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Yep, nailed it.

Wiha, Wera, Felo, Mac, Snapon, and Klein are some of my daily drivers. Favorites being the Wiha and Snapon variants.

Assuming you have a solid foundation of basic machining practices, the best way to learn is by programming a bunch of parts to completion. Use the simulation outputs as a first step. This will get...

What about a granite surface plate? Can be machined to accommodate mounting and is already plenty flat. Can be had pretty cheap brand new.

EDIT: my apologies, just saw Thermite already...

Please disregard the following if the lathe will used for roughing or low tolerance work.

Yea, I've got to side with Dave on this one. I owned a pretty nice Emco Super 11 (right around the size...

A few more pics of the machine and included tooling...

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Already inquired about that little guy...

A little better version of the same pic. He mentioned taking some more pics soon.

Looks pretty nice.

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Do these machines have a horizontal spindle with a quill? What is the vintage of this machine?

Yea, I'm not by any means an expert on Geomagic. But with the relatively smaller scans (less than 10"x10"x10") I can go across the toolbar in Geomagic removing noise, simplifying the model (if...

If you do end up scanning, download a trial of Geomagic. It will allow you to get the most from your scan. Quicky removes noise from the scan, simplifies the model and creates a solid model in a few...

Arrived, thanks.

Pleasantville, NJ is the pickup address.

Stemming from another thread recently posted where I am inquiring about help with packing up and loading a Kaeser SX5 Air Tower located in New Jersey.

Unit is 600lbs
23 x 43 x 61.5 in

I've had...

Just purchased a Kaiser air tower on eBay. The seller doesn't have the ability to palletize and load. Looking for anyone willing to make a couple hundred bucks to get it on a pallet and then on to a...

Hi, I'd like two of each please.

I've got a David 2 scanner (it uses structured light), purchased 5 years ago. Excellent results and it would work well for your size of parts. I place all the parts I scan on a rotary table and...

Takes about 1-2 hours for me to drag out my gear and take a scan for something that size.

I'll take 4 please. PM incoming.

All good points above. Other than the already mentioned stickout, my biggest concern when slotting close to a tools diameter is chip evacuation. Sometimes drilling or boring a hole at the closed...

Get the NSK. One of my favorite tools on the bench. Quiet, powerful and beautifully made. Expensive but what the hell, you only live once.

I agree that is valuable in a number of ways, albeit pretty impractical for most stuff due to manufacturing/cost limitations.

With respect to stress, material usage and placement, it's never a...

I like copper lines because they are reliable, easy to get and quick to assemble (albeit not as quick as some of the other solutions listed). I haven't used the Shark Bite fittings but I wouldn't...

I'd probably get a line of communication going with the Heidenhain crew in Germany that still use and repair these specific controls. Every time I've contacted Heidenhain or Hermle, most recently...

I use a TNC355 on my 1991 Hermle UWF851 multiple times a week to cut complex 3D surfaces. It's not the fastest but I drip feed all of the code over an RS232 connection with TNCServer software (free...