Forum: The Show Room
Mon 26 March 2012, 20:34
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,484
Hi Keith,
The sign has stood up pretty well...
Hi Keith,
The sign has stood up pretty well so far, we had a big wind here some time ago and it ended up on it's face and cracked the border, but it's not that noticable.
It has lots of paint on...
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Thu 25 March 2010, 23:16
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,142
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Tue 09 February 2010, 17:06
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,142
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Mon 08 February 2010, 19:53
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,142
Google Earth
I was bored one day and decided to make a .kmz file for Google Earth with placemarkers for the folks building MechMates.
The pins are color coded for the different building stages they are at.
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Forum: Dxf Library
Thu 04 February 2010, 18:58
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Replies: 1
Views: 12,592
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Thu 04 February 2010, 18:49
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Replies: 18
Views: 20,683
That reminds me of 20 years ago when I was...
That reminds me of 20 years ago when I was indestructible.. we used to strap short little plastic skis to our boots, tie a rope behind a buddy's 4x4 and do the same thing. I seem to remember a lot...
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Forum: About this Forum
Fri 15 January 2010, 15:12
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Replies: 101
Views: 116,929
I too would like to join in and say a big thank...
I too would like to join in and say a big thank you to Gerald. Without his great generosity and donations of his time to this project I would not have the great machine I have today. Thanks again....
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Forum: The Show Room
Wed 13 January 2010, 07:18
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,481
Thanks, I used a 1/8" double flute upcut wood...
Thanks, I used a 1/8" double flute upcut wood routing bit at .03125 per pass. The router was turned down as slow as it will go and the feedrate was set at 20 IPM.
I think those settings are fairly...
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Forum: The Show Room
Tue 12 January 2010, 23:28
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,481
Rock Band Pedal
A little project for fun. The kick pedal on my Rock Band video game broke so I decided to try to make a new one from aluminum.
I've never tried milling aluminum before so I thought it would be...
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Forum: The Show Room
Fri 25 December 2009, 09:24
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,484
Hi Mike,
I don't have pics of the whole...
Hi Mike,
I don't have pics of the whole process but I can tell you what I did. I Cut the relief using a 1/2" Ball end bit into a sheet of 3/4" MDF leaving islands for where the letters were going...
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Forum: The Show Room
Wed 23 December 2009, 12:58
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,484
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Forum: The Show Room
Wed 23 December 2009, 12:49
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,484
Thanks for the comments guys.
Software used...
Thanks for the comments guys.
Software used was Aspire, Cutters were 52-285 Onsrud for the roughing and profile cutouts, used a 60 deg V-bit for the outline where the letters would be attached,...
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Forum: The Show Room
Tue 22 December 2009, 21:38
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Replies: 14
Views: 24,484
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Sun 16 August 2009, 22:29
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Replies: 409
Views: 225,391
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Sat 27 June 2009, 22:02
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Replies: 356
Views: 221,906
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Forum: Troubleshooting
Tue 24 March 2009, 21:41
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Replies: 26
Views: 24,917
Jeff,
I have exactly the same setup as...
Jeff,
I have exactly the same setup as you and I have had no problems whatsoever. Been running this setup now for about a year now and no problems. Sorry I don't have any suggestions, but I...
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Forum: The Show Room
Mon 02 March 2009, 22:09
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,423
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Forum: The Show Room
Sun 01 March 2009, 23:04
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,423
Cribbage boards
Here is another project that the Mechmate made easy. A cribbage board.
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Forum: The Show Room
Mon 19 January 2009, 00:43
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,469
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Forum: The Show Room
Sat 17 January 2009, 18:35
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,469
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Forum: The Show Room
Sat 17 January 2009, 16:29
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,469
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Forum: Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall
Thu 15 January 2009, 16:56
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,932
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Forum: Human Interface Devices (HID's)
Thu 15 January 2009, 16:52
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Replies: 16
Views: 23,112
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Forum: The Show Room
Thu 15 January 2009, 16:48
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,469
My first job
Here is the first sign I ever did with the MechMate. The power of LazyCam. :)
1/4" Fir plywood painted black and glued/screwed to Sign White Lexan. It looks nice at night with the lights on. 10...
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Forum: The Show Room
Tue 13 January 2009, 20:52
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Replies: 17
Views: 47,321
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