The Home Machinist!

I own a Pyramid #10, very cool to hear of someone else owning one, I think they are relatively rare these days.

What size crucible are you using in your model #8?

Mine came with a very used #6 crucible which I use for aluminum and I just purchased a new #5 which will be for bronze only.

Jim's last for sale add for these trucks:

http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... lit=trucks

Very cool, I have often wondered what those "pockets" were for!

I really enjoy using Fusion 360 and I picked it up fairly quickly without any prior 3D CAD experience, just learned by drawing things and watching Youtube tutorials. Its free for hobbyist and small business that make less that $100k annually.

Hello, I see this is your first post here; first of all welcome to the forums. Unfortunately its very hard to know where the files may have gone, would it be possible for the person who produced the G-code to re-send the files to you? They most likely still have them saved on their computer. I would...

jessebanning wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:28 am

We are currently working on new patterns, design changes and more for the small scale line. It is going to come back.

Awesome news Jesse!

I am also very interested in a set of drawings for the Holt engine.

Coles was sold and is now defunct, I spoke with the current owner about two years ago and he told me that he would sell the entire business for $100k.

hoppercar wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:59 pm

Stores and gas stations need a special checkout for people who gotta hold up the line buying lottery tickets and cigarettes

I have thought about this MANY times!

But it has one virtue that brought it into my workspace; I could afford to buy it... Of course I'd prefer an undamaged, accurate, heavy duty, high quality machine; but that is not going to happen for me. BINGO. There are guys out there that make beautiful parts with ancient clapped out machines wit...

I don't use DRO's, but the way I operate milling machines, having one on the quill doesn't make as much sense as one on the knee. I generally lock the quill and use the knee to deepen the cut, as that's how I have the most control. If I'm drilling and need to control depth, I have a quick stop that...

Well, I wasn't going to post a picture of my mill as it looks like junk compared to some of the restored beauty's in this thread but I figured if after 3+ years and 18 pages of posts I didn't see one Lagun I should put it in here. It's not pretty but it works really, really well. Surprised there ar...

Wow, fantastic work!