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    Spot welder plans

    Hi Herbie, i recently watched a video that made me want to retake this project again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Iil0fFN9Y that spot welder was made by the person speaking, he awnsered me some questions in the comment area and gave me some good ideas, i hope it helps you too. :)
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    Taig lathe Sherline handwheels.

    Hi, here you have an article on how to make a modification to have zero hand wheels on a taig. http://www.cartertools.com/Taig%20Dials.html with some measurements that may help :) BAH101 great mod, do you have more pictures ?? Thanks
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    Peat as furnace lining, is posible?

    Thanks steve i knew it should be for a reson, so it isnt good on high temperatures as with low ones.
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    Peat as furnace lining, is posible?

    Hi guys, i recently had a back contracture and something came to mind, my mom gave me a heat pad that she called the mud bag, is one of those you put on the microwave for three minutes and hold the heat for a long time. For me, mud is every kind of earth mixed with water so not enought...
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    Easy Metric unit plans for Diesel IC

    this is the link for the boll-aero http://www.modelenginenews.org/plans/BollAero18.pdf mawito
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    [work in progress] micro boring head

    really nice project, where did you bought the 55 degree cutters?? i can only find 60 or 45 and 55 is the angle on sherline dovetails too :) mawito
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    urban shop in China

    Wow great workshop. i would love to see the edm machine and the pulse welder in action :). Great work oxotnik.
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    CNC G code basics explained

    Thanks man, much apreciated :)
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    Homemade cutting oil???

    Wich kind of oil you use on that mix versatile?? motor oil, mineral oil, vegetable oil ? Sounds like a nice mix for people like me who lives in places with no machine shop product vendors araund.
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    Extra Tool Holders

    haha thanks if you do post ;). Well that´s close to 10mm wich is nice but i´m thinking in getting one with the diameter as the female dovetail measurement and doing it in only one pass in aluminum, i dont know if my sherline mill can do it. I´ll pick up a couple of them and try. Thanks
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    Extra Tool Holders

    Hi Coilmotorworks, i forgot to ask, how big are your dovetail cutter for this job? that look like there´s no much room for big tools, the smallest i found where 16mm. thaks
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    Extra Tool Holders

    Haha, yes and that´s exactly the problem that i have, i have a qctp in my list of projects for a long time now. But also converting it to metric so i can put longer leadscres so i can get a little more travel, and i´m even thinking in making a longer bed with leadscrew. if i have time i´ll try...
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    Extra Tool Holders

    well that toolpost on your sherline looks great, don´t take too much space. have you mounted it on a round piece of metal to lift it up ?? are you using 1/4 tools? Thanks for sharing man.
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    Taig Headstock

    Hi, i never had (or noticed) that on my taig, here you can see an exploded view of the headstock http://www.taigtools.com/mlathe.html I know there are some screws to help you fine tune your headstock but i never done it. You can check out this forum too is only abaut taig lathe and mills...
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    Free software from design to manufacturing

    I think it´s 1: FreeCAD : http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page ( linux windows and macos) 2: PyCAM : http://pycam.sourceforge.net/ ( linux and windows ) 3: EMC2 : http://www.linuxcnc.org/ (only linux that i know of) I guess that since all are linux program...
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