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That does sound a shame...but I also know the feeling when you realise you'll never get round to it and it'll just be a millstone round your neck....
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Is the mechanics sound? And the motors and the screws? Could it be worth just putting modern CNC controllers on instead of scrapping...
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Cheers. I suspect they'll do ok as I don't do very much grinding. Some of that may have been because the grinder was very awkward to get to previuosly...
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Interesting idea. You mean on the inside wall where the grinding debris hits the bend?...
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Nice Redlee.
Does it count as machining if I didn't hand-crank a machine myself?!
Designed these and printed them in PETG:
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I personally wouldn't consider that clog at all - but there's definitely an argument that it deserves its own thread. You make the assumption that it's...
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Bented Ah, I see, cheers. I try hard not to need my steady as it's a pain to mount.Still haven't got round to finishing the roller fingers...
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The Metal Butcher A two-part axel with machined areas for bearings?
Infrared thermometers lie like sin on a lot of things....at least the ones...
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Why? To get a radius between two internal faces rather than a sharp corner?...
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At the risk of looking a fool for passing on 2nd hand information, I will...in the hope it's of any help.
My mum had this done at around...
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dian MattiJ For welding on a hard edge, have you watched this? https://youtu.be/qUzHFLV4IyQ On the off-chance it's helpful...
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I keep going back to my TiAlN-coated HSS 10mm fine-toothed roughing endmill. Brilliant for what passes for hogging on my little mill. As it happens,...
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RB211 Just keep an eye on the news. Nvidia have or are going to be hobbling the 3060 for Ethereum mining with a combination of encrypted firmware and...
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Bruno Mueller If I can learn something from junk parts I will very quickly be the most knowledgeable machinist there is!A well-made tool is a joy...
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Definitely a finer thread would have helped. I think a Starrett 98 level is 0.5mm/meter (a search says 0.42mm/m but I could have sworn it used to say...
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Nice. I reckon my 9 yo would be really excited to do that.....and then want to go indoors when it was cold and not as comfortable as his bed. I can't...
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Don't know what you mean Tungsten. Mine headstock certainly isn't littered with anything and everything I wanted to put downand has definitely...
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I left them a while back Baz....and not on very good terms (from my side at least). They kept ramping the price up and were vastly more expensive to...
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Today I finally got to take down my temporary internet connection. My line died and through a constant comedy of errors the provider could not be booked...
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Ah, I think I see the confusion now. When I said "under the bench" I meant under the work surface rather than at floor level. This was quite...
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