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The CNC option intrigues me. I see many instances where it can be an effective tool to aid in making things in the shop. In other words, I think the benefits outweigh the costs for my needs and purposes. In addition, I am the type that is a hands on learner. Putting together a CNC system and...

My little boy has been my shadow ever since he started walking. That fact has made for some difficulties in working in the shop uninterrupted and unimpeded. But, that is just a part of being a dad. I enjoy every moment we share, and wished there was always more. With our weather that we have...

I had a project that required a small pin to be turned down slightly and polished. My Grizzly lathe (13x40) was a bit oversized for the job, and with a max spindle speed of 2000RPM, a bit slow for the task. Not having a micro lathe (or mini for that matter), I had to improvise. To accomplish...

Sadly, a 22 year old girl that worked with some of the children at my son's school didn't and they buried her yesterday. She ended up getting the flu and let it go. It then turned into pneumonia and she ended up in the hospital for treatment. She was told to go to the doctor for a follow up a...

To all, Our recent outage was due to a server resource issue with the ISP. The host had taken us offline because the site was using too many resources. We believe we have the problem sorted out. Time will tell the tale. Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience. Your HMEM team

In our hobby, there are numerous vendors that sell the things we need to feed the hobby. But it is a small hobby, and the places that most of us do business with are known to most of us. So this isn't and issue. But it is holiday time, and I wanted to pass this link along. If you are shopping...

Well, I am sure many of you have the same problem I have... The stuff I want is not affordable for most to give as gifts. And I am also the type of person that will go out and get what I want when I want it (for the most part - I still haven't bought myself that airplane or super car ;)). So...

Maybe this can be considered a humour thread at my expense?? That's okay! I'll take one for the team!!!! _________________________________________________ SWMBO wanted me to go after some of the small RC helicopters for the boys (son, nephews, BILs, me) so that the holiday would be fun. This...

Due to the recent hacker attack that has been experienced here, there are some minor glitches happening with the forum. This is a place to list those so that the HMEM team can have one spot to look as we get things back to normal. As the clean up and repair continues we are trying to get...

Unfortunately we have obviously been hit. The HMEM admin team is working on correcting the problem. This thread has been set up to list the noted issues with the site. If you notice something wrong, please post it here so the admin team can have one spot to look for issues. Your help in this...

I had a small welding job pop up this evening for a friend, so I took care of it in short order and decided to embark on a little organizational project while I had the welding gear set up. I do not have pictures of it at this point, but it is a rack that will store my QCTP holders up and out of...

This is probably preaching to the choir, but for those that aren't savy to the internet and it's dark side, read this carefully and be aware of your actions with internet activities. Over the past couple of days I have received several hoax e-mails supposedly from various banking institutions...

I have a simple trick for getting decent accuracy with a three jaw chuck. There are some limitations with this trick, and I will outline those in the post as we go. I will also make the statement that this may not work for you, and I would verify the results before working on an actual part...

I would just about bet my wages that all of us have had those moments when the proverbial light bulb illuminates in our head. It's that point in time that something seemingly simple suddenly clicks. And sometimes can make one feel rather dumb. So on to the story... I was having a discussion...

I think everyone here knows that safety is paramount with our hobby. But what about outside the shop in everyday life? I have a young son who is in a constant state of motion from the time he wakes up until his head hits the pillow at night. As with all boys that are active, there are the bumps...

There have been several discussions here and who knows how many elsewhere on how to squeeze that third phase out of a residential power system. For the purposes of this thread, I will outline what I feel are the three most practical options for converting single phase to three phase power...

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My wife came in the house a minute ago with a box and a puzzled look on her face. It had a note on it that had been printed on a printer that said, "Saw your frustration centering the rotary table the other night and though you might like this". It is a wooden box. She said, "This was on the...

This thread has been started for the interested members to start the design of cam grinding fixture in response to this thead. Sharpen those pencils and warm up those 'puters! DISCLAIMER: The design(s) produced within this thread will be a joint effort between those members who wish to...

I didn't win this nor did I even have any interest in buying these, but I was a bit shocked at what this went for! What to y'all think???