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This is an old thread but I wanted to share a couple great places to get electronics, Mouser has everything, and I can heat my house with all of the catalogs they send, they are thick as phone books....

I tried the small vee from Ron and it performs well. Another good product from Rjustice.

These are available at larger Sears stores. Or online 3 for 9.99, = a deal....

I just picked up a 66 piece box new at local auction, $70, nice per piece price.
Look for deals they are out there. Local deal only sorry no link to share.

I made a cabinet for customers, they had their painter apply so much dark polyshades it was almost impossible to tell what wood was used. It is great for hiding poplar or pine but I prefer a separate...

Someone donated one of these to my old high school shop class, I hope the shop teacher gets signed up and posts the results here OK Brian get posting.
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Paw Paw is SW of Kalamazoo, thats not too...

The designer software is a polar opposite from conventional CNC G code writing software. It is more akin to a printer than a CNC router.
I have used a wide range of design software. As a job 8 hrs,...

I would like to see LHR profit and grow and continue to make a bigger and BETTER machine. I don't want them to alienate its core user group or impose restrictions on software, or pattern use.
I have...

Ken I like the book case, is that a coffin on top? ;)
I guess old Librarians need some place to go.

Will the 'green zone' be used to measure the width of the board and avoid masking dark or...

I just tried it and I am very impressed on how it can convert both a photo and marginal graphics into clean carvable/printable images.

Sorry to hear your throwing in the towel, you have been a positive influence here for a long time. I hope to run into you at the cnczone later when I try to cnc my plasma torch.

Looking good, Your question about speeding up projects is a good one.
Not much can be done in a 100% raster carving except drop detail from best to normal, or draft but I don't suggest it.
I use...

Yes sir fine work! I just hope the flood does not re-occur and ruin all of that nice work.
Keep posting the good stuff!!

Wow that is a run of bad luck there. I hate to see someone get that frustrated, I see it too often in my line of work (PC support). The usual answer is a relatively cheap upgrade. With this tool the...

Ron,
Your adapter it first rate quality. A bit expensive but thats what hand made small runs will cost.
I should try your smaller bits, how can I get some to try? The Dremel tool I use has little...

Darryl the file you named is part of the windows system registry. HKLU hive.
I am glad for this thread I have 2 computer I actively design on and this will help keep them straight.

I did this to make coasters, the 'trick' you need to use is open all of the projects or at least the combined one a and the donor project.
click the restore down window control near the upper...

I am using 1/8" adapter from Ron, with a 60 Vee Dremel bit, it works fine in hardwood.
I noticed that my sled was a tiny bit lower than the part. This made the carving too deep in the pine. I built...

I tested the first 'hardened' pine last nite, no good same chipping.
Next I am going to try to reduce the cut depth of the lettering. the carved piece is a bit thicker than the carrier. the tape...

I have been away for awhile I bought several pinball machines I am restoring.
I am working on a weird project, my friend's father cut out some Michigan mittens, carved some pine trees on them and...

French cleats are strong, we use them to mount game cabinets to walls. big bonus is the cleat can be screwed across multiple studs.
a safety note is to have some type of pin, screw or latch to keep...

Go carbide tipped a HSS will smoke real soon, I was using MDF and chip board so that is really rough on HSS bits.

When staining or painting a carved recess and the surface is still flat some painting errors left on the surface can be sanded off, it helps if you seal the surface first, carve, then paint or stain,...

And older copy of the demo software has copy offset feature, this might work well for making your grid of holes. A nice added feature of the machine is you can add details like text or images the...

Good one!
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