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I am just starting out with machining over the last year and I picked up a Sherline mini lathe. The bread and butter of mini lathes I guess! It's a fair bit older than me, being brass. But it seems well aligned still and I have been having good fun learning with it. When it arrived, the motor...

Thanks for sharing! As someone just starting our with machining, these workshop tours are really inspiring. You have a real treasure-cave there! I'm borrowing your idea with the jars!

Wizard: Thanks! That proved to be an interesting lunch-hour google! :) I roughed out a quick animation (in 5 minutes, it's very buggy, apologies!) http://g.recordit.co/OGCNabUvGm.gif I think that is what i am aiming at for now. I just need to make sure the servo which will turn the cog can...

Ahh that's genius! Thanks for the description. I had the vision of the rack and gear to drive it back, but never would have though of cutting out some of the teeth! :D Time to mock this up in CAD this evening

Thanks blighty, that's good inspiration. I just have to sort it so instead of a lever handle, it has a rotary input from a servo. Essentially shooting an arrow 2cm out then retracting it again. Rinse and repeat. :) I'll sort some sketches and images today Bill, yea they can have lots of...

I'm narrowing down my search for a CNC machine to a few options now, but i have a question about designing a spring loaded mechanism. I'm building a small scale robot which will operate under remote control. (pics on a thread later when i get building :D) Because channels on the transmitter...

Yea PLA is certainly the most living-room friendly material! Made from corn and smells pretty sweet like popcorn almost (to me anyway!) Good pick on that I remember my first printer was a DLP resin printer, B9 Creator. I also had it in the living room next to the TV, resin stench and noisy...

What materials will you use for the print? Looks good. Is there a grip texture going on the handle? :)

Thanks! I will get back to you first thing tomorrow. :) I appreciate the help and offers so far.

Thanks for the welcome fellas :) Sure, I will post up some example pieces next week. Actually producing a locomotive engine for a client at the moment, so that's quite appropriate to show some of the pieces here! @Peter: You are right about SLS selective laser sintering metals. They are not...

Thanks Dave. I posted up there also, fingers crossed I can get producing some swarf soon! :)

I have been lurking around here for a fair few, but never made a proper intro. So here goes! :) I'm Eddie from the UK. I run a model making business which I started doing full time when I left university 4 years ago. We 3D print lots of masters and patterns with a range of machines (mainly...

Hello Machinists, I'm looking to enter the exciting world of machining aluminium model parts and would like to buy a CNC to make some pieces. I am currently looking to buy a Sieg kx1 - since a second hand one seems to suit my needs .. and modest budget If anyone is looking to sell one of...

I used this to make master patterns for models. Great for any office or workshop. Would be nice if she sold to someone on HMEM who would use her for 'real' applications! :P Best quality beta stage personal printer available Significantly cheaper than buying from the USA and all the pereferals...

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated. Sorry about the lack of posts Tin Falcon - i thought id get an email alert when replies are made ::) so didnt think to check back. Im very interested in CAD design and hope to bounce ideas off all you skilled "guys in the know" here before i...

Hi all, :) Id like to know if anyone can help me with a small part i need to get milled out in brass (or similar). Its a scale model pitot tube (pointy thing on the front of a plane) but is very fine, around 0.8mm diamiter at its thinnest point and around an inch long. I have traditional...