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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Thats a carbide drill - you'll want to check what a HSS drill does (unless you have a carbide drill?)
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Feeds and speeds is a place where it can make or break your day. The thing with a home brew cnc is you don't know its capabilities until you try. That said, you can make some educated guesses. Using the link Gerrit posted for the PathPilot hub, use the conversational programming in it with a...
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    H2D?

    Also, unless you are truly space constrained, IMHO the laser doesn't make sense, you can get a stand alone laser engraver/cutter for similar $ as the increase in cost. I guess one of the Bambu's benefits is that its all in the same ecosystem so will feel easier to learn / use, fully enclosed...
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    H2D?

    A coworker has one on order. He's excited, as he runs his 3d printing as a side business. He figures he can probably get 2 times the throughput on the machine between the dual nozzles cutting time on 2 color or support material swaps and the larger build volume allowing more parts at the same...
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    Mikes shop activities

    Thanks, I think it looks nice cause alot of the glamorous parts are castings I bought (cylinder head and front crankcase). Doing my best to not mess them up as they are no longer available. I'd love to get one of the heads 3d scanned so I could make a new one, drawing it is such a pain...
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    Mikes shop activities

    Yeah, I know, one of the more difficult engines out there to build.. Its a Pratt and Whitney Wasp Jr. (R-985) in 1/6th scale. If being 9 cylinders wasn't enough its a smaller scale than most making it more like watch making at times...
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    Mikes shop activities

    Here's a list of all the current activities. Like others, I jump around too much to have a dedicated thread for 1 activity, so I'll toss them together in this word salad of all things going on in my hobby shop. The longest "active" project is the radial. Started it 10+ years ago. Didn't know...
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    Delta 14" conversion to metal cutting

    I was looking at doing something similar to my 12" Delta, I wanted to convert for cutting sheet metal which the horizontal saw just cannot do in its normal configuration, but just a few days ago I decided that it would be easier to get a fine pitch blade and use my horizontal saw in a vertical...
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    electronic payment for donations - looking for suggestions

    I'm part of a small club that operates model ride behind locomotives, live steam, "diesel"(gas engine) and battery electric, and on the last Sunday of the month over the summer we provide demonstrations of the locomotives where people can catch a ride on one of the trains. We do not charge for...
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    Heli-Coil tap size for 1/2-13

    Glad you got by, turns out mine is M10x1.5, its just that the STI tap is so large compared to the base M10x1.5 that I thought it was for a larger size.
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