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  1. Metal roof leaking (1 replies)
  2. Free Machining Copper Stock (1 replies)
  3. Small quantities of medium carbon steel... (4 replies)
  4. Slotting aluminum with small (sub 5mm) tools (5 replies)
  5. Fabrication cost (2 replies)
  6. UK source/supplier for cz124/CW603n brass sheet (2 replies)
  7. Manufacture metal pieces (6 replies)
  8. Aluminium Plate Set (10 replies)
  9. Thread tap storage containers (0 replies)
  10. Machining a Captive Ball Component (0 replies)
  11. 303 or 415 stainless steel plate? (3 replies)
  12. Deep Slot Milling in Aluminium - Optimum Cutter Diameter (8 replies)
  13. Steel Enclosure thickness? (0 replies)
  14. Looking for some thin 7075 aluminium rod... (5 replies)
  15. Who needs coolant???? (6 replies)
  16. Newbie - poor auminium cutting, but why? (16 replies)
  17. Projects for beginner CNC operator (0 replies)
  18. Cutters for 7075 T6 aluminium (4 replies)
  19. 45 degree vs 55 degree flute cutters for aluminium (0 replies)
  20. Working with mild steel. (9 replies)
  21. Machining 80% nickel 20% iron alloy (2 replies)
  22. Joining steel box section (5 replies)
  23. bevel/vernier protractor use (1 replies)
  24. Low cost ways of working with aluminium for a n00b (14 replies)
  25. APT High speed, high hardness end mills - anyone used them? (16 replies)
  26. Fixture advice (8 replies)
  27. Plasma cutter from LIDL (3 replies)
  28. Making a lathe tool (4 replies)
  29. What is involved in making this? (22 replies)
  30. Hard Turning a Clean Sharp Edge (8 replies)
  31. Thinking about a Clarke CL430... (7 replies)
  32. Looking for advice on how to tap some stainless. (7 replies)
  33. binding barrel bolt meets a carriage bolt (27 replies)
  34. Material spec for custom driveshafts (1 replies)
  35. Supplied size accuracy on tooling plate..... (7 replies)
  36. Work holding - Wax (3 replies)
  37. Drag Bit (3 replies)
  38. Who'd have thought... Mark gummy metal with a sharpie... (5 replies)
  39. Advice for cutting sheet aluminium (6 replies)
  40. Flat bar or plate for CNC (18 replies)
  41. Silver steel - advice needed (6 replies)
  42. Alternative to acetone for superglue removal. (1 replies)
  43. Where to Buy Endmills (3 replies)
  44. can anybody near leicester bore out a cutter block? (0 replies)
  45. which cut off saw (14 replies)
  46. machineing radius edges (24 replies)
  47. Waviness in the finish, what causes it and other questions. (3 replies)
  48. 4.3 mm holes, 20 mm deep (26 replies)
  49. Brass electrode for HF-welder (3 replies)
  50. Surface Grinder - Elliott 618 - Any Good? (2 replies)
  51. Grade of brass used for pavement markers/hard wearing signage (0 replies)
  52. Engraving aluminum on chinese 3040 (2 replies)
  53. Thoughts Welcome on some aluminium pedals for a car?? (7 replies)
  54. Aluminium sheet grade for machining? (5 replies)
  55. Mach3 Turn Screenset (1 replies)
  56. Looking for steel... (7 replies)
  57. Can anybody tell me the manufacturer and age of this sheet metal roller please? (1 replies)
  58. First cut in aluminium. Disaster. (28 replies)
  59. Thread cutting in chinese ballscrew (19 replies)
  60. Metal-cutting bandsaw (3 replies)
  61. Using a metal cutting burr with a router...? (34 replies)
  62. New drill press. Which??? (16 replies)
  63. CNC bits for various sheets (17 replies)
  64. Drill bit for brass (3 replies)
  65. How to get the best flatness (1 replies)
  66. Runout, HSS drills and dowel holes (2 replies)
  67. Machining airspace parts please heeelp!!!!! (17 replies)
  68. How to drill faster in brass (12 replies)
  69. How tricky would this be to machine? I guess a Triac is not up to the job! (21 replies)
  70. help needed boring 8mm holes 20mm depth in Alu (6 replies)
  71. Noobs' Feeds & Speeds (11 replies)
  72. Dowel holes reamer or interpolation? (4 replies)
  73. Drilling Ø0.2mm holes on aluminium (5 replies)
  74. Eco Cast Plate or similar - Tolerances (1 replies)
  75. Cheap Reversible Threading Attachment? (8 replies)
  76. Lathe Tools (6 replies)
  77. What's the of Armoured Steel (14 replies)
  78. High-tensile steel (8 replies)
  79. Best way to cut a 7.5 slot x 35mm (3 replies)
  80. Turning hard materials (16 replies)
  81. Is there any such thing as a stock shaft material? (7 replies)
  82. Hmm - is it unrealistic to use feed/speed calculators on home built machines? (12 replies)
  83. Feed & speed for milling engraving brass (3 replies)
  84. Thread milling shallow bind hole (28 replies)
  85. Feed and SPEED !!! for mill end and carbide inserts help please (3 replies)
  86. Wall thickness/Thread advice (5 replies)
  87. Ruffel's cnc cutting journey (13 replies)
  88. Bolt Selection thickness (13 replies)
  89. Aluminium Profile (2 replies)
  90. Arc movement issue (4 replies)
  91. tap and die size help (5 replies)
  92. Tap removal (14 replies)
  93. Metal Stock Purchasing UK (7 replies)
  94. Help Needed! Small Hobby Jobs! (0 replies)
  95. Technical Help (0 replies)
  96. Can someone cut my drawings? (0 replies)
  97. help (1 replies)
  98. Need to make a splined socket shaft (3 replies)
  99. Please help with a few questions (9 replies)
  100. Metal Bandsaw or Cut-Off Saw? (25 replies)
  101. Best way to drill/tap a lathe carriage (5 replies)
  102. Drilling/tapping in ends/side of aluminium plate (8 replies)
  103. Need some help and advice, ideas for finishing a detail (5 replies)
  104. Joining aluminium extrusion lengthways (14 replies)
  105. Machining a double D (20 replies)
  106. Aluminium Repair and joining without welding (3 replies)
  107. Dressing Grinding Wheels (5 replies)
  108. Lathe Indexing Tools (13 replies)
  109. Reaming question (11 replies)
  110. How would I mill this? (5 replies)
  111. Advice on turning a part (15 replies)
  112. Notching 316 stainless tube on my CNC mill cutter tip choice (0 replies)
  113. Making a part on hobby CNC miller (19 replies)
  114. Steel vs Aluminium (4 replies)
  115. Cutting Aluminium With A Cheapo 3020 CNC (5 replies)
  116. Aluminium cutting (55 replies)
  117. Any tips for deep slots/profiling in aluminium? (9 replies)
  118. Flash POP Warning (0 replies)
  119. Source for 0.5mm CZ120 brass? (3 replies)
  120. cutting and engraving sheet alu and copper with cnc router (2 replies)
  121. Box section tube straightness (7 replies)
  122. Some general questions. Drilling and pocketing. (1 replies)
  123. threading ground bar ends (39 replies)
  124. Clamping question (6 replies)
  125. Identifying Steel types. (11 replies)
  126. Cutting metal shapes (31 replies)
  127. Multi thread cutting (12 replies)
  128. Which is easier to machine on a manual lathe 12.9 or EN24 steel? (1 replies)
  129. expanding foam and steel frame (11 replies)
  130. Minimum thread engagement (3 replies)
  131. What is Steel 25BG? (1 replies)
  132. edge finish - ripples and ridges (9 replies)
  133. traveling steady, turning 1/2 bar down over 10". (3 replies)
  134. How to cnc cut 1-2mm stainless sheet ?? (9 replies)
  135. Milling Sheet Aluminium (8 replies)
  136. Cutting lead flashing? (7 replies)
  137. 4130 Steel (1 replies)
  138. Can you identify this paint on metal finish..? (2 replies)
  139. Kress mount on makerslide z-axis? (3 replies)
  140. 6mm shaft to 6.35mm hole? (3 replies)
  141. stainless steel fasteners - quality (7 replies)
  142. Milling Steel? (12 replies)
  143. Machining Aluminium (7 replies)
  144. Knurling Pitch and diameter calculator spread-sheet (1 replies)
  145. Has anyone made any metal tank treads for 1/16th models? (19 replies)
  146. Threadmilling (5 replies)
  147. Which grade aluminium? (5 replies)
  148. routing aluminium help :) (18 replies)
  149. Straight sections of box steel (2 replies)
  150. What is the best sheet alloy for machining? (2 replies)
  151. Tapping Aluminium extrusion (8 replies)
  152. What I did this weekend.. part 2 (50 replies)
  153. What I did this weekend.. part 1 (2 replies)
  154. Stick with Ali profile or venture into plate? (14 replies)
  155. Home Anodising Aluminium and the elusive Sulphuric acid (10 replies)
  156. Need to drill a spanner shaft (4 replies)
  157. drilling brass? (23 replies)
  158. Machining hardened ballscrews (1 replies)
  159. Aluminium Grades (28 replies)
  160. Blooming stainless, grumble moan complain (6 replies)