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Buddy the Elf is a nice touch, lol.

I told you already, I haven’t played with CAD, fusion or any other software. I wing all my settings. Because I did the belt drive conversion, I can crank my spindle speed up to 7500 and then I can pretty much handle any feedrate, I just adjust for depth of cut and the finish I want. Plus I...

Lol, it’s a very distinct beep and the first thing I kill after every new install.

Glad that had a happy ending, that had the potential to have been real ugly. A similar thing happened to me back when I drove a 95 Ram 2500 with the V-10. I launched in first off a green light and the gas pedal stayed on the floor when I grabbed second. A buddy watching from the sidewalk said...

I do not. The lot of new and used tools I bought from the garage sale had a bunch of random chamfer and countersink tools in it. I use the countersink tools quite a bit but I haven't really used the chamfer tools yet. I should have snapped a pic of the setup I used to mill a rounded edge into...

This is my starter mill kit, they are chit but I still use them quite a bit, the 4 flute more so than the 2 flute; https://www.amazon.com/Titanium-Nitride-Coated-End-Mill/dp/B01M17VXH5/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=end+mill+set&qid=1609858674&sr=8-5 When they fail, I buy a HSS equivalent from...

I bought a cheap set of end mills to get me started and then started replacing the heavily used ones with the ones from SunCoast tools. The 1/4” and 1/2” 4 flutes that I use the most are in the $10/each range.

More like amateur hour. A real machinist would scoff at us, lol. Jaxrider scored a machinist toolbox full of drills and cutters at a garage sale a few years back and hooked me up with it. It has several really high end bits and the difference is very clear.

Check out SunCoast tools for their 3 and 4 flute HSS cutters. No replacement for Cleveland but great quality at a fraction of the cost I use a 2” Face Mill for that type of work.

Here are your backlash settings. And here are the steps to using the wizard to calibrate the axis movement.

There is a backlash setting in Mach 3, I just can't recall off the top of my head since it's been so long. There is also a specific stepper motor tuning function that moves the machine the desired distance and then has you add in the actual moved distance and it calculates the actual steps per...

I'm just being over-dramatic, I'll use it, lol. There's been talk of moving it over to ScottS's place so he has something to do with himself now that he's retired.

I got the polycarbonate doors finished up on my mill and rewired the entire thing with quick disconnects and proper inductive prox switches. I revamped the oil misting system as well so it’s working better than ever. I don’t mind putting the lube to it now that the enclosure contains...

I bought a drill for each bit. Problem solved. [emoji16]

I don't believe I have ever met you Darrin but I believe we all have you to thank for how well the forum has operated over the years. Sure, some of the upgrades were painful at times but very necessary and well worth it in the end. Your efforts were never in vain and always appreciated on my...

I ordered a sheet of 0.187” polycarbonate to finish the new doors on my Milling enclosure. And I thought Aluminum was expensive!

They were blowing those M12 jackets out for $49 but only in ladies plus sizes like 2 and 3XL. The only gift I received this year was $10 cash from my 8yr old nephew. Good thing I treat myself to whatever I want the rest of the year. [emoji16]

Sometimes I miss Canada, and then I see pics like this... Apparently it’s snowing on the Malahat!

Those look damn near OEM. Nice work!

Some of the sit downs came with a check valve as well. The outlet size is a bit too small to adapt to 3/4” bilge line but it might work inline with stock rubber hoses as a retrofit. Yamaha part number 68N-5112T-00-00