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Offline sshire

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2017, 02:12:22 AM »
It is a great show. Big crowd.
Great finally meeting MEM people.
Best,
Stan

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2017, 02:14:17 AM »
You guys are behaving I hope  :ShakeHead:

Bill

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2017, 02:25:59 AM »
You guys are behaving I hope  :ShakeHead:

Bill

Nope!
Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2017, 03:14:13 AM »
Great photos Stan. Thanks.

Vince

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2017, 12:24:20 AM »
So, did anyone else buy anything at the show?  Today I bought some more tools I didn't need but had to have.
Yesterday I spent considerably more.  I have been thinking of a beam engine and unfortunately Maury from Lone Star was there and I bought a set of castings for the Gothic.
Probably won't start it for at least a year but the castings are in the barn so to speak.
We are off to the Henry Ford Museum tomorrow to take pictures of the full size one.

John

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2017, 12:54:01 AM »
That is a beautiful model John. Should make for a challenging yet enjoyable project once the castings "age" properly :)

Bill

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2017, 02:01:35 AM »
That is a beautiful model John. Should make for a challenging yet enjoyable project once the castings "age" properly :)

Bill

I "aged" the castings for a Little Brother I made for 35 years! And by "aged" I mean they sat untouched in a box under the bed.
In 35 years I will be near 100 so I'm thinking I should get started sooner rather than later.

John

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2017, 02:12:39 AM »
I bought some tools that I actually need. Almost went up the castings path but sanity returned just in time. The insert tools are from Busch Machine Tools, look to be very well made.

I'm working on uploading some videos and photos of the show, soon.

Gerrit
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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2017, 02:23:30 AM »
That is a beautiful model John. Should make for a challenging yet enjoyable project once the castings "age" properly :)

Bill

I "aged" the castings for a Little Brother I made for 35 years! And by "aged" I mean they sat untouched in a box under the bed.
In 35 years I will be near 100 so I'm thinking I should get started sooner rather than later.

John

Yeah, that might be a good idea  :old:

Bill

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2017, 12:25:40 PM »
The usual suspects



Art(ArtK), Tim(Tvoght), Gary(gldavison),Stan(sshire), Kirk(Kvom)

Kvom told me you can't have to many vises, so...
A 4" Wilton bullet made its way into the car.



Also got some NOS Grobet files for Oliver. First time I've seen a good selection of die filer files. Got some half-rounds in various radii and a thin knife-edge.
Best,
Stan

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2017, 12:34:14 PM »
I told Stan you can't have too many vices, but he heard vises instead.   :shrug:

The Coventry and Comber engines I had running didn't get much interest from the crowd, but both stayed running almost the entire time, increasing both's lifetime run by about 10,000%.

Southwest Airlines has managed to misplace my suitcase with the purchases I made, so whether I'll actually get them depends on them finding the bag.  But I did buy 5 Kennametal carbide endmills, a set of 3" long parallels for use with the small vise, and a butane powered small torch to help with silver soldering small parts.   :(

Lots of nice builds on display, including many I hadn't seen previously.  Two highlights based on this forum were George's mini bailer and his pistol work in progress.

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« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2017, 01:26:35 PM »
Photos and some videos from the show: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Alvlqpn4TEyv626924bPcKZO78hM

Gerrit
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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #27 on: April 24, 2017, 03:15:29 PM »
Wow! Great things going on there Gerrit! Thanks for the pics. I would love to go there someday....

Pete
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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #28 on: April 24, 2017, 03:23:09 PM »
Thanks Gerrit!!  I hope everyone had a great time and has, or soon will have, a safe trip home!

Bill

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Re: NAMES - 2017
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2017, 12:33:53 AM »
My suitcase has been found, so at least I won't need to make a new manifold.  Apparently its presence in the suitcase caused the xray to trigger "further screening".  Of course, you'd think that my being there 2 hours before takeoff would  have been enough time.  Should be delivered in a couple of hours.

 

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