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    steve355 reacted to Ollie78's post in the thread Which CNC Router? with Like Like.
    Out of budget of course but it is pretty cool regardless. Interestingly max spindle speed of 6400rpm, 0.005 precision. Looks like a...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    >>>I don`t know much about metal milling but you may need a spindle with a lower speed higher torque than is commonly supplied. That’s...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    2nd machine , Z axis does look flimsy, but the machine is a third of the price of machine one! All for me to upgrade that isn’t a...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    Interesting, isn’t it. It looks to me like he might have tried upgrading it, put a big meaty bed on it and a plate on the back to...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    Very nice Steve. The thing I really, ideally want to be able to do is to cut plane blades out of O1 tool steel. Damn things take me...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    Hi Steve The spindle will be the first upgrade. For the most part I’ll be cutting shapes out of and engraving brass and ideally O1 if I...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Which CNC Router?.
    Thanks Ollie The reason I was looking at the Foxalien Vasto is that it has the ball screws/ linear rails etc and this seems like a good...
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    Morning Reading some of the previous posts, it sounds as though there are some people on here who do know about CNC, so I may as well...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Record Vice Guide Bars Bent.
    You’ll need something bigger between centres than a typical mini lathe or myford for that won’t you? There look to be a few companies...
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    steve355 reacted to Dee J's post in the thread Record Vice Guide Bars Bent with Like Like.
    Or you could take the pragmatic approach and make a tapered wooden outer jaw to compensate...
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    steve355 reacted to ChaiLatte's post in the thread Record Vice Guide Bars Bent with Like Like.
    The two questions are related. They are easy to remove if you do not want to use them again. Centre pop them and drill with increasingly...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Table saw advice?.
    I think, on balance, my fence is robust. It’s a chunk of cast iron. It’s the rail that’s the problem. If (only if) I extend the fence...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Table saw advice?.
    Not a bad idea, wood is a lot cheaper than angle iron, and arguably has dampening properties. Typically I’ve made them from steel, very...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Mathieson Plane.
    Where is the gap between the blade and wedge too big? At the top of the mortise at the front? These wedges are a bit counterintuitive...
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    steve355 replied to the thread Table saw advice?.
    Well thanks for all the suggestions but I think for now I’ve talked myself out of changing it, for a while anyway. I’ve improved the...
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