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Which machine annoys you most?
John Hill:
Andy, next time you need to gently release that bench vice just get you hammer and strike downwards on the bit of the slide poking out the back, that what I used to do with my British Standard (made in India) bench vice but now I have gone up market and buy only Chinese tools! :coffee:
I just love my old family heirloom tin snips and they too have that nasty gut nipping propensity.
Chazz:
The tools that annoy me the most are the ones I can't afford. :lol:
:beer:
Chazz
doubleboost:
the one that i am using at the time :( :( :( :( :(
Imagineering:
I have a Love/Hate relationship with my CNC Mill.
CNC = Computer Numeric Control - or on some days - CNC = Can Not Control :scratch:
Murray.
dickda1:
I painfully remember a machine that was fun to repair, but a pain in neck to use. :bang:
My shaper - although I should say my former shaper (7" Atlas) since I made repairs to it and sold it some years ago.
The mechanism that moved the ram and moved the table was fun to watch. Sort of like a Victorian magic box. But getting the slop out of the ram and the table required removing shims and re-scraping several cast iron surfaces. I re-machined the crank lever and made a new crank block out of wearite (aluminum bronze). Cutting keyways and dovetails worked, but setup was way too fussy. It was just overly complex compared to the modern milling machine and broach set that replaced this machine.
I was offered a Cincinnati Shaper (hydraulic drive) sitting in a field outside a machine shop about 25 years ago - free if I wanted to cart it off. In one of the few moments of clarity that I have had in this hobby, I respectfully declined.
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