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Hey guys, holiday traveling getting in the way of helicopter stuff for now, but in January it's back to it and get it in the air. I am also taking my time learning engine modifications and I think I...

I think it is a homelight, it is a 25cc Sears Craftsman string trimmer. I walked into Sears and bought a brand new one off the wall :) The purpose of this experiment is to see how well the cheapest...

Here is update #5

HK600GT Gasser Conversion Part 5 - YouTube

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Here is update 4:

HK600GT Gasser Conversion part 4 - YouTube

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Yes cut direction is something to consider, as looking at the mill I placed my tools on the left hand side, don't know why I did this, but required me to do buy reverse rotation drill bits so the...

This video is old news, but it is how I use the mill as a lathe. Built the tooling holder and hand wrote all two pages of G Code. Took me 6 weeks to figure it all out, but I had never seen a cnc...

I have been looking at one of these, they do 720 at 30fps and are pretty cheap. Where I intend to fly, loss without any chance of recovery is always an option :)

STAYPRO 45G HD-DVR FPV...

Thanks, I should probably get a swash leveler, I have only setup one heli before and that was my Blade 450.

Wow, that is one cool frame set, very unique. Do you sell those?

Thanks guys,

Camera's get complicated when there is vibration, so I use a frame by frame capture camera, not line by line, or HD. You need anti vibe mounts for those. I use the SN555 from Hobby...

Ok, so not a real helicopter, but an RC :) Been working on it for a few weeks now and have some documentation to share. It's a Hobby King HK600GT electric kit that I am converting to a gasser. A...

Cool Mist 77 is the way to go, it's like the blue waters of paradise, and no smell, and not too slippery on the hands. I wouldn't drink it, but man does it look good.

This is the kind of stuff I am ultimately interested in doing, but from an industrial stand point. SAR, Fire Fighting, Inspection, etc. There are a lot of uses for this where sound does not matter...

Wow, cool, there are a good number of you out there. Impressive videos John. And I will take a look at the HK lineup. I should have something by the end of the week and will start the learning...

I became a HeliFreak last night, Helifreak.com - Fun, Learning, Friendship and Mutual Respect, looks like some of you guys are already over there with your Tormach's. Just curious who all is into RC...

I know a guy who just spent $4750.00 last week on a paint job for a really old car.

Make sure to check the height of the new switch when installed, I got the wrong one and crashed it on the first REF ALL. It was something weird like you need the Z axis switch for the X axis, but the...

You can kinda see some detail in this pic, I just looked at the Sheetcam file from 10/2009 and this finish pass was .800" depth of cut, .015" finish allowance (WOC), 4500 RPM and 18 IPM. Niagara A337...

You are getting a much better finish than I got with a 2 flute at those rates, it acutally might still be better than what I am getting with a three flute. But I still need to check my run out, and...

I get the same exact lines you are getting with the same type of end mill, Cleveland 1/2" two flute 1 1/4" long. 4500 rpm .020" and 25 IPM, I get a better finish with 3 flute A337 Niagara, but the...

I bite at .125" as well, but I know what you mean, cutting those vise holds off is a pain, I always try to design for putting screws through my part and bolting it to a sub plate when ever possible,...

Yeah, 10 IPM on the Tormach does sound terrible, now I know why.

I would think that powder coating would work pretty good, it's a plastic type of coating.

So I just talked with a commercial machine shop owner and showed him the drawing and the end mill, he said that he would run it at 800 RPM and 5 inches per minute, with a .020" finishing allowence,...

I guess I should be awake when I post things here, the radius of the corners is .275" for a .550" diameter. The other radius came from an un-related drawing somewhere :confused: My thought with a...

Thanks guys, wow that is pretty good surface finish in that photo. The radius is .130 so a 1/2" end mill can just do the job, the comment about reduction in RPM got me thinking if the slower RPM will...

I have a need to machine some deep pockets, 6061-T6, pocket is 1.7" wide, 13" long and will be 2.7" deep. I have ordered two new Niagara A337 3 flute 37 degree helix bright finish HSS cutters, one is...

Yeah, I think so too, I checked both of them for available user name so I could have the same log in at both, once I signed up with Enco then instantly the user name wouldn't work at MSC. Plus the...

Decided to play a bit this afternoon, made the Android dude.

YouTube - Tormach CNC and the Android dude.

Thanks guys, I am already starting to see these things show up in the used market so hopefully in a year or two I'll have one.