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  1. GG54172
    I'd deliver the grinder to the Milwaukee area. However, I don't plan to list anything formally for sale until I have everything cataloged. As I am currently in between semesters I hope to do everything before the 2nd of January. I will let you know when it is listed for sale.
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    I recently bought an entire set of tools from guy retiring after 45 years. I don't think any of it is junk. I am most definately keeping the mill, lathe, bandsaw, and related equipment. But there is some stuff that is beyond my technical capability that I am selling. The surface grinder, a dividing head, several hone sets, etc. I am still digging through it all trying to determine what I will keep and what I will sell. Mostly, I have to have a use for it to keep it. Most of the equipment is from the 60's and is still in perfect condition, so I refuse to keep something just to let it sit on a shelf and rust. (I even have all of the origional paperwork, manuals, etc) I recognized most everything from when I played in my dad's tool and die shop as a teen in the late 90's. The dividing head and these knife edges were the exception. My father, who has been involved with tool and die since the early seventies has never even seen machinist knife edges before, but he did recognize the dividing head. The knife edges I may keep just to use as a straight edge, but I dont plan to get into gun smithing so I will probably sell the dividing head. I also have many duplicates; several 0-1" micrometers for instance, standard taps in every size, etc. I will keep one or two of each size, and sell the extra. It was quite a big lot, and the guy sold everything, including the work benches, kennedy tool boxes, cabinets, phase converter, etc. He was moving to a condo, and could not bring it with him. I posted some pictures. It was quite a craigslist find, and I am super excited to own it.
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    Aint that the truth. Most of the stuff I picked up is 45 years old. With the exception of the 0-1" micrometer, which is missing a set screw, everything still works great.
  4. GG54172
    Eh, well it was included in an entire lot of stuff, so no biggie. Probably put a thin coat of wax on it and put it away. Might see it on Pawn Stars in about 150 years...
  5. GG54172
    Have you ever used a machinist knife edge? I attached a picture. I ask because I recently found a set and I have never used one before. My dad has been a die maker since the early 70's and he has never seen one either. I will probably sell it, but the tech geek in me wants to know how it works first.
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    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1694315935203.50017.1756953978&type=1&l=cde630f1ce Final draft submited today
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    Raw data and presentation attached. This is not due till Monday, so any comments for improvement are appreciated.
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    I will post my conclusions once I have them done. I am planning to close the survey now.
  9. GG54172
    Yeah, I agree. Where did you get your degree? I have a BSME from Kettering and an MSME from the university of Michigan. Thanks for putting up with it guys. It will be useful. (My prof is stunned I got more than 30 repsonses)
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    Hmmm, that's interesting, this morning the total respondants over the age of 50 was 2%....now it's 48% Thanks guys, should make data analysis mroe interesting.
  11. GG54172
    I'd appreciate professional comments if you have them. Thanks for helping me out everyone. I am a firm believer in large quanitities of data.
  12. GG54172
    If you have ten minutes of time, and you want to take my 30 question trully exciting market survey. I'd appreciate it. It is for college credit, and not for profit. Results are anonomous. I plan to download the data Sat night so I can spend next week writing my report. http://mtubusiness.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8ohC4XobFwKOFKc thanks sorry for spamming the board
  13. GG54172
    43 psi for both here...
  14. GG54172
    Yeah, the D404 or whatever were on the bike still had the tits when I bought it and they lasted about 4000 miles. Going to try the Avons next. Elite III's were kinda scary wet.
  15. GG54172
    All I do is ride back and forth to work. No traffic, no stop signs, two lane road, 18 miles each way. Not tail of the dragon, but 75 curves in 18 miles. 600 ft of elevation change. Great River road. 60-65mph most the way. 5th gear the whole time and I do not use the brakes to slow before or in the corners. I only touch the floorboards about once a month at the speeds. One particular curve near Durango is good for it. RKWILL22 and BG Hawks have ridden my daily commute. Maybe they will comment.
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    Have you seen my daily commute?
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    Front tire: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Ggerg1186/DSC02673.jpg Rear tire: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Ggerg1186/DSC02674.jpg Both tires were replaced 7000 miles ago. I suppose it's time to replace them. Anyone wants the front tire the center still has plenty of tread left.
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    Haven't we been hearing this for about 3 years? God, I hope it's true. It'd be nice to have a new Venture that can keep up with the first gens
  19. GG54172
    9,000 miles, touching the wear bars on the edges of tires. Brakes aint draging, steering beerings are fine. Rear tire still has a lot of tread left. Keep both tires at about 4psi under sidewall max.
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    Have you seen my daily commute? Scraping floorboards at 65mph isn't very condusive to 10,000mile tire life.
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    I picked up a long reach phillips screwdriver. Already synch'd two carbs. Anyone else wants to stop by, the cost is free, and I can give you a quick tour of the great river road from Guttenberg to Dubuque, IA. Takes about 5 minutes to synch the carbs and 1 hour to ride on some of the best MC roads in flyover country.
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    My E3's are wearing pretty well, but the first 3000 miles were pretty noisy. The howled in the corners. Not so confident in the wet either.
  23. GG54172
    I think I would prefer a Z06 or even a miata convertible.
  24. GG54172
    I cut 3" from the bottom of my OEM 2nd gen windshield 10,000 miles ago. Had no issues. Looks great.
  25. GG54172
    This story seems familiar: http://venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=59668 I do a lot of low speed stuff on my bike too. When I took the clutch apart I noticed there is a lot of mass around the clutch and not much more than oil for cooling. I was doing the iron cross a couple of weekends ago and put the bike all the way down onto the crash bar. Just about lost it. rode on the crash bar about 15 ft. Need to bend the crash bar back now. ooops. I don't think it's the oil, I think the clutches just got hot, and the heat sticks around. Still fun to do the 20' box with my venture though, makes the students less apprehensive about turning around on a TW200.
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