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05-14-2013, 09:02 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Do It Yourselfers / Backyard Inventors in China - interesting photos in General

Read Dickens's descriptions of London in its early industrial heyday and it sounds a lot like modern China, or the industrial US of the late...

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05-08-2013, 11:14 AM

sansbury replied to a thread Chemical question for EVAN the rocket scientist in General

All of this aside, my car (2008 MX-5 Miata) gets 5-10% better mileage on ethanol-free gas than the 10% stuff. Ethanol isn't as big a scam as the...

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04-22-2013, 03:21 PM

sansbury started a thread How bad an idea is this VMC? in General

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tls/3754251015.html Kitamura w/ toolholders and Fanuc OM control, runs but with some bees in the bonnet. This is...

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04-17-2013, 05:57 PM

sansbury replied to a thread OT: I'm having a tough time seeing this as part of a pressure cooker. in General

Seeing all of this go on is completely surreal for me. My office is on Boylston street right in this area and we were having our usual Marathon...

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04-02-2013, 12:33 PM

sansbury replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

Wouldn't be surprised to come back in ten years and see junior programming a CNC. Each generation brings its own ideas and tools and the world inches...

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04-01-2013, 12:40 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Coal in General

Save it for December 24th?

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03-25-2013, 01:51 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Sieg X2 spindle alignment in General

Considering that 5.5" is close to the largest part you could fit on an X2, I'd say .002" out is neither surprising nor, depending on what you do,...

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03-24-2013, 01:48 PM

sansbury replied to a thread OT: Intellectual rights of my current employer over my own product? in General

If it is in a closely related area, then you also want to make sure it wouldn't be covered by any IP/NDA clauses where they might assert that your...

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03-22-2013, 05:55 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Standardized/generic fixture solutions for one-off parts? in General

Paul, thanks! Lots of neat ideas in there, many of which look DIY-able.

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03-22-2013, 03:19 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Yow! Cl .. in General

Craigslist seems to be determined to make themselves obsolete. I understand they have a huge number of spammers and scammers to deal with but their...

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03-22-2013, 03:12 PM

sansbury replied to a thread Standardized/generic fixture solutions for one-off parts? in General

I think your 2D is my 2.5. For me 2D is something like a laser/plasma/waterjet where the tool moves in only 2 dimensions. 3D toolpaths as you say...

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03-22-2013, 02:25 PM

sansbury started a thread Standardized/generic fixture solutions for one-off parts? in General

I find that my work is dominated by the onesie-twosie stuff. I'm either doing prototypes or hobby projects so it's almost a treat when I make ten of...

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