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OT? PDA's

Gunner's post about a program for PDA's reminded me - I have a NIB Dell Axim X51 that I'll probably never use , would l...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by snag_one
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by snag_one

Putting a curve into a sheet metal U channel

I need to put about a 30 degree curve into a piece of sheet metal U channel, curve needs to have a radius of 100mm. Cha...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by noone
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by noone

ROFLMAO!!

http://verydemotivational.com/2010/02/19/demotivational-posters-hormone-treated-meat/
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

Spindle temperature

I ran my mill for 16 minutes at 3,000 RPM (I get email when my CNC jobs complete). It was machining a mold prototype fo...
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posted by ignoramus6705
22 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus6705

A Challenge is Issued

What was cut from this piece of material? http://a.imageshack.us/img840/6064/dscf1706x.jpg Points will be given for get...
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posted by nospam
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Belt stretch affects CNC mill accuracy?

My friend told me that he saw something written somewhere that Bridgeport Interacts cannot mill (bore) a precisely roun...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus6705
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus6705

OT - what kind of a scam is this?

I've gotten several emails like this, inquiring about ordering some product that I've never had for sale. Since there's...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Abene mill backlash adjustment?

Anyone know how to take out some backlash in an Abene mills long axis? There has to be a simple way..the Swedes were no...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

OT: Tight nuts

The jarring when the nuts let go when I change a truck tyre is starting to hurt too much. I usually use a 3/4 drive T b...
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posted by invalid
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by invalid

OT: the nice lady at Lowe's

Went to Lowe's today to get Mary some knee pads and a garden bench. The sales associate that was helping us was a short...
21 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dforeman
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

Debugged a function to mill a cone

Wrote another G code generator function. Given x and y of the cone center axis, z of the bottom and top, top and bottom...
42 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus8984
42 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8984

OT: New scam hits me for $3500

My bank was sold to another bank early in the year and we received new account numbers and new checks. Somehow, somebod...
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posted by buerste
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by buerste

Broken CNC rotary table?

I have a Troyke U12PNC CNC rotary table. It has no control attached. It represents a vertical/horizontal mount table, a...
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posted by ignoramus2966
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus2966

Who knows where the time goes

I make all sorts of plans for things, and then it seems reality comes in and flattens everything like sand castles at t...
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posted by pittmanpirate
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by pittmanpirate