On the way home from work last night I picked up a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum, and a piece of 1/8" thick hot rolled steel. If I have time tonight I'll look into making a flat square and/or slots in the material.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
You have to start somewhere
Last night I used my new milling machine for the first time. Since I'm new at this I am starting with the basics. I cut a couple inches off the end of a scrap 2x4 and milled it so that the adjacent sides are perpendicular and opposite sides are parallel.
On the way home from work last night I picked up a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum, and a piece of 1/8" thick hot rolled steel. If I have time tonight I'll look into making a flat square and/or slots in the material.
On the way home from work last night I picked up a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum, and a piece of 1/8" thick hot rolled steel. If I have time tonight I'll look into making a flat square and/or slots in the material.
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Looks like an opportunity to make yourself a set of 1-2-3 blocks (or 2-4-6) maybe not as precise as store bought, but still handy for clamping up stuff. Use wooden ones for woodworking, metal for metal.
Good idea, but I bought a pair when getting tools to go with the mill.
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