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here is a sample of what you can make with a mini mill.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19557&highlight=colt+45
if you read some of the posts in the benchtop mills forum.you can see...

heres something that might help
A TRACKING SOLAR CONCENTRATOR (diy)
http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/solar/solarhom.htm

would this work for what you wnat to do.
CARVING REPRODUCTION MACHINE
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41662

here is an artical on making a Babington burners
http://www.aipengineering.com/babington/Babington_Oil_Burner_HOWTO.html

but our fast food habit could run our cars.
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
http://www.greasecar.com/
heres a way to get rid of the frier grease.

if your looking for the electrolytic solution it is comprised of KOH and water in a volumetric ratio of KOH:H2O=2:20+0.05.
sound a lot like charging a car battery and collecting the gas that is...

i've have been looking at laptops myself.but with the new laptops you have to get a dock for them, in order to get the parellel port.the only thing i've been wondering about is that the dock plugs...

looks good,thats a nice start.would love to see it when its finished.

in the 80's we use to fix the intake problem on dirt bikes by replacing the factory reed with an after market reed set a lot like these.it gives you a lot more power in the power band.

here are some dimond bits at a good price.
http://www.cyberrockhound.com/lapidary_diamond_drills.htm
just keep them wet and apply a steady pressure.

have you seen this
http://www.coatesengine.com/index.html
it looks like it would be easier to build than a stand valve system.
they say this systen is used in 2 and 4 stroke engines.
looks like...

thanks art,
i thought it would be a good compliment to the electronic hand wheels that i'm working on.the wheels will control the machine directly and the dro will run on my old laptop.

is anybody using this software.ifso how is it working.it look like it could be a great addition to a manual mill/lathe.
http://bellsouthpwp.net/A/r/Arts_home_page/DRO/
dro5.4 will read 4 axis and...

i tried the stepper idea but its hard to feel the steps on my little steppers.so i think i'm going to just use incriment marks on the wheel face.


i just found this keyboard that looks perfict...

have you tried
http://www.wttool.com/
http://www.cumminstools.com/
http://www.harborfreight.com/
http://www.use-enco.com/
these have good prices on router bits and end mills.

thats a good idea thanks.
and it will give me something to do with the little teac motors that are to small for anything else.

in the documents for the board it uses a pic as an interpitor for the ECW1J.i was woundering about using an optical encoder for finer control and have the pic output step/dir pulses.if the encoder...

i found this digital rotary stepper control...

you could use a digital rotary control like this for manual control....

jbv
i found these articles you might find interesting.if you are a yahoo member you might look at the irk-torquemax group they are working on motors up to 3kw....

thanks,
that is what i was thinking of.

thanks,
thats the word i was looking for.
sorry still trying to get a grip on the terminolgy.

yes that is what i was thinking.basicly it would have no curves.it would be all straitlines and 45 deg. cuts.

heres a link to whiterivers site.
http://www.whiterivermfg.com/
have a look around he does a lot of wood work as well as foam.

mike hide
here is a pic of one of whiterivers machines that looks something like what you are talking about.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12713

could a frame and slide be made with a bevel cut design insted of all the curves.(i have a lama 1911 clone) i thought that it would look really cool with bevel cut slide and frame.

here are a couple more.please run on simulator to check size.some of my files are metric and some are sae.the train in sae is 8"x67"
ruler,train,triknot--in.
sailboat,trivecta--mm

here is a crab.g-code
crab--in.

Right now i'm in the middle of my spring taredown and cleaning.so the lathe is in a lot of little peices all over my shop.will finish cleaning and post pics in a couple of days.

the lathe is a very nice little machine. :rolleyes:
The lathe can turn parts 3"x10",over the tool rest.If the part is under 3/4" it can be fed though the machine. When i finish the mods on the...