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Offline cfellows

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #330 on: August 25, 2018, 04:35:35 PM »
Fortunately, the wasted material is usually small and not costly, even in brass.  But the idea of starting over on a part can certainly be daunting.  Just keep telling yourself the joy is in the process, not the product.  :D

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #331 on: August 25, 2018, 04:57:50 PM »
You mean, as we say down here; “ They broke the mold after they made old Zee, thank God “ :lolb: :lolb:

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #332 on: August 25, 2018, 07:18:22 PM »
Thanks guys. Well...Chuck anyway.  ;D

Reading Prop's thread (tramming his mill) raised a question for me.
Tramming the mill involves getting X and Y square to the column (head).

Are there concerns, instances of, or thoughts on the possibility of the table being warped?
How would you test it? What could be done about it?
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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #333 on: August 25, 2018, 07:23:32 PM »
Check it with a known straight edge and a bright light. If you see light under the straight edge, you have warped table. What can you do about it??---Really, not much.

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #334 on: August 25, 2018, 07:28:56 PM »
hi zee,hey if you have a good 30  in level or a 24in blade for a combination sq. set it on edge or the level on the table and see if you can see light under it or check it with feeler gauges to see if there is warp. good luck

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #335 on: August 25, 2018, 08:47:40 PM »
Simple twist check, lay a straightedge at either end, crisswise, and sight down the length if if  table. The straightedges being longer than the table is wide will exaggerate any twist.

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #336 on: August 26, 2018, 04:04:37 AM »
Zee,
Every time I check the popcorn I'm about 2 pages behind. The cross head guide looks great. Even re-making parts you're making great progress. On my Upshur engine my first head had the holes .020" outward from where they should have been. Couldn't read my own hand written dimensions on the drawing. Guess what, the holes didn't line up. :wallbang: Stuff happens and we learn from it.
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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #337 on: August 26, 2018, 04:15:41 PM »
 :lolb: :lolb: :lolb:
I must be losing it.
 :lolb: :lolb: :lolb:

So I started on the new cylinder.  :facepalm: One of the outer dimensions was supposed to be 1.313, NOT 1.375.
That 1/16 off wouldn't have come to haunt me until I started assembly. (It would've worked but I'd be scratching my head why things seemed off.)
I had hoped that would explain why that one hole couldn't reach the ports but it's still not quite close enough.
The end mill I have won't go deep enough so I'll angle the hole.

I will really have to laugh. There were at least 3 signs that this cylinder was crud and was going to be a do-over.

The only reason I found this boo-boo now was because I realized 2 of the 3 outer dimensions looked identical and that didn't seem right to me.

I'm still snickering at myself. Dunce.
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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #338 on: August 26, 2018, 04:24:02 PM »
:lolb: :lolb: :lolb:
I must be losing it.
 :lolb: :lolb: :lolb:

...
Oh, that ship has sailed... and sunk...  :Lol:
Every one of us has been there, transposing digits, misreading scales, whatever!   :cheers:

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #339 on: August 26, 2018, 05:28:56 PM »
It's much easier to talk about the successes than the boo boos 'cause the boo boos are so many... At least around here!

Hang in there Zee, it only gets better. Mostly. Usually. Sometimes. Why I remember the time.... :paranoia:

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #340 on: August 26, 2018, 09:19:24 PM »
You have just graduated from your self declared "rank amature" status   :ThumbsUp:
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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #341 on: August 26, 2018, 11:41:00 PM »
You have just graduated from your self declared "rank amature" status   :ThumbsUp:

Noooooooo! I must keep my 'rank amateur' status for some time yet.
I suppose I should ask myself...self...what would it take to feel like I'm not a rank amateur?
But first I must ask...what would you call someone between (rank) amateur and pro (expert)?
An amateur expert?
You can't just step over a line and go from one to the other.
"Seasoned amateur"...no...seems smelly.
"Pre-Pro"...no...hard to say and could be mistaken if not said or heard clearly.

Let's leave it at this...I'm not rank  :lolb: but I'm still an amateur.

Wait...I know!  :cartwheel: I'm working on becoming a professional amateur. Yeah. That's it.

Then an amateur professional!  :whoohoo: I have a goal.
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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #342 on: August 27, 2018, 12:43:22 AM »
I like to call it: “gracefully maturing”  :cheers:

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #343 on: August 27, 2018, 01:05:02 AM »
I like to call it: “gracefully maturing”  :cheers:

Eric

Or maybe apprentice?   :LittleDevil:

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Re: Zee Needs Popcorn
« Reply #344 on: August 27, 2018, 01:11:33 AM »
Serious Amateur? 

Or

Not-So-Serious Amateur?

Unpaid Professional?

 

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