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Evening,

A couple of recent pieces I made on the ol' mini mill...

Branded pick up cover:

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Brass saddles and bridge - the bridge is optional as the saddles are made...

Hello all.

Made this house number for a friend of a friend.

Not sure what the wood was - found it lying around at the mill where I have my small unit.

The usual epoxy resin (RF Bright)...

Looks great..!

Wal.

I've got a few sheets of 6082T6 in 1mm/2mm/3mm thicknesses - not common as thin sheet, but it's out there. As ever, the problem is buying in small quantities - I bought a few sheets in each...

Just adding to this thread as I've recently made another one of these cake plinths and have the pics to hand. Used an old oak table top that was being thrown out by a cafe. Process has been updated...

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Had a load of long-lozenge shaped construction ply off-cuts left over from a recent job and thought it a shame to bin 'em. Picked up some 14mm (10mm ID) tube for the bushings from a...

Heh - pretty much identical to my thought process..!

Yep - second the three-flute recommendation - the little carbide 3/3mm has done loads of full depth edge milling and it's quite happy to do...

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I've always shied off working with anything ferrous - until fairly recently, where I've had to cut a few parts from steel - I can't tell you exactly what grade, it's fairly generic mild...

Blimey - 6 weeks?!

You're one of those do-ers, aren't you..? :encouragement:

Wal.

That Hangboard's a cool little project. Very nice indeed.

Wal.

That's a beaut.

Have you dinged the headstock already..? Good good - get that bit out of the way..!

Wal.

Hi,

I've just finished making something similar-ish - a control plate for a telecaster, but to accommodate Hofner style switches/pots etc.

Pretty straightforward process - client sent me the...

+1 on everything Jazz has said.

I've been engraving a bit of brass recently (pics attached below) - and you really do want something that's accurate and robust - particularly squareness and...

I had a stack of brass plates (with a diamond shaped hole cut out the middle along with 8 fixturing holes) left over from that recent plaque job - I thought about weighing them in, but for the few...

Apologies for resurrecting this old thread - the original post related to a test piece / prototype. The project sat on the back burner for near enough a couple of years, but a tweaked design...

Thanks guys.

Eddy, I used a 3mm radius one of these:

https://www.shop-apt.co.uk/corner-rounding-end-mill-cutters-4-flute-altin-coated-carbide-45hrc.html

- you can see it in action here:
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This started as a woodworking project before the decision was made that making these in wood was going to be a nightmare - both in terms of finding dark exotic stock in the sizes and...

Heh. This thread continues to impress... Excellent.

>I use one of these https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Surface-Trim.html

+1 on this. A decent cutter for the money. Stay shallow with it and don't run it at 24K..!

The feeds and speeds are all just guides - you'll dial in your own settings based on the materials that you're cutting, spindle run-out (hopefully minimal), machine rigidity etc. I wouldn't worry...

Andrew, they also stock long necks:

https://www.shop-apt.co.uk/2-flute-long-neck-rib-processing-carbide-end-mills-68hrc.html

Wal.

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I'm after having a couple of rollers turned in 1045. PDF attached below, containing drawings of the two rollers in question. A couple of previews in 3D:

DRIVER:...

That's why you ALWAYS use a hammer to put it together. Pre-empt the pain..!

Wal.

Hi Rob,

I downloaded your files, combined 'em and saved back out as a .dxf and a .pdf - sizes were a bit screwy - I take it you don't want a switch surround that's 1.5 metres across..? - Although...

Cheers John.

I use the 2-part cold enamel available from Cookson Gold. It's good stuff, but needs to be mixed very accurately - particularly when prepping smaller quantities. Two ways of filling -...