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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    Fortunately Youtube lets me play the video at 2x speed so I only lost just over a minute, leaving a full minute to write this comment.
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    Mikes shop activities

    Looks doable for both vertical and horizontal mounting using a simple 1/2" thick plate mount for the motor.
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    Mikes shop activities

    I'm going to doodle tonight and see what I can come up with, just found a rather simply modeled 6" vertex rotary table on Grabcad that I'll check against my table, and I'll see what I come up with. I have a crazy thought that I might even be able to make the motor mount swivel around so that...
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    Mikes shop activities

    They are aluminum, but not foil - 18ga. Found it - my initial search online didn't come up with the right name - bun pan: https://www.costcobusinesscentre.ca/sagetra-18-gauge-bun-pan%2c-18-in-%c3%97-26-in.product.100282980.html
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    Mikes shop activities

    Todays update: just a few house keeping items and spending more money on a new mini project. I found these large baking pans at Costco for $9 each, and they are the cheapest way I could find to get a piece of sheet metal that size. Anyways, I bought 2, 1 went under the mini mill cause it leaks...
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    How good/bad is your 3 jaw chuck

    I don't think a 6 jaw is necessarily more precise, maybe people think so cause they are more expensive? My understanding is that a 6 jaw is for holding thin wall items better with less chance of crushing or deforming the part. I haven't really checked my 3 jaw runout. Its from Grizzly and has...
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    DMC2 Mini Mill - Another build and review

    Nice, I have a question or 2: Where did you get the drip tray? Its a better fit than the Costco one I got (but was only $9). And what are you planning on doing for work holding? I made a little fixture plate, but I want a vise type device as well, either modular jaws for the fixture plate or a...
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Which is what you'd expect from a production machine which is to Gerrit's point. Doesn't translate well to a small light duty machine that lacks the rigidity that usually comes with 4000kg of machine. For giggles I tried the Tormach PathPilot hub. You need to pick your own peck depth. With a...
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    What's Paul up to?

    For the cost, Ikea wins. And its not cheaply made or all made in China either. Things like hinges from Italy, door fronts USA (ok, not happy about that anymore :() and parts from other European countries that I can't remember. Also, as I was doing mine on the cheap a custom laminate...
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    the rpm and sfm were much lower on the carbide? whats up with that? something is off with the calcs. And the feed per rev tripled going to HSS? can you do a 1:1 comparison only changing the tool and not the machine or any other parameter? Its not April 1 so stop messing with me - save it for...
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