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[7oaks]

Yep, that woprked, I can see them plain as day.
Pioneerguy600

Whew...Thanks!

 

[WesternSaw]

Carl!

Thanks so much for all your hard work to get this on the thread and for me to look at! So now I know that the part I was trying to talk about is the END STOP ! Yes, the END STOP.Why the heck could I not think about that!LOL!
Okay ,now it would seem to me that to make that Zyliss vise even better than it is you would think that one of those vise jaws could be placed in the END STOP so that it could also be used at any length desired.And I was POSITIVE that I SAW a picture somewhere showing this.But I have tried and tried every possible way and it just does not work that way.The only way I think a fella could make it work is to place a small carriage bolt through the jaw vise cutout and through the END STOP square hole and bolt it on.Carl I hope I can rep you on this because you deserve it!
Lawrence

 

[Brmorgan]

Vacuum Tester & Insulation Tester

Thanks for your replies to my new acquisitions! I know that two of the mounting plates that I pictured in the post go with the lathe but I'm not sure about the aluminum ones.As the one that with the internal threads is not the same threading as the lathe.

Brad,thanks for the lathe tip.I had just finished cleaning it up and did not pay any attention to correct alignment of things,nor did i really know.I'm a lathe newbie.


Bigbadbob.At the garage sale I was at they had a floor model Rockwell drill press for sale.there are more tools for sale coming up ,not sure just when.You know just about everyone I talk to say's those old Rockwell machines are the cat's ass.
Lawrence

Lawrence, I was going to reply to this last week, but Trimmmed sent me to the time-out chair for the weekend. LOL.

Common lathe threads are 3/4" X 16TPI, or 1" X 8TPI, which is the more common and robust of the two. My Viel duplicator lathe has a non-standard 5/8" thread, the same as a tablesaw arbor, so I can't use any standard accessories with it. Which is why I've been on the lookout for a decent lathe on the cheap.

Did you ever get a price on that big Rockwell drill press? Those are indeed nice machines. Built solid so they can be fixed if they do fail too, not just thrown away.


I made good use of my time-out though; I picked up these two at a sale on Sunday:

Got this vacuum tester for $15. It's like brand new, and came with a hodge-podge of rubber nipples, check valves, and adapters. I don't know anything about Stant as a brand, but it looked like it was certainly worth $20 and more well-built than the plastic Mity-Vac I paid almost $50 for last year...

This is a megohmmeter insulation tester, used for testing wire insulation in things like coils, transformers, and motors; I got it for $5. They're more commonly referred to as "Meggers" by electricians, at least the ones I've worked with at the mills anyway. I talked to my cousin, who is such an electrician, and he said he thought they were worth anywhere from $200-400 new depending on the make and model. It's not something I'd have ever considered buying at those prices, but it should come in handy to test the handful of motors I have lying around with various issues.

Basically you hook one line up to one lead of the coil you want to test, and the other up to ground or another coil's lead. Winding the handle generates an extremely high voltage, and the very sensitive meter measures the resistance of the insulation between the connections. Everyday ohmmeters are not nearly sensitive enough for this, and will just register a 0 or error. If this thing is registering 0, you have a burnt coil or motor on your hands.

This thing will light you up like a Christmas tree, let me tell ya! Just a light turn, maybe 60 RPM, generates enough voltage to arc against your skin.

 

[WesternSaw]

Carl again!

Rep sent your way,for your hard work!
Thanks
Lawrence

 

[Brmorgan]

I've had it for approximately 40 years and it has done a lot of work for me! :biggrinbounce2:

Planer blade steel is awesome stuff! My dad has a 12" draw knife he had one of the millwrights at work make out of a planer knife once. It's sat outside in the weather through all seasons by the woodpile for at least a dozen years, and is still sharp as ever with just some light surface rust.

I have a big one I made a couple years back from a ~20" chipper blade; it looks pretty savage but is so easy to use. All that weight and heft just powers through knots and bark. I have a big stack of various chipper and planer knives on a shelf to choose from for future projects, hopefully someday something a little more refined like Bob's knife.

 

[7oaks]

Thanks so much for all your hard work to get this on the thread and for me to look at! So now I know that the part I was trying to talk about is the END STOP ! Yes, the END STOP.Why the heck could I not think about that!LOL!

Lawrence

Lawrence...

Thanks for the rep...It was a pleasure working on sharing this info (except the part where no-one could see my pics). :bang: It forced me to learn some more about the vise myself. I actually am using it way more than I thought I would. At first I thought of it as just another gimmick tool - the kind of thing you see in those screaming ads on TV midday and late night.

Planer blade steel is awesome stuff! My dad has a 12" draw knife he had one of the millwrights at work make out of a planer knife once. It's sat outside in the weather through all seasons by the woodpile for at least a dozen years, and is still sharp as ever with just some light surface rust.

I have a big one I made a couple years back from a ~20" chipper blade; it looks pretty savage but is so easy to use. All that weight and heft just powers through knots and bark. I have a big stack of various chipper and planer knives on a shelf to choose from for future projects, hopefully someday something a little more refined like Bob's knife.

Brad...

Yes the steel they use is amazing and as you say the heft of this knife just whoomps its way through the knots and dried bark.

Thanks for your other posts in this thread. All very interesting.

Now, please tell why you spent the weekend in AS jail?

 

[WesternSaw]

Brad Morgan

Those are a couple of nice tools you picked up for next to nothing.Great find and good for you.
Lawrence

 

[Brmorgan]

Now, please tell why you spent the weekend in AS jail?

Simply put, either the rather blue content of a friggin' hilarious page I linked to in the offtopic forum or inadequate substitution of symbols for words in said post, or both. I won't contest it - it was dodgy.

 

[7oaks]

Aha...I'm pretty careful to stop and think twice before submitting things I have typed. A few times I've just canceled a post because I thought my meaning (dry humor) might be offensive to some.

 

[Brmorgan]

Aha...I'm pretty careful to stop and think twice before submitting things I have typed. A few times I've just canceled a post because I thought my meaning (dry humor) might be offensive to some.

Nah they were direct quotes of something else that needed some cleaning up. Not my words. Still my responsibility for putting up tho.

 

[whitedogone]

I use this tool a lot:

 

[little possum]

Very nice WDO. I sure could use a smaller 4x4 with a loader. We have a 70hp 2wd, not real easy to load logs with the boom.

 

[WesternSaw]

Whitedog

Great looking tractor and I like the building in the back round as well!
Lawrence

 

[whitedogone]

Very nice WDO. I sure could use a smaller 4x4 with a loader. We have a 70hp 2wd, not real easy to load logs with the boom.

I know what you mean about having a smaller rig. We've got a 4440 2 wd drive that will pull large logs with ease, but no loader and real hard to get down the the timber. Plus no loader on this one.

I would really like to fab a grapple for the pallet forks on the 4120. It's kind on a pain trying to balance logs on the forks.

 

[Brmorgan]

Got a ?... WTH is a WDO?

Nice Deere though. I could sure use one.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Got a ?... WTH is a WDO?

Nice Deere though. I could sure use one.

Geee Brad, everyone knows that WDO stands for White Dog One, thats a given. LOL
Pioneerguy600

 

[brncreeper]

I know what you mean about having a smaller rig. We've got a 4440 2 wd drive that will pull large logs with ease, but no loader and real hard to get down the the timber. Plus no loader on this one.

I would really like to fab a grapple for the pallet forks on the 4120. It's kind on a pain trying to balance logs on the forks.

Nice 4440! I love my side console 4020, always keep a log chain on the platform for dragging trees.

 

[whitedogone]

4020
4440

Best 2 rigs Deere ever built as far as I'm concerned. WDO

 

[joe25DA]

Got this today

I needed a good crecent/adjustable wrench for work. We refurb old vending machines and they are usually rough when we get them. The hardest part is ususally getting the leg levelers off, essentially a 1" bolt threaded to the leg. Sometimes thet are so rusted even a torch wont work. I had been using my 10" channel locks, a good tool but not the best for this job. So I found this.An NOS Diamond brand 12" black oxide forged steel adjustable wrench 1 1/2" opening. These have been in the package un opened since 1987! Ill tell you, you can feel a quality tool when its in your hand. It adjusts more precise than any similar wrench Ive ever used.
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[7oaks]

4020
4440

Best 2 rigs Deere ever built as far as I'm concerned. WDO

I love my little Farmtrac. This is how I usually haul logs with it. I don't like to get the logs all dirty when taking them to my mill.

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