There is more than one way to skin a cat; HM is a great forum to present the "other" way to do things, especially with limited resources.I'm late on finding this thread.
This is great!!
Huge thanks.
Daryl
MN
OK...Now it makes a little more sense. Don't ask me why, but I thought you were a maintenance man in your prior life. God only knows where I got that from Mark. This prior job description you just gave makes a lot more sense to me. You are a very, very skilled craftsman Mark.Actually I am an industry professional. I was a master machinist and then an engineer for a major machine tool manufacturer. Now I am retired. But to answer your questions, yes the engraving is done in one pass. I use a Nicholson "smooth" cut file to clean the burrs. You want to use a "fine" file. You don't want to scratch up your dial or you will sand off the numbers polishing it back up. Feel free to ask anything you want to know. I will help all I can.
OK...Now it makes a little more sense. Don't ask me why, but I thought you were a maintenance man in your prior life. God only knows where I got that from Mark. This prior job description you just gave makes a lot more sense to me. You are a very, very skilled craftsman Mark.
Nice to see you post Mark! Hope all is going ok for you.
Just keep doing what you can , I just had another round of shots and some steroids pumped in the worst pain spot, I screamed when he stabbed the needle in that spot . No fun but I vowed to not get knocked out if I don't need to . The three grand for fifteen minutes is just rape in my opinion. I'm happy your getting around , I'm still off the morphine and will never get that again. You will find away to machine again but it'll take longer is all. Have faith in you I do.I am adapting to my life as it is ... for now .... but I don't know how long it will be before I can machine again .... or if I will again. Being in the wheelchair is not as big a problem as the tremors are. It is very difficult to do things and .002" can easily turn into.200" in an instant. If they get worse or remain the same, my machining days may be over. It takes soooooo long to do anything. Simple tasks that used to take 10 minutes, now take 1 or two hours. It takes almost 2 hour to get up, half as**d make the bed, get dressed, and make a sandwich for breakfast.