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That's pretty damn good! For a lot of the stuff I do I'm usually just happy if it doesn't turn out an obvious parallelogram! ;-)

Just beautiful! How close to tolerances are you getting do you reckon?

I know it's probably cumbersome to keep and maybe the sale would be extremely useful for much needed funds, but I'm going to go against the flow here and say that I think that is exactly the sort of thing that should be cherished and on show in a nice display case, and passed onto the...

Beautiful! Brilliant job James!

What a brilliant idea getting the grand kids involved! I wish I had that growing up, I would have loved it!

What a beautiful sight!

Sensational work James! And as an added bonus, I think I've nutted out a few details on my new shaper's mechanical config from looking at your pics! cheers, Ian

+1 for the workbench or welding table! It's worth buying for that purpose alone! Or rip the table and top head section off, add a timber slab to the knee, and turn it into a really cool adjustable outdoor bar/benchtable! So many uses!

Sensational! Out of curiosity, do you know how much your Alba weighs?

Very nice! Looking forward to see how you go! I've got a shaper coming my way (finally!) very soon so I well understand the excitement! I just love watching these working away! I was thinking when I do mine using one of the hammered metal machine spray paints, they look pretty awesome and...

Brilliant job Ken, really great and informative post!

Just sent an email thanks Rodrigo! cheers, Ian

Funnily enough, I hear that Windows 8 is the bestest, fastest, and most powerfulest version yet! Although I did hear the same when Vista came out, and we all know how that turned out! :rolleyes: For all my general work and control machines, I still use Windows XP, rock solid, lean, and just...

I'd certainly be interested Ken! I'd have to rely on buying a casting set off you though mate if that's alright? As my pathetic little furnace has given up the ghost (again!). Looks like a great project. cheers, Ian

I went fishing one morning but after a short time I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bait. Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket. Now the...

I'm using them in a few machines/laptops inwhich the data isn't important, and I also built a machine to be my new cnc controller, but I chickened out and swapped it for a SATA drive. The throughput and MTBF rates are much, much improved over what they were just a couple of years ago, but I...

My kids stir me for being short, so I think I'd need a step ladder to climb on that chair Ray, and I'm pretty sure I'd also immediately fall off! Hmmm, motorised chair, there's a thought! On a more serious note, the fortitude of some you guys really do make me feel bad when I whinge about...

Awesome job! Beautiful work there! cheers, Ian

I think my scotch must be too strong atm, because being in IT, I was glossing over the specs you posted, and just saw the 1TB of RAM! Took a fraction of a moment to sink in, but my instant thought was, My God man, what operating system are you running on that monster? Must be Vista :-) cheers, Ian

Hi Darren, DXF's are vector drawings (such as Visio, AutoCAD, etc), whereas .nc files are ASCII text files containing the actual G-Code. What you'd normally do is use a program such as Aspire or similar, and import the DXF containing the raw objects and dimensions, you then need to generate the...