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    Hello from Madison Wisconsin

    I was very happy to find this forum as this covers many of my interests.
    I currently am 64 years old but in a younger day I worked as an industrial blacksmith and have worked with power hammers from small little giants to a strap hammer with a 500lb head. I am also trained at tech school as a machinist. I moved a few years back and do not have much of a shop set up at this time but I am slowly moving in that direction again.
    I have studied knife making under Daryl Mayer and Phil Baldwin and have done some art metal work.
    Nice to be here.

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    Hi blacksmithjk - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

    Sounds like you have a wide range of expertise. What's next on your project list?

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    Hi blacksmithjk! Glade to have you here.

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    Hi blacksmithjk,

    Welcome!

    Lots of great experience there. What are you working on currently?

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    I am currently working on getting a shop set up again. I moved and then was unable to do much for a couple of years till I got my knees replaced. I am now trying to get an Atlas Horizontal Mill back in operation so I can redo the tracking mechanism on my belt grinder.
    I am also rewiring a Yamaha SR500 motorcycle that has been my money pit for the last several years.

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    Glad to hear that you're back on your feet and getting the shop going again.

    What sort of work does the mill need done before it's operational? The SR is a nice little thumper; are you doing a full restoration or just trying to get it running?

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    The mill needs a good cleaning as it was stored in the garage and a can of carburetor cleaner was several shelves above it. The carb cleaner leaked and left a varnish like coating on many areas of the machine. I hope to get it into the parts cleaner this weekend. The nice thing is that it is a small machine about 2ft x 2ft x 2ft. The bad part is that it is extremely heavy so I need to take it apart to get it into the basement anyway.
    My Yamaha project is a restoration of sorts. It is headed more to the cafe racer end of things. I have gathered parts for a whole new electrical system, redone the forks, custom shocks from Australia, etc, etc, etc. As I said, my little money pit.

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    I hear you on the money pit thing. My wife would love to tell you all about my stream of projects. Planes, bikes, cars, guns, etc. There's always something underway - and usually something else on its way!

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    I've done my share of project cars and other stuff, and yes, they always seem to be money pits.



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