• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Search results

  1. F

    Cast Pulley Repair

    Been there (with my first drill press I got free), source a pulley (PA?), turn the inside on you lathe and fit to Drill press, good as new. No heat, no fumes, no sticky mess, and at least you still have the original to fall back on if it doesn't (with one less speed).
  2. F

    Metal Straightedge

    Keg tools makes a 4 pc guide and carrier for your saw, works extremely well when set up correctly. More than adequate enough cabinet making. How do I know I use one and love it. Homedepot sell 8ft section one. Wood working to 0.001" good luck with that, for most getting down to 0.0005 is an...
  3. F

    An Arduino based stepper driver.

    Should be no issues. Carve out the layers slow and easy with a 4 flute bare Carbide Endmill. Do not use HS endmill too much flex. If you don't mind the runtime 10 IPM 0.015 depth, 0.0.0625 step over, 2 IPM plunge should be fine. I would use a 0.125 end mill which is slightly smaller. I would...
  4. F

    An Arduino based stepper driver.

    Tough answer as it varies from week to week. CNC milling closer to daily, lathe weekly, drill press multiple times a week, soldering station weekly. The main reason for CNC, is there are certain parts that I use a lot of and let the CNC work, load, run unload, repeat. During the run cycle do...
  5. F

    An Arduino based stepper driver.

    I have to say when I first started with the CNC I used the hand controller and did some simple stuff manually, because it was what I was used to, except everything was power operated. Now I spend about 5min set up my program, throw in a piece of material touch off and press a button, stand back...
  6. F

    Tool Another DIY made shop tool

    They are not wires but hydraulic lines. Same idea as an electrical diagram but with fluid.
  7. F

    Machine Air compressor muffler

    4" to 3" back to 4" in various random lengths.
  8. F

    Machine Air compressor muffler

    DANGER ROBINSON! DANGER! Steel wool, moisture, potential aluminium dust (along other dust) and high volume of air. Does anyone else see the potential hazard?????? Simple baffles of various dimensions that redirect or the air flow /sound with too much restriction is best. Want something...
  9. F

    Machine Air compressor muffler

    One thing that greatly reduces noise is sound isolator pads under the compressor and bolting it down. Basically this damps any vibration running through the machine being amplified through the tank (think nice big bass speaker).
  10. F

    Playing around with Fusion 360

    I have one better, the textbook the give you all the formulas, which how I designed my gears in the mid '90s along with the cutter. Had a friend grind the cutter for me.
Back
Top