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teyber,
Please do some checking around, Harborfreight equipment does not have high standards. I dont want to see you spend that kind of cash and then cant get quality work out of it.
Try looking up some reviews on the equipment and see what is said about it.
Another place is MSC, or check criaglist, or ebay.
I know you have heard all of this before but I just had to say it. :D
I googled and got a kick out of this one...
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/f...ttsburgh-2629/
How weird, I can't get to the 13th page.
Me either, I think Teyber broke XS with all his awesome evaporators. She can't take much more of this captain, she's breaking up! :D
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Don't worry, I saved the day, just my presence fixed everything. Thank me later.
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Originally Posted by teyber
I have been buying mill tools from harbor freight for years and I have one of their small Central Machinery mills and have used it for 5 years. All I did was take it apart, micro polish all the surfaces, a few brass shims instead of plastic and good synthetic lubricants and it is a good as the high dollar stuff. The steel isn't the very best but if you "tighten up" and properly lube all the wear surfaces, it is great stuff. I did upgrade the drive shaft bearings to nitride coated sealed bearings because ball bearing they use are not acceptable, but that was only $25.00.
Yes i agree with you however its from the sieg factory which would be my third machine from this factory. this same lathe is offered by brands like grizzly et cetera. QC not as good from HF though lol, however nearly half the price after 20% off and no shipping. Take it all apart, kerosene the red grease and re-oil and grease it and you have a nice machine :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ultralo1
i know wtf! thats happened to me a couple times...Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] 2long4u
exactly. never bought a machine from hf but sieg is siegQuote:
Originally Posted by supercoolin
Learned something new.Quote:
Originally Posted by teyber
Thanks
just fooling around, need to make a website for college apps.
http://www.teyberdesign.bigcartel.com/
by september i will be buying the service so i have my own domain, not that bigcartel crap. Please tell me what you think of the site, suggestions et cetera. Its quite basic atm i know :(
Wow awesome website!
Everyone should buy your evaps, I know I will!
And look at those PROSESSIONAL LOOKING Google Ads :D
;)
Sent you some feedback. Hope it's not too critical!
thanks there man!
I should update
the new website is:
www.teyberdesign.com
eli: thank you so much! and thanks so much for your help on the website :) and both me and eligray would really appreciate it if anyone here, if bored, woudl click on the google adds :D :D
stuey: i replied and i totally appreciate that! you saved my arse mate i really appreciate it :)
cheers!
Yes very professional ads... I clicked on one of them, and the redirected website didn't work :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by eligray
Nice site non the less, Teyber!
thanks mate :up: it was a joke as he helped me get the adds up and im using his account on there because google won't cash out till you get $100 so we r both just gunna split it :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
cheers man
Nice site.
The homemade cnc is amazing. I may be calling you in the future cause I want one.
Can I get the Bead blasting cabinet for the posted $4.99? :D
thanks mate, and thanks mate :D
Please feel free to call, but you might not want advice on it till its completely up and working LOL once its up i would love to help ya mate :) it can be done for a very reasonable price. take a look at the deepgroove with the g540 controller. Super cheap "turnkey" milling machine.
Lol thats not my bead blasting setup, mines so ghetto! 2 usps boxes and a ebay bead blaster. it works though heh
You're a friggin' sicko, teyber! Keep up the great job! :up:
thanks man :)
well folks...
13 months after i decided i was going to do the cnc project, 7 months after i first tore down the mill to start the cnc project... 7 months of pure frustration, failure, regret, and a huge dump of self esteem... all made worthwhile tonight :)
It doesn't seem like a big deal but i cut my first part on the mill tonight which was actually created by me on dolphin cad/cam. Its such a big deal for me because so many times i told myself i wasn't talented enough for this project, i wouldn't succeed, et cetera and it turns out that isn't true :D This project is vastly more complex then most people realize and much more then i realized...
The part doesn't look like much but its a "miniature muff", because i had 2.25" od ldpe when the muffs will be 2.75" and just wanted to get started, however it was very cool to watch the mill go around. I had it sprinting at 35 ipm so the finish is pretty bad. The camera died but i can run it again and take a video of the machine in action if anybody wants :)
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/DSCN3587.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/DSCN3588.jpg
Looks like im coming back in the game :)
Look at her go!
YouTube - second cnc part
final part
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/DSCN3596.jpg
Its midnight so i didn't feel like deburring the part, thats why it looks a little messy. it came out super cool looking in person :) this part has no function i just thought it would look cool...
a video would be really great.
i´ve tried the cnc simulator software, and was also very frustrated that i had no idea what to do :D
here ya go mate
http://www.youtube.com/user/rteyber1.../0/TL9rTyJg4-4
Lol what software was it? if you don't mind me asking..
http://www.cncsimulator.com/index.php?page=download.htm
nice video, maybe you can make them more often and post it here ;)
is this mill strong enough to work with copper?
are you making your stepper evaps with it?
hey!
It is definately strong enough :) its actually not too small at all. it is in the "upper end" of the benchtop mills.
I make the steppers on this mill yeah :) i use a saw that looks like this
http://www.mini-lathe.org.uk/images/..._on_arbour.jpg
which allows me to cut the steps on the mill. Why i havn't made any evaps yet is i gotta figure out how to program this into dolphin... harder then it looks lol.
Cheers mate! :)
Nice job on getting the CNC up and running !
You've reminded me to get my spindle mount sorted out on mine - Been waiting for a quote off a company for a while now. :x
looks great, congrats!
Ok got to ask when will the evaps be on sale :)