http://www.5bears.com/cnc01.htm

This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

i

"Ignoramus8984" wrote in message
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This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

i

Hey, it's a hobby, as he pointed out. You probably would scratch your head
over the filled-cork grips I make for my flyrods, too. I could buy them for
peanuts. Instead, making one takes me several hours of enjoyable, but
cost-ineffective work. g

--
Ed Huntress

My God, how does he get it all done?? There's the mill, the turboprop,
the radial engine, and more. Just the write ups represent a huge amount
of work (there were 38 pages for the mill, I think).

He also has a much bigger shop budget than most of us.

Bob

Ignoramus8984 wrote:
http://www.5bears.com/cnc01.htm

This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

Yes, with 80/20 and linear ball slides, the rigidity will be far below
even a crummy
Chinese benchtop mill. Ain't no Bridgeport.

Jon

On 2010-07-28, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus8984 wrote:
http://www.5bears.com/cnc01.htm

This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

Yes, with 80/20 and linear ball slides, the rigidity will be far below
even a crummy
Chinese benchtop mill. Ain't no Bridgeport.

My feeling exactly.

i

"Ed Huntress" wrote:


"Ignoramus8984" wrote in message
m...


This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

i

Hey, it's a hobby, as he pointed out. You probably would scratch your head
over the filled-cork grips I make for my flyrods, too. I could buy them for
peanuts. Instead, making one takes me several hours of enjoyable, but
cost-ineffective work. g

I enjoy making things at work to get a work cell up and running. I don't care for making
a 2-4 dollar part that takes 40-80 dollars of my labor because I don't have it in stock.

Wes
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government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
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