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Good save Bob. Just got another successful lesson under your belt. It sucks while you are going through them, but it sure feels good when you got it fixed correctly.

This weekend I have been making a bunch of the pneumatic couplers to go on things. The photos show a bunch and they are all fairly easy to make. I did a number of the hex parts, and am now adding the coupler end and the tubing for the piping. There was something that was supposed to be one on...

I have a (now) vintage VW beetle that sat in storage for over 30 years. If I had set the hand brake on it, the brake shoes would have bonded with the drums and it would have been a royal assed bitch to get the drums off. I will tell you how I know. Back in the 80's I had a collection of OLD...

I knew it was coming as I saw an announcement a while back. Just didn't know the Ka-50 was out yet.

Happy 4th of July #250 I posted one of these the other day, this is a different one.

Looking good Bob! Happy 4th of July #250

Here is how the variable pin vice works out Bob, I use it mostly to hold the carbide bits. BUT! There are times when you need that flexible little wire drill, or something more substantial. This one covers all the bases and does everything I need up to the bit I show in pic 5. It runs true...

I have a couple of those "non true" tiny chucks someplace. Invariably they are fine for tiny pin vices but not so much for powered hole drilling. (unless you get lucky)

LOL! I have the first "block" tool and to be honest I have not had need of it. Why? Have no clue. Guess it is just one of those things that I have so many varied hand tools for doing things that I just don't even think about it. It is a nicely made tool, and has a lot of functions, but to...

Saúl, I have found that the plastic collar can be pressed off. It isn't that hard. It's just that it is a size label and makes it easier if it is there.

At some point in the future (hopefully not too far off) I will be moving back to Glenpool OK. The yard at that house is huge. I think more than 1/4 acre. No way is the push mower going to do it, plus my daughter and son-in-law are around the end of the block and it is a 1/4 acre as well, so...

Looking good!

The thing is Paddy is that most small carbide drills that are readily available are set with 1/8 inch or 3.175 mm diameter. These are the bits that are used by the PC board fabricating industry for drilling circuit boards. My guess is that it was a standard set up a long time ago and is just...

Watching to see how this turns out. I still have a lot to learn about painting and effects.

I see, said the blind man, when he picked up his hammer, and saw. I like my 3 jaw version. :dance: It holds .013 to .125 with a simple hand tightened chuck and runs true.