Just a quick update. I still had not heard back from Grizzly, so I called them and they are just doing nothing, waiting for the trucking companies to e-mail replies to them, so maybe next week, if they find out something. They did not seem to eager. Dan warned me they were difficult to deal with and after the last call, I believe he's right. Hopefully, something will happen next week. I doubt anything will happen this week.
In the meantime, I am making a drop chute out of Metal Flashing. I will get some photos along the way.
If I forgot to say it, that’s a good workbench OL, and I think it will do you very well. Sorry about the “TL.DR” of my last post but it’s a subject near and dear to my heart.
I am impressed to overwhelmed by how good the people here are. Can’t wait to see what the new workbench produces, may it bring everyone many smiles and much happiness :bigsmile:
First you gave us your lights, then your expertise to mod our own lights. Now you’re making your own workbench and supply us “en route” with the do’s and don’ts of “building your own workbench”. By the looks of it you’re heading in the right direction. It looks great, even under construction.
Suggestion: wait with adding boards to the sides of the bench until your lathe is up and running. Wood is flexible material, good in absorbing small movements (sound). On the other hand it can act as a resonance-box of a violin: increasing certain movements. Let your ears help you in making the decision of covering up one or more sides. You can use balls of a ball-bearing on a plate to detect resonance. When adding one or more boards is not enough you can apply (car)undercoating on the boards (inside the bench). By coating I mean the thick, tar-like, goo that was used before specialist companies took over the market. I used it in the 70ties, building accoustic transmission line speakers, when you want to create a resonating folded column of air in the speakerbox instead of resonating walls of the box itself (using a KEF b139). http://members.home.nl/ton.van.der.mark/afbeeldingen/Rogers%20MKIII/Rogers%20MKIII_front_r.jpg
It was all looking fine up until that one picture. Do all you Texans work naked in the heat? Yik.
For 99.9999% of all my measuring I use six inch digital vernier calipers and a six inch steel ruler.
I believe theres a few of us here as excited as you are about the new acquisition. Bet the wife is tickled pink about the goings on. Well maybe she will be if you save enough for a bunch of red roses.
Does the lathe come with a four jaw chuck? They do come in handy at times as well as a dial indicator on a magnetic base.
Ig you are in the Dallas area, you should stop by CDC Surplus in Richardson. They sell lots of quality tooling (a lot comes from local aerospace companies) for very affordable prices. They are closed Sunday and Monday and at at 3:00 on Saturdays. There is also a Harbor Freight a couple of blocks away.
Don’t forget to forgive yourself when you screw up. I usually start with “Oops, $H!T” and then move on to more profound polysyllabic expletives before running down and turning philosophical. In the end you still just have to go on. A cookie helps.
And remember to always leave the key in the chuck before starting the motor (but after writing me into your will) J) Flying chuck keys can be and eye-opening, trouser browning experience.
