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- Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Happy 2020 to all
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8519
Re: Happy 2020 to all
Happy New Year from Shangri-La
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Found at Homemadetools.net
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10717
Found at Homemadetools.net
I know some of You are lurkin' there, so this is for those who don't
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/lit ... rain-76013
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/lit ... rain-76013
- Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:34 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Show us your milling machine!
- Replies: 363
- Views: 342550
Re: Show us your milling machine!
My new toy and its milling attachment(no matter how hard I try, just can't call it headstock or milling head).
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Worn pulleys/ additive metal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5009
Re: Worn pulleys/ additive metal
Galvanization?spro wrote:I'm not talking brazing or welding really. There is another process which escapes me.
- Sun May 05, 2019 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Milling procedure confirmation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10488
Re: Milling procedure confirmation
Yes and no, usually they are not " true" hss, but "only" so-called powder hss(some say they are much better than "real" thing).
- Sun May 05, 2019 4:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book about precision
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11416
Re: Book about precision
Look what I found today: http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_testing_of_machine_tools_1915.pdf I wonder if they got Connelly's " Machine tool reconditioning "? edit-> nope... They seem to be some prepper site(but quite reasonable), with a lot of fun stuff(steam&rail included) ht...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Review of WNY Phase Converter Panel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4972
Re: Review of WNY Phase Converter Panel
Nice job.
You can find vfd with a 1 PH in and 3 PH out, but they are usually smaller units - I newer saw(second hand) one bigger than 3kW(4HP).
You can find vfd with a 1 PH in and 3 PH out, but they are usually smaller units - I newer saw(second hand) one bigger than 3kW(4HP).
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:50 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Wind map
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6609
Re: Wind map
"Failed to execute 'createImageData' on 'CanvasRenderingContext2D': The source width is 0.
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This is all I get.
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This is all I get.
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:12 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Storing End Mills
- Replies: 22
- Views: 23261
Re: Storing End Mills
Oak and beech can cause corrosion, the same goes for boards that uses UF resins as a binder.TomB wrote: I have found that wood holes to stick things into or boards drilled and then split, rust the tools they hold. I don't know why.
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book about precision
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11416
Re: Book about precision
Few years ago someone here(or at practicalmachinist) post a link to quality scans of this book.
Keep in mind it is(more or less) "trade catalog" - but rather in good way(like J. Martin "Tabletop machining" - just pleasant to read).
Keep in mind it is(more or less) "trade catalog" - but rather in good way(like J. Martin "Tabletop machining" - just pleasant to read).
- Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:30 pm
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Good, cheap, material to practice with?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28147
Re: Good, cheap, material to practice with?
POM is pleasant to machine, but nowhere near cheap... Modern butchers blocks(thick cutting boards made of polypropylene or - most often - polyethylene) are not so pricey, but nothing beats DIY machinist wax. Didn't try one out of HDPE yet - only LDPE so far(basically same thing except slightly diffe...
- Wed May 18, 2016 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chip Welding
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10640
Re: Chip Welding
One word - ethanol