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Cool! :)

PondRacer

I'm a hobby machinist wannabe and yet I visit this site from time to time. Does this count?

PondRacer

Right, fasteners and such I will use off the shelf. I was talking about major parts like pistons, conrods, etc. Would I use those off the shelf? Maybe, not sure yet.

Then there's the...

As the title suggests, I am toying with the idea of doing one.

I got this idea shortly after having been invited to help a power plant mechanic overhaul one sometime in the fall. I have been...

I'm looking for a machinist apprenticeship position in the Boulder/Denver area. I've had a taste of manual machining, using a drill press and a Dremel cutting burr milling out pockets in wood (yes,...

I was working for Fluidmaster (I think it was? Made toilet parts) in California one time, and they have this machine that accepts clear polyethylene sheet in roll form and vacuum-molds blister pack...

I live in the Provo UT area amd am looking for someone to train me jn machining and using a bridgeport mill. I want to purchase one for myself.

I get around by bus so arrangements would need to be...

Hi all -

I have a bit of experience in welding and metalworking, but not near enough in terms of machining. I do have experience with the electronics/mechanical side of things (steppers,...

Hard core, man, hard core. :)

If I was to buy a mill similar to that, or larger, i'd just build a house for it, hee hee. :)

That being said, I know it's impossible for some to just go and build...

A person I know on IRC is designing a new CAD/CAM software called GCam. It is light on CAD, heavy on CAM; it is also slightly lower level than many CAD/CAM software packages out there since it is...

Almost lost my right index finger to a power grinder.

Boss did 2 things wrong with it: You should NEVER take the gaurd off of the grinder (I think this has been touched upon sometime back in the...

I am looking for either a mentor or apprentice in the Jacksonville IL town; future goals do include possibility of moving to the Provo area of Utah in late spring or early summer, in which case I...