Hi Folks I am new on here and also to machining. I am in the market for a mill and am down to two choices, one is the 6x26 knee mill sold by HF WT and a host...
... I have the ZX45 mill , it's around 800 lbs . IIRC the X-3 is about half that weight . I'm very happy with mine , it has (so far) done everything I want...
Ray, I have a brand new in the crate Industrial Hobbies machine for sale. It currently has a spindle with a 30 taper but it includes a new spindle with an R8...
could you point me to where the information for that mill is? E-mail me your price. Thanks Ray ________________________________ From: C4C <cnc4cheap@...>...
Ray, Industrial Hobbies web sight: IHCNC.com My machine is a standard mill without CNC. I incurred health problems while I was waiting for the machine to be...
Ray, I'm smack dab in the middle of Kansas so that pretty much rules out me delivering it to you. Regardless of whose machine you decide to buy I will tell you...
Jack, ... Which 'you'? There are three 'you's involved with this thread. At the risk of seeming to be self centered I'll go out on a limb and assume that I'm...
I'm having fun getting aquinted with my new Lathemaster LM25L and have a cutting question. Today I wanted to make some 30-degree cuts across the end of a plate...
When in doubt as to which approach to take I always seem to take the way that is easiest for me. Hmmm? seems as though I recall throwing some parts out of the...
... Flycutters work best on wide flat surfaces. I don't fancy the idea of using one on the edge of a plate. As for holding the part, if it does not fit in your...
Frank, There's nothing wrong with the way you positioned and held the part. The thing that really counts is whether or not the end result brought satisfaction...
I was talking to Andy Newlands today, a bicycle builder and master machinist in Portland, OR, about a mill restoration he was starting, as I am currently...
Hi Richard, I used Hammerite on mine, and I am very pleased. Next time I will spray rather than paint though... Brian ________________________________ From:...
To get the proper paint finish for these you need extensive preparation. Take all the finish and bondo off down to the worm holes. Glob bondo wherever you feel...
Hi, Â Don't foget to wipe off the red stuff using the most expensive spray can of brake cleaner you can find and then re-coat it with spray-on WD-40 so you...
Richard, You can rule out powder coating due to the necessity of surface preparation with bondo or epoxy filling material. As for paint I have used Krylon and...
Powder coating CAN be done even with body filler IF you use a metalized body filler. Check with your powder coating for the proper type. An automotive paint...
Frank, if you use a fly cutter, or any single-cutting-edge tool in your application, you should shorten the "arm" so the cutting edge is well supported. A 1/4...
Bill, I'm very familiar with epoxies that are comprised of various medias, but I have never heard of polyester body filler that has metallic media in it. What...
Corey, Apparently Curt, in a former life, was a supervisor in the paint shop at Yang Chang Foo machine company in the Peoples Republic of China. C4C...
