From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 9/19/2025 1:44 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 9/19/2025 3:26 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> I had an email this morning from a customer asking for a semi custom   
   >> variation of a stock design mold so I headed out to the shop early. As   
   >> I mentioned in another post we've had some rain off and on from   
   >> thunder storm cells.  Large anvil head clouds.  It could have rained   
   >> last night, so I wasn't surprised at first to find some water inside   
   >> the back door of the shop.  It seemed like an awful lot of water, and   
   >> the outside wasn't wet.   
   >>   
   >> Sometimes if I get a lot of rain with some wind I'll get some run in   
   >> under the overhead door on the wind blown side of the building.  No   
   >> big deal.  Its never an issue.   
   >>   
   >> This morning there was a standing puddle in the back that was running   
   >> into my office.  I stood there for a moment studying the problem and   
   >> then I noticed the sound of running water from behind the lathe.   
   >> Where I tap into the waterline going to my shop fridge and icemaker to   
   >> feed the water distiller.  I use a water distiller for pure water to   
   >> mix with cutting coolant.  Probably overkill, but I started doing it   
   >> years ago when I was trying CRAPMist, and CrapMist wouldn't recognize   
   >> the fact that for long duration projects CrapMist stains aluminum   
   >> parts.   I've been running distilled water ever since.   
   >>   
   >> I turned off the water to the shop.  I don't know what the problem is   
   >> because I'm just to big to fit in the gap behind the lathe to look at   
   >> it.  I'm going to have to move the lathe.  I guess that will give me a   
   >> chance to finally put the leveling feet on it and get rid of those   
   >> stacks of shims.   
   >>   
   >    I finally got around to wiring my lathe for reverse today . I'm   
   > finding the need to make metric threads , and on my lathe that means a   
   > set of transposing gears and you can't disengage the half nuts or you   
   > lose register . Gotta back out of the cut and rewind back to the   
   > beginning .   
      
   I didn't put the leveling feet on today.  I just walked one end out far   
   enough with a straight bar and block with one foot.  It was faster than   
   replacing the bad fitting.  Looks like the rubber failed inside a push   
   fit connector.   
      
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