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Set up coolant

Yesterday was the day to work on coolant stuff. This mill has a coolant sump in the bottom. It is more or less accessib...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus18915
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus18915

Metal Artwork

http://www.maxton.com/c18add.shtml Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by speffSNIP
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by speffSNIP

Better luck machining aluminum

I have decided to dial way down this time. Again, I am making a mold cavity in aluminum for making a kids wax toy (toy...
48 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus5687
48 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus5687

Harbor Freight family feud

"When he founded Harbor Freight Tools four decades ago, it?s unlikely Allan Smidt expected it would end like it did thi...
111 comments posted 16yrs
posted by burkheimer
111 comments posted 16yrs posted by burkheimer

Anyone Need Special Collet Chucks

Does anyone out there need or desire an ER32 collet chuck for a 5/8" motor shaft mount? I had a customer order a few, t...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by autodrill
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

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...
22 comments posted 16yrs
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...
13 comments posted 16yrs
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...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by invalid
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by invalid