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Ah, ok thanks. That has to do partly with the camera through the magnifying glass but mostly because of the dollar store grinding wheel. A good quality Norton wheel is already on order :thumbup:

Which part? Always interested in constructive criticism! Here's an accessory I made for sharpening slitting saws:

Sharpened an old endmill on the tool rest I made:

x10! Nice work Matt :thumbup:

Thanks! I too use the center drill for engraving a lot. It also works for chamfer too :thumbup:

wow, really nice work on the tap wrench!! What endmill are you using for engraving and what's the DOC for it?

They're calling dressing tools, I have the PowerTech one https://www.amazon.com/s?k=grinder+wheel+dressing

Man I probably have 10 times that into my cheap chinese 9x20 lathe with the tooling etc. Yeah, you ****! :beer:

Thanks man. The knob labeled 1 moves the fence left and right, the fence itself pivots in any angle you want. Knob 3 is a fine movement for the table front and back -about half an inch or so. Knob 2 is a locking screw preventing the table from moving front and back. The whole table is sitting...

The build of the grinding rest is finally complete. First task was to true up my 10 yr old grinding wheel which I didn't realize how irregular it was until I did this This was very dusty work and I should have done it outside. Even with the vacuum on this accumulated on the grinder...

Haha yep, as a general rule I never wear gloves or long sleeves when operating rotating tools, cut-off wheel on an angle grinder being about the only exception. The cheapy nitrile gloves are just to keep the oils off my hands, they rip apart even if I look at them wrong. I cut the major diameter...

Awesome work guys!! Love seeing practical projects becaue I've mostly been making tools for other tools to make more tools :headscrat Anyway, continuing on with my tool grinding rest... Leadscrews: Threading the long leadscrew at 600 RPM by gripping the die stock- I don't recommend this...

All the machined pieces drilled and tapped #6-32 into the 1/4" plate. These were not through holes so I used a plug tap. I highly recommend the YG1 spiral taps, they cut into this cold rolled 1018 plate like it was butter and evacuated curled chips like a drill bit. This was the moment of...

You're 100% correct. I was indeed climb milling as I often do due to the fact that it creates less strain on the machine and the cutter. After retracing my steps from last night, I was in the cut when I accidentally hit the key to reverse direction. The CNC software is configured to take up the...

Three identical bearing blocks: This fence carrier block has been kicking my @ss. It's like a T-nut with threaded holes on top as well as a threaded hole running the entire width. The first attempt (shown at the top) looks good with all the features but I went a few thou too deep on one of the...

^ nice work fellas! thanks for sharing.

Great tips guys, thanks. @toolmaker51 great point where you say 'when you've tightened to the point of bending, clamping is lost'! OK so the base is complete now. I've actually created a 'build thread' over at HM if anyone's interested in more details...

The second piece (no through hole this time but I drilled a pilot part way) is smaller and on the contrary required more careful clamping because the clamping similar to the first one shifted when I tried to take a cut. I rearranged it such that it's 'boxed in' and not only clamped down. This...

:thumbup: Haha, I knew you were working on something, it's not possible kazlx doesn't have a project or two going on at any given point. As always- very nice work man! :bowdown: It's good to see various projects others post here and in the welding thread too. Really the only two threads I...

LOL - thanks dude! I pretend to be a machinist on occasion! Post up what you've been up to lately? or suffer the many more pics of my amateurish attempts :D