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Well after half hour I fond I was already a member of this site.
So 18 cylinder radial engines from Ageless engines I too am about to start convertin* drawings to Solid works. I talked to a rapid...

I use the bathroom scale and the 2x6 method to weigh my streetrods. I refined it by making pivots for the lift end and where the scale pushes on, and the actual load carring point. This gives quite...

I worked in a high performance auto shop for quite a while. For sleeves we had a cylinder boring machine similar to a magnetic drill machine. This used a 3 point expanding head to center the quill on...

Sometimes I create a very small flat spot on the od to locate the hole (2d wise). Zoom in to locate the point. You then can edit the hole sketch and lock in the locations. The hole takes out the...

Congrats on a difficult project. I tried to follow this but I couldn't on a daily basis.
I've done sorta similar stuff using CMM data to reverse engineer items. It's tough because you don't always...

Anyone use this mill?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=40939

I just ran across it at HF. It looks like it might make a nice cnc machine with a conversion.

millman,
After reading thru all this here is my opinion....geese another opinonated...Anyway I've been TIG welding for a long time as well as MIG. I've used the whole line of welders over the years...

Pretty cool pictures. I assume there are some adjustable feet for leveling. I'm sure glad to see there is someone else that uses a Tig welder for everything even though they are expensive to...

Years ago in the racing days we wanted a 60% overdrive for the blower but none was available so I found an industrial pulley combination at the local tool supply house and they allowed me to make a...

Us old auto mech use go-jo in the washing machine. Wife hates it but it works for us.

This is a real tough problem due to the tolerances unless this is your everyday line. I think you will need to get everyone involved, your engineering, customer engineering, your inspection, customer...

My experience with anodizing is that plain colors don't change size much if any. If you are getting down into the sub .0005" size then I would make a few test coupons and work with your anodizer and...