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Absolutely beautiful work. My son and I have talked about when we move into the new shop and have a bit more room how nice it would be to have a smaller plasma CNC. Been looking at about a 2'x2' one. I really don't think I need much larger of one than that but your work has sure been getting me thinking about one.

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Thanks. Depending on what type of space you have, I would get at least a 4x4. I could do the majority of my stuff on that. You do run out of space quite fast. I think a 2x2 would be really small. Then you could at least load a half sheet. If you really think about about it, doing panels, brackets, stuff like that can easily be over 2'. All the round metal signs I cut are 30" across. I've never had to index anything. I know a lot of guys with small tables do, but I'm sure it ***** and just adds extra work.

If I had to do it all again, I'd probably buy an Arclight Dynamics table. I might replace mine at some point with one.
 
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Amazing work!!! This is one really awesome looking sign :thumbup: :thumbup:
 

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Thanks. Depending on what type of space you have, I would get at least a 4x4. I could do the majority of my stuff on that. You do run out of space quite fast. I think a 2x2 would be really small. Then you could at least load a half sheet. If you really think about about it, doing panels, brackets, stuff like that can easily be over 2'. All the round metal signs I cut are 30" across. I've never had to index anything. I know a lot of guys with small tables do, but I'm sure it ***** and just adds extra work.

If I had to do it all again, I'd probably buy an Arclight Dynamics table. I might replace mine at some point with one.

Thanks for the feedback and food for thought. I appreciate it.

Again, great work.

Mike.
 
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Personal projects are my favorite when I actually get time to get to them. Needed bike stand(s), put on the back burner to not add to the never ending to-do list. I bought something off Amazon to supposedly make my life easier. Moral of the story, it was a piece of ****, took forever to put together and still didn't work all that well. I have mountain bikes and it hit the brake rotors on both my bikes with either front or rear wheel in. So here we are, I should have just made one to start with. Also need to make sure it was friend to my nice carbon fiber wheels :)

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And, someone asked in another thread. A few pics of the shop. I really only have my tig and the plasma and a few other things in my garage now. All the machining stuff is at the shop. Note: This is shared. Not all the equipment is mine.

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Cool shop! Looks like a great space to hang even if all the equipment is not yours! Great photography too :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
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nice shop. now how much for 3 of those bike racks????

Seriously...any suggestions on fair price? I'm actually planning on selling them but looking for feedback. The design is also modular, so they will be able to be bolted together multiple ways depending on how you want to store them.

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Also made a quick 15mm adapter for a Park truing stand, a little press to get bearing in and out of a Hadley hub shell and a titanium mtb stem cap for a gift.

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Seriously...any suggestions on fair price? I'm actually planning on selling them but looking for feedback. The design is also modular, so they will be able to be bolted together multiple ways depending on how you want to store them.

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That bike rack is sweet!!! Especially if it's expandable. Looks like cheap racks are running anywhere from $25-$40 ($24, $28,
$39, $40)

A little nicer for $70.

I can tell these are custom one off pieces. So pricing would be dependent on what is required time and materials wise. I'd guess fair market price to be any where from $50-$150 and also depending on what "package" was included. I could see paying $150 for 3 units that interlocked.

Also, one thought is are these mountable? If so there could be an ever bigger market of commercial bike racks. If there is an ability to mount to concrete so long as there are provisions for a bike lock which it looks feasible.
 
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I plan on drilling and tapping the end of the outside bars. So you could effectively just put the next uprights there and chain them together, either so the bikes are the same way, or opposite ways, front or rear wheels. I've had my bike in there and it's pretty stable. Would be solid with two or more together.

My buddy has a CNC lathe at the shop, so if I could run the bars on there, it would go quick. I plasma the plates and get them powdercoated. I'm sure the more I get coated at once, the cheaper they would be. That would be the biggest cost.

FWIW, I bought that one ($40). It was cheaper on Amazon, but it was a complete *************. As you can tell, I build stuff, and I was about ready to throw that thing off of a cliff. Epitome of import junk. Holes didn't line up, bends weren't right, had to force things into place, crappy instructions, etc. The only thing that kept me from losing it was my 3 year old telling me he was proud of me and I was doing a good job.
 
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Bought a Wacom tablet. Much easier for artwork type stuff. Working on an image trace of my buddy to try it out.

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Not sure how I over looked this thread, new follower on instagram for ya. Impressive stuff in here.
 
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Same here.....just have to figure out how to do instagram.... damn did I just date myself or what... :lol_hitti

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Good stuff on IG. You basically just download the app, sign up with an email and pick a username. I've seen some awesome stuff and met some cool people through there, just like here.
 
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So a few little changes happening Bittersweet weekend. I took a deposit on my plasma table and it will be gone in a few weeks. Originally, when I bought my first Logan lathe, I wanted to learn CNC machining so bad. Building the plasma table was my route to get there. I was able to build it as cash allowed and get it together, along with learn basic designing, CAD and CAM programs.

Today, I am one step closer to where I want to be. I put a deposit on a CNC mill today. I'm not going to be breaking any speed records, but it seems like a great little machine. Everything works well, the guy went out of his way to draw up and program a part and cut it with me. It was the machine he started his business with three years ago.

On the bright side, it takes up about half the space the plasma does.

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I have a Fanuc OM on my cnc and it is pretty bullet proof. Lots of people don't like the Fanuc, but they don't miss a lick, always work. You get stuck and can't talk to the previous owner shoot me a message.

Likely you will have to dnc large programs as I doubt it has much memory. I use a free program and it works for me perfectly. I think it is by OneCNC, their NCLink program.

Jason
 
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Right on, thanks. I think my buddy uses the NCLink as well, so he should be able to set me up. I think the control has upgraded memory, but not sure exactly how much.
 

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Congrats on the new chapter... A CNC mill is big time. I'm looking forward to the projects you make from it.

Oh and you can send all of your CNC Plasma work to me now. lmao
 

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Is that your tab and slot table? If so how do like it? They are available here at reasonable cost but for some reason, I just cant seem to bring myself to shell out for one even though they cost about what it would for me to buy material to build one (and I wouldn't have to **** around with either sending the plate out to have the holes cut or spending an eternity cutting/ drilling them myself).
Somewhat jelly of the mill, I looked at a manual on Saturday, but the tape measure says not enough shed...
 
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Congrats on the new chapter... A CNC mill is big time. I'm looking forward to the projects you make from it.

Oh and you can send all of your CNC Plasma work to me now. lmao

Thanks. It may sound cheesy, but it's what I've always wanted to learn. I taught myself to weld a long time ago when I was 17ish, but didn't get into machining until a few years ago. I bought my lathe pretty much in a whim. I love manual machining, but some things are just so time consuming to make.

Is that your tab and slot table? If so how do like it? They are available here at reasonable cost but for some reason, I just cant seem to bring myself to shell out for one even though they cost about what it would for me to buy material to build one (and I wouldn't have to **** around with either sending the plate out to have the holes cut or spending an eternity cutting/ drilling them myself).
Somewhat jelly of the mill, I looked at a manual on Saturday, but the tape measure says not enough shed...

Yea, I sold my large table I built, which I sort of regret. I will probably build another, however, the tab and slot is great. I haven't had a chance to use it much yet, but went together pretty easily and is bang on with relatively little effort. This ones a 2x3. I picked it up on sale with a wing for like $350 shipped with the leg kit. I was cheap though and passed on their casters. Ordered a caster set off eBay, which are nice but the bolt pattern is too small. So I need to find the right casters or make some adapters, which might be a good project for the new mill :)
 
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