2016 POTD Thread Archive

silence dogood said:
My dad had a 56? green and yellow Hawk.
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The first Hawks were, indeed '56, with the square grill.

The '55 Speedsters, some were green and yellow, the only year for that color combination. They had a broad band of chrome across the grill.

Mine is a '53, Starlite, (pillar coupe). The same year hardtop was a Starliner.

It's been there for a couple of months, you're the first to mention it. Thanks.
 
The Enco corner notcher arrived this week and it was slated to go into the spot the Lars-Gorton tool grinder occupies.

I'm short on space so almost everything is on rollers or skates for access. The tool grinder lived on the back side of the rollaround cart the drill presses are on - and recently every time I've had to move it there were complaints from the casters. With everything loaded on it the cart weighs about 450 pounds and it can be a beast to move if there's a problem. On closer look the casters were coming loose from the cart so this simple project of swapping the grinder for the notcher took on an entirely new dimension.

I rolled out the drill press/grinder table, and slid the grinder onto another rollaround in preparation for moving it out and/or selling it. Next I set up the engine hoist and lifted the two drill presses off the table and onto the floor, then removed all the crap from under the table and flipped it over.

I whacked off a couple of pieces of 1/4" x 6" bar stock and punched holes into it to attach the casters more firmly, then screwed the caster units back onto the bottom of the cart framework. You can sort of see the bottom of the cart in the first picture - This is the messiest the shop has been of a while.

Photo 2 is the front of the rollaround once I got everything re-positioned, photo 3 is the rear view of the cart showing the notcher in position.

And the rollaround cart rolls again!! Woo Hoo!

Stu
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I found a mill in the garage today !!!! I can actually stand in front of the mill for the first time in a year after sorting thru and removing things from garage . Probably won't stay like this for long as I want to finally insulate , rewire and sheetrock the place . ( but at least I saw the mill ) :cool:
 
T Bredehoft said:
The first Hawks were, indeed '56, with the square grill.

The '55 Speedsters, some were green and yellow, the only year for that color combination. They had a broad band of chrome across the grill.

Mine is a '53, Starlite, (pillar coupe). The same year hardtop was a Starliner.

It's been there for a couple of months, you're the first to mention it. Thanks.
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I had noticed your avatar, my Dad was a big Studebaker fan. He had a '48 or 49 (the only known photo disappeared after his passing), a '53 and a '62. In 1968 I was involved with the Plymouth Troubleshooting Contest (we won 1st. place nationally!) and talked him into a Dodge Coronet. In 1972 he achieved his longtime dream of owning a Mercedes Benz when he retired. My brothers and I had tried to talk him into an Avanti but that didn't go anywhere.
 
I started with a '50 Land Cruiser, dealer owned demonstrater in '55. Loved that car, but it died in 58 (too broke to investigate) and bought my '53 (on the left)in Jan '59. I had sense to keep it.
 
I picked up an old rusty, dirty X-Y table at an estate sale for $20. Today I cleaned it up and reassembled it. turned out nice:
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I always forget the "before" photos. But it was nasty

So why does it rotate my uploaded photos?
 
I also played with this other thing I bought from a defunct shop. Looked like a power supply with a vibro-engraver i the box. Turned out was something else: A Tungsten-Carbide deposition tool.

www.hunterproducts.com/carbitron.html

I tried it out today, and it does seem to lay down a real hard layer - harder than the steel i applied it to. Not yet sure what it's good for

Short video:
 
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