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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: December 09, 2010, 03:25:55 PM »

all about the stone and only marginally about the ring itself

what a bummer. 

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Tangent Corner / Re: Chi-nee Ballscrews

« on: December 09, 2010, 03:11:53 PM »

I wonder about the quality too, but stuff from there is getting better and better.

I would have to agree with this.
I have not had any dealings with the seller you mentioned, but I did buy Chinese screws and blocks for my mill. Would I do it again? NO.
The reason I say "no" is partly due to the fact that.... I have the capability to make my own blocks, cut the screws to length, and do any end turning that is required. Most people are not so fortunate.
The next reason is, with a bit more "buck", you can get allot more "bang". There are better screws that are worth the price.
The seller from which I purchased, has superb feedback, which is quiet disturbing. Most people are either unaware of the level of quality that is supposed to be there, or my bad parts are one in a few thousand. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the flaws, I doubt it is the latter of the two.   
Review here...  http://hillbillyhilton.com/?page_id=454

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: December 08, 2010, 10:58:33 PM »

Wow. Great work Chris. Being an older ring, was the amount of original detail considered to be high for the period?

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Tangent Corner / Re: The first of the Winter Snow.

« on: December 08, 2010, 03:07:48 PM »

Now that's a keg party.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Line Width

« on: December 07, 2010, 12:25:29 AM »

When i create a line, can i choose to thicken the tool path of a line easily?

Not without doing a bit of cad work, or manual code editing. Basically, your wanting a contour toolpath to achieve the results of a pocketing function. You might could accomplish this by using a trick or two, but it would pose just as much, or more, trouble than just editing your cad/cam files and making a true pocket toolpath where there should be one.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Cylinder Heads

« on: December 05, 2010, 11:42:31 PM »

It's looks awesome. Definitely a bucket list project.

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Tangent Corner / Reid Supply sale

« on: December 01, 2010, 11:28:48 PM »

Looks like Reid is having a decent sale. Figured I'd share. I think I'll get me a pair of 0-8 digital calipers for $15.00. I know there not highest quality, but everybody needs a couple sets of cheap calipers!

PDF here. http://www.reidsource.com/PDF/Catalogs/W2010.pdf
webpage here http://www.reidsupply.com/Catalog.aspx?catid=W2010

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Tangent Corner / Re: My futur Wood and metal Shop (Pics

« on: November 29, 2010, 02:11:56 PM »

I was wondering what happened with your shop. Glad to see you got it all fixed up. I do see one thing wrong, though. Either the clock on the camera, or the clock in the shop is a few minutes off. Other than that, it looks great!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: X machine-Like

« on: November 28, 2010, 12:11:25 PM »

Looks great Amir!

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Tangent Corner / Re: Collets

« on: November 27, 2010, 03:46:59 PM »

http://shars.com/product_categories/view/4080808/ER_Collet_Chuck_With_NMTB_Shank