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  1. Jswain

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    They say with a lathe & a welder you can build anything, so he should be able to figure out a doghouse to sleep in for a few nights...
  2. Jswain

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    To "level" a lathe you're really just getting it close anyways. Level the base and then align the lathe.
  3. Jswain

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Best of both worlds
  4. Jswain

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    If they are wobbly you could get/make a steel tube that fits over them and weld to the flat plate so only a small amount of rubber sticks out the bottom
  5. Jswain

    2x72 grinder discussion

    A 5gallon water bong setup with a vac might work pretty good for dust/spark collection. I made one for my blasting cabinet to catch the majority of the debris before the shop vac.
  6. Jswain

    2x72 grinder discussion

    Build two, one with the Baldor & sell it, one with a VFD for yourself & keep.
  7. Jswain

    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    Cordless drill and bench grinder. Sharpen with the point up
  8. Jswain

    Ender 3 Max extruder upgrade options

    IIRC the dual z kit and braces I got from amazon. I don't try and print fast speeds, anything normal usually PETG @ 50mm/s with a .4 nozzle, .4 layer height and .8 layer width which saves a lot of time. Temperature, whatever it takes to keep the extruder from skipping which is usually 275 for...
  9. Jswain

    Ender 3 Max extruder upgrade options

    If you want more flow I would probably be looking at a volcano style or similar hotend. The nice thing about Ender's is the options and ability to upgrade is almost endless and mostly cheap. Triangle lab on AliExpress is a good supplier and is(or at least was) much cheaper then amazon etc. My...
  10. Jswain

    Ender 3 Max extruder upgrade options

    Curious to see how you like the new direct drive. I have an ender 3 pro with a e3d v6 clone hotend, all metal heatbreak, high temp thermistor and I modified the original firmware for higher temps. Printed a bullseye fan duct for mounting & cooling the hotend & have been more then happy with...
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