Recent content by Maker Mike

In case anyone is interested on how I mounted the dro scales.

I bought the scales off of amazon: High Precision IP67 Magnetic Scale 5um,Water-Proof,Oil-Proof,Anti-Dust,50-3000mm Magnetic Linear Encoder for Woodworker, Lathe,Milling Machine,Bridgeport (550mm~820mm/22''~32'') High Precision IP67 Magnetic Scale 5um,Water-Proof,Oil-Proof,Anti-Dust,50-3000mm...

You will need the correct size pin spanner wrench to take apart the cross slide screw. I would go ahead and make sure you have it on hand even though you don't have plans for disassembling it. It will prevent marring up the dial surfaces when you decide to take it apart. The end of the...

Went to McKinnon Metals this morning. Great place, you can wander around and pick what ever you want. I got mild steel for 1.00/lb, and aluminum for 4.00/lb. The people are friendly too.

On the MakeEverything youtube channel he shows a diamond impregnated brush that removes mill scale very easily, it's so expensive though at 300 US.

I used that type of wire twisting pliers quite a bit on the submarine.

We drove from Toronto to Prince Edward County thinking the weather was going to be better there. It was mostly cloud cover, but I wouldn't have missed it. We had 3 minutes and 20 seconds of darkness and it was amazing. Went dark like switching a light switch.

Anyone own one of these? I'm looking for a rotary table and Meca seems to have good reputation, but it is 250mm(10") and I could by a new Yuasa for that.

Yeah, maybe I'll skip it and get a 12" on that I can turn vertically with indexing plates and such. I don't have an immediate need for cutting anything that large anyway.

I am looking to get a rotary table and I have a 10X50 inch table on my mill. I think it is a little big for my mill but since it has been for sale for so long, maybe I could get it at a good price. Anyone have experience with a large rotary table on a bridgeport clone? I wouldn't think about...

I'm in.

I used to get complaints about the sawdust when I was doing woodworking, got into metal working and thought, no more complaints about the sawdust in the house. Little did I know.

I usually start with a sketch after watching your video I may start doing some of it directly from a 3d object, so I learned something. Might want to talk about the two different approaches and how each can be used to your advantage. I like my videos right around 10 minutes, but I suppose that...

Darbert 10x50 with TouchDRO. Raglan vertical miller

I think this topic is the coolest thing I have seen on here for weeks. Who cares about the thoroughness or accuracy. 5 pages and I haven't seen the topic wander off in another direction.