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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Almost as solid as this DIY build from a redditor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's a lathe...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Cool build, but a little reading in how mills and lathes are made would result in a much better machine. The Gingery machine shop series is cheap and good to read even if you don't want to pour aluminum - his machines also make some bad compromises, but the books also inform you of things that would make you do machines like this different if you knew them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I totally read that as killing machine and got confused.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any machine is a killing machine if you use it improperly enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Getting an endmill with a dessicant package:
It said not to eat the dessicant so the rest should be ok, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I first read it as milking machine..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How fast can you spin a cow on a spindle?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Depends.. The technician inside me asks: How big and heavy is the theoretical cow and can I get a huge spindle with a powerful motor?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I read "solid" as "sold" and was thinking it was trying to get around taxes or something.

"Nah, it's not a 3D printed machine. It's a rock!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So we're using additive manufacturing to produce tools for reductive manufacturing now? Interesting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

my favorite kind of tool is a tool that makes tools

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago