Recent content by deere2210

Kevin - first off.. Thanks for the mentoring and sharing all the information/skills/experience you have done for me! It's been awesome to go someone with a question. My day job is software, and I have gotten into car restoration, fabrication over the years simply because I enjoy it, and there...

I wouldn't pay $35 for it.. I bet they registered a $25K patent for it.. A block with a slot and a hole.

Decided the garage/shop needed a "billet bling" beverage opener.. Sketched it out and off to the mill to make some chips...

Hey Kevin!! First time I've been on here in a while.. Congrats!! That's awesome!!! You need any help on the CAM let me know - be glad to help!!

I've cut .125 AL bright finish tread plate using a circular saw and carbide blade as others have mentioned. No issues.. Table saw would be better to keep the lines straight..

I do laser engraving. PM if you are interested, quick turn around.

Nasty, great stuff!! Keep 'em coming!

Great job!!

Speedglass here.. Fantastic!

Had someone stop by and see if I could help with a binding gear box for a tractor power take off. I opened it up and was amazed.. Only thing I can imagine is the guy stuck a grade 8 bolt in place of a shear pin.. Gears completely shattered. Needless to say, this one was heading to the scrap...

I've been looking at this quite a bit recently.. Engrave with a small ball mill .01 deep and paint fill the letters or engrave or thermal mark with a laser. Thermal marking is where you apply a special powder and then use a laser engraver to bond the powder to the sub material. I'm assuming...

Wow.. how fast something can happen. Got to respect the machine it will always win.

I use Blasocut 2000 Universal. Been happy with it.. I believe the local suppliers will sell it in 5 gallon containers and the bigger 55's.

Thanks, the other thing mentioned was they want to paint fill the engraved areas after chromed. I'm guessing auto enamel? One article I found said 60% enamel mixed with 40% thinner and then use a syringe to fill the areas in.

I've got a person that wants me to engrave a logo into a 6061 aluminum part that they will then get show chrome plated. Anybody know how deep or high depending on whether I emboss/deboss the logo it needs to be so the chrome doesn't fill it in? Any general parameters to take into consideration?