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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?

Sorry, I've been slow with a bunch of stuff going on.. I measured mine and they are the same as Kevin's drawing.. Same geometry but different thickness.. Quick sketch of the top bracket.. .25 thick angle w/ 5/16 straight through.. Looks like: (2) 6" Inch wide (1) 4.5" (1) 3.0" (1) 1.5"...

Occupant, I've got a Pexto 24 inch finger brake. Not sure if it is the same, but I can mic the fingers and clip and throw a SW sketch together if it helps

Tormach Series 3 Mill Extremely nice and well maintained Tormach PCNC 1100 with tooling. Purchased new 2 years ago and used in my home shop for small design and prototyping. I’ve recently upgraded to a bigger machine and need the floor space. These machines are great entry for home shops...

Finished up some billet wine stoppers.. These are going to my mom who has a party in the retirement community planned and is going to give them out as gifts to her buds.. Thanks to Kevin54 for some insight on the ball end mill work on the 4th axis.. Was getting a lot of deflection so entered on...

Glad she likes it.. My wife wanted it originally for the kitchen, but then came back and wanted one for the office, one for her buddy at work, and one in the living room for her Kendle.. I need to lock her out of inventory..:lol: I'm still running them if you want another one.. PM sent!