I’m pretty much stuck in bed after a little ortho work and bored. The kids won’t be able to make it over until the weekend, my hot lady is a wreck and hopefully asleep on the couch. Not interested in any well wishes, and please no calls for Devine intervention. Just some light banter. How is work going, bbq success, or better yet failures, shop or gun smithing project chat, even the weather. I am off my diet until I get back on my feet so I have enjoyed reading the pie discussion, but did not want to soil it since I am unable to bake right now. Anyone else free to bullshit?

I purchased a basket case muzzle loader and am working on getting parts and making it as a fun winter project.
This model was discontinued years ago and the information research and looking on the Internet for parts has keep me busy for months.

Am also requested to research for better Internet alternatives for our local shooting club.

Sometimes I have time for myself and can read on my Kindle.

Am a widower and retired and have a quiet life.

With 10 years on this forum I am trying to come up with a cut.

PC

You had contributed to my breakfast sausage making thread last week. As an update, my first batch came out delicious. It was a Jimmy Dean Sage copycat recipe.

Also, the sausage making Bible that Gus recommended arrived and I've begun to read.

Many, many more recipes to try and also tweak...

One reason I'm starting this sausage making endeavor is I'm a few years from retirement and I'm planning to buy land. I'm considering raising 2 or 3 feeder hogs a year. You mentioned that you raised hogs. Can you tell me about your operation?

I am not. Smoke pole guy, but my pop was, and enjoyed building and hunting with them. Basket cases are always fun if you can see them through to the end. I have been practicing my thread cutting on the lathe before trying to spin up an AI prefit.

Been cleaning and organizing the shop around my new-to-me lathe. Just waiting on a precision level and some adjustable machinery feet to finish up that project.

Filling in between times working on modeling projects. Building a 1:25 scale Service Truck, getting my ass kicked trying to come up with a suitable way to mount working doors on the service body.

In between failures on that project, finished up a 1:25 scale knuckleboom crane for another truck model:



Fully articulated, folding boom has two extensions. I built the prototype several months ago from plastic sheet and various shapes and couldn't get the articulation right.

Then a neighbor had an actual crane at his shop for some repairs and I got some pictures that explained the knuckle joint much better and went through several iterations of 3D printed parts to get the pivot points right. Lots of fun!

I did not post my favorite sausage books and should have, not sure if the older one is still in print, but it is likely still available used.

Great sausage recipes and smoked meats by Ryteck Kutas ISBN 0-02-566860-9

Old but great book

Sausage making the definitive guide with recipes by Ryan Farr. ISBN 978-1-4521-0178-1

I tend to use the parts of recipes I like and then make changes until I settle on what I like. More books seem to offer more ideas to blend into my cooking. It helps that I raise hogs and hve the finest pork to work with.

Paul what kind of lathe did you end up with, and have you thought about turning your own feet? My first lathe was a hunk of junk but I had fun building feet for it. Its replacement came with feet so I did not need to fuck with building them again. I agonized over getting the new lathe, and ended up getting a new Acra 1440TE nicest unit I could get for the money, the used market around here is bad.

Scale models are beyond my patience level. My projects tend to not be as detailed. My biggest problem is just having to many and not enough free time to enjoy them all.

Heading to MI for Thanksgiving with the family and attending the Ohio vs Michigan game on the way back. Supposed to be a high of 37

Have not harvested my Elk (yet) and found some beef tips in the freezer.
Thing about Mongolian Beef for Thanksgiving if I can find a good recipe.

PC

My folks always had hogs on their hobby farm,and I always enjoyed them. I am fortunate enough to live on a ranch and have plenty of space so a few years ago I converted a cattle pen into a hog pen and scrounged up some breeding prospects. The prospects that I was not keen on became feeders and the best became my breeders. Then I had some health issues and had to get out of the hogs. This last spring I was doing better so I found some nice wieners and raised another batch. I am not going to do any breeders again, just raise a few feeders each summer and not have any animals over the winter. I started work on a new pen, and if I have a decent year at work I hope to start raising hogs on concrete next season.

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Originally posted by Stlhead:
Paul what kind of lathe did you end up with, and have you thought about turning your own feet? My first lathe was a hunk of junk but I had fun building feet for it. Its replacement came with feet so I did not need to fuck with building them again. I agonized over getting the new lathe, and ended up getting a new Acra 1440TE nicest unit I could get for the money, the used market around here is bad.

Mid-70's Atlas 3995 12x24. Nice tight unit, just needed a good clean and lube. What is now my shop was originally built as a tool shed so the floor was broom-finished. Paying for that now...



The Atlas replaces a 100+ year old Seneca Falls that is plumb wore out and - not surprisingly - parts are beyond scarce for it.

Supposed to be 38 and cloudy here on Thursday. One of the kids is coming from Missoula so has to cross lookout pass, but he has 4wheel drive and good snow tires, so I am not worried about him.

That is a nice looking tool room lathe, the cleaning and servicing always take more time than you budget, but is one of my favorite parts of a new machine.

Hope you get to feeling better S. Unsed my Kubota Mini exc. a little this week. Had some huge slash piles from a pretty big tree thinning project last spring. Lit them off and used the mini to move stuff around. That thing is sure handy. Thanks for your advice on getting one. Also really appreciate your knowledge and the way you chime in on Hvac topics here. All the best brother. Wet and in the forties in W. Mt. Hope family has a good trip over.

A few interesting points about lathe cutting threads.

Three wire measuring at the pitch diameter is a reliable old method. A bit cumbersome to do. If you do enough threads, consider getting a thread pitch micrometer. So much easier to use than pins.

When I set my lathe up, I aim to use the thread pitch line on the tool. That is how you are measuring the threads any way.

You may notice that a full radius size, that is tangent to both flanks of the tool, is equal to the distance from the theoretical sharp 60° point.
The distance of line D-E to point C is equal to the larger radius shown in this picture:

https://i.sstatic.net/JVOyX.png

With that known, it is easier to touch off the tip to a diameter, then move the tool the calculated infeed to get the tool pitch line on to the part pitch diameter.


I also set my indeed to 30° to feed in as shown in this pic:
https://cdn.sandvik.coromant.c...lank-infeed_jpg.webp


At this angle, the compound indeed movement is half of what is shown on dial.
Theses lighter cuts prevent the part from flexing away from the tool.

Please share your experiences and tips. I'm always looking to learn from others.

Images from one of my job sites earlier this week. I assume you will not be joining me any time soon to ascend the scaffolding?

I'm getting a new right knee is two weeks.

Among the pre-op stuff is a required "dental clearance." When I asked why, it was to see if you have any infections in your mouth. I asked why the Nurse Practitioner I was there to see couldn't determine that, I was told "they don't do teeth."

WTF?

NPs are more than trained to see if I have any infection in my mouth.

Nope, that is a dental thing. Seems kinda obvious.

quote:

Originally posted by Stlhead:
I did not post my favorite sausage books and should have, not sure if the older one is still in print, but it is likely still available used.

Great sausage recipes and smoked meats by Ryteck Kutas ISBN 0-02-566860-9

Old but great book

Sausage making the definitive guide with recipes by Ryan Farr. ISBN 978-1-4521-0178-1

I tend to use the parts of recipes I like and then make changes until I settle on what I like. More books seem to offer more ideas to blend into my cooking. It helps that I raise hogs and hve the finest pork to work with.

Thx. I'll add them to the list.

quote:

Originally posted by Stlhead:
My folks always had hogs on their hobby farm,and I always enjoyed them. I am fortunate enough to live on a ranch and have plenty of space so a few years ago I converted a cattle pen into a hog pen and scrounged up some breeding prospects. The prospects that I was not keen on became feeders and the best became my breeders. Then I had some health issues and had to get out of the hogs. This last spring I was doing better so I found some nice wieners and raised another batch. I am not going to do any breeders again, just raise a few feeders each summer and not have any animals over the winter. I started work on a new pen, and if I have a decent year at work I hope to start raising hogs on concrete next season.

Sorry to hear about the health issues.

Having my own pork with the corresponding break over winter (or "winter" in my case since it'll be in the South) is attractive to me. Do you have a preferred breed of hog or one to avoid (e.g. Tamworth are escape artists)?