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I’d punch it in the face.

Finished the last of the brackets and decided to drill and tap a few stripped out holes which was the easy part. When I loaded the next sheet of material it was so warped it didn’t want to fully stick to the vacuum fixture. Normally all I do is crawl inside the machine and apply as much weight/pressure I can to all four corners.

Nope.
Not having it.

I rotated, flipped, pounded with a hammer and beat with my hands on that fucking aluminum for close to an hour. Finally had a light bulb moment, bolted some clamps on the upraised corners and tightened that shit tighter than a jew’s asshole when asked for a donation.

It worked!

Face mill shaved it down to a proper width so I flipped it over onto the bolt fixture. Alas, one of the five bolts that holds the material in place for milling stripped on this one. Drill and tap, right? Wrong, lass ‘n lad. We didn’t have the correct drill bit or tap. I should know, I organized a few bins and drawers for almost two hours trying to find one. I winged it using only a slightly bigger bit and a hope I could pull hard enough on the socket wrench to get the bolt to cut new threads.

It worked!

Think on your feet kinda day. By the time I had the center drill up and running I was mentally (plus physically) tired of troubleshooting and just wanted to go home.

Stretching out with a bowl of crockpot beef stew a hunk of cornbread and a glass of iced tea was the highlight of my evening.

Now it’s bedtime.

Oh ya, Cancerslug is playing in town on Saturday to kickoff their 2022 tour. I’m so going! Haven’t seen them since ‘11.