Have you been a recipient of someone with a tripping problem?

[cowboyup3371]

Many of us have been fortunate to receive a polished part from Steve whether in the form of cleaned carbs or other parts. His work is truly amazing but he always says he's tripped on the way through the shop. I can tell you that even with his large gorgeous shop, he some how managed to place his drill press near his work bench almost in the walking path and his buffing wheel even closer. Consequently it's pretty obvious as to why he trips so often.

In case any of you were curious as to what goes into his work, I took some pictures last night after stopping over at his place.

Tripping over the drill press to begin cleaning up the piece with a roloc wheel



Then after turning around he ran into his buffing wheel



Here are pictures of the bowls from start to finish (untouched on left, just finished from the drill press in the middle, and polished on the right)



And as many know, even the carb's internals get polished



Sadly, I doubt an even bigger garage will fix his tripping problem but I'm not so sure anyone would like that to happen anyway

[cowboyup3371]

I apologize in advance if anyone viewing these from a phone sees them upside down or backwards. Not sure why the iPhones rotate the pictures like they do

[Steve]

Yeah, he walks in, the ONE time I have the drill press near the door and catches me "in the act".

I could have put the DP farther from the door, but did not feel like uncoiling the cord. It was a freebie from my son's father-in-law, came wired for operation on 240v and has a power cord that is in LOUSY condition. I need to replace the cord and reconfigure it for 120v operation, but in the meantime, I need to park it near the one 240v outlet I have for a welder, which is right next to the door.

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[dorkburger]

To go along with tripping, the same blue rags that Steve uses occasionally "fall" out of my work van into my garage. I love them. Steve that's some fine looking work.

[metalfab]

I love the old drill press, older machines like that seem to last forever. Great shine on those carb parts.