Recent content by PeterT

Has anyone done a retrofit using one of these heads or prior exposure using a machine with one? I'm afraid to ask how much, but it would seem to be a relatively direct bolt-on, 1-stop shopping fix for a junked Bridgeport/clone head and/or to get VFD speed control without a lot of extra...

That looks good. 1a) now is the plan to drill & tap the hole for the same bolt middle-ish of the patch piece? If so, maybe the way to approach is glue in the patch, maybe even a smidge proud. Then mill flush if that's the stage when you drill & tap the hole. Because if the patch ends up even a...

Wow. I think ISO is a defined kinematic viscosity at 40C, so if your operating temperature is much above that, its not too far off the equivalent viscosity of water ( = 1.0 cS)

I have zero Linux experience beyond a few YouTube videos. What do you do when you buy pretty much any current hardware device - printer, keyboard, scanner, mouse, bluetooth device.... Seems like their application software (drivers?) only recognize Win or Mac & that's it? My hardware requests...

I haven't followed what's happening with the likes of PM / Quality Machine Tools (Matt) or Little Machine Shop or any supplier sourcing from problematic parts of Asia, but surely they (and well, prospective customers) must be taking a hit.

Divinycell is one of the common composite sandwich core materials. It comes in sheet form which you can cut or shape or heat form, 3 PCF density so quite light. I've also seen it pre scored with kind of a mesh backing so it can conform to curved surfaces. Last-A-Foam is more of a structural...

Unrelated but this is the red dot I occasionally get in Chrome. For some reason only/predominantly this site. I used to think it somehow was acting like an alert to a subscribed post, but that's not the case. Ask Google & you get a multiple explanations. Back to OneDrive, yes they are...

Same model as mine. Seems like a good price.

Yikes. Its like a minefield out there. Now the trick becomes to verify are items running through a USA middleman distributor & incurring the dinger fees there (and passed onto customer). Or are there provisions to land them to Canada direct. I bet there is some scrambling going on right now in...

Different explanation. I'm noticing strange log-in related things in Chrome lately. When I research them its becoming apparent how buggy its become. Maybe little gifts from rapidly departing employees? LOL

Unfortunately hand drilled holes in some of these machines is just how they do it. One could argue its using lower cost labor but in many instances is just bad engineering & false economics IMO. They could have made a jig or fixture to better control the operation to make it much more consistent...

A green wheel (silicon carbide) will dress carbide but kind of depends on quality & grit & material removal. The grains are harder than aluminum oxide but they are designed to break down faster exposing new grit which means they wear faster especially on carbide. Even so, the dressed edge can...

I have not used it since v3 or so. I did a lot of work with it back in the day, but it lacked a lot of what I felt I personally required for more mechanical applications. It was not parametric, Grasshopper was a separate purchase plug-in, But looks like they have fully integrated. Drawings were...

Coming along! I was going to suggest some initial bulkhead / former templates to help you with 'screeding' the filler finish contouring but you were well past that stage. The former grid also helps contain the filler material by kind of compartmentalizing. But looks like you have the...

Conversation snips: it's https://www.weerg.com but they only print in plastics. The different aluminum alloys are what they offer for the CNC work they can do. Vent pipe V5 9.90n Euro for 2 off (discounts for two or more). Coolant pipes left and right 5.83 Euro each. Shipping 6. 84 Euro and to...