DIY Mini Meet in Austin

[dBel84]

this would make short work of many a tedious job ..dB

[luvdunhill]

this would make short work of many a tedious job ..dB

I'm really hoping the graduations turn out to be pretty accurate, so I can just turn the handle and move over a fixed amount. I have pretty much no expectations for something that cost $46 or so, but ... modding is always possible

[n_maher]

What are you planning to use for cutters/bits?

[luvdunhill]

What are you planning to use for cutters/bits?

for traditional drill press use, I bought a few select fancy bits. After talking to a few people, it seems parabolic and slow spiral bits are the two best choices for what I plan on doing. As for material, I went with M-42 cobalt and for finish choice I choose bright. Again, these choices are in line with my intended use. There are millions of potential combinations it seems. There's no way I could afford an entire index of these. From what I was told, Cleveland is pretty much the best money can buy. They ended up costing around $5-$7 each.

I also did some research and bought some very nice taps. I chose both taper and bottoming versions of the popular thread sizes. I was able to even get H1 ground thread limit versions of the bottoming taps, which is super cool. They weren't cheap though, but the bottoming tap is really the proper tool for tapping blind holes in heat sinks, or so I was informed.

For the mill conversion, I'm working on that list now

[Smeggy]

yeah, I have a 6" machinist vice, a 4" angle vice and a 6* cross slide vice.

And two drill presses, two router tables a dremmel, 3 routers, bench belt sander, 2 drills, 2 table saws, lathe, 1 rotary cutter, 2 orbital, 1 belt and a finishing sander, planer, circular saw. jig saw and various other crap...

Now I just need free time

[luvdunhill]

yeah, I have a 6" machinist vice, a 4" angle vice and a 6* cross slide vice. And two drill presses, two router tables a dremmel, 3 routers, bench belt sander, 2 drills, 2 table saws, lathe, 1 rotary cutter, 2 orbital, 1 belt and a finishing sander, planer, circular saw. jig saw and various other crap...

[n_maher]

bwhahaha... MSC has insane shipping, I wouldn't be surprised if it shows up tomorrow

So this weird little padded envelope just showed up...

[Smeggy]

What can I say, I like collecting power tools

[swt61]

yeah, I have a 6" machinist vice, a 4" angle vice and a 6* cross slide vice.

And two drill presses, two router tables a dremmel, 3 routers, bench belt sander, 2 drills, 2 table saws, lathe, 1 rotary cutter, 2 orbital, 1 belt and a finishing sander, planer, circular saw. jig saw and various other crap...

Now I just need free time

Well that's a good start I guess. Drop down sometime to see what a real tool whore looks like.

well, I bought this one today:

5" Machinist CROSS SLIDE VISES DRILL PRESS VISE - eBay (item 190339188874 end time Oct-09-09 15:43:27 PDT)

We will see...

I'll wait for your input before pulling the trigger.

[nattonrice]

a couple pics

You have lasers! I'm so jealous...

Here I give a whack with a punch, attempt to line up, and then proceed to fail

I need lasers.