I have it! I just received the Proxxon PD400 mini-lathe. Here it is setting on the workbench. The Dr. Pepper can is placed there just as a size reference. This machine is a very high quality Austrian made machine tool. I am currently working on a “First Look” report for THMS including lots of close up pictures. Test running will come later. This machine runs a 100mm (4 inch) chuck which gives it great home...
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Feelin’ Good
I had a chance to work in my machine shop most of the weekend. Feels good to again get back to all the metal chips flying. I finished off my A3 locomotive driver wheels. There is a quick link to them under |Site Tools | What’s New | in the main menu at the THMS site. The weather in Texas is perfect too. The temperature was hitting the 80’s. All the flowering trees are in...
Continue reading...Under great pressure
I have been under a lot of pressure these days, literally! The pressure I am talking about is air pressure that is stored in a tank. I have a very old compressor and tank that was once part of my roofing business tools. It was old when I bought the company. It was saved when I closed the company has been pressed into service in my workshops for another 10 years. It is a two...
Continue reading...…it’s time to call it a day.
The wedding is over! It went off with a hitch! (That’s a joke son.) All is well at the Kautz residence in Frisco. We all look forward to big events like well planned weddings but it always feels good after the event and all the loose ends have been tied or don’t matter any more. Now I am fixin’ to get back to regular living whatever that means. 🙂 I hardly know what regular means. The...
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