The value of complexity

Bob, that looks marvelous! Now you have it, it'll come in handy!

I really really want one of those. I've been wanting to learn how to do small things for aeromodeling purposes. Like venturis, for starters. Either Delrin or aluminum. I think I could have a lot of fun learning light machine work, from my layman's skill set.

I'm not sure my drill press doesn't have a slight wobble. Not sure how to address that problem, and the vise would be of little use for anything accurate that way. It's a Craftsman tabletop unit. Very old.
Rusty

Man, what a great restore. Excellent job!

Very well done brother Bob....looks better than they do new

Holy Cow!!!  That's fantastic!  It's too pretty to use.  Just put it on the shelf and make it a Hangar Queen.

The Facetious Mark

Thanks for the kind words guys.  

A little sandblasting, wire wheel, 400 grit, sanding block, and oil on the mating surfaces worked wonders.  I had to bring it in the house to put it together.  Computer picture memory prompts ya know.  For a long time I have called myself 50/50 Bob. If there is a 50/50 chance of installing a part wrong, it seems that I have a 100% chance of getting it wrong the first time.  So, all the reconstruct pictures.  Without them I would still be putting it together, lot's of 50/50 chances there.  Someday the odds may even out for me.

All the friction adjusters allow for some drag and/or lock-down but they are fussy to adjust.  Seems like a simple lever would be more convenient.

It dwarfs the stage on my drill press, but I can still get a couple of hold down bolts in there.  But, yes I may just put it on the shelf and look at it.  



My vice could use a little TLC too.

Bob

Oh yes,  Paint was left over "Smoke gray" rattle can from my Wen Mac Airacobra.  I couldn't find any Machinery Gray.

Bob, I call it the 50/50/90 rule. And it holds. I had two new sets of control lines that I was hooking up to two planes yesterday. I attached them to the two planes and then unreeled them out for the handles. Given the 50/50 chance, I should have hooked one handle up right and on handle up backwards. But no. Both handles were hooked up wrong...

The Backwards Mark

batjac wrote:Bob, I call it the 50/50/90 rule.  And it holds.  I had two new sets of control lines that I was hooking up to two planes yesterday.  I attached them to the two planes and then unreeled them out for the handles.  Given the 50/50 chance, I should have hooked one handle up right and on handle up backwards.  But no.  Both handles were hooked up wrong...

The Backwards Mark

Happy to see that I have company Mark.

Bob

rsv1cox wrote:Oh yes, Paint was left over "Smoke gray" rattle can from my Wen Mac Airacobra. I couldn't find any Machinery Gray.

Bob, that's a really nice job of restoring that machinist's vice to serviceable condition, appearance is night and day to what it was before.

But I particularly like the restoration you did on that really abused P-39 Wen Mac Aerocobra.

- George