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  1. Guitar William

    Parts getting made

    Just an update on my tremolo progress. The 2- Angel Arms were cast and the I added feather design with my cnc. The plate is actually 3mm 7075 al. with design, again own the cnc. The main body was cast, Testing sand and gating. Planning more pours this week. Then I will machine the main shaft...
  2. Arbutus

    Tips/Techniques New head for a TAIG

    I bought this originally as a very basic manual mill about 20 years ago. Today it is completely pimped out, with Teknic Clearpath servos, a PlanetCNC controller, the Saunders Machine Works tooling plate bed with a dual station free vice setup and a rotary axis. All that bling came at a...
  3. mechaform

    latest work

    Thought I should post something in here to give a sense of what I get up to. I've been wanting to turn some small wooden parts on my Taig metal lathe; handles, marking tool bodies, etc. Taig makes some accessories for wood turning, but I don't like them. The spur centre started as 3/4" ATF...
  4. mechaform

    New from Ontariariario

    Hello, I’d like to thank @Janger and @PeterT for their extra efforts in getting me connected here. The site would not send a confirmation email to either address I tried to register with. Saw that there were a number of AB members and reached out to that community. Finally back to metalworking...
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