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lol, the irony!

I used a soft steel wire wheel. The gear rack came out good, my concern is the linear rail. I guess where i'm at now is trying to remove any raised surfaces so that it will do less damaged to the...

I bought the small HF soda blaster after hearing everyone praise the process for rust removal. Now that i've done all it will do, the surface of the bad spots is still rough. What order of processes...

We have a Lagun that one of the gears stripped. Its about 2inch in diameter and has 33 teeth. Its like a spur gear but the teeth have beveled ends for lead in on both ends and the ID is splined....

We were looking at comminac and cut-max for our star screw machine. I was just curious what everyone else is running?

Still looking for good ideas. I like the curtain idea, but my sheet rack is 10ft tall and sits right next to the table which has a hoist above it so it would have to go all the way to the ceiling,...

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I'm sure you guys don't want to hear this but I want to try to learn a little about router work by making the large(w/dual 850oz servos)plasma table i'm building a dual function table. It will be a...

We are a small shop that does precision work. Would like to buy a saw that a)saves time and b)is accurate and consistent enough to save additional processing. But theres so many choices and i don't...

Its the Fanuc OT. Is that a good thing?

Ha, Thats what i get for using my phone for internet surfing. Sorry. Thanks they look good.

Which MIT course in particular? I didn't see one on machining.

Hi, a buddy of mine bought a SST-16 and two smaller ones. I wanted to help him get them up and running. Was just curious what kind of following they had on CNCzone. The company they came from said...

I'm moving things around so we(I) can actually be productive around here. I don't have much room, forklift access is out of the question. (but if you've figured out something really neat tell me...

Has anyone even heard of them? I have no experience and want to buy a big dro lathe and cnc mill. I ordered a couple books, then though about it, and figured it would be much quicker to watch a...

Cool, thanks. What about the value of the machines i'm looking at, assuming they are in decent condition?

Very nice thread(both of them) So whats the ballpark price your spending on these conversions?

Well its definitely complicated, but i didn't see a total price.

My dads company in texas is closing down their shop and they have two mills. They don't have controllers or DRO. The ways look pretty good. I'd really like to have them both, but not sure. A) What...

How high off the table is your mez? Does it get in the way? Post up a pick.

THC allows people to cut corrugated material and have a warped workpiece or even an unlevel cutting bed. But i'm not aware of any similar technology for waterjet machines. So how critical is nozzle...

Sorry. I should have been more clear. I'm talking about a waterjet cutter not a plasma. I think you built a plasma. But that is impressive that your only running 2" of water. Does the water touch...

The guy i bought mine from said he thought it was 55ton. There were a couple other ads online that quoted that model number as 55ton. But now all i can find are these two mercury brakes:
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I am pretty sure they are 55 tons. Thats cool about the horn. Mine doesn't have it. I'll give you an update when it gets here next week. How much u getting it for? If your not in a hurry and if its...

Some of you guys that have done it post up some pics please.

How deep are the waterbeds on commercial units? What is necessary? Also what are all the different methods of supporting the material?

Has anyone tried running a flexible hose from up high and mounting it to the z? Like on a router table? Maybe a plasma moves too fast or the issue is a fire resistant hose?

What a helpful thread. I live on porous granite and have a well, has anybody researched why it would be bad to for the ground water to dump out your table water? Has anyone tried different colors...

I bet osha loves that. What a waste of time and money. Looks like its made of multiple plates bolted together :confused: Surely not.

Oh well, i've probably done stupider stuff.

So youre paying to have somebody make these for you now?