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i use starret arbours and pilot drills but only use cheap erbouer bi metal hole saws. there just as good as the starret ones and a lot cheaper
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Just done this whilst eating my dinner (Lunch if you are down South 
) It is for the pendant I am making for my CNC Lathe.
I found an old aluminium lid from a PC case and thought it would work well, I am quite happy with the results, not anywhere near the standard of stuff @julianf does but...
To give an ides of scale the top letters are 5mm high for the capitals and the lower letters are 3mm for capitals, lower case obviously a bit smaller.
) It is for the pendant I am making for my CNC Lathe.I found an old aluminium lid from a PC case and thought it would work well, I am quite happy with the results, not anywhere near the standard of stuff @julianf does but...
To give an ides of scale the top letters are 5mm high for the capitals and the lower letters are 3mm for capitals, lower case obviously a bit smaller.
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Just done the disc for the centre of the MPG, better go and get on with some real work now
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Are you doing that with an end mill, or a v cutter?
Standard practice with engraving is to make two identical passes. You would think it would make no difference, and i wont argue the logic, but it works. Its said that the first pass does the cutting, and the second does the cleaning.
Again, identical passes, no change in anything.
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It was a v cutter, the nine9 one I use for some stuff. Just did the one pass so that is a good tip for future
Not that I do much engraving but on the odd occasion I do I will give it a go.123hotchef
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The Mrs wanted a table to groom the dog on. Gotta keep them sweet. Besides something comparable was over a grand....
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That looks useful. I had to google it though, never seen one before!Made a small cat's head, a bit too thin walled but it is about as large as I can fit in the steady for scale the bar it is around is 25 x 10mm
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Will see if it works tomorrow.
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Made a small cat's head, a bit too thin walled but it is about as large as I can fit in the steady for scale the bar it is around is 25 x 10mm
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Will see if it works tomorrow.
what is it for?
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Thanks just use the grub screws to clamp the work
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My plan is to turn between centres using a dog with the cat's head in the steady, anyone would think I don't like animals.
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Yes, all being well I'll post pictures tomorrow.
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today I made a model boat, well a prototype for one. a couple of weeks ago I had this to play with
and was my first thought about making a radio controlled paddle steamer using tank steering, so that each paddle is operated independantly to steer it rather than using a rudder. earlier this week I remembered seeing this boat in a Hobby's annual 30+ years ago
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and thought how neat and elegant it looked. Now I could have just bought a kit of material to make one from, but at 600mm long I'd prefer something smaller, so decided to make a hull to see if was feasible to make one 300mm long.
so first of all I carved up an offcut for wood, it started of as 38 x 63 studwork timber.
then glueing in the motor mountings, for filling styrene I use flexible bumper filler for cars and used it as an adhesive here. I was originally going to use the motors in the first picture, but used 300rpm 3v geared motors as they were half the weight.
and then to glue the "deck" on with superglue. not having a rudder means it can be sealed , this was bent from 0.25mm styrene.
and then trying the paddle covers for size and location, the paddles in the first picture were used but cut down in diameter.
then ad some radio gear
and the finished prototype against my drawing
and it floats, think weight will be a big issue, this as it stands weight 165 grams, but it did work, so thats another project to do in future
and was my first thought about making a radio controlled paddle steamer using tank steering, so that each paddle is operated independantly to steer it rather than using a rudder. earlier this week I remembered seeing this boat in a Hobby's annual 30+ years ago
Shop Paddle Steamer Plan | Hobby.uk.com Hobbys
This 1:76 scale model of an Edwardian Paddle Steamer is typical of the elegant Steamers used in the late Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries. This type of boat was widely used for summer excursions as well as for crosschannel & other regular services. The hull is made from thin plywood and...
and thought how neat and elegant it looked. Now I could have just bought a kit of material to make one from, but at 600mm long I'd prefer something smaller, so decided to make a hull to see if was feasible to make one 300mm long.
so first of all I carved up an offcut for wood, it started of as 38 x 63 studwork timber.
then glueing in the motor mountings, for filling styrene I use flexible bumper filler for cars and used it as an adhesive here. I was originally going to use the motors in the first picture, but used 300rpm 3v geared motors as they were half the weight.
and then to glue the "deck" on with superglue. not having a rudder means it can be sealed , this was bent from 0.25mm styrene.
and then trying the paddle covers for size and location, the paddles in the first picture were used but cut down in diameter.
then ad some radio gear
and the finished prototype against my drawing
and it floats, think weight will be a big issue, this as it stands weight 165 grams, but it did work, so thats another project to do in future
Bonus was it did not cost that much as he accepted my best offer...
. So now I have decent presses I can try again to offer what I wanted to try before.. 
