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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #240 on: March 30, 2013, 09:32:18 PM »
OK....pictures of studs coming......
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« Reply #241 on: March 30, 2013, 09:36:07 PM »
OK....pictures of studs coming......

? Thought we had one.
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #242 on: March 30, 2013, 09:39:37 PM »
If you'd like, I can talk to him about benefits, 401K, unemployment Insurance, you know all of the worker rights.

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« Reply #243 on: March 30, 2013, 09:43:05 PM »
OK....pictures of studs coming......

? Thought we had one.

He's here all week folks!  Try the meatloaf!....oh and tip the waitress.......


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« Reply #244 on: March 30, 2013, 09:45:13 PM »
If you'd like, I can talk to him about benefits, 401K, unemployment Insurance, you know all of the worker rights.

Great...now he want's a raise!
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« Reply #245 on: March 30, 2013, 10:05:11 PM »
Mosey, Zee, don't you think we should start him a tool list for a box of his very own. Oh yeah and the box too. I think it should be a real nice vintage Gerstner. After all he is starting out on an Aciera. 8). I want to hear what his mother says the first time he says; Mom, I found this lathe :lolb:

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« Reply #246 on: March 30, 2013, 10:40:57 PM »
You laugh!....he just got his first Starrett Micrometer!....though it's in MY box for now...

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« Reply #247 on: March 30, 2013, 11:25:11 PM »
Hahvahd!?  A smart, talented kid like that with a doting dad like you can set his sights a lot higher than some liberal diploma mill like Hahvahd.
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« Reply #248 on: March 30, 2013, 11:40:06 PM »
Dave-

You are so lucky that your son has an interest.  My nine year old doesn't and it kills me, but he's not me.  I have to let him be himself.  The Pinewood Derby is 4/5/13 and he will be lucky if he has a car.  I refuse to build it for him.  I will help him in anyway I can, but I won't build it. Last year he was the only boy in the Pack who did not race and he was okay with it.  I can't relate, at that age I would have cut off my arm to have my dad help me build the car.  I don't think anyone else's dad in the pack is setup like we are, but he has no desire.  You are very fortunate.  Cherish the time with him in the shop.

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« Reply #249 on: March 30, 2013, 11:44:56 PM »
Doesn't Starrett still make that beginners set, you know the Gerstner box full of a complete set of tools? We know how close you are to them.
At the least we can send the kid a Starrett catalog so he can be ready for Christmas, or is he getting paid in chits now?

Seriously, Dave, you are a lucky fellow to have a little machinist in training in your shop to teach, and he is lucky to have a Dad like you.
Enjoy every second of it. Too soon, he will discover the ruination of all good things...g..rls! But that is another hobby.
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« Reply #250 on: March 31, 2013, 12:22:09 AM »
Hahvahd!?  A smart, talented kid like that with a doting dad like you can set his sights a lot higher than some liberal diploma mill like Hahvahd.

Ahhh....it works for a shop shirt though!

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« Reply #251 on: March 31, 2013, 12:57:11 AM »
Dave,

I don't think anything is more important than your working with him. It will be something you both cherish down the road. He's a lucky kid in spite of the difficulties.

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« Reply #252 on: March 31, 2013, 02:02:39 AM »
Here ya go Zee....I've got 4 nuts done...this photo only shows 1...



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« Reply #253 on: March 31, 2013, 02:21:25 AM »
Dave,

I don't think anything is more important than your working with him. It will be something you both cherish down the road. He's a lucky kid in spite of the difficulties.

M.

Thanks Mosey...
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« Reply #254 on: March 31, 2013, 06:47:29 PM »
finished the nuts...and cut the caps/block to width.   The cores are off about .030..so the center openings are about 1.03 instead of 1 so that they would clean up.   but not much drama







I made a nut driver from a 1/4-20 SHCS to drive the nuts home in the caps.......I then screwed the pooch on the timing gear cover boss...and undercut it :rant:

Good news is...the surface is not structural...just oil seal between the case and the block...so I built it up with some JB Weld...and I'll machine it back properly.....all will be well.

Next up ...bore the mains......then the cylinders bores for the liners.   The Clausing is doing real well ...and is holding .001 without too much trouble...so I'll bore it with a boring head and the knee.....and see how it goes.

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