Every once in a while I can fall into a pile of s*it and come up smelling like roses . I may or may not have mentioned a neighbor gifting me a limb chipper . They didn't understand how it operated and thought it needed a set of blades and it was on it's way to the scrap yard . It doesn't but that's not the reason for this post . The self aligning bearing on the working end of this machine has fatigued and broken the mount tabs and the bearing feels "just not quite right' so I called a local supplier and got a quote ... $450 plus shipping for a pair of these . So just for S&G I decided to check eBay and ain't that some s*it the second result is exactly what I need . NOS open box unit for under 25 bucks delivered ! While awaiting it's arrival I'll rework the motor mount plate , it's got some flex that that I don't like . Looks like in the future I'll be dragging home the foliage from the trees I cut for fire wood to make mulch .
Ain''t that some shit !
Jun 20, 2026
Last reply: 3 months ago
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I appreciated foreign cultures more
when they stayed foreign ...
I get that feeling when I do things and it just works.
Roll under a trailer, and make an overhead weld that runs in nice AND looks good.
Shows some engineering students, that no your machine shop lab tech doesn't know what he is talking about. You absolutely can turn those diameters at those speeds in those alloys. People had slow lathes for hundreds of years before they had fast lathes.
That sort of thing.
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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