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If you ever have dealings with American engineers,they are likely to refer to the measuring stick as a "scale". I agree with Sammy Q that SI makes the calculations easier,who misses slugs and poundals? For accurate work I use a Rabone 64R with both metric and imperial and I try to stick to one...

CMT make quality cutters,no doubt about that.I assume the machine in question is a slot mortiser as the more traditional type would use square chisels.

I like Jacob's idea of gluing them together.Even tiny pieces can be used to make segmented bowls but it might be easiest to sell a few small offcuts as a bundle so that somebody else can do the work of gluing them and determining the pattern.I have one bowl I made years ago from all sorts of...

I understand that Gordon Brown's initial reaction was to let the banks go bust.Then he found out just how stupid they had been and realised the consequences of losing so much money,bailing them out did a bit less harm.My point is that any function that is only carried out by either the public...

I agree with almost all of that.Surely you know the cigarette won't be good for you.

Maybe its time we made it possible for the elements of the public sector that grossly underperform to go bust.Not sure how it could be done,but the prospect might focus a few minds.

One of these? PROVerXL 4030 CNC Router with Carveco Maker Subscription If so,notice the lack of bracing for the gantry beam across the machine.If identical steppers are used on each axis then surely the need for a similar amount of bracing is fairly obvious-well except to the designers.I'm...

Thanks for those numbers.Compare and contrast with the values used for serious production on this forum: WOODWEB's CNC Forum - Message Index .Different world!

What sort of spindle speed,feed rate and depth of cut were you using?

You might try having a play with F-engrave.It might even deal with the files you acquired as it can trace images quite well.It is capable of tracing some graphics and creating engraving toolpaths from them,once you have defined the tool to use.It is particularly good at V-carving lettering,best...

You can create toolpaths form .svg files if you explore the capabilities of Inkscape.The other near universal file format to look for is .dxf.The important thing to note is that they are vector files and attempting to use raster file formats won't work.As I posted a little earlier,you are...

Nice work! I suspect there are just about enough old tool enthusiasts to support a business that makes screws for old Stanley tools.

I'd be very surprised if you could purchase files for cutting any 3D object.There are several reasons,but mostly it boils down to machine power and size and the choice of cutter.It would be all too easy to specify a feed rate that kills a tiny machine and then you have the challenge of not...

You could do worse than looking here: Classified Ads, Buy, Sell & Swap Without wanting to put you off the idea,lots of the machines that come up for sale do so because their owners find the business of getting to grips with CAD a bit too much of a leap.You then need to find a way to translate...

Those look handy.I could do with something like that directly over my bench.Can they be added to the same circuit as a couple of fluorescent tubes?I intend to replace the tubes with LED conversions when they expire,but don't really want to bin them while they work.I think I'd have to pay to dump...

I have a spoilboard on the machine and will happily use screws to hold the job down.I do make a point of using brass screws because in the event of an oversight,they can be cut with little damage to the cutter or machine.Hardened steel screws give off lots of sparks-guess how I know?I will use...

There is a fairly established story that during the era of the Macmillan government,when the health problems caused by smoking were evident,that the notion of banning the habit were discussed.A horrified adviser is said to have told them that it would be a disaster because the increased cost to...

Hot dipped every time,they have a much better coating.The flash plated zinc will be a few molecules thick at best.

Can you hire some machinery skates?They are made for the job,but you still need to lift the machines high enough to get them under.The bars above would be ideal and you need a few packers to insert as you raise them-just in case....

Other than it being a fairly flammable material,no.