I’m rebuilding a McWilliams pattern rolling mill from the 1880s and found that they shimmed the drive shaft with the patterned sheet metal the machine makes4yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
Snapped a $10,000 custom die shoe in half this morning. What’s the worst carnage you’ve committed in the shop?3yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Picture of my friend Doug Thompson starting work on the new gates for the San Xavier mission2yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Tucson
Here's a piece of anti-union propaganda produced by the Ford Motor Company in 1919, depicting the Industrial Workers of the World union as a Bolshevik rat3yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/IWW
Saw someone post about the foothills mall so i figured I’d throw in this scan of the place from 19845yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Tucson
My university’s library has every single issue of American machinist magazine from 1886 to 19507yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
The shutdown is causing the olneyville New York system to deep clean. Now it’s really getting serious /s4yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/providence
I took my tack head banjo with me on a short trip. When i woke up this morning the calf skin head had wrinkled. Anyone know what could have caused this. It’s kinda cold where i am. Assuming that has to do with it1yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/banjo
The crowd at the warehouse AJJ played in tonight to kick off their tour4yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/FolkPunk
Found on the latest machine we bought. A snap on ratchet has been welded to a screw and is used as a handle to adjust the table7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
I found this in a jewelers toolbox that was given to me in Rhode Island. That’s mother of pearl on the side6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
I was told i should post this here as well. This 7 11 i went in still had 90s advertising up7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/90sdesign
Just rewatched office space. Definitely a 90s goldmine design wise. From the lamps in the apartment to the computers, and corporate art6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/90sdesign
I found a booster boy at the thrift store for 15 bucks. Magnifying screen is pretty scratched but i couldn’t pass it up for that price6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Gameboy
Found an atlas industrial lamp deep in a forgotten corner of the shop. Changed the bulb and voila! I can now cut while bathed in yellow light6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
I figured you guys would like this. I work in a small machine shop. We make tools for jewelers like hydraulic presses and shears, we also reproduce historic jewelry dies. We employ about five people and the newest machine in the shop is a 1955 warner swasey7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Tool holder my dad built twenty or so years ago. Still use it at work nearly every day6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Interesting locking nut design from “modern machine shop practice vol. one. 1887”6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
1943 Warner and swasey lathe. This was used during the war effort and has been rode hard for 75 years needing basically no maintenance6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/BuyItForLife
So i learned that you can order American made pure rot iron from macmastercarr. 150 bucks for a 24 inch piece. I thought rot iron hasn't been produced here since the 60s I'm amazed7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
A friend of mine is an assistant teacher in a high school machine shop. He has started a collection of micrometers broken by students6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
So our shop bought a rolling mill today. About eighty years old and the thing has a forty horsepower motor connected to it. Talk about overkill5yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
My dads old gameboy. I found it back when i was seven playing in the guest room at my grandparents house. Stored in the original box and everything works like a charm6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Gameboy
Hotwired directly i to the panel and run along the building by zip ties connected to the water pipe. Truly stunned6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/cablegore
ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! When we get to turn on the horizontal boring mill for the very rare instance that we need it7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Skookum
The smoking room at the cafe my friend works at. The staff takes their breaks in here too6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
The prized possession of our shop. Drop hammers for jewelry die striking. The big one says April 16 1895 they came from the third floor of a factory in Rhode Island. There's about twenty of these left in existence from what i can tell7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Finally! After days of hunting thrift stores and searching for wires i have Frankensteined together a working vcr6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/VHS
Grabbing some basic good stuff before i branch out to the weird cheesy stuff6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/VHS
Really rare dedicated Capcom Bowling machine has been chilling in a pizza shop for over 30 years. Not sure how many were made in this style but it’s agreed it was very few6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/arcade
So at the shop i work at we have a 1945 Warner and swasey number 3 lathe. And on the headstock was a big chunk of steel that was bolted down to the top.it used to hold a shield but it was removed. The chuck key always hit the block so i removed it and found these numbers. Is this a serial number?6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
This antique rolling mill I'm restoring has brass springs? I tested them with magnets7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Finally finished restoring this 100+ year old rolling mill but why is there a gear where the handle hangs? It doesn't go to anything?7yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
I spent the last three years collecting stickers and placing them on my bedroom door6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/pics
Certainly not the best hammer I’ve made but the one i use the most. I made it years ago when i really only knew how to turn the lathe on and engage the clutch. I’ve been meaning to refinish the handle but have never gotten around to it6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/Machinists
Did some business in Paris with a guy named Francisco. After talking with him he revealed he used to be a wrestler in the 50s and went by “the white angel” there’s lots of footage and photos of him online he gave me this before i left6yr ⋅ TheVinster20 ⋅ r/wrestling