff. I wish I had access to one with a good teacher.

That's part of the learning process. He stated that how can I learn to use the machinery if I don't know how the machinery itself works. He started me on an unofficial apprenticeship program. I was looking into what I would have to do to make it actually official because that would be awesome to have on the resume.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Andy911sc

That's part of the learning process. He stated that how can I learn to use the machinery if I don't know how the machinery itself works. He started me on an unofficial apprenticeship program. I was looking into what I would have to do to make it actually official because that would be awesome to have on the resume.

Color me jealous.

[RKDinOKC]

Worked my way up at the company I worked for since 12 yo. That's 41 years, however, only started full time to get seniority in 1981 so it's officially ONLY 32 years. Started doing the lawn care. Did electronics assembly and design, soldering, welding, etc. After college moved to machine shop. Started sweeping, then drill presses, lathes, CNC machines, mills, up thru tool and die. Then moved into drafting and graphic arts department. Brought in computers for graphic arts and design and became engineering manager while also managing network, email, and web site. Not only was first to use personal computers, ran the first wires to network computers in my department for printing and file sharing. Everyone else was using coax and AS400 green screen terminals. Was the engineering director, art director, and internet administrator. Then my two nephews got into power and have been slowly demoted down to where all I am doing now is email administrator and do graphics for employee/board meetings and notices that go up on kiosk terminals for announcements.

The founder of the company did all his designs in his home shop which included a small lathe, a Shop Smith, a drill press, a vice and welding torches. Seriously. that is all he needed to make anything. After designing a product he would build a model in wood first then metal.

When I was managing the art department he took all of the product photos with is large format speed graphics camera. We would set up a studio with light tents in his den, develop the film and prints in his basement dark room. He dug the basement under his house after moving in. At one point we were making large color prints to use at trade shows (this was before the large format printers like Glen uses). We built a print processor that would develop and wash the large prints automatically like the kiosk film printers available at most photo places today.

At one point I designed a molding machine for the foundry the company owned and ran. It would use the patterns to make the molds of a specific size by pressing sand into the top and bottom of the mold and put the halves together. Then it would move them to a pouring station where the metal was poured in, then it would move them through a rail system that was long enough the castings would cool so one would go into the mold separating machine as a newly poured mold would be added. Then the molds were separated and a big shaker machine would separate the castings from the sad. The molds and sand would be reused. It was kinda fun. So glad I don't work in a foundry, it is very hot, and dirty, and dangerous as heck. Most of the workers had gotten some kind of burn or broken bone. One of the guys putting together the molding machine and cooling tram tracks lost half his foot and another his index finger, just from not paying attention and being out of the way when the machine indexed. And they were the ones that gave the signal to index the machine to make sure it was working correctly.

Also wrote the database program used to schedule the foundry.

The foundry had and induction furnace. The metal was melted by creating a big short through a coil around the big ladle or melt pot. Because of the drain it put on the electrical grid it could only be run at night. Under the furnace was a room full of fuses and relays that operated the furnace. Even when the furnace was completely off just walking into the room would cause all the hair on your body to stand on end like touching a tesla coil.

[RKDinOKC]

Happy Humpty Bumpity Bump Day!

[GH85Carrera]

One of my friends lives out in the middle of nowhere. He has 24 acres and it is mostly trees and his buildings. He has two barns that from the outside looks like a farmer keeps a tractor and some hay in it. He has a complete machine shop and has machined and built over 1,000 911 engines. He does all the machine work right there.

If you met him at the store you with think he was just another farmer. He is very low key but very smart. He is a total self taught machinist and mechanic.

[RKDinOKC]

More machinist than you think do exactly the same thing. Several of machinist from Kimray moved to the country, put up a barn, got a couple of machines, and do work from home. And Kimray even uses them for outside work when extra capacity is needed. Maybe that's why the call it farming work out.

[Rick V]

Evening Y'all
Well just put the finishing touches on the firearms for the trip to Seahawks. Gotta love a 911 with enough firepower to start a small revolution.

[GH85Carrera]

Are ya gonna have a 1911 in the 911?

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Are ya gonna have a 1911 in the 911?

I'll have my .45 with me but then again I always do.

[Outback Porsche]

Originally Posted by azzarule

Driving up to Washington National this afternoon to pick up the biggest midget, woohoo, haven't seen him for almost 6 months.

Have fun Azzy.





I miss my boy, and he's only 500km away.



Evening Ladies and Gents

[RKDinOKC]

Your children are midgets? Thought they preferred being called little people nowadays.

I dated a midget for a short time....

[Jim Richards]

I dated a girl with an MG Midget not long before I met Lu. She (not Lu) was a red head.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

I dated a girl with an MG Midget not long before I met Lu. She (not Lu) was a red head.

I dated a girl with a MG Midget once as well. I bet she was not the same chick.

[GH85Carrera]

Good night folks. Time for bed for us.

[fintstone]

Never dated a midget....but married a girl that was 5'0'...and she has some shrinkage 37 years later.