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| Bogstandard:
Jack, As you know, I have very limited time each day to do this work. Well I went into the shop this morning to finish off the linkages. I found I had joggled the cam rod the wrong way. Normally it would not have been a problem, but because of my shaping of the rod, it ended upside down. So my couple of hours today have been wasted putting it right. To me, making mistakes is a good sign. It saves you getting too big headed when everything goes perfectly, it proves you are just human. John |
| NickG:
John, sorry to hear about the rod - sods law as everything was going swimmingly, you're right though it keeps you on your toes I guess and it shows that these things don't only happen to relatively inexperienced chaps like me! Glad you sorted it. Out of interest, how often do you clean the workshop? After every nights work? I gave my machines a decent clean and oiled the slideways etc tonight. It hadn't been done since I started back up on poppin - it was a mess and not nice to work in. I know my grandad was a bit of a stickler for cleanliness in the workshop, he would not have been impressed at all. I thought I'd do it after each project but it was too long. Apparently one of the old guys that sadly passed away from our club always had his workshop so that you could virtually eat off the surfaces - sounds great, but is it really necessary? Nick |
| Bogstandard:
Nick, No one is perfect, so you should always show or tell, if not too embarrasing, your mistakes as well. Like you said, it shows that people with lots of experience also cock things up as well. But, if it can be fixed, like mine was, it wasn't a cock up, it was just going thru a modification stage. Workshop cleaning sadly is a thing I can't do myself. But my machines usually get a brush down onto the drip tray when I change chucks or change job in the vice. Mass machine curly swarf is cleaned away into the bin straight away. My machines get over oiled, at least once a session, maybe twice, especially on the mill as I have one shot lube. It might make the machines look filthy, but at least they are staying accurate and not wearing away too quickly. Oil is cheaper than new machinery. Normally my wife and daughter get in the shop when I ask them and give it a good clean out, after I have emptied the drip trays onto the floor. I don't mind them putting the hoover pipe onto the machines, but I don't want them in there with their hands. All my machine cutting tools go back as soon as I have finished with them, but I am like I think most people are, my worktop gets covered in hand tools, and get them put away en mass when I can't find a bit of space to work on. John |
| kvom:
--- Quote ---All my machine cutting tools go back as soon as I have finished with them, but I am like I think most people are, my worktop gets covered in hand tools, and get them put away en mass when I can't find a bit of space to work on. --- End quote --- x2 |
| NickG:
Thanks John, good to know it's not just me that finds myself working in a mess. I went to the trouble of getting the proper miller slideway oil but have hardly used any so I'll have to get into the habbit. My lathe has lots of grease nipples everywhere so I put it in the gun that was under the lathe cabinet - think it's actually a grease gun though so tends to leak a bit! On the mill I just have to use a silly plastic bottle that came with it. Should maybe invest in a proper oil can! That's good getting them to help out but as you said, it's easy to pick up splinters, I got a couple last night but think I managed to scrub them out as can't feel anything this morning. I'll have to clear the curly swarf out straight away in future as that quickly blocks the hoover. I need to take time to make some decent storage for tools etc like yours, it makes using the workshop much nicer. Nick |
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