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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    I always assumed a wedge was intended to force things apart or keep things apart. Basically the business surfaces are firmly in contact with adjacent material. Whereas a gib is more about the wedge shape (and material and surface finish) achieving a precision fit, a defined dimensional SPACE...
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    Difficult Picture upload... again

    I think the Admins said (if I understood correctly) its not a size issue.
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    Discussed a bit here. They use a different term for parametric modelling (or maybe its not, or switchable, or...??? that's where I get confused). But it kind of looks like they did the 'maker' version the right way. I'd be real interested to hear from someone fluent in SW who gave it a run & did...
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    That explains it. Yes the corporate brainchildren really sh*t the bed with 3DE. No way to just extract what is an otherwise decent app from that swamp environment. And this has gone on for years now. I would have bet a coffee that heads would have rolled by now, but maybe 'the' head is too high...
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    That is crazy why it would be running slow on an i7 machine with 36 GB of RAM, local install. I thought maybe it was the online flavor, but aside from occasional ID verification with Mothership, it should be running blazingly fast. I don't suppose tech support would have been a very fulfilling...
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    SW has been around since 1995, long before F360 arrived on the scene. Its workflow hasn't much changed from day-1, just more features (and fluff). But 'backwards'? That just seems relative to the order you personally switched packages. Lots has been written about F360 shortcomings from people...
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    Just to clarify, did you go SW xDesign for Makers (entirely online?) or 3D Experience SW for Makers (local PC installation)? And why did you choose the red or blue pill?
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    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    I think the 3DExperience Solidworks for Makers (PC installation) is the one to (attempt to) get, presuming you can navigate through their swamp & it doesn't blow up on some future update. The CAD engine itself is great. But if there was an award for worst corporate software website ever, 3DE...
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    Stepperhead CNC Lathe-Mill

    Here is another link https://www.lathes.co.uk/stepperhead/#:~:text=Continued:%20The%20Stepperhead%20%2D%20by%20Alan%20Jackson&text=Stepperhead%20is%20not%2C%20sadly%2C%20a,to%20operate%20%2D%20build%20a%20Stepperhead.
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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    This link might help you with common (commercially available) ACME sizes. Maybe its 1.125x5 assuming its an inch graduated machine? Some folks cut their own leadscrews & nuts, some throw some $ at the problem & buy them, all depends on your tooling & abilities & aspirations. Try to find a...
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    Metal finishes

    Hmmm those parts look great. I just may have to try that one day. So you are plating directly on steel, no intermediary? About how much soak time using those parts as example? Do you use a bench power supply to also set a current rate or what dictates that?
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    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    Not CB but FYI, they actually work pretty good considering the cost. Certainly much better than the raggedy drill hole (he says from experience). Now when presented with a high fashion square hole problem, I just pretend dumb, even though I know it could be done. My O1 is valuable!
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    Does anyone know of any welding teachers in Burlington or Halton area?

    That brings up another point. Most lathes have some variation of mounting lugs integrated into the CI bed casting like your picture or highlight on my pic. The mounting bolts go through the lugs to secure it to the frame, whatever that frame is. The frame cross members are typically always...
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    Does anyone know of any welding teachers in Burlington or Halton area?

    It was the norm back in the day as you say for good reason, but I think CI is quite UN-common on any typical hobby Asian machine up through 14x40's these days. The good ones are thicker gauge steel & actually not that bad. The bad ones are thin gauge tuna can alloy, tack welded, riveted, you...
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    Difficult Picture upload... again

    I just suggested size & type as an example culprits & I know you guys have pulled your hair out already. So if the subsequent image optimization is the culprit & buggering up the image so it cant be click viewed, isn't there some common thread or parameter as to what we can screen for or avoid...
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