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Thats the exact same thing i thought... "Hammer drill press? In case what, you need a hole in a concrete slab that you can somehow bring to your...

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If theres any notable shear force, key it, dont trust just adhesive. Since this is the screw lift for a radial arm saw, safe to say its going to see some...

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This. Autodesk is still a business. Lets just be happy that one of the most powerful CAD programs on the market is available with 90% of its feature set...

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I wanted a nice butterfly knife, but at $400 a benchmade was too expensive for me. So, i did the only logical thing and spent four times that amount to...

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Can confirm, SLA prints are pretty amazing. Have done any lost-wax casting yet, SLA wax resting are pretty pricy, but I do use mine to print mold masters...

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Doesnt flipping the parting tool upside-down cause the topslide to raise up and force the dovetails tighter together? I could see that contributing something...

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I could see toothed belts working better from a printing perspective, but id still be leery of the strength. Pulling apart at the layers would be less...

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Check craigslist, ive got more than a few for free just because people were tossing them out, usually for something stupid like the running board cracking....

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Those numbers all look pretty nice to me. The runout of the machine itself i wouldnt worry about at all, one tenth for a benchtop machine i think is pretty...

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Cant say i have high hopes. No matter how you orient the parts to print, theres going to be some measure of force going in a sub-optimal direction thatll...

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I've managed to get some to print successfully. Loosest tolerance I could make with fusion360s built in presets (h3?), And they're tight for the first...

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Good lord you madman... I had PTSD flashbacks to making my first butterfly knife just looking at those tiny little holes...

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https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/...tances/thorium

Were pretty set on how bad breathing in thorium is; very. It's...

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Much as I love thread forming taps, I've heard they don't really work in materials prone to work hardening. From what I've heard of titanium, I'd be curious...