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Hey, Just looking to see if anyone can help me anodize a small aluminum part for me. Does anyone here play around with DIY anodizing?

I have a cheap 3D Printer at work. Sometimes I can get good prints, sometimes its crap. Im not that strong with the machine. Wondering if anyone is up in the NE of cowTown that might be able to swing by, look at it, and give some tips and suggestions to upgrade/fix/setup and or tweak so it is...

Hey Guys, I am getting a little bit of excessive play in my table on the milling machine. I think this is fixed by adjusting the Gibb screw?? Is it just as easy as turning it one way makes it worse, turning it the other way makes it better? Turning it too much makes movement stiff?

My Current active project is turning a stock Sportsman Versamax into a match winning 3gun shotgun. Is this something people here are interested in seeing? (Its not overly complex but does have some milling and turning)

Not you! The other guy Yeah! YOU! The one that likes to tinker with everything.... like "gadgeteer" stuff? Enough of that Anyone on here good with there C# programming and has worked on the gadgeteer stuff?

Hey Guys, Enlighten me please. My current mill setup is pulley stacks and belt drive. Now, correct me if I am wrong, but these setups are good because the motor is always spinning at optimal speed and torque. When you change the speed to slower speeds, the motor is working the same, but the...

Hey all Figured I would network a little bit here. I need to get a tonneau for my truck. Can anyone here get better deals then retail?

Hey Guys, I was chatting with KEB about small boring bars. I had to borrow some that he made up for the engine I am repairing. This shows that I need some too and I think the best way is to just make some myself which brings me to this post. The ones I borrowed from him are ground down from a...

AND I started making parts that actually DO something and work the way it was intended. To most of you this is silly simple, but again for me, it is all ground breaking :) First I needed to make a thread adapter. Pretty simple, M12x1.25 on one side and 1/2-20 (or 13) on the other side...

So, not much of a building project as much as it is just a learning project. As many of you know, I am green, super green. I just got my lathe and have been playing around with it and learning it. So I figured I would share my experience playing with threading. Attempt#1 Had a bar that I...