I took metal shop for half the school day at our county's vocational school back when I was a senior in highschool but unfortunately haven't touched a lathe or mill since then. I remember really struggling with what ever assignment we were given to make using the 4 jaw chuck on the lathe because of having to get it centered using a dial indicator. Guess I wasn't cut out to be a machinist but it still taught me some good measuring skills and a few others that I can use now and then.Thanks!
Started out with a piece of 1.25 x 1.5 square stock IIRC.
Biggest challenge was getting it indicated in the 4 jaw chuck.
We also had a drafting/mechanical drawing class and I took two years of that also so I think that helped me out a little also but I really didn't enjoy the second year of the class when they made us go from the drafting tables to doing it on a computer instead. Now if only I were a little more mechanically inclined but I'm getting a little bit better with time the more I tinker on the old cubs and these Kohler engines.You were lucky to have had that chance back then.
58-62 all we had was wood working, nothing in metal except for mechanical drawing class.
My older brother has a wood working shop in his basement and I spent many good hours w/him there. I still have a 3 place candle holder I made with his assistance where he showed me how to highlight the grain of the wood using some white paint and steel wool.
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Just recently, I rehabbed and re-purposed the kitchen cabinets he had made for mother and installed in the old home place and put them under the workbench in my shop and next to the lathe and mill
I bet that hydraulic angle blade is a fun one to operate. Looks like I will be pushing a little more snow tomorrow morning once I get home from work but I'll be manually angling my blade.I used the blade for about 3 minutes yesterday.. I scraped what little was on the driveway off. I was repositioning it in the garage so I could put the chains on. We are in the forcast band of 16+ inches over the next few days.... so I thought it was time to put the chains on. I keep the blade in the barn out back, so when I pull the tiller or mower off, I put the blade on. The chains hang on the wall in the garage, so I put them on later normally. I was beginning to wonder if I was even going to need the tractor and blade at all. Having a 4 wheel drive.. I am a bit more lax in clearing the drive. Main reason I have to clear it is so the truck will stay in the driveway. My drive is steep... it is about the length of 2 full size pickups.... I can park my Regular Cab longbed F-150 and my SuperCrew nose to tail on one side and they both just fit. But, it's steep, if I stand at the bottom of the drive and look at the garage, I am looking across the floor of the garage... and I am 6'4".... I've had go out and get more than one vehicle out of the street in the snow...... So my twin-stick 1450, hydro angle 42" blade and my 375lb a$$ are ready for the snow!!!!
doesn't that make it a scoop? Will the blade angle to plow to one side?. If it doe's the snow will collect in the blade instead of clearing to windrow
Love seeing the pictures of everyone's cubs! Looks like your snow rig is almost a twin to my snow set up except yours has the actual stock headlights that in my opinion look much better than the stainless headlight panel with cheap LED's that I made up for my 129. I can't complain about my lights though for the low price I have into them and they give off plenty light. I like yours having the correct wheel weights also. The set of wheel weights I have on my 129 were given to me although I believe mine may have been off a Case/ingersoll tractor from what the guy who gave them to me said. Guess I can't complain for only having the cost of a can of paint and primer into them along with about a 30 minute drive to pick them up.
Looks like you have your cub weighted up niceI thought I’d post mine up as well, first year with a cub. Blade works great!View attachment 142223