Looks like another brother from a different mother.

Heh.

The Wifely Unit got me this as a late Anniversary gift. It was the 21st of last month but the hat showed up yesterday afternoon.

I see triggered Libtards in my future.

I was out in Phil’s Temple of Tools all day trying to get a little project done that turned into a nightmare.

As usual.

I finally had to abandon the material I was trying to use for it.

I found a piece of Mystery Metal that was in a bucket of crap I scavenged from Old Chuck after he passed away.

It was the closest to the specifications needed that I could find right away.

Turns out it is harder than the hubs of hell.

After struggling with this stuff for days, I was talking to my Friend Irish and he asked me if the stuff was magnetic.

After I discovered it wasn’t, I abandoned the stuff.

Chinesium Mini Lathes No Likey Stainless Steel, period.

No wonder I was having so much trouble.

So I found a hunk of 1 1/2 Aluminium round stock my brain kept telling me I had and spent the whole day redoing what I had already done.

I’m almost done except I had to hit up Amazon for some Needle Dick Bug Fucker Tiny Assed 4 X 40 set screws.

I have the drill bits and the tiny taps thanks to a very generous reader a few years back who sent me several sets of tiny taps and dies I had been looking for.

They go all the way down to 2 X 56.

I have seen Upholstery Needles bigger than that.

I had some tiny set screws also but no 1/8 X 40 tap that was required..

The 4 X 40 tap was pretty close but I stripped the inside of the set screw trying to get it to fit in a test piece, so no dice.

I’m damn glad I decided to test it on some scrap first!

So anyways, The end is in sight.

I’m just waiting for Amazon to show up.

I still have a bunch of work to do on the Big Red Dodge,

The plastic bushings for the wiper transmission arms let go in the dark and pouring rain on the way to work Thursday.

The rest of the plastic bushings showed up early this morning.

That is a Must Do this weekend.