More progress with the mill

No chit. I'm just to the east of you and as soon as I get out of work, I head home, to get into air conditioning. I now know what fat feels like being rendered. It is only 90 and humid inside the plant. South of me, oh, damn, you guys and gals have my sympathy.

That is good. Pictures of what you have made?

Sweet!

Sounds like an excellent idea. The flat top of my lathe is cluttered with tooling, measuring instruments, and inserts. That is what flat surfaces are for. ;)

Not really, you seem to be figuring the clutter part out fine for your self. :)

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Its just friggin' awful here in MN. Dew point of 70+ and nearly 90. I need to work outside and just can't. How do folks in places like Mississippi live?

Karl

Yesterday it was 96 F here in central NJ. Today it was 78 and drizzling, so there is hope.

You could mount one of the X-Keys programmable keypads in that space, and custom label and program it for all the commonly used pendant functions. They have a model with a jog/shuttle wheel which would be nice for manual control along with some of the buttons around it programmed for axis select and step increment select. I'm sure there are some EMC specific pendants available as well, there are a number for Mach3.

And we need it ! It was 102 here in Memphis today , with a heat index near

120 . More of the same tomorrow . Thank (Diety of choice) that I've had work in an air conditioned space this week .

No, no, no. Flat surfaces are the exclusive territory of cats. Anything placed on a flat surface is, by default, a cat toy.

Inside as much as possible . I'm not quite in Mississippi , but about as close as one can get .

is only 90

I lived in Oklahoma for a while, there, 110 degrees was not unusual.

I can work in the garage, with the fan running, but it just is not as fun as it could be.

Some pictures

Also made some molds for wax.

Yes.. The monitor is from a trash pile at work. It had no stand, which actually suited me just fine.

I have no free flat surfaces. :)

I am "trying to declutter" in anticipation of a visit by an esteemed member of this newsgroup next week. I do not want my garage to look like a dumpster.

i

Ouch. But after rain, comes more humidity. I'm getting tired of checking the NWS website to see that my humiditiy is at 100% each morning. I doubt either one of us are experiencing an Arizona 'dry' heat.

I went online to pay my electric bill today, noticed that my budgeted plan wanted an extra

159 bucks to settle for the year. Not so sure how much was my heated machine room and how much was my almost constantly running a/c in power save mode. Oh well, my comfort is worth it.

On the flip side, I got to skip a payment on propane last month since winter was mild so I broke even when I had to settle that budgeted account. Global warming content there ;)

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

It is only 90

Iggy...its REQUIRED that your shop looks like shit!

I mean geeze dude...having a squeeky neat shop...is..is..is...nasty! Effeminate! DUDE!!!

Now Ill admit..mine is far far past looking like shit...way over to the Shit Hole stage......but Tovarish...only panseys have Neat Shops!!

Gunner

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

Dry heat here means that mushrooms may grow in your hat, but not in your ears.

I sounds like you have the climate well controlled -- at least in your house. d8-)

I've noticed the east coast has been hit hard this year.

Yes, free battery water. That likely went over the heads of 40 and below.

I'm still waiting for a G24-48 gel cell for a electric pallet jack with fork lift capability. The economy is coming back, getting a freaking battery is taking a week and fanuc parts are out there at least a week+ or so on many items.

Japan doesn't seem to understand JIT like they used to. I needed a bearing pack for a THK motion system. It was 2 months out two months ago. I just recieved it. I can tell you many horror stories about getting repair parts out of Japan. Japan is getting worse than Europe on holiday.

The recovery, that I think has finally started, is going to be rocky. My opinion might be biased by working in a firm that has a pick up in sales during the summer.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Wes, what bothers me is that it is even worse in my garage than outside. It feels outright oppressive in here. I explain this by

1) The attic has no ventilation and gets hot 2) I get radiative heat form the walls, but outside there is no heat coming from the sky. i

I'm really looking forward to being there next week, Iggy. You make it sound so inviting. Would you rather go fishing? I have tickets for a Kane County Cougars minor-league game on Monday. d8-)

head home, to

It is only 90

my sympathy.

It would not becmoe neat, in any case.

i

So put in a powered gable vent, or at the least..one of those turbines that go on the roof.

Gunner

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

head home, to

It is only 90

my sympathy.

Whew...I was getting worried there for a minute. I could just see you swishing around in slacks and a pullover, cute shop apron firmly tied on...penny loafers on your feet ...Lisping in a Russian accent..... wiping fingerprints off the machines and setting doillies under all the tool boxes....

Grim...really really grim.

Im glad we wont be having to deal with THAT here....

Gunner

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

Gunner Asch on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:08:42 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

After the fourth year, the dirt doesn't change, so it doesn't matter.

And geeze, think of the fun your heirs will have trying to sort the shit from the schinola.

pyotr

NWS website

wanted an extra

was mild so I

That must have been the hottest day yet this summer.

Here's something to cheer ya'll up.

The cycle is just starting its upward climb. Hey I was really worried when I moved up north and there was hardly any sun spots in '08.

SW