• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

May have found a Workshop Heaven in own Austin backyard - crazy

GaryM

GaryM

Husqvarna
AA Class
Of all things , I found this right here in Austin. A membership workshop with almost everything

I have not written check yet but no doubt I will. Much to look over. Machine shop, metal shop,
water jet cutter, welding, all air conditioned Powder coat oven. Full wood shop too.
I can bring bikes right into metal shop area if needed.

Can take all classes and use workshop area at any time they are open to use or reserve. Wow
except Sunday as many classes take place. Classes included in special 6 month membership

http://www.techshop.ws/take_classes.html?storeId=11&categoryId=12

I think if I don't join I am crazy
 
Humm

I wish -- did you see all the courses on writing code for CNC multi axis machine

they do have a few 3D printers to experiment with
 
serious stuff, way above my paygrade. do they have a "shifters for dummies" course? I should attend one of those:rolleyes:
 
Free coffee and fresh popcorn are always available for your enjoyment.
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Couldn't get better. I am fortunate to live in a rural area and have a brother who owns a company with a phenomenal welder for aluminum and S.S..
He also has a mill, lathe and CNC. I share you excitement! have at it:applause:
 
If I do not get a real job again soon, I am going to be an instructor at a local community college teaching programming CNC machinery, shop safety. quality control, and Mastercam programming. Take a wild guess as to what some of the extra credit projects I might design for my students. I will also be teaching reverse engineering . We have basically a CNC lab with Haas enclosed Toolroom Mills and Haas SL Series CNC Lathes. I was excited just to touch the reconditioned Bridgeport that was just assigned to the CNC Lab.
 
Go for it. Knowledge will always be with you where ever you go.

By trade I'm a class A machine tool builder. I built CNC machines up to 4 axis lathes. Up to 144" chucks. Best job I ever had.
 
Eurofreak said:
Couldn't get better. I am fortunate to live in a rural area and have a brother who owns a company with a phenomenal welder for aluminum and S.S..
He also has a mill, lathe and CNC. I share you excitement! have at it:applause:
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Your brother sounds like a great guy bet he does some work for free for those people that appreciate him being such a great guy.
 
You should be able to supplement the pay packet with a nice line of widgets for husky's turned out by slave labour.:thumbsup: ..if I don't get a real job soon ill be on the street with a hat:eek: .....
 
Go for it Gary, knowledge is power, :notworthy: dude

Besides what are you going to with all those extra Husky parts anyway :banana:
 
As a Luddite I ask can you swap CNC programs? I expect the operating system needs to be the same.
Your brother sounds like a great guy bet he does some work for free for those people that appreciate him being such a great guy.
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I wish- he lets me use the stuff. I can't program a CNC. I use the mill and lathe and the welder does stuff for me for beer:thumbsup:
 
Eurofreak said:
As a Luddite I ask can you swap CNC programs? I expect the operating system needs to be the same.

I wish- he lets me use the stuff. I can't program a CNC. I use the mill and lathe and the welder does stuff for me for beer:thumbsup:
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Unless it is a conversational program, G & M code programs are simply ASCII 274 text files. Most machines need a certain file extension. Mazak Mazatrol uses file extension .EIA. Operation systems are flexible enough to accept the standard programs and most conversational controls create a G Code program in the background With the text files you simply change the file extension to suit the control. All ACSCII programs can be opened with Notepad, Wordpad , and Word.
 
I joined the TechShop San Jose last August. It's been super useful during my 1983 XC restoration. I've been cleared to use the mill, lathe, laser engraving and powder coating systems so far. Next up is the Tarmac CNC, when I have time, after this restoration. A fantastic resource to have!
 
I just found out yesterday that my instructor assignment was canceled due to shortage of funding. Not happy about it but I may have a great job now. Just waiting to hear from the recruiter. I was offered a low paying job programming a CMM and had to talk the HR generalist to put me in for a contract rate. She presented the hourly equivalent of the pathetic salary offer the facility came up with. I told her that recruiters have been telling me that a CMM programmer only should be making 25K more than the company offered. She is now presenting a contract rate of $33/hr. Much better but I would rather take the CNC position that I am likely to get instead. With that position is a CMM I would love to learn.
 
jimspac said:
I just found out yesterday that my instructor assignment was canceled due to shortage of funding. Not happy about it but I may have a great job now. Just waiting to hear from the recruiter. I was offered a low paying job programming a CMM and had to talk the HR generalist to put me in for a contract rate. She presented the hourly equivalent of the pathetic salary offer the facility came up with. I told her that recruiters have been telling me that a CMM programmer only should be making 25K more than the company offered. She is now presenting a contract rate of $33/hr. Much better but I would rather take the CNC position that I am likely to get instead. With that position is a CMM I would love to learn.
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At my last job CMM programers were making $37 an hour plus full benefits back in 2008
 
Unfortunately the current trend is is try to drive down our cost if we have an ASME or less and relegate us into operator positions if we are out of work long enough. I got taken out by an uncredentialed wannabe at my last position because he finally succeeded where previous operators failed when they attempted a coupe. He convinced the CEO that he could do a better job than me for less money than me. When you can not succeed with the truth, then repeat a lie 3 times and it becomes the truth.
 
jimspac said:
Unfortunately the current trend is is try to drive down our cost if we have an ASME or less and relegate us into operator positions if we are out of work long enough. I got taken out by an uncredentialed wannabe at my last position because he finally succeeded where previous operators failed when they attempted a coupe. He convinced the CEO that he could do a better job than me for less money than me. When you can not succeed with the truth, then repeat a lie 3 times and it becomes the truth.
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sadly sometimes it seems they dont always care if they get the better job performed..
 
I got the programming job confirmed and got the highest salary I have ever gotten. Not the highest income as the last was a contract that I got canceled from because the shop owner was paying too much for me at the contract agency. With the hourly contract rate I was making more income than the salary I will be getting but the company I am going to is 1/3 employee owned so the benefits are the best I have seen since my early years in aerospace.
 
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