Tuesday, February 14, 2017

wouldn't you rather be in this workshop than anywhere else right now?

8 comments:

  1. After spending 30+ years in a shop ....I smell the cutting oil now !

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    1. I love the smell of Tap Magic!

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  2. Like Klotz 2 stroke oil and Castrol R aroma !

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    1. And Blendzall with oil of merbane . I still get goose bumps from castor . Go right back to Astrodome 1980

      Heres another neat machine shop

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckZ4i1BzF0

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  3. Looks exactly like my grandfather's old shop complete with leather belts running across the ceiling and down to the machinery.

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    1. that must have been a terrific place!

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  4. For me oddly enough, burnt gear oil takes me to a happy place.
    The days of swapping out diffs and gearboxes on the floor and wearing the smell of that crap all day.....it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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  5. Heating and power supplied by The Joseph Reid Gas Engine Co
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFAddCHO6CY

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