Thanks for all the compliments, folks! Much appreciated.
The handle on the right is the up-down (Y axis.) The largest handle on the left, the one my dad has his hand on, is the X-axis traversing. The one in the middle is the Z-axis in & out, stepover for width of pass.
And yes, that machine is the second biggest "You Suck" award I've gotten in terms of dollar value. The lathe beats it. I should add that story to the "show us your lathe" thread (if I haven't already.)
One last cool little tidbit of info:
The shop owner that I got the grinder from is Joe Valentine of Joe Valentine Machine of Stratford CT. He's the older brother of Bobby Valentine, the recently canned manager of the Boston Red Sox. They're practically twins in the looks department!
The handle on the right is the up-down (Y axis.) The largest handle on the left, the one my dad has his hand on, is the X-axis traversing. The one in the middle is the Z-axis in & out, stepover for width of pass.
And yes, that machine is the second biggest "You Suck" award I've gotten in terms of dollar value. The lathe beats it. I should add that story to the "show us your lathe" thread (if I haven't already.)
One last cool little tidbit of info:
The shop owner that I got the grinder from is Joe Valentine of Joe Valentine Machine of Stratford CT. He's the older brother of Bobby Valentine, the recently canned manager of the Boston Red Sox. They're practically twins in the looks department!