New here - Hello!

[skunkworks]

Hello and introduction..

I have been a tinker-er for all my life. I love cnc machines and love retrofitting old solid iron. We have a K&T NC machine from the 60's, Matsuura from the 80's, Mazak from the 80's still with its mazitrol t2 control, Cincinnati nc in the que for conversion.. I am a Linuxcnc advocate and love the software/hardware solution. I usually make random videos of what I am working on. Low production quality. 'git er done' style.

Examples... Video when we got the K&T retrofitted..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39q6kvrSBSk

Latest project.. (small cnc dubbed the green machine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2BGYOcmC4w

Random machining content...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZI7Q7O_PcY

Check out the other videos.. (again - marginal quality..)
Hope to contribute!

[John Hasler]

Welcome!

[skunkworks]

I also take pictures that are similar quality to the videos

http://electronicsam.com/images/greenma ... 134440.jpg

http://electronicsam.com/images/greenma ... 192059.jpg

http://electronicsam.com/images/greenma ... 135151.jpg

[liveaboard]

cute machines you have there.

[RSG]

Welcome to the group!

[Mr Ron]

Welcome and thanks for sharing. Is this your home shop? Is this just a hobby or do you make money doing it?

[skunkworks]

It is mostly a hobby shop. Mostly my dad's retirement sanity...

I use the access for my own tinkering.

[skunkworks]

Some one PM'ed me and asked why skunkworks and if I had anything to do with Lockheed....

Sadly - it isn't as exciting as that.

In my younger years I had a dodge stealth twin turbo.. I was always tinkering - bigger turbos, yada yada yada.. My freinds started calling my skunkworks because of A) I owned a stealth and B) I was always tinkering quietly away...

sam

[skunkworks]

Rigid tapping! (figuring out how to embed...)

[skunkworks]

CNC fluff (hooked up the renishaw probe LED...)

[spro]

Welcome to the forum!

[skunkworks]

Time to make some t-nuts for a project...