When you can’t do any work on your disoriented office PC because the company server - an Aitch Pee - died a horrible death, you go to the basement an turn on the rarely operated lathe. At least, that’s what I did this morning after our mandatory “Znünipouse” (9 o’clock break). My new bike was in dire need of a front wheel skewer, so I slammed a piece of aluminum into the chuck, got my hands dirty and machined one myself. Fun to leave work upstairs for a few hours, let the chips fly and end up with a sharp looking, one of a kind skewer. I haven’t done any metal work in a while and it’s always sweet to stand at a machine again to create something, especially when it’s something bike-related. And although my training as a precision mechanic is already 20 years away, operating a lathe or a mill is like riding a bicycle - once you learned how, you don’t lose those skills. Anyway, the parts now need to get anodized before they get the privilege to clamp the front wheel of the A9C.
