Gunsmithing nasty little trick

[hero's machine]

One of my pals thought it would be funny to swap a gear on my lathe transmission. One of my gears has 120 on one side, and 127 on the other. I tried to cut a thread today and for the life of me could not hit it twice...super close, but no cigar. I chased every bit of slack out of my lathe. I built new tight fitting keys, added set screws to the leadscrew to remove the micro slack....still nothing. I was about to tear the gearbox down when he called and asked what I was working on....he fessed up. I have never noticed that gear was there, its not even used on the charts.....argh!

He got me good. And now my lathe is better than new tight...lol.

 

[northern50]

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That's dirty lol. Like pulling the boot on a friends spark plug on the 4 wheeler when everyone is eating lunch at the bar. Gee why doesn't it start..

 

[ar15is223]

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That could have been a costly little prank.

 

[bigwheeler]

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He's not much of a friend.

 

[hero's machine]

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We had that talk. Funny is one thing. Wiping out a few hours of work and a $450 hunk of stainless, not so funny. Luckily I just bought a new tool holder and was getting it dialed in on some scrap.

 

[gunnergirl81]

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I won't even say what Jim would have done to the person pulling this "prank".

Folks wonder why we never let anyone in the shop.

 

[LtDan47]

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He put you in the metric side of the thread cutting where the dial only works the first time. Don't ask me how I know this.

 

[my human host]

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If he was one of my buddies, folk singers would be writing songs about the devastating storm of titty twisters and nutty punches I unleashed upon the poor fool.

 

[Little Z28]

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Lucky for you, you weren't trying to true and action or thread a barrel. That would've been a costly prank. I'd be beatin' somebody. It's one thing to play a prank, it's another to mess someone's product up.

 

[AJ_Goddard]

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If this was an intentional act and not that he was cutting a metric thread and just forgot to put things back he would be banned from ever stepping into my shop. And would not be trusted near anything I owned or used. This would not be considered funny at all. I have enough strugles in my life without some A-hole making things harder.

 

[Some Day]

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Like i till them at work,Fuck with me all you want to.BUT DONT FUCK WITH MY TOOLS AND STUFF.

 

[671RTO9513]

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I cannot politely describe what I think of people who do stuff like this. There is no telling the lost production these LOSERS cost us.
He should go straight to the excrement list and stay there.

 

[LRI]

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A little grease on a cross slide handle to slime up a finger or two has the potential for humor.

Intentionally ruining a machine/part is grounds for a beating and permanent banishment.

A milk/chicken bomb in his trunk would be a good start towards leveling the scales in my book.

Moo/cluck device:

C.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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Luck plays a part, but I suspect you've learned a valuable lesson or two as well. Friends and such antics seldom run in the same pack.

Greg

 

[hero's machine]

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I think a few ziplocs filled with max expanding foam down the toilet will make me feel better.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

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As much as I (and many others here) would appreciate that sentiment, things can/will only get worse from there.

Either that, you ya'll have a totally different definition of 'friendship' than I can imagine.

 

[varmint slayer]

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Man what's next from your buddy, switching around your gunpowders so you blow your face off? That's a pretty shiity "joke" if you ask me.

 

[Bill Larson]

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FIND SOME NEW FRIENDS..........
bill larson

 

[hero's machine]

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It was supposed to manifest itself on a project I was doing for him, but for some reason I hit the lottery and it nailed the pitch each pass. We got pretty involved in the rebuild and he spaced telling me, till the next day on the phone. I could see the potential for the humor when it was on his stock, but when he failed to tell me about it....epic error. We have had a long history of pranks, but this one had serious potential for trouble. He feels like a total fool, and rightly so....but I am still going to steal the fuse out of his trolling motor during the walleye tournament.

 

[gunnergirl81]

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A good friendship has great value, and is quite often worth some effort at preserving. But this definitely deserves a serious "coming to Jessus" talking to. We all know what the accidental mistake on a high end barrel blank can cost, this sort of "prank" is unacceptable and should never be allowed to happen again.

Jim modifies the standards rule: 1st time is an accident, 2nd time is a coincedence, 3rd time is enemy action. We return fire on the 2nd go round. No sense getting burned an extra time.

 

[hero's machine]

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I think its pretty clear. I asked how I would explain to him if it were his grandads m 70 that had been through 3 generations. I am pretty sure he would mow my lawn no questions asked right now....and I have 5 acres of grass under a foot of snow.

 

[b0xcrash]

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Yeah a not so thought out prank that luckily did not go wrong.
But yeah, for sure FYI to him,unless a enemy, or play dirty competitor, not the right kind of prank to pull.

 

[Cheech]

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I think I woiuld have put metric threads on his 400.00 barrel blank and played like I didnt know the gear was switched til I was done. That would learn him...make a nice expensive straw for his next drink.

 

[p8nt]

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Fun is fun, however I would find it extreamly difficult to trust him from that point on. (in fact I wouldn't)

 

[x ring accuracy]

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Thats just WRONG...period

 

[mioduz]

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that is beyond dirty.....id have to think long and hard about what to do for repayment

 

[JDB]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Varmint Slayer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Man what's next from your buddy, switching around your gunpowders so you blow your face off? That's a pretty shiity "joke" if you ask me. </div></div>

Exactly. Sprinkle some Titegroup in his VARGET and see how funny he thinks it is. Same level

 

[caleb7mm]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Moo/cluck device:

C. </div></div>

HA! I love it, this i can use.....

 

[snorules]

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moo/cluck device = outstanding!!!! I can already think of a few places to pull this trick.