Random Thought Thread

[sickpuppy1]

Delta 3V ammo! No mushroom on that stuff!! Damn, thats a thought.... penetration on a steel plate.... wow....Hey Nathan !!

round stock and then CNC mill it to spec..

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

The tool changer on the oldest Mori in the shop was malfunctioning yesterday. Traced it down to this sticky contactor. Of course it had to be the contacter with 17 freaking terminals going into it.

 

[Lorien]

oof

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Shmoo

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Clean that up and it will be good as new. I kind of like working on these old Japanese machines from the '90s, they're kind of like working on cars from the '80s. They're pretty simple.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Well, maybe not good as new. The sticky contactor is hard on the points. They're a little bit burned up. I can clean them up but there's not another 30 years of life left in them.

I would retire this old machine, all of our other machines were at least made in this century, but there's something about this old box way Mori Seiki that they don't make anymore. I'm going to keep limping it along for as long as I can. It is such a beast.

 

[Box_Opener]

I was all about the earl grey til we ran out, now I'm on to green tea. When we run out I'm back to the earl. I like the sleepy time tea at night when I head back out to the shop
we have a couple apple trees that bomb us with apples, but I think this'll be an off year so I'm not expecting much

Lapsang, for me. Never get tired of it. Or roasted green tea. Kyoto has shops that roast tea right on the street and that smell will change your life. You want to eat it.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Sticky and gross

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Clean and smooth


I kind of enjoy taking stuff apart and cleaning it. I kind of don't enjoy hooking up all those tedious little electrical connectors.

 

[Richard338]

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Intentional dynamic instability?! The humanity!

 

[Murphjd25]

You should of just got a new contactor. Or does it have special auxiliaries?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

You should of just got a new contactor. Or does it have special auxiliaries?

It was simple enough to clean it, file the points and put it back in. Smooth as the day they built it. The pain in the ass is going to be putting all those electrical connections back into the right places. It's like brain surgery in some of those spots in the back. There's a little varistor in there that's hard to reach. I'll tackle it after I finish lunch.

 

[Murphjd25]

It was simple enough to clean it, file the points and put it back in. Smooth as the day they built it. The pain in the ass is going to be putting all those electrical connections back into the right places. It's like brain surgery in some of those spots in the back. There's a little varistor in there that's hard to reach. I'll tackle it after I finish lunch.

I know exactly what you mean, some of those are a royal pita.

 

[pease]

Not a bad haul for last night and this morning ended up with 29. We clean them before cooking they taste MUCH better. Cleaned in the cooler and waiting for the water.

 

[sickpuppy1]

Wow, nice haul! That will make a tasty dinner for sure!

 

[pease]

Kids going to town the one in the yellow hoodie is my daughter the others are grandkids. we have five kids from 13 to 36.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

this was a fun watch.

perhaps a summertime project with the kiddos?

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

another cool one. New isnt always better

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Tada. Fixed.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Jo just "one hit" a 1x4 in practice.