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WOW, that thing is amazing! :bow: :bow:

The ring nuts do the same thing as the locking lever, only slower, and with the aid of a ring spanner. With the ring nut, you can flip the part in a vise without the lever getting in the way. I almost never use the lever lock, myself. ;D

What a great game. I love the Winter Olympics. :D Congrats, Canada!

The Winter Olympics is one of a handful of things I turn my TV on for. I used to LIVE to ski. Congrats to Canada and their hockey team. Great game, guys.

Sure, Koichi Hirata's Stirling page has a few; http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~khirata/

Very cool. :D

I don't know about that chuck, but I've bought vises from that seller. They were every bit as good as the ad claimed, square, flat, or parallel within .0002" everywhere... packaged well and shipped quickly.

Yeah, Zeep's bugging me about my locomotives, too. Just ignore 'im. :D

Ugh. What a bunch of crap. >:(

When you're cutting the slot with an endmill, going a little deeper than the slot cutter will be will; 1. give the t-slots some chip clearance, so every little crumb that falls in the slots doesn't stop you from sliding a nut through. 2. make the job easier for the keycutter you're following...

Ask or read around on the CNCzone forums, and you'll see some more opinions and advice...especially in the "Benchtop Machines" sub-forum; http://www.cnczone.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=164 There are also sub-forums for specific drivers, which are great places to read about the problems and...

Nice! What motors did you get?

Bluefoam is awesome. I've had a lot of fun with it.

Thanks! It's wired and cutting air, but all of my electronics are scattered all over the desk at the moment, so I'm not about to throw metal chips! :D I also need to make a slotted wheel for the spindle index, and get it onto a real stand...but I plan to be cutting parts for my Crackers by this...

Wow, Zeep, that is looking great. :bow:

Go with Gecko! There's nothing better. Back when I refit my mill there were no Gecko drives, and I went with the old 24volt Xylotex system. I've since helped my dad build a CNC router, wnd powered it with a Gecko G540, and I'm using two G251s to drive my new lathe, with a LOT more power and...

Ha, really. I think I read that the original gauges and first lathes were off, and they just kept making them that way in the interest of backward compatibility... or something. That'd be a tough call; render older machines obsolete, or use custom-ground dovetail cutters forever after. :D

Sherline is 55.5 degrees. :D

Great work! :bow: I really enjoy watching those things run. Excellent! I've cut internal splines like that, but never a gear. :bow:

Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your back, though.