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What a great analogy! It does feel like we're all hanging out at a buddy's garage shooting the bull, getting help and passing along advice! I wish I could hand you all a beer!:barn:

Problem is, I don't get any real work done anymore!:lol:

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Amen to that!:lol:

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I have to agree with the recent comments about the videos and the analogy about "Hanging out with Buddys!" Loving my Old Truck and the New Friends acquired here... You Guys Rock!!! Keep up the great work.

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Thank you all for the cool comments, and for actually taking the time to watch my goofy vids!



Since I took the whole day off yesterday and didnt even get out of my pajamas, I did not accomplish much this weekend.

Today I laid down another strip of innertube to gasket my tranny hump door, modified my heater vent to work with the heater controls I installed, and finished some adapters a friend made for me.

Pictured here are some Jancy Slugger drill bits, for a magnetic drill press.
I got them at a super good price off CL here locally, but did not realize until I got them home that they were for a specific drill.

After searching the internet for adapters I happen to mention my dilemma to a fellow I work with. He has a bunch of machinist tools, and made the adapters for me. I just had to drill out and tap the retainer set screws, which I did today.

Now I can chuck these bits up to my regular drill press, or any other 1/2" drive drill.

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So thank you SGT Dobie, man you rock!!

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sweet bits, i dont care what my wife says, a man cant have too many tools:lol:

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I plan on using them soon, I may shoot some video of it even !!
I cannot wait, they are awesome bits !

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so you have got me pondering the idea of video logs of our builds think i may try filming something shorty seems like it would be fun think i will steal your idea of the signs too who wants to hear our voices haha;)!

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I had to go look up what slugger bits were Never heard of them. Is there a difference between those and hole saw bits?

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I wan sum!
:lol:

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Yeah it was an easy nudge by Bomp to get into the swing of it....now I find myself coming up with different premise, and shooting video of almost anything I do now.
When I think of the vids though, the ones that Bagged Big Block did on his Homedepot build here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=432292&page=6
particularly the first start and the time he aired up his bags. The exhaust vibrating the camera was classic.
And the ones that Veronika posted on her build, which were just too fun to watch.... :smoke:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...500437&page=10

Fun stuff !!
So far from my experience (which is not to allude anything at all mind you) hole cutters distort and dont cut exactly circular and that drives me nutty. From what I understand these do.
They also cut thru thicker steel (up to inch and a half I think) which will come in really handy if you want to thread it, like the frame for the power steering pump conversion.
I am going to use them for my dash extention where I will be mounting my controls like ignition, lights, ect...
I was going to use a step drill bit to get the sizes larger than my 9/16" bit, but that would have given me a V shaped hole which I dont think would have been as stable as a smooth/evenly bored hole.

I didnt know I wanted any until I saw them on CL... actually never knew they existed!!
They are wicked sharp though.... going to be real careful with these.

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Just don't run with them. They could put an eye out!:lol:

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And we are all waiting for the preemptive how to video on those killer sharp bits.
Nice Score.
Will be a nice addition to the shop tool room when it is constructed.:metal:

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Ditto...

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McMurphy, your build is coming along very nicely. Nice job on the videos you did. I think you may be ahead of me now on your build, lol. Great job your doing. Keep it up.

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I could kill a Ninja with those !!

Well it is Christmas Eve today, probably wont get down into the garage until next weekend as I am on call to the Operating Room this weekend. (I take the Christmas call so my soliders with kids can be home with their families at this time of year)

Thanks Ta2Don, I will make sure to do it right, or more right than I have been on the vids....

Thanks man!!
Good to see you posting more on the site, been missing you!
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As promised, here is the Christmas Special....
We had a lot of fun putting this together yesterday, sadly nothing to do with the truck, just a look at life up here in North Pole!!
I hope you enjoy, and as always------ Thanks for looking !!!!


Merry Christmas Everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wonderful video Sir. The weather there looks great for Santa to get a good lift off. Again thanks for the video and have a great holiday.

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Great Video Man! Stay warm...
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Great video! 17 here in KC tonight, you'd be in your shorts! Neat to see the surroundings! What do you do for the surgical team? Navy Corpsman here. Merry Christmas!
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Awesome Video Man!!!:metal:!!!
Caught me by surprise with the Frog.
Actually laughed out loud.
Thanks for the video. It made my day!

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Great video, Merry Christmas everybody

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Thank you for looking at it, Merry Christmas !!

Trying to stay warm, it went from -30 up to -10 yesterday, felt like a heat wave when I had to roll into the hospital...

By skill set (MOS in the Army) I am a Surgeon's Assistant, or Operating Room Technician (either title/description applies). For the past 10 years though I have been in admin, and have been running that entire department that takes care of the hospital Surgery. That department usually equates to 3 sections of about 30 to 45 personel. In the larger hospitals that would be closer to 100 staff. There isnt really much to tell, although the Army is awesome in the sense that on the outside, I would have to have a BA/Masters degree to do the job I am doing with just a High School Diploma....
I think it is funny, but I also count myself fortunate for the experience. (Though I will NEVER do this again once I get out, hospitals are full of sick and cranky people...)

We saw the frog on the shelf and automatically thought of you and your first video, (which I had just shown to my son so it was fresh in our minds too)
Really glad you liked it, I had some things in mind, but there was an hour wait to get 30 seconds with the big red guy, so I did not get to indulge those inspirations....sorry.
Glad it made you smile at least.... one small gift from my garage to yours !!

Thank you for looking at it Jeff, and Merry Christmas to you too sir !!!

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Interesting job, what's the post Army plan?
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First off, salute the mail box every month when that retirement check arrives!

We have the land, get outside the grid.
Spend my summers working the garden, orchard, and berry patches, and doing rebuild/mods on 50-66 chevy trucks (hopefully get one out the door a year) in the winters work on my art and writing.

Maybe buy a couple houses in town and manage them as rentals (we have 3 now, but 2 are outside of the home state).

Wife still has a tour left till retirement, but she still wants to work even after the Army.
Me, I plan to never ask another man to use and abuse my skills, mind or muscle for a pittance of their profits.
The 9 to 5 can grind someone else into a wooden box, but it wont be me.
We are invested as well, so hopefully it will all work out.

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merry christmas mike from my family to yours, the wife likes the videos! did your wife dye her hair? i thought it was blonde last yr, when you guys went to the junkyards! anyways merry christmas and happy new years!

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Sounds like an awesome plan... When I retired from Uncle Sam's Air Force, I already had my business in place and have been at it since. Though the hours can be long, it's a joy to work for myself and my family. God Bless you and yours this coming year!