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General Category => GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC => Topic started by: bonneyman on September 17, 2020, 05:43:52 PM

Title: Man, I should have been a machinist!
Post by: bonneyman on September 17, 2020, 05:43:52 PM

Fireball Tool is at it again, with the vid of a giant vise made from scratch. Makes me consider kicking myself for joining the Air Force at 20 instead of going to college for mechanical engineering and then apprentice at a machine shop. Darn!

I love his sliding yoke with the left hand thread that protects the threads when using the jack for movement. Instead of "righty tighty, lefty loosey" it's "righty lighty, lefty hefty"!  :lol_hitting:

Title: Re: Man, I should have been a machinist!
Post by: goodfellow on September 17, 2020, 06:00:03 PM

That guy thinks "really big" in all his fabrication ventures. I like his style, but much of what he produces is really meant for use in the professional shop.