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I know this is for home machinist and tool makers so I thought I’d describe what ice seen in the med field as most mechanical things have men made by mechanical engineers and ultimately in the shop. So I get bad news bone cancer myeloma First sit the test a bone biopsy this is drilling a...

As I recall there is a al gear to be cut on the crank near a counter weight a standar gear cutter would probably cut deep slots into the counterweight . One guy hear made his owne cutter that looked very nice . As a result I looked up gear profile endmills . These exist but are special order...

I have to agree with using bronze bearings I YHINK if you look up load ratings you will find a full cylindrical bronze bearing with oil lube will problem out last the engine. There is a specific bronze bearing material number but it escapes me. Full floating automotive steel connecting rods...

It’s been quite awhile since I did a paper drawing even cad as the places I worked went to paperless shops it was really rare to send a drawing to the prototype shop . Generally I completed a model of the part then saved it to a general file . A daily summary was sent to the cnc department. As...

Eel bone biopsy is done. Most certainly not the most comfortable medical thing. They numb you up with lidocaine. This stings then they use a hollow needle that looks like a miniature hole saw which it is . This time it was done in the top of the hip bone . You lay on your side with back...

Today was in home doc visit . It went very well no issues . Friday is bone biopsy. Then blood test in a few days these are not in home but still not too difficult just a big needle stick the bone biopsy can be a bit fearsome generally painless but watching the doc twist the special core...

I forgot to add I saw guys over sizing guide bores then re using valves that were tweaked thus not straight so they lapped furiously then wondered why the engine dropped a valve. Well flex any steel often enough and it will break at 9 grand rpm you get a lot of cycles very quickly. The...

While working in a hot rod shop I also was transitioning to an R&D company they had a microscope capable of viewing cylinder heads . So I took a race head with both lapped and not lapped valves and seats clearly you could see the contact when seats and valves were bkued soni put the lapping...

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Actually yesterday . Called Apple to get iPhone and iPad straightened out two hours later done deal live support person really did a good job almost every time I get an Apple update I have problems . Too many to list here . . Interesting Amazon issue. I have some 15mm brass rod ordered ...

Cold and rainy again barely above freezing. Windy too. Another couple days of this before it warms up . I have a bone marrow biopsy coming up next week. I’ve had these befor so not too worried they usually knock you out or at least num things up pretty well I looked up the tools and...

Sorry I try not to get into politics I’ll be more careful . Thanks

Somewhere I lived there was a big lake and the overture was played on the Fourth of July. One memorable year they had 13 full size brass cannons that were fired at the right time it was spectacular as it was a dead calm day The smoke rolled across the lake and settled in a neat white cloud...

Back pain back again . Don’t know why I’ve tried to be comfortable with backbsupport. Big thing was to finally fix my dumb shovel it wasn’t hard with the self tapping screws especially after I pre drilled the steel handle I have 196 more screws if necessary LOL I had to BUY 200 but it is...

I hope this is the right place . I’ve had on going problems trying to get in a succession of replies correctly. SO. To day I was going to get on grab cad and look for a file I wanted . I found that this cool site is going off line in a couple months at best. The note was its run its course ...

Mid to upper 80’s again today late afternoon rain. . Back pain finally pretty well gone today so I feel much better it’s really windy again 30-40 mph . Definitely making ice piles go away . Kitty has been laying in window all morning . We brushed heavy early. Spring is shedding time hard to...

Nice solution. It’s hard to believe it’s 70 deg already today going to 80. A week ago I had a foot and a half of snow to shovel now there are only a few ice piles that are melting fast .