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  1. ThirtyOneDriver

    Cambridge - machinist newb

    It's actually too low in that picture... I didn't expect to see that before I threw it together for the photo, hence I think your push for the photo may have opened up a better solution than I originally had planned.
  2. ThirtyOneDriver

    Cambridge - machinist newb

    Getting pictures ready for you may have opened a new avenue to pursue... I threw this together and think I could (without investigation) maybe make an adapter to mount the QCTP in the same position w/o using the t-slot mount. "They" say something about getting your 'laziest' friend to weigh in...
  3. ThirtyOneDriver

    Cambridge - machinist newb

    Here's some pics of my Black Friday "shopping spree" - because I bought this stuff before really "knowing" what I didn't know, I've created a project (or two) for myself. The QCTP that I bought is too (big?/tall?... I can't lower the tools low enough using the adjustments to have them hit...
  4. ThirtyOneDriver

    Cambridge - machinist newb

    @darrin1200 - 2002-2018; field portion of my 3's regimental would have been ~ Feb '03 and 5's ~ Jan '06/'07 (we were still using Cherokee's as MRTs for our RRR, I recall really enjoying being the "driver" because of the snow) - Dom was my best ANCIL supervisor throughout my career. I won the...
  5. ThirtyOneDriver

    Any reviews or advice on the Craftex CX 611 milling machine for light steel work

    @Debovsky I have a CX611... I wouldn't call what I have "experience". When I bought mine, it was a floor model and it appeared to be on of the last (if not THE last) one's available in Ontario at the time . I didn't buy any tooling until Black Friday. I've used a 2" facemill on it and learned...
  6. ThirtyOneDriver

    Howdy

    I'm digging your lathe "bench" - I had imagined a similar setup for my own (and a separate one for the mill) - is that 2"x2" or bigger? (skim reader, may have missed it) - Johnathan (Cambridge)
  7. ThirtyOneDriver

    Cambridge - machinist newb

    While looking for information, I've come across this forum a number of times and thought it was time to become a member. Growing up I wanted to build racing cars because that's what Dad's hobby was - I joined the Army soon after high school as a Materials Technician (Army's "jack of all...
  8. ThirtyOneDriver

    Hi from Kitchener, ON

    Just joined to jump in on this thread - I have a Craftex CX611 (Seig SX3, Shop Fox M1111) in the south end of Cambridge (Dundas & Franklin ish) if you want to check out a Craftex before you buy. ... honestly, I could really use some "adult" guidance. - Johnathan; "retired" military "fabricator"
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