Clever Customers

[redtractor]

We talk about stupid stuff customers do to their machines, intentional or accidental. Sometimes they get things right. After all, a lot of the things we do to machines are made up as you go along. Here's one of the coolest I've seen lately.
He could have ordered a new roller but he decided to put lots of time and effort into it.

 

[Warped5]

A buddy of mine would do that 'just because I have the parts' ....

... right now, he's fixing up old vises and painting them red 'just because I have the paint'

 

[rocketnorton]

"cause I can"...
more time than $$$ here.

 

[Trevj1]

Geez, all I see is a good idea worth stealing!
Less money than the 'green' store wants for a plastic roller, and drilling two holes on the drill press or in the lathe is only a couple seconds per.

Now, if it had a couple bearings and a grease zerk... and a...

Thang-Kew!

Trev

 

[TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic]

Customers around here who say they fixed it ended up bringing it in anyhow because they made things worse.

 

[jake wells]

We talk about stupid stuff customers do to their machines, intentional or accidental. Sometimes they get things right. After all, a lot of the things we do to machines are made up as you go along. Here's one of the coolest I've seen lately.
He could have ordered a new roller but he decided to put lots of time and effort into it.

looks like a wheel horse deck.

 

[redtractor]

looks like a wheel horse deck.

Good eye. This place has been a Wheel Horse (now Toro) dealer for many moons.

 

[beaglebriar]

We talk about stupid stuff customers do to their machines, intentional or accidental. Sometimes they get things right. After all, a lot of the things we do to machines are made up as you go along. Here's one of the coolest I've seen lately.
He could have ordered a new roller but he decided to put lots of time and effort into it.

Did something similar to my Old John Deere. It had the worthless goddam skid on the front of the deck that caught on everything.

So a piece of 4" pipe,various scraps of steel and a hour later...it had a noisy but effective gage wheel!

 

[Cut4fun]

Love it