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It was a good weekend. I'm getting better at F360, I used to get very frustrated with it, I can now do the basic stuff pretty quickly from CAD to CAM so that's encouraging. I loaded my 5 most used tools into the TTS collet chucks created a tool library in F360 as well as in LinuxCNC. This...

The surface plate just showed up woohoo! I thought it was a pretty good deal and big enough for my purposes (9x12x2 class B) for around $45 shipped. Now I have everything to start loading the TTS tool holders with tools and then measuring and entering the Z offsets in LinuxCNC.

When I feel overwhelmed by the number of garage projects or any other projects for that matter the first thing I do is get it out of my head and on paper (or the whiteboards in the garage, kitchen refrigerator etc). Freeing your mind of trying to maintain a long list is very helpful. Then it's...

Ah ok, I've used that method (actually double sided tape) with success on the little CNC router but was planning to use Mitee Bite eccenteric bolts for work holding on the fixture sub-plate. I'll give it some more thinking. Thanks!

You mean make longer alu jaws? I think for my usage which is generally smaller parts and most that can be held in a vise I might just make my sub-plate be held in the vise. Less manual work in the long run. Additionally I might even add a round stock to the bottom of the sub-plate on one end...

A few things showed up this week. Time to get organized this weekend! I'll need to buy or make an arbor for the 22mm dia gear cutters. Nevermind the fact that I ordered the wrong DP (16 vs 22) cutters for the project I had in mind. The project was making a 4TPI change gear for my lathe to cut...

I think what larry_g means is this: no need to tilt the head as long as the part can be held in a vise. @OccupantRJ, nice work!

Really cool! thanks for posting the videos. Thanks Mike, I'm happy with it. Of course, you find things to improve on 'next time' but it's good enough so I can move on to other things.

I finally finished and hung the address plate last night: Also, more exciting, to me anyway was playing with the multiple WCS offsets both in Fusion and LinuxCNC and then testing it out to make qty 2 of the same part. It worked great! That gave me a segway and confidence to also try multiple...

I finally finished the address plate and hung it up last night: