Tom Lipton

The moment you all have been waiting for! Are you ready for this? Get ready for a big tool. #Greenfield #GTD…

Save the date! 8.27.2026 for the un-crating of the unicorn of unicorns. After a long and painful negotiation…

Finally dug out the old tool supplier catalog (Marwadel) from 1938. @spencer_webb_nh was asking about the…

Open meet and greet event this Saturday 9:00 AM 6/13/26 150 Topaz Lane Pleasant HIll CA. Meet fellow metal…

Pipe specifications for engineers. Have a pipepular day. #shoplife #machinist #machineshop

For all the CAD CAM babies out there. From the good old frustration days when it was just NC and no Internet…

Here is another peek behind the scenes at the LBL engineering division skunk works. What you see are test…

Well it seems like I haven't posted in while but still lurking and poking at some of my IG friends. I…

Coming Sunday, DEC 14, 1400 ET, 1900 UTC. Via You Tube Live, SUBSCRIBE at pfg.live, or our Discord server.…

I warned folks to be careful what they wish for. If @spencer_webb_nh and @robinrenzetti can show off the…

Stopped by the 88 inch cyclotron this morning. Got a peek at the assembly process for the GRETA (gamma ray…

What do you do on Christmas day when you need a slitting saw arbor for a 7/8 ID saw and all the slitting saw…

Here is a little collaboration with one of the old timers at the main shop here at LBL. He was whining about…

My dad putters around with woodworking projects in his garage. Like a lot of folks he struggles with getting…

Flea market sighting. Amador county flea market at the old Italian picnic grounds. Found a couple of decent…

Got some pesky engineers creeping around my office. Time to set a trap and see what we catch.Wish me luck .…

A thousand years ago when I was a teenager I bought some really cheap offshore folding jack stands from the…

@barzindustrial @kroiloriginal Introducing the oxtools dogmeat can agitator mark 1. A fun little exercise in…

About a year ago a buddy of mine asked if I could use some 4 x 4 square tubing he scrounged and set up…

Meet the Power Wedgie. (Working name) Participation prize for the best wrong name or even better…

One of my favorite doors here at LBL. This particular door is for radiation shielding for a long removed…

Left handed technical drawing request per Stan Z. @barzindustrial

Time to call on the collective hive for a mystery tool ID. One of the technicians brought in this mystery…

Do you hate your welding ground clamp? Frustrated by the cheesy easy to knock off, limited choices on the…