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Would you happen to have drawings or sketches or even just dimensions for the one you made? Making a wood machinist tool box is on my list of projects probably in the spring or summer and am looking for different designs to give me a starting point on size. I have some really nice cherry I have...

I'm not quite sure I understand the part you are concerned with? No threads extend past the T-nuts all my T-nuts have rolled over bottom thread in order to prevent screw jacking of the T slot. Is it that there is nothing directly above the T-nut pressing down as the T-nut pulls up? In the second...

One last question. Ok that's a lie I am sure I will have a million more after this one. Is this a center cutting endmill? I noticed that 2 of the flutes meet in the middle and I haven't seen this before on other 4 flute end mills I own.

Here is the final piece. I took advice given earlier and applied it to finishing the part. I was worried that it was doing to take for ever to line up the part but it end up taking maybe 30 seconds to a minute before it was as perfect as my eye can see. With everything it tool to make this part...

I was wondering because of the 2 counter bored slots. In this case I did predrill the start and stop points. But It made me wonder if that had just been a key way and not a though slot then I would have needed to plunge with a 2 flute end mill. And then that thought led to the question. My mind...

This project has made me think of another beginner question. Are all 2 flute endmills center cutting or is that something to watch out for?

I will see if I can find that video. I find I do a lot of my learning from watching youtube videos. That said I am still a sucker for good old fashion books.

Thanks for the really good advice. That is exactly how it was in the vise. I never thought of clamping it down instead of in the vise. It was just a squared up piece when I started so I just clamped it in the vise with out much thought. In the future I will make sure to spend more time thinking...

I was using wd-40 but when I would spray a bit on, when using the 3/4" cutter it seemed to make the chatter worse. It looked like the chips would stick to the sides of the cut and not clear out. I stopped using the wd-40 and just held a light stream of compressed are on the cutter to clear away...

I can take a photo tomorrow of how it was held. Basically if you turn the photo 90 degrees that was the orientation in the vise. Also I should mention that I was using parallels that in hind site where to tall. The piece was above the jaws, I was only clamping on about 3/16" of the 3/8" thick...