The Home Machinist!

I'm with Pete about this thread, while I don't have a DRO Pro unit I have also noticed a number float when locking the tables axis' I basically chalked it up to flex in my method of mounting the Y axis reader, just finger tightening the Y axis lock I get .0005 movement but if I push on the reader mo...

That's an interesting way of getting a texture in that pulley, I like it, it was kind of like knurling but with a saw blade.
I wonder if it might be better to mount the saw arbor to something that could be held in a tool holder and stack
blades till you get the width you need to texture the groove ?

The fellow sounded fine to me.
Lew, as rmac mentioned, perhaps you may have inadvertently set your Youtube playback speed too fast ?

Click on the gear icon ( next to the CC icon )
and you should get a pop up menu.

BigDumbDinosaur wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:46 pm

As I said, better to use a real camera.

But you can't make calls or text with a real camera !


Couldn't agree with you more but the kool-ade has been drunk by the masses.

Totally in agreement for landscape mode, but unfortunately cell phones in actual use is in portrait mode ( ever try to talk on a cell holding lengthwise ? ) and it's reflexive to start photographing in portrait mode since the UI is geared towards phone use. It's an awkward device when held in landsc...

I'd go with the Abom method, do you have access to a TIG welder ? I'm going to assume that the HF flux core welder you have is MIG, my limited experience with MIG is it's not very well suited for small, tight quarter work, maybe with a more experienced welder MIG might work. If you have access to a ...

Interesting, never knew what they were called, googling got a a lot of hits for cotter PINS.
Thanks Pete, for the explanation !

Well that certainly takes the effort out of scraping a surface !

Wishing Harold a speedy recovery as well !

Any time, glad to be of assistance !

earlgo, I'm not familiar with Kaizen foam ( had to look it up ) but what you have pictured and described is Ethafoam also known as polyethylene foam. I get planks of it from a shipping / art packing supply company in my neighborhood in NY. If I recall correctly it's about $40 for a plank 2ft x 8ft 2...

I'm guessing you have a one of the Maximat lathe / mill machines. What died on your Emco mill ? Finding a small / medium sized mill is going to be tough, like you said no one in the US or EU manufactures them anymore and what's out there is all made in China with varying degrees of quality control, ...