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I had a very good day today........there was a large crate waiting for me in town. The sheet metal and idler bushings and shafts had arrived for the Cat Ten. They arrived in perfect condition and were ready for some minor sanding and painting. All the holes were there and matched up exactly. The bushings and axles fit very well also. All this good work was done by one of our own members...Steve Weaver.

Job well done !!!

Have a good evening....Bill
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Thanks for those schnapps, those bits look great, does Steve have a price list for the various parts he produces?
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Sat, Mar 9, 2013 10:06 AM

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Thanks for those schnapps, those bits look great, does Steve have a price list for the various parts he produces?
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[quote="Mike Meyer"]Thanks for those schnapps, those bits look great, does Steve have a price list for the various parts he produces?
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Mike,

I don't know if he has a price list. I contacted him through here after he came highly recommended. I can't wait to get those parts on and painted !

Have a good evening....Bill

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[quote="Mike Meyer"]Thanks for those schnapps, those bits look great, does Steve have a price list for the various parts he produces?
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Mike,

I don't know if he has a price list. I contacted him through here after he came highly recommended. I can't wait to get those parts on and painted !

Have a good evening....Bill

Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat

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Sat, Mar 9, 2013 5:35 PM

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I am interested in some Ten sheet metal also. Can someone forward Steve's contact info?

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Jamie

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Sat, Mar 9, 2013 8:47 PM

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Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat

[quote="Pat in WI"]Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat[/quote]

It sounds like you are missing your workshop Pat, do you have a buddy with a shop you can work on a project or two? Here in Australia I'm seeing more and more "Men's Sheds" being created in our communities, usually by a City Hall, sometimes by a Church, where men, usually retired, but some unemployed too, can get together in a community workshop and either work on their own project, or work on one as a group, such as restoring a old tractor, or make benches for a local park for example, but mostly give these men a reason to get up in the morning.

Depression and suicide have become bigger problems in all our communities the past 20 years, and it was recognised that many men do need the opportunity in their regular lives once retired with changed living circumstances, to have a shed or workshop with the right tools to tinker in where they can fix or create things in the company of other like minded men, and they have been very successful, a local ACMOC Chapter if nearby could offer similar opportunities I'm sure where good folks get together to wrench on a old Cat. or two.

I recently met a retired gentleman in my local country town who had a great little workshop out the back of his house, he was a farmer all his life and when they moved into town off the farm he lost his big workshop and the opportunity to fix big things, but in his little workshop I could see it was a neat and well loved, and importantly to me it had a small lathe in the corner as I had a badly bent fuel transfer pump off my D4 7J I needed to try and straighten, or else get a new one made because Cat. want about $330 for another one.

Anyways I stopped by his house, met his lovely wife, who led me out to his little workshop, and after about 30 minutes he managed to straighten that shaft, I was stoked, and so was he, because he doubted he could do it, and as I was leaving I was insisting I pay him for his time, or else I would never feel comfortable asking his help again, but with a big smile he said "No Mike, just get me a bottle of red wine, I don't want any money". So I did Pat, and when I gave that bottle of red wine to him he told me how much he really enjoyed having that mechanical problem to solve and to come back anytime at all if I had another small lathe related problem, I got the clear impression he really appreciated helping me, and more importantly having something to do in his little workshop, maybe helping justify it's existence to his family, and himself.

Our communities are full of those skilled men aren't they, who miss being needed by their business, or Employer, or families.
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Sun, Mar 10, 2013 4:23 AM

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Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat

[quote="Pat in WI"]Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat[/quote]

Pat,
Steve has been great with the sheet metal and parts repair. His help along with several others has kept me going through the rough spots.

Cassie has orders already cut for me to get back to work on it........I'll have to give Erik and Ed credit for taking time getting her started on the old Cats and when you took time to help her at Carthage that gave her even more confidence. Now all that's left is me to finance her Cat addiction !

I don't know what I would do without a shop....I feel your pain on that for sure. Maybe before to long you will have a house with a shop....wait a minute...I meant a shop with a house !

Take care my friend....Bill

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Sun, Mar 10, 2013 9:53 AM

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[quote="Pat in WI"]Bill,

Parts look great! Steve made most of my sheetmetal too. Steve is a wealth of knowledge and talent. He helped me many times with questions I had when I was restoring my TEN.

Now you have to get back to work! Cassie is going to have one fine TEN to operate! I wish my wife appreciated "precious metal" like yours does!!

I have to tell you that apartment life...well it is not for me! I miss my shop horribly!! It was my sancuary...my place to hang out and tinker. Now all I have is this darn laptop to entertain me and we don't see eye to eye most days. Nothing like going out and getting your hands dirty and bringing something back to life!

Keep the pictures coming...it is a joy seeing your project come together!

Pat[/quote]

Pat,
Steve has been great with the sheet metal and parts repair. His help along with several others has kept me going through the rough spots.

Cassie has orders already cut for me to get back to work on it........I'll have to give Erik and Ed credit for taking time getting her started on the old Cats and when you took time to help her at Carthage that gave her even more confidence. Now all that's left is me to finance her Cat addiction !

I don't know what I would do without a shop....I feel your pain on that for sure. Maybe before to long you will have a house with a shop....wait a minute...I meant a shop with a house !

Take care my friend....Bill

Mike,

I do miss my shop. I know it is only temporary until we find a new place.

In North Carolina, our local tractor club would have outings to different members shops. It was a great chance to get out, socialize, eat and maybe work on a members project. So I know once I am established up here...I will find another local tractor club and immerse myself again.

There is gentleman here that is a Koren Conflict Vet. He worked on Boeing B-50 bombers. I could listen to his stories all day...I told him about my projects and he can't wait to see them. We are actually planning a trip to a huge railroad museum nearby. Mechanics like us love all types of machinery! He was telling me about some other guys in our new church that would also enjoy going...the more the merrier!

There are folks out there that that have forgotten more things than I may ever know. You only learn that stuff from others or by trial and error. I prefer to learn from others...it's much cheaper!! That is why I enjoy the art of conversation...too many young people have not aquired that skill because all they do is text...which is so impersonal.

I will be in a shop again and I know it. It's something to look forward too...and not be sad about!

Take care my friend!

Pat

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Sun, Mar 10, 2013 7:42 PM

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Mike,

I do miss my shop. I know it is only temporary until we find a new place.

In North Carolina, our local tractor club would have outings to different members shops. It was a great chance to get out, socialize, eat and maybe work on a members project. So I know once I am established up here...I will find another local tractor club and immerse myself again.

There is gentleman here that is a Koren Conflict Vet. He worked on Boeing B-50 bombers. I could listen to his stories all day...I told him about my projects and he can't wait to see them. We are actually planning a trip to a huge railroad museum nearby. Mechanics like us love all types of machinery! He was telling me about some other guys in our new church that would also enjoy going...the more the merrier!

There are folks out there that that have forgotten more things than I may ever know. You only learn that stuff from others or by trial and error. I prefer to learn from others...it's much cheaper!! That is why I enjoy the art of conversation...too many young people have not aquired that skill because all they do is text...which is so impersonal.

I will be in a shop again and I know it. It's something to look forward too...and not be sad about!

Take care my friend!

Pat

Bill,

You got that right! I will be looking for a shop that has a house to go with it! My wife shakes her head alot when we talk about a new home! But she knows it is important to me and she knows she is lucky that I would rather be in a shop at home working and tinkering then out at a bar or always gone doing something else.

They say "Home is Where the Heart is" and I couldn't agree more...BUT

"Satisfaction is Where my Tools Reside!" 😆

Pat

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