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FingerTech wrote:Looks great. And nice gift! What's the finish on the metal? Sandblasting?

The base was glass grit blasted and the silhouette was orbital sanded.

I've got quite few jobs lined up, so I should be cutting some 1/2" MS flanges soon!

Cut these two pieces out on the plasma table last night to get my feet wet. A bit over 9" tall, 0.125" 6061-T6 (I had to anneal the base material so I could bend it without cracking), plug welded together and all the welds were ground flush. An early Valentines Day present for my wife. :D ...

I'll be production ready before taking on any jobs, most likely beginning in early to mid-February. What is the thickness of the TI you want cut? If you supply the material I can give you a price for the cutting (based on cut time and # of pierces), shouldn't be a problem. Waterjet is ideal for CF, ...

Titanium, yes. Carbon fiber, no (because it is non-conductive). The CF would either have to be cut to shape with a router or with water jet.

I got mine from Busybee while it was still here...I thought the blade that came with it worked great until I tried something stupid and snapped it. I ordered the 'bimetal' version as a replacement because I heard it was supposed to cut much faster but its brutal compared to the stock one I had. Hah...

I've got the same bandsaw as you, where do you get your spare blades? :P I hate my bandsaw and cannot wait to replace it...I bought a case load of blades from House of Tools before it went under. I haven't sourced any locally, but worst case scenario Princess Auto would have them (probably junk lik...

Here's some build photos of the CNC plasma table I got on Tuesday of this week. It hasn't moved under it's own power yet, but it should this weekend if I don't get too tied up with other stuff. Two crates showed up on Tuesday. http://www.aceengineering.ca/Temp/40D/CNC/IMG_8259.JPG http://www.aceengi...

I didn't see on on Kijiji, but the machine I ordered is shipping out on Nov 28th...maybe I will have some time to practice with it for some Christmas presents. :D It will be one of the first 15 made, I also bought the plate marker accessory so I have the ability to do engraving as well as cutting. T...

If you have any worries about flexing you can always laminate the MDF with a sheet of aluminum or steel depending on the configuration and which direction you see the flexing in. Looks pretty cool!

So this project is temporarily on hold, thanks for all the info rsilk and allowing me to check out your CNC machine! This is on hold as I bought a CNC plasma table and should have it running by the new year. :D THEN I can begin the fab work for building this CNC machine! I found a servo driver that ...