most important job ever done in my shop today.

[Hdskip]

My grandson is visiting and had a suspension failure on his RC monster truck. Complete disaster!!!!!...Everything stopped and we went to the shop and fired up the Clausing 8520 milling machine...................about 45 minutes later everything is all fixed.............Disaster averted. and smiles all around.......Priceless and PawPaw is somewhat of a hero today. God is good.280413280414280415280416

[Bull-Moose]

Great job. Saved the day!

[BigAlofPa.]

Awesome work. And one happy young man!

[country gent]

So did you do it for him, or walk him thru doing it.

[pastera]

Amen - He is good

Your grandson has a great Granpa

That's a pretty complex part for 45 minutes without a drawing - good job and wish my skills were at that level

[725]

Self-reliance............what a concept! Way to go grandpa.

[MrWolf]

Nice job gramps! Something he won't forget.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Show us the mill, most people don't even know these exist.

Randy

[elmacgyver0]

That is the most important job!
You are a great Grand Pa!

[tai95]

Nice work. Those toy grade rc's are usually once and done because of no available replacement parts. If you step him up to a hobby grade one there are a plethora of available upgrade parts out there. I just bought a new RC monster truck for camp bashing and I'm working on breaking all the weak links on it before camp starts. It sits on 8" tires and does an actual 50mph. They are so high tech now I have it connected bluetooth to my phone and you can monitor speed, temperatures, battery voltages in real time.

[Shawlerbrook]

Congratulations and great lesson for the lad.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Here's the machine he was talking about.

Randy

[Cargo]

Great job, being a Grandpa is probably one of life's most important jobs.

[Hdskip]

here is a picture of the mill and a close up of another project I did recently.As far as schooling him i let him watch. but being only 8 his attention span is a little short yet.
I'm blessed to have spent close to 50 years in the machining business and a good portion of it teaching high schoolers in machining at a tech school.




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[country gent]

My son was around 9 or 10 in boy scouts when we did his pine wood derby car. I talked to a friend and borrowed his bridgeport style mill ( went over an a Sunday afternoon). We had mounted the block for the body on a piece so it would be above the vise everywhere.After lay out we set it up in the mill and He cranked handles following the lines. Gary and I watched, offered pointers and kept him working safely
The smile on his face when those first wood chips went flying was worth it. He learned a lot, had fun, and did it himself.

I could have taken it into work and done it in a cnc mill much faster and less finish work but then he wouldnt have learned and had the fun of doing it.
Hes 30 now and can handle most repairs and things he wants to make. He can weld braze and cut. Drill press,saws and tools are not new to him and he doe it all safely.

[Hdskip]

One of my sons has become a machinist and the other went the way of Diesel Mechanic and technician. hopefully the grand sons may follow that path also.

[Alferd Packer]

The world can't have too many good mechanics.
That includes those who teach mechanics.