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Tons of great ideas. I saw some dro's that mounted on the machine dials and probably worked from a tachometer. I don't use them,, I apprenticed years ago, and learned old school,, good to go with knobs and dials.

Nice,, ah the old captive nut trick. Made a few over the years,,LOL.

That is a sweet little cnc. Is it a conversion? Just curious,, I got away from cnc 8 years ago, old school for this old machinist.

Nice, very inventive. How well does it work?

I'm sorry jwest, but I'm LMFAO. I'm a semi retired journeyman, and I would toss that piece in the scrap bucket. But you are doing awesome, and I love what you young machining hobbiests are doing here. Amazed you got threading figured out. Keep it up, and get the rpm's up on your lathe if you're...

UHMW is used for wear plates,, and an awesome material for follower pads,, cheap too.

I really like Bob McDougall, of McDougall Tools in NE Calgary. I always ask when he's going to retire,,and he's always helpful. I needed some small hole guages recently and he didn't have any in,, the job was rush, so he loaned me his set. Great guy, and he gets my business

Hi guys, I'm a semi retired journeyman. I just found and joined your group because I have a small shop in my garage and hobby parts machining is my passion, it's an art. My Mitutoyo vernier switches back and forth, so it doesn't matter to me. Metric tapping is really cool. If it's a 10mm x 1.5mm...

I'm Rick Runciman. A lifer old school machinist. 42 years in the trade, my journeyman ticket is getting pretty faded. I'm semi retired with a small tool and die shop in my garage that was originally set up to build some real big kick ass rc helicopters, and hand made knives,, all the things I...