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I got some good advice here.
They said: "Build your second shop first!"
I did..and never looked back.
Bandsaws, skilsaws, tables saws, drill motors, sanders are all two dimensional.
The 2.5 D or...

China.....

• "A fair price is what a willing market will bear."
I ordered a custom sign in November before Christmas for $70 and have yet to receive it.
Years ago, I ordered a CNC carved sign to my own...

Good point, Gary!
I would!
If we were all perfect we'd be hanging from a cross.
Still, there is no excuse for the kind of "grenade quality sloppy" we see from China based pitches.
Yet, I'm not...

If I was selling to China you can bet I would take a great deal of care to insure my offering style would not cause more harm than good.
If yet to have a China based sales pitch come across as...

My thought was to keep the part to one side of the machine's bridge or the other.
Fixture the part as high as possible to reduce as much cantilever as possible.
Spin it up!

Some nameless, faceless person in China wrote:


Personally, I'd run away as fast as I can from any salesman lacking the ability to manufacture a proper sentence let alone a three axis machine.
...

Cool!
Can you indulge those of us with stagnent 2D vision for the future?

What will you extrude?
What product will you produce?

You project reminds me of another fella.
A college professor...

I once owned a Z corp 510 3D printer but don't quite understand your question.
I do know most things people want or need can be easily done with a CNC and not a 3D printer.
However, I do expect to...

Wow...can't believe it's been two years since I read this thread starter when it was posted.
Back then, all I had was desire, ideas, dirt and sagebrush.
This week the PUD comes in to install a...

What your wife experienced is real.
I've experienced the very same thing.
I have not been sick a day since 1991.
I smoke.
Im a tough guy. I work in the heat, the cold, the snow, the rain and...

Jim Becker writes in his signature: If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep...

This concept is an epiphany!
How can a wife set...

I took the comment about high ceilings to heart and put in 14'.
I used my own common sense and installed infloor heating coils.
I didn't want snow dumping in front of the garage door.
I made...

You say you have a bunch?
Carrots?
Consider making a negative mold from bleeder board that can accept a sheet of onion skinned parts.
Onion skin machine all the parts, then flip them into a mold...

Great read!
Kudos to James McGrew and Joey Jarrod. What could have turned into road kill was skillfully managed into little more than a close call and opportunity.
Gary's "Red State" comment was...

Oh yeah....ABS is way better.
Never done it but was shocked to learn the pool of goo goes bad over time and is hazardous substance and is really expensive.
Isn't that called stereolithography? ...

The 3D printer is eye candy to say the least. It is fun to see "stuff" created that can't be built by normal methods.
Still, much of it is a facade!
Faux.
A lacquered pine pattern is better,...

I owned one of these machines.
Its cool.
But the fun goes away when the economy doesn't support creativity.
Looks like a $1000+ wrench to me.
You thought government toilet seat and government...

What constitutes a proper warm up?
Heat?
Then why not a heat lamp or 100 watt (Now out of production) incandescent bulb burning to keep this warm?

http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00RCoTqfYGsbWy/Centrifugal-Switch-SC-3-.jpg

Basic Trouble Shooting:

Go to the last thing that was done!

Blowing with air.

Chances are you can solve this...

Hi Kurt,
My brand used to be R&R but the product conflicts with goals in life.
;-)
After a hard days work...beer is more survival and recovery. It is one of life's essential!
I still remember...

The only thing I hate about my Macs is algor is on Apple's board.
If you employ people to be creative and results oriented....Mac is the only way.
If you choose to be creative and results oriented ...

Finally! At Last!

49 x 40
Two story.
In floor heat.
Flat slab
Air bearings a wee bit off.

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I'm a backyard metal caster. One of the greatest tips I ever got on casting was from a book by Charlie Ammen.
When pouring something unusual, make the pattern, pour it, examine the pour for...

"Affordable CNC"?
This is a double negative in thought and action.
To me, it means you are beaten before even trying and you are planning to provide marginal products and service to your...