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My Journey Into Being an Airsoft Tech - The Home Shop Machinist . . . I've been 3D printing a Sig SPEAR LT airsoft gun Of course plastic isn't the best material for some things, so I've been machining aluminum replacements on the manual mill and lathe I'm still very impressed with the print quality though on some parts I made the forward assist and hinge pin, now going to make the outer
DIY Fab shop - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists Workshop Magazine . . . They were called 'Evening classes' and were held at the local tech college or secondary school with a metalwork shop Machines, facilities, tutor on hand if you needed help, all for a fee payable per term, usually for 10 sessions of 3 hours
Need help wiring up rotary phase converter - The Home Shop Machinist . . . If the home shop builder decides to use these machines they must either replace the 3 phase motors with single phase motors or … Once the practicalmachinist site is back on the air, you may want to check out the phase converter forum over there - it has tons of great info And here is the article discussing the above schematics:
latest project but no machine work - The Home Shop Machinist . . . I had all the shop equipment at my disposal anytime I had a project at home, I had a key and with permission I could go in on the weekends or stay after to work on them but in the '90's I began thinking about what I would do when I retired since I'm always working on something so I began buying stuff for home 2 welders, a hand plasma, a Victor
Grinding a thread cutting tool. - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists . . . I have some questions about grinding a hhs thread cutting tool First, I have very little knowledge about grinding tools When I was a machine shop student at the vo-tech many years ago we had to make a nut and bolt and cut the threads for the bolt We had to grind the blank for the 60 degree angle but we were taught to only grind the blank on one side, not both If I remember correctly it was
What Am I Missing Here (VFD?) - The Home Shop Machinist Machinists . . . It is a phase vector version, so if you are using it in any kind of machining application then this is the type you need, like many of the popular Oriental sourced VFD's, you may not get alot of support and the manuals often require some interpretation, look for forum sites out there where some may have experience, CNCzone etc Otherwise they often do the job for much less that a hi-end manuf
Making labels for fastener storage bins - The Home Shop Machinist . . . I still use images on labels on the sides and photos on the lids of tooling storage bins to help me find stuff (and put it away so I can get it all to fit back in) Last edited by ChazzC; 06-16-2025, 10:15 PM Avid Amateur Home Shop Machinist, Electronics Enthusiast, Chef, Indoorsman Self-Proclaimed (Dabbler? Dilettante?) Renaissance (old) Man
O T: Car Tech. Drivers side, Passengers side or Left and Rght. Left side from looking behind the car, or from looking at the front? Most airliners use a numbering system Captain sits on the left side, so sitting in the captain seat, engine #1 is always left most from captains point of view 777 for what ever reason just says Left or Right for engines, but the spoiler panels, and tires use the number system With cars, Driver side has different meaning