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Thanks for the info, glad to hear its capable. It will be annealed 4140. I will harden afterwards. 4130 could work for me too and might be easier to mill. I'll have to check the specs.

Thanks for the reply! Technically it would be production but that would be about 2-4 parts a day. And each part would be smaller than a rubiks cube.

Hey everyone. Ive posted a couple times here, mostly for build advice. I was going to build a stout cnc router but instead realized a desktop vertical mill would benefit me more because I also have...

Hey all, I recently posted here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general_metal_working_machines/205370-moving_gantry_moving_table.html and wizard gave me some good advice. I really want to start on my...

Thanks wizard. I appreciate the input.

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I've been researching machines and whether to build or buy. I think Im going to build. The components I will be machining will be made from 7075 and 6061. The work envelope will never...

Thanks again for the reply. Yeah, my goal is to take two components and make the one piece.The "twist" in the first picture is where the two meet and I tried to make the transition smooth. The second...

Thanks for the reply. Heres what the machinist sent back. Everything in blue cannot be machine with his 3 axis.

Hey Rhino's. I have Rhino 5 and Im killing myself trying to model a receiver for an AK. I learned "cad" on Sketchup and I think my problem is Im trying to use Rhino like Sketchup. I completed a model...

Hey Keith, Im not going to be up and running for a while and still need a machinist. PM me your email address if you want to give me a quote.

Thanks. What you are doing sounds like the same track I will be taking. I will look into the Torus.

Its hard to be competitive in the market and product range I will be getting into because most everything is made overseas. I've received quotes from here in the states and what they will net by...

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Im wanting to start a business. For the last few years Ive been teaching myself CAD and have finally sent out RFQ's and now have realized I could never sell my products and be...

I need this part machined. Material is 4130 annealed. Eventually it will be a production run. Im not a CAD guy and this was drawn in Sketchup so edges can be chamfered even though drawing doesnt show...

I need to drill a .30" x 13.5" hole into 4140 stock. Ive been reading up on gun drilling and it seems to be if you're over 20:1 you need to gun drill. If I drilled 7.25 in one end and 7.25 from the...

Does anyone here use it and will it convert to CAM?

Thanks for the replies. The more I think about it, is a table machine even the best way to go to cut simple sheet metal parts? Is that how its usually done? If I need large numbers of the same size...

Thats pretty much it. Just cut sheet metal and weld it together. I guess a little harbor freight mill could handle the stock. So the router would suffice? Would cutting aluminum sheet on a cnc router...

Im wanting something to cut basic shapes into a max thickness of 2mm aluminum or 1.5 mm steel sheet. Possibly multi-dimensional intricate shapes from 3"x3" aluminum stock later on. Cuts do need to be...

Thanks everyone for your replies. Im probably taking a different route. I appreciate your time.

Hello all. Just wondering if 2 years of CNC school is worth it in this day and age? Im 37 and about to go back to school for aviation mechanics but will probably scrap that idea too because Im...

Thanks alot! Im working on my own design for it but I still need the dimensions for the front trunnion. The one the barrel presses into. mm's are fine.

I would like to see what it would cost to mill this out of 6061 forged aluminum. This the front trunnion from an ak 47 rifle. I would need a "one time" price and a production run price of probably 20...

Im very new to cad and really into guns. I would like to mill my own ak 47 receiver. Ive been tinkering in Rhino and still have no clue where to start. Do I make a rectangle and hollow out the...

Preferably in West Palm Beach but Broward or surrounding counties OK.

Im looking for somebody in the S. Florida area with a 4 axis machine. I want to start production of an item in the near future and decided instead of learning everything cnc from scratch it would be...

Hey all, new here and new to cnc. I want to get a mill to make custom gun parts. Eventually get into the market and sell said parts (all legal with batfe licenses). I'm wondering if the Taig is up to...