{"id":3429,"date":"2017-11-28T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T19:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmsblog.com\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2021-10-19T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:01:48","slug":"what-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/?p=3429","title":{"rendered":"What Excuse?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ramblin'<\/a>

Ramblin’ Dan Today…<\/p><\/div>\n

I try not to go on guilt trips. The view is depressing, and it doesn\u2019t solve any problems if I am busy blaming myself. I can be guilty of many things, but I don\u2019t have to ride the train\u2026 Uh, oh\u2026 speaking of trains. That reminds me\u2026<\/p>\n

I am guilty of putting my live steam and model trains fun on the back burner. Heck, there are a lot of things back there, just simmering. Some of them may be stone cold\u2026 Well, that\u2019s the way it goes. I can\u2019t feel guilty about not being able to eat everything at once.<\/p>\n

A few people tell me they can\u2019t imagine doing all the projects in which I have been involved. They don\u2019t see the pile of \u201cround-tuits\u201d on the other side of the stove. That\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n

I really want to get back to metal working on the lathes and mills. Usually termed \u201cmachining.\u201d Live steam is a great base for justifying detailed machine work. A live steam engine is an exquisite machine in its own right. Lots of moving parts and metal thingies to create from scratch materials.<\/p>\n

My interest is as much if not more in the construction process as the finished product. A finished model is a reason to go start another project.<\/p>\n

It was that way for me when I was very active in radio control model airplanes. Yes, I flew the heck out of my models, but the construction was where most of the enjoyment was created.<\/p>\n

The lost wax silver work I do is the same thing. I like the creative process more than the finished jewelry. I love my creations, but I can\u2019t wait to sell or give them to someone, so I can make more. I don\u2019t collect my finished work.<\/p>\n

Most recently the 3D printing I do, is about the design and making. I don\u2019t keep most of the things I print. They are sold and given away. Many printed toy items I give to my granddaughter. No collection for me. What I keep for myself are things like printed storage containers or tool holders.<\/p>\n

Let me see if I can make the leap back to serious machine shop work. Something must be moved to the rear of the stove to do that. I can only handle one-man projects.<\/p>\n

Forty-five years or so ago my self-cloning experiment created a son and a daughter (twins), but they don\u2019t pick up the work I put aside. (Thank goodness, they are not exactly like me!) They don\u2019t even hang-out with me, but will help when asked nicely… So, I must make decisions on what stays hot and what goes cold. Stuff I can cook and eat myself\u2026 ha!<\/p>\n

I like small scale model machine work. That\u2019s why I offer the Taig tools for sale. Perfect for the small micro work. (Wax carving for jewelry.) I use what I call midi sized machine tools for slightly larger projects. The Proxxon PD400 shown here.  Perfect equipment for a smaller hobbyist work-shop. I make real working and durable parts from metal, but am not equipped or have the desire to make commercial machined parts.<\/p>\n

Time is unstoppable. Only in a photograph. But even they change and fade with time, except if you post them on Faceboob.<\/p>\n

Time is certainly not waiting on me. I am in my seventh decade. The best time to act is now, the present.<\/p>\n

Bottom line, I have a nice work-shop and what I need in machine tools. It is all there to start right back where I stopped. OK RD, get out there and let the chips fly. I can do this. Then writing excuses like this can stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I try not to go on guilt trips. The view is depressing, and it doesn\u2019t solve any problems if I am busy blaming myself. I can be guilty of many things, but I don\u2019t have to ride the train\u2026 Uh, oh\u2026 speaking of trains. That reminds me\u2026 I am guilty of putting my live steam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,52,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-steam-2","category-metalwork","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3429"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3794,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3429\/revisions\/3794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}