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- Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What kind of tap set???
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6660
Re: What kind of tap set???
I was young and dumb and bought “the most expensive tap and die set at the dollar store” as they say. I figured if I’m going to buy cheap taps, I’d better have every single one. Probably $200 from a car parts store. Every one of those was scrap. I couldn’t chase threads in soft materials with the da...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
Re: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
My local place for that is Rock of Ages, a golden standard when it comes to granite plates and resurfacing. If they can relap it, I might come out on top, but for a full regrind it’ll cost as much as a new plate minus the material. If I had a use for the threaded bushings it would be worth it. I’m s...
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
Re: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
It’s now scrap, last call. Can’t get cheaper than “free.”
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:38 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: What have we learned?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1697
Re: What have we learned?
Someone had an idea where they stole the core code of Facebook and made a registry of locomotives and owners. Somewhere to dump all the pictures you could and basic info.
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: What happened to Don Cossitt?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1876
Re: What happened to Don Cossitt?
I’m still wondering which is worse; knowing the government controls propaganda or having no clue who’s pulling the strings.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:19 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
Re: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
I’m a terrible salesman, but I gotta believe it’d be overkill for 3D printing.Mike Walsh wrote:Be one heck of a 3d printer too.
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:39 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
Re: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300


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- Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade, Wanted, Free!
- Topic: CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3743
CMM chassis for great DIY cnc build: $300
Hey gents, What you have here is a fine piece of metrology history: this was an old Mitutoyo manual CMM with semi-automatic functions. Super weird design. I thought I was going to restore it, but I bought a Renishaw Equator that’s not from the Cold War era. As a bonus, it actually functions. Anyways...
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: IMTS 2020 Canceled
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1208
Re: IMTS 2020 Canceled
They advertise in all the trade magazines, and I wondered if they would be greedy enough to actually have 130,000 individuals NOT at the required distance, and some Trumpies refusing to wear masks! What does whether you do or don’t like Trump have to do with wearing a mask? It was the right decisio...
- Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:17 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: 3 in 1 Machine - How Do You Move This 507 lb Machine?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18137
3 in 1 Machine - How Do You Move This 507 lb Machine?
I really hope the OP figured this out; 6 years is a long time to do all your machining in the prone from the floor.
- Thu May 28, 2020 6:49 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Paint help
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10939
Re: Paint help
Greg, I’ve decided to stay away from All Rustoleum paint. I’ve found that it chips badly at the slightest impact with any metal object. Frustrating how easily it chips, and how big the flakes are that pop off the surface. No more for me! Alternatantly, when I refinished my Ottaway, couple years ago...