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Yes Yes I was ;) thankfully I had access to a tap guide for the mill. also. BUY QUALITY TAPS. Made a massive difference and I will only use quality taps on items I cannot mess up on.

Nope, started some aluminum angle. Covered it in Dykem 3D printed my profile and etched around the 3d printed part for the layout. Used the mill to rough it out. Then got in touch with my inner "ClickSpring" and used hand files to do the curves. Then emery cloth and scotchbrite. Holes were all...

Yep A red dot mount for a pistol. I’ll post a picture tomorrow when I’m in the office.

Originally when I described it. For a solo job they said 80$. I explained it’s a one off and I am not a business and they said they can fit it in with another order and charge me 10-20$. At the end of the day they didn’t charge me and just did it out of the kindness of their hearts.

My daughter sometimes does it to me. I wear it with pride.

Look closely at the first post pictures and check their hands.

No one commented on the pink fingernails? Nothing wrong with them. Just not expected.

Little Anticlimactic But I found a shop Alberta Base Anodizing that was able to squeeze my piece in with another job and did the anodizing for me. Did a good job at it too. So no home jobbie for me on this one.

FYI, Tried the Aluminum Black on the weekend. Did not like the result. Over the large area that I was doing the black was too uneven and it looked very poor. Some light work with a scotchbrite pad was also easily able to reverse everything so it was not very durable.

It doesnt seem to be that hard. Currently I have been just using that Birchwood Caseys "Cold Blue" and was going to try their "Aluminum Black". If the AB works then it still would be cheaper and easier to just go that route.

Hey, Just looking to see if anyone can help me anodize a small aluminum part for me. Does anyone here play around with DIY anodizing?

Thanks i don’t think my steppers are “calibrated” properly too. So we will be re adjusting all of that and I will be following Kevin’s suggestion and hooking up a dial indicator to it to get more exact numbers.

OH, changing speeds too. WAY easier on the square column you selected.

Pro's and Con's to everything and you have to figure out what is important to you. You have a choice between round column and square column mills. Square columns that you have picked loses torque as you reduce your speeds. Round columns are typically belt drive and gain torque as you reduce the...

We have a heated bed. Tried multiple temperatures. Tried on a naked bed, painters tape, stick glue, 3M spray adhesive........ nothing seems to work so far. (We do clean it with iso also. one thing we have an abundance of here) Using a dial indicator is a good idea, will try that next.