My new job doesn't start until Aug 3rd and im using that time to restore some old vintage stereo units. - 1974 Concord CR-250 Stereo Receiver (pictured) backlog: - 1989 Onkyo TX-840 Quartz Synthesized Tuner Amplifier AV Receiver - 1994 Technics RS-TR373 Dual Cassette Deck Auto Reverse - 1989 Pioneer SX-1700 AM/FM Stereo Receiver w/ 5-Band Equalizer, - 1990 Vintage Pioneer VSX-5600 Audio Video Stereo Receiver - 1986 Pioneer CT-1280WR Stereo Double Cassette Deck Took me a whole 5 mins to learn how to solder. Garage is where you shop it.

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lighter case, nickel silver

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I made a deck.

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Slowly getting more tools in working order Got some projects lined up already

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Got enough of my revised frame fixture together to hold a old carbon cross frame. 20200 extrusion backbone mounted on a remixed steel, prime day engine stand. For only being tacked and pinned together to start, it feels pretty solid. 2ft of extra Z height gets me bench height(ish) welding and enough clearance for full Y axis rotation. That should be ideal for tacking tubes the way I’d like to, along the edge of symmetry and with gravity always working in my favor. Can’t get that with it horizontal on a table. Pretty easy transfer of the tube holders this evening from table to spine once I got the stand mocked up. Still some editing to do here but Stoked

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Brazing again. Still tool making vs welding bike frame tubes — progress nonetheless. I haven’t been able to avoid the infamous framebuilder shop side quests, but we ball. This time, scraps for shimming and eventually extending a Prime Day Vevor engine stand for holding an even better frame jig haha. Always a better mouse trap! Also got a slick, portable AC that has me pining to add a ceiling to the garage and insulating a bit between the rafters.

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It’s happened again… the homemade tool I need has been broken down and used to make another homemade tool 🙃

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something nice about the m4 screw also why are the only options on amazon to buy packs of 2 or 2196

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Got the brains working. The word robots make this shit too easy 😤

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Very stoked on tonight’s progress towards the mini mill upgrade. Got the ball screw and head bracket attached to the back of the pillar. Alignment turned out to be easier than I imagined. Just 4 more holes to drill and tap into the head and I’m on to electronics.

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Got some important holes to make tomorrow. Need to drill and tap 4 M6 threaded holes for mounting my ball screw along the Z axis on my mini mill. I noticed after studying reference drawings and YouTube screenshots that folks usually mount the motor drive movement on the side of the machine. I now realize, that way you only need to align along one dimension but I can’t resist the cleaner back location. Seems also like a centered action might pull the head more evenly like the original rack & pinion and makes supporting on both sides simpler but makes the alignment harder to nail. Faking my way through engineering this as usual. I can always drill more holes later.

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Chat, before I cut, this will be as straightforward as I expect, right?

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Had trouble getting a lathe so I pivoted to motorizing the mini mill. Makes no damn sense smh.

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We cut the oak for these shelves, sealed them, and I installed them today. Also DIYed a very ugly but efficient hidden outlet lol

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