The wife likes all things Halloween. She’s good with a wrench. I like cars and am also good with a wrench. In a ‘you got your chocolate in my peanut-butter’ accident, we decided to combine the two: Haunt’s Belfry
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Mike
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I occasionally check into the practical machinist forum (www.practicalmachinist.com) to see what’s up. The South Bend forum has a ‘what have you made lately’ thread. I figured if I put these in the thread, it’d be equally easy to post them here…so, here they are.The YoYo o’ death:The base for a rotary table:The Worm Gear [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Mike
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My previous hobby was hotrodding a C4 Corvette. It’s a pretty big success needing, at this point, cosmetic stuff (paint, interior, top) Part of the development was creating a custom setup for cooling the oil and transmission. It required a little finagling to make work in the Corvette’s crowded engine compartment. This is that story.
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Mike
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In 2006, I purchased, disassembled and refurbished a 1962 South Bend 10L lathe. I documented the process in the hopes someone might be interested. This is that story.
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Mike
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Here’s Miller Twin Racing. There ya go. I’m hopin’, if it’s easy to UPDATE, it’ll be updated more often.
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Mike
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