Stagefright13
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Kool Mist Formula 77 available at http://www.mcmaster.com/ is very good too. Mixes with water.
Yeah Tapmatic is kinda a standard, works wonders.
Yeah Tapmatic is kinda a standard, works wonders.
Video: DIY Milling of a rear panel
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Ptownkid
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[quote author="owel"]Great idea on making my own T-slot table. We'll see...[/quote]
Making a tslot table will be difficult and unnecessary, tapped holes would be a lot easier and just as efficient.
Making a tslot table will be difficult and unnecessary, tapped holes would be a lot easier and just as efficient.
Stagefright13
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Yeah prolly take a couple hours at super low speed with a gallon of coolant for 1 slot lol.
I'm sure you can buy one from china for 6 bucks on ebay...
I'm sure you can buy one from china for 6 bucks on ebay...
Ptownkid
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haha, i wish...
owel
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I'm thinking of this rather.
http://8020.net/T-Slot-4.asp
Put a bunch of these together and you have a bed.... with Tslots already milled.
http://8020.net/T-Slot-4.asp
Put a bunch of these together and you have a bed.... with Tslots already milled.
Ptownkid
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not a bad idea...make sure to check the actual company "t-slots" as well. I used their products to make my enclosure.
Stagefright13
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Yeah they work great I built a rocket launcher out of that stuff for the base. And also some cool high tech looking demo stands for trade shows. The rocket launcher was for High powered rockets with 500 pounds of thrust. Works great.
Type 8020 in the ebay search. Some guy sells their cut offs on there cheap. I bought some channel for my Mila's there.
Type 8020 in the ebay search. Some guy sells their cut offs on there cheap. I bought some channel for my Mila's there.
owel
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Yeah I used that eBay 8020 store, got some 1515 and used them as legs of my worktable. Just add some L brackets, and MDF and it's done.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
ProfPep
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This German guy sells vacuum hold downs on ebay. If panels are your main aim, this might be a good solution:
http://snipurl.com/21mij
No knowledge of cutting fluid inhalation problems though. I have used a similar one to machine MDF on manual X/Y table - it worked well and the dust didn't seem to bother it.
http://snipurl.com/21mij
No knowledge of cutting fluid inhalation problems though. I have used a similar one to machine MDF on manual X/Y table - it worked well and the dust didn't seem to bother it.
chingon
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I know what will help you out with your milling chops. You can mill me a 2ru faceplate for my LA2A. 
owel
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Great Idea! I get paid while I learn this thing. :grin: :grin:
Heheh, okay... I have made several rear panels cutout already... so I think I'm going to try more difficult stuff next... like engraving 3-4mm high text. Big text is easy... it's the small text that is a challenge.
chingon
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Yea it should be easy enough. All it needs is a big square cut out for the meter and a few small holes for the pots.
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