Oven and Others

[Hawkeye]

Last Saturday, my buddy Frank and I took a little field trip to pick up some equipment from a guy named Evan (Meister on another forum) who had to close his shop. A one-day trip, about 10 hours driving round trip on 2 hours sleep. Frank had already made one trip and picked up a sweet little horizontal mill and a gearhead drill press.

It was an absolute pleasure getting to know Evan. His interests follow a wide variety of directions and he has allowed his imagination to express itself in many different projects. One of these was a heat treating oven he built about five years ago. This was the reason for the trip on Saturday. The controller allows the oven to maintain temperatures within 5 degrees, with a top temperature in the area of 2000 degrees. The cavity is around 13"x8"x4", big enough for pretty much any project I could imagine.
   

   

   

I also picked up a large shelf unit (2'x4'x6') that will be a big help in setting up my new shop, a small drill press for my wood shop, a bin full of good drill bits and a large ammo box with the whole bottom covered in Boeing drill bits. And, as a bonus, about 9 square feet of 1/4" polycarbonate.