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Also looking forward to watching this happen. Soon's I get enough money saved up for a proper TIG machine and a hardtail from TC Bros...

When I was in trade school they made us tram in the head and if a vise is mounted, that too, every class before we even touched the...

I'll try to take a picture of the setup the guys use as work for drilling centers in long shafts before they go into the CNC lathe...

For what this is worth, I saw in one of your earlier posts you had a knee mill. You could always bolt a 3-jaw chuck to the table and...

It's ok, I had "the talk" with my boys. Told them to aim true and never second-guess themselves after the fact.

Sorry to hear about that. That's a good span of companionship though, considering. The grey and white one has been with me since he...

Rare photograph of my cats not beating the crap out of each other.

Not an actual motorcycle but maybe close enough?

I got 10 gallons of this stuff. Works well.

I've never seen a kerosene pump around here in the Chicago suburbs. I'll have to research this.

Anyone have a particular recommendation of kerosene brand? I found this stuff and it seems economical for my budget and I can pick it...

New or used kitty litter? I have 2 cats so used kitty litter with "extra protein" shouldn't be a problem.

I loved mine. Not an S but it got me thru trade school, and was able to tow a small uhaul from Chicago to Fresno and back again. Used...

I tried using this stuff just now, but I was worried that since I mix it with water it might freeze in my unheated garage. It was also...

You're forgetting the shopping cart on top of the car. That's the best part.

Sent to me by my brother from a Colorado Springs Target parking lot. Not sure the story behind this, but the lesson here is to put your...

And then I decided my Triumph needed some covers too, so I'd made billet aluminum badges, had them anodized, then engraved them.

One of the great benefits of working in a small machine shop is the owners let me use the mills off the clock. Here's some pics of a...

Happy Yule!

Went to a car show a few months ago and there was this gem. Right next to classic hot rods from the 50s thru the 70s there was a...

Not so much "available" but with a few feet of 1x.125 strip steel, a cutoff wheel, a hand drill and a welder you can get some ammo cans...

That's what I figured. The man has known me my entire life, he had to at some point known "his" bike would end up in pieces.

Years ago, in my old apartment garage. As she sits now in the new garage since we got the house. 1977 that my Dad bought brand new...

My wife and I bought our first house together back in August after living in an apartment for nearly 8 years. First thing we did was...

Greetings- New here. I'm looking to see if anyone has a 3D model of a '77-ish 650 frame. I'm machinist by trade, and I use Fusion360...