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My small- 16"x32"- router uses peg board for the top surface. I pull a vacuum with my shop vac. I put sheets of mylar around the work piece to cover any extra...
... Thanks, ... John, I first tried MDF on my vacuum former, and then used the same principles learned there to build a vacuum table for my micro mill (but the...
... Consider buying a replacement part from Grizzly or any company that sells that exact mill. then you are not modifying the original part. Of course, since...
Does anyone have a source for a free form (not just rectangular parts)low cost automatic DXF nester. I have about 100 parts to be nested. I don't do this real...
In a printer like the ones made by zcorp: http://www.zcorp.com/ They have two vats with motorized pistons, one in which the powder to be used it stored and one...
Graham - Yup, it really is a roller, and you guessed it right, it is spinning (for the case of most of the line of printers), in a counter clockwise direction,...
On the unit I got from teh dumpster, the part was 'printed' with some hot polimer, then trimmed with a rotating cuter. much like an old style lawnmower. So,...
... I'm very serious about building a 3D printer, I have already been through a few inkjets to find a suitable one. The Epson I had did far too much dancing...
Well the video says that that printer uses standard HP inkjet cartridges, that are gravity fed with binder and can produce 24 bit color. They say that the...
I think everything you need to know is in the following patent: Patent number: 06610429 Materials, accelerating agents, binding agents, the use of adhesives, ...
Hi guys, What is the most common design of the drawbar for a 45degree BT30 pullstud? I mean the part that actually grabs the holder and pulls it up/into the ...
... There are 4 balls in the collet as far as I can see. I just took a photograph, my digital camera had trouble focusing up in that dark hole, but you can...
... quickly? ... Web searches suggest that sugar water mixes are used with plaster, I think the tanks are slightly heated and also read that the model should...
Graham, maybe if you get rid of the leading zero on the number. Here is the complete link, it will most likely get truncated my yahoo, but you know the drill...
Hi all, Have a poor man's CNC lathe turret for sale on Ebay... listing #300106751665 moving up to power vesion and no longer need.. Please check it out.. Steve...
Graham, Your pursuits are always informative and interesting... Thank You for the video; at least one of the "How do they do that's" seems now in reach....
Fernando, Thank you for the translation. I'm interested in knowing what the 2nd man (in the white shirt) said about the part while it was still emvbedded in...
Hello, I don't know. I'll ask a different question: Since we know that many inkjet inks are alcohol based... What powder would harden/bind when exposed to...
Henrik, A few of the spindle mfrs. have cutaway drawings on their websites. I agree; when i went looking for this it IS hard to find. But i DO remember seeing...
Forgot to add, The older parts had three "fingers"; rather than ball bearings in ramped holes of a solid These fingers were high tensile and hardened steel....
I actually thought of that same thing too, but couldnt find anything that would harden with alcohol. But the patent talks a lot about the materials zcorp uses,...
Hello, I find this site really useful in dealing with the US patent office documents: http://www.pat2pdf.org/ Go to their site, enter the patent number. A PDF...
... if you scroll almost all the way down to the bottom of this page: http://www.diy600.net/ there is a drawing for a ISO30 DIY spindle that a fellow finn...
Fernando, yes it was the leading zero causing the problem, I worked it out but it was too late. I use http://ep.espacenet.com/ for looking at patents its...
