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    15th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    I got a delivery in the other day I just have to get a pick tomorrow.
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    15th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    Ordered and shipping direct to my victim, hopefully it makes it on time.
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    Scored Another Major Tool

    We have an accupress in the shop, 250 ton capacity and we have all sorts of issues with it. I'd go cincinnati if you can swing it
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    Building a DIY CNC Plasma Table....

    I think you'll be ok, you will need to do something to set the torch via an add on torch height controller or manually. You could make a floating z axis and modify your g code output to incorporate it.
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    Building a DIY CNC Plasma Table....

    I'm interested in seeing the direction you're going. I've been working on one on and off for 3 years, whenever I have time to fiddle around and am in the process of a major redesign.
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    15th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    I'm in! Had fun with this last year
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    Show us your welding projects

    Try smaller filler. If I had to guess your using 3/32 if not 1/8 filler. You could really drop to 105 and do 1/16th. I'm not trying to knock you, I just do that for a living and I know there is a learning curve and I definitely road the struggle bus.
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    Show us your welding projects

    Looks good, lower your heat a bit though.
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    Welder Prices, WTF?

    We use the maxstars all the time at work and on the road installs. They just keep on ticking. We have worn out the high freq units and those have been replaced. Ours a bounced around in vans dragged all over plants and the shop. I've burned out torches because I had done so much welding with one...
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    Fordkid's ADHD Fabrications

    Tonight in screwing around in the shop-Making Stuff Move. The Y axis also "works", I did a thru hole that is probably the same size as the ball screw so it binds and these motors don't have the balls to power through it. So I'm going to strip it down this weekend and drill it and start...
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    Fordkid's ADHD Fabrications

    Thanks, it's coming along. It helps to work in a fab shop with a lot of talented people. We make automated food processing equipment, so I've got buddies that do all kinds of work that have given me input. One of our primary electricians just hit me up to do the wiring. One of our inspection...
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    My SS really knocked it out for me, here is a picture of what my haul. I'm actually missing a 2 shirts and a head lamp in this. The shirts have been washed and worn, and my 3 year old loved the head lamp and stole it. He's really good at taking my tools so much that he's not aloud in the garage...
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    Fordkid's ADHD Fabrications

    Got some time in on the table. Motors are hung and I'm working on the electrical. I threw an older gaming PC I built years ago, it's overkill but itx form factor so it doesn't take up a lot of room that is also couple with a 10in touch screen. My power supplies should be here Monday. The control...
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    I gotta get a pic, my little guy saw tools and thought they were his but I made out like a bandit with a bunch cool things. Thank you to my secret Santa.
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    USPS says we've been delivered.
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    Santa dropped off a gift today, my wife asked what I ordered and when I explained it to her she wanted to wrap it up. english font style keyboard
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    Shipped with an estimated do date of the 13th
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    Ride on mower build.

    I dig it, functional and cost efficient.
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    14th annual GJ Secret Santa!

    I'll call it item 2.5. Gift is purchased and on its way my way.
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    how do I get nice, sharp bends in sheet metal?

    Tonnage, small radius on the upper tooling and the smallest lower lower die you can get away.
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