Lathe

Yesterday was suppose to be our work in the garage day.  Pat uses me as motivation to get things done and as a gofer.  We have been working every Friday for many weeks now.  But mom's doctor appointment took a big chunk out of the afternoon so we postponed. 
So today became our day to work in the garage until Monsta's appointment for her grooming.  So we finished up the shamrocks.  Then we started getting the lathe ready for torsion bars.  Machining is very meticulous work.  After that part then making the product becomes just a series of watching the machine work.  Our goal was to get the lathe all set up and one started to make sure the settings are right.  Then Pat will make some during the week.
We took Monsta to her appointment and then we took the shamrocks to the powder coaters.  I really wanted to get a picture, but I was not sure how.  Turns out powder coating is done with electromagnetics.  He magnatizes the metal and sprays the powder.  Then the powder sticks to the part and stays.  Very interesting.  He has a big air filtrating system set up to keep most of the powder out of the air.  The shamrocks will be ready in about a week.  Making progress.