Another Machine In The Shop For Roughing Blanks

ByBob La Londe August 11, 2024

Its going to get used for roughing blanks, but its going to take a lot of work to retrofit it to a modern control before I can use it. Probably the first chore will be getting it off the trailer, and onto a pallet to move it around the shop.
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Tool Score(s)

ByBob La Londe June 23, 2024

Before Father’s Day I had been looking at a couple Yukon (Harbor Freight) toolbox benches to replace the pair of to small US General tool carts I’ve been using as tool carts at the South Bend (Grizzly) knee mill and Precision Mathews (14×40) lathe in the back shop. I added them to the shopping cart…

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Mounting TrailFX Rack on 2017 Jeep Jk Sport-S 2 Door

ByBob La Londe July 30, 2021November 5, 2023

Originally Posted on July 30th 2021 Installed the TrailFX rack on the ’17 Jeep JK with the help of my son. We were not aware that it requires the removal of the bumper to install or do a sheet metal installation through the tail light hole. We pulled the bumper and bolted it to the…

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Plastisol Hand Injectors

ByBob La Londe January 3, 2024January 3, 2024

I have used a number of injectors over the years. I’ve made a fair number myself, although I do not sell injectors. Bass tackle, Del-Mart, Jacob’s Baits, etc etc etc… I even started out using a meat marinade injector back in the beginning. For the most part I have liked the ones from Bass Tackle…

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UPDATED: Tools That Used to be Quality Bargains

ByBob La Londe March 1, 2024March 3, 2024

Master Mechanic used to be Made in USA and had a great warranty. I seem to recall it was supposedly lifetime. I know in our little country store we replaced Master Mechanic tools on the spot and Cotter & Co (True Value Hardware and V&S Variety) reimbursed us periodically. Then they changed to made in…

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Cast Spiral Keeper Experiment

ByBob La Londe November 17, 2024November 17, 2024

The buttress thread spiral bait keeper has an edge radius of only 1/64th of an inch to get that “sharp” edge I think it would need to work. As a result that whole feature would need to be finished with at max a 1/32 ball nose end mill. The time to finish would be fairly…

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Two New “BASIC” Designs From CNC Molds N Stuff – for the Budget or Production Minded

ByBob La Londe November 8, 2023November 10, 2023

The new Basic Curly Tail Worm swims out to about 6-1/4 inches long. Available in 1 or 8 cavity versions. https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/soft-plastic-lure-molds/worms/basic-curly-tail-worm-swims-6-inches-cavities-1-or-8.html The new Basic Ribbon Tail Worm swims out to about 9 inches long. Available in 1 or 8 cavity versions. https://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/basic-ribbon-tail-worms-9-inches-cavities-1-or-8.html

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