Hi Gary. Passed through Rio Vista last week on the way to LA. We had a picnic at the waterfront park near the town end of the bridge and enjoyed the views of the Bridge. No ships passing by, unfortunately, but still a great place for a picnic. Rio Vista seems like a really nice place.
I like your chuck "jake brake". I use to do that with my little 12" atlas A little careless one day with the jaws extended way past the body, my thumb paid the price! I still do it, just more aware now.
Gary, love the opening and closing shots by the bridge with the ships just silently sliding by. One can feel the inertia in all that mass. Reminds me of the lake freighters moving like ghosts on foggy nights on the Detroit river. Thanks as always.
Some great tips here Gary. Using a jig to center the end mill was very clever, and a lot faster than time it would have taken to set of a boring head....Thx for commenting on my roughcut2022 project. Picked more material to make additions to the build, but took a nasty fall last night, and going in for ex-rays to see if broke loose are crack previous 4 disk that were fused in 2017....Seems like life after 69+ throws alot of curves (@@)! An online auction here ends tonight,,,and swore last Oct I would stop looking, quess it get's in our blood (@@)! Bear.
Bear, sorry to hear you hurt your back. I have been buying old machinery for way too many years and always trying to slow down, but there’s always some good deal that pops up LOL
Very innovative , I've said it before but I'll say it again , I learn something every time I see a new video and I don't get that watching just about any one else . Thank you for your time and talent .
Gday Gary, this video really shows it’s worth saving materials that would normally be thrown away, this certainly saves lots of money in the long run, thanks for sharing mate, cheers
Matty, with me many times it’s not just a savings of the material but also the savings of the machining involved. Thanks for stopping by, always appreciated. Gary
Always a joy to watch a one of your videos. Work-holding is close to an art form when it's done right... Nice to see it done properly, especially when you don't have to purchase material to make the jigs.
Great explanation on reworking componentry for upgrades that manufactures can do to put the m echanic in a pickle. I also saved everything for the HVAC equipment I worked on. Thanks for the look and your time.
Great video Gary! I also keep things with out value thinking I will use it for something some day. My Dad's philosophy was if he hadn't used it in the last ten minutes or planned on using it in the next ten minutes, throw it in the scrap pile. If he needed something, he would go buy it new.
I would like to know more about how that ignition works. Very interesting video. I am a scrapper and like to save alot of this and that but how much and what?
Most other machining channels advise against using scraptonium or any unknown alloy. You seem to know the metallurgy of a lot of the recycled parts to use, any chance you could walk us through your process of determining what alloy you have on your hands? I think a lot of us are at a budget range where we specifically work with scrap, learning a basic diagnosis would be remarkably helpful. There's a few on RU-vid, but they tend to focus on the very basics, aluminum versus steel versus magnesium kind of stuff. I'm much more interested in determining the machine ability of various steel alloys
The situation is such that the parts come from known equipment with equally known purposes/applications. Plus the parts are used to make jigs where there is little wear and tear. Neither would I question Gary's ability to gauge the applicability of the materials he uses in a given situation. Of course there is a threshold that common sense will hopefully determine. But you are quite right in it being interesting to have Gary's insights.
Dan, I have not talked to Tom in a while but I know he’s still quite busy setting the shop up and playing with his new EDM. Hopefully he will have some time to start posting more videos
Your ignition system bearings look a lot like water pump bearings. Have you ever looked at the water pump bearings from asc industries in los angeles. They have a website
Not to say I'm disappointed, but I initially misread the title as being atomic and expected a much more interesting video though I was puzzled how you would come to be involved in that field much less publishing anything on RU-vid on the subject
