The Offcial Machinist Thread: Revised 01/04/2014
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velocity3x
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You'll outgrow a Sherline in 10 minutes. Gippeto is right.....buy a real lathe, not a toy.
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Agree, wish I knew it when I made my purchase (Even though I didn't have the money for one such size anyway1" through the spindle is IMHO a minimum.
)I'd buy a second hand one if I could, save lots and these things lasts decades if not more.
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Emco makes good machines, I use one when I'm making small stuff.
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Gun Freak
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Started a class this semester where we design and build a robot from scratch. They are currently teaching us how to use the lathes and mills... we have 4 14" lathes and 4 huge mills, all precise to ten-thousandths of an inch. We also have CNC lathes and Mills, one being a Haas... its like heaven in there. If I make anything cool I will post it, since it's my first time actually using machine tools
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One man's trash is a true Spudder's treasure!
Golf Ball Cannon "Superna" ■ M16 BBMG ■ Pengun ■ Hammer Valve Airsoft Sniper ■ High Pressure .22 Coax
Holy Shat!
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wyz2285
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Nice.
Talking about CNC, I ordered a CNC router with custom specs (hoping to have it in my hands within a week or so).
Working space: Y- 660 X-458 Z- 215 and a 50mm chuck 4th axis.
Milling head with 10mm collects so it can share milling bits with my mill.
I know it looks thin but these are 6mm laser cut iron plates welded. Pretty steady, already checked myself
Talking about CNC, I ordered a CNC router with custom specs (hoping to have it in my hands within a week or so).
Working space: Y- 660 X-458 Z- 215 and a 50mm chuck 4th axis.
Milling head with 10mm collects so it can share milling bits with my mill.
I know it looks thin but these are 6mm laser cut iron plates welded. Pretty steady, already checked myself
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wyz2285
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Dunno where should I put it but this is so far the most well done home made rifling attempt I have came across.
Dunno where should I put it but this is so far the most well done home made rifling attempt I have came across.
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jackssmirkingrevenge
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oi!velocity3x wrote:You'll outgrow a Sherline in 10 minutes. Gippeto is right.....buy a real lathe, not a toy.
... but yeah, if you have aspirations beyond pen guns and cutting non-standard threads without going insane, go for something bigger.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Gun Freak
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Little aluminum motor bracket I cooked up in the lab a while back. I guess this is my first machined part
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OG Anti-Hybrid
One man's trash is a true Spudder's treasure!
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One man's trash is a true Spudder's treasure!
Golf Ball Cannon "Superna" ■ M16 BBMG ■ Pengun ■ Hammer Valve Airsoft Sniper ■ High Pressure .22 Coax
Holy Shat!
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wyz2285
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When I first saw the title I thought it was CNC machining, when I saw the rest of the video I dropped my jaw and when I saw the final result I almost got tears in my eyes.
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Ha ha, wow. I've seen cubes made in a lathe before, but never anything like this, proving once again even technically we're limited by nothing but our imagination...