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Be sure to check out G-Wizard!
Forums ArtSoft Support Page: Forums available here. BladeForums: Popular knife making forums. British Blades: Knife making forum from across the pond. Candlepower: Who knew making flashlights could be a real hobby? CarveWright Forum: That Sears CNC carving machine Some real nice projects in the gallery. Caswell Metal Finishing Forums: Good info for powder coating, anodizing, polishing, and plating. CNCZone: My favorite forums for CNC topics! ( Forum Search | New Posts ) General Metalworking Machines also includes the work logs of folks who built CNC machines. CNC Plasma, EDM, and Waterjet Machines Finishing.Com: Message boards relating to metal finishing--polishing, anodizing, plating, and so on. Industrial grade info here. Garage Journal: Ideas for a better garage shop. Home Machinist: Nice little board. Lots of live steam postings as well as some good general machinist stuff. Home Model Engine Machinist: My newest favorite. Unread posts. Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop Forums: Forums from the two great magazines. Can be contentious and very off-topic! Internet Craftsmanship Museum: Run by Sherline, there are some amazing projects and talents detailed here! MadModder: Sort of an HMEM spinoff, but more general subject matter than model engines. MetalIllness: 3PhaseLightbulb's board. OffRoadFabNet: Metal fabrication for off-roaders. OneCNC Users Club: You must be a registered OneCNC owner, but awesome cool stuff! Practical Machinist: High-end/Professional machinist BBS. Lots of good info, but not always for the economy-minded or beginner! Rhino 3D Web Support Welding Web: For welders what Practical Machinist is for machinists--great expert and professional content! Yahoo 7x12 Minilathe Group: ** Yahoo 7x24 CNC Minilathe Group: Stretched beds and CNC for 7x12 lathes. Yahoo 8x18 Lathe Group: The 8x18 is a close relative of my Lathemaster 9x30 lathe. <E-Mail> Yahoo 9x20 Lathe Group: Cletus Berkeley's group. ** Yahoo 9x20 Lathe Group 2: Lots of mods here. ** Yahoo 12x36 Import Lathes Group: For the next size up from the typical hobby lathe. Yahoo Anodizing 101: Good group with lots of info on aluminum anodizing. Yahoo CAD CAM EDM DRO Group: Recommended by HomeCNC. Yahoo CNC Hobbyist: Not a very active group, but some interesting posts. Yahoo CNC Toolkit: 5-axis software and building 5-axis machines. Deep! <E-Mail> Yahoo EDM Home Builders: Crazy people building EDM machines at home. Yahoo Elmer's Engines: Group of folks who enjoy building Elmer Verburg's excellent model engine designs. There is a second group too. Yahoo Lathemaster Group <E-Mail> Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips Group: Educational material for the home shop machinist. This is the novice section. ** Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips 2 Group: Educational material for the home shop machinist. This is the expert section. ** Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Attachments, collet chucks, slides, tailstocks, quick change gearboxes, & toolposts. ** Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 2: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Dials, fine feeds, shaper attachments, & reconditioning. ** Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 3: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Keyways, spheres, taper turning, & worm gears. ** Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 4: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Not much in this one. ** Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 5: Modifications to the mini-lathes. All motor mods and electrical work. ** Yahoo Mini-Toolchanger: A CNC tool changer for mini-mills. Outrageous! Yahoo ModIO: Folks using ModIO from Homann Designs to build control panels and pendants for their CNC machines. Yahoo Plasma Cutter Group: Mostly CNC, but a few good tips too. Yahoo Quorn Cutter Group: Build your own tool cutter--the Quorn Machine Yahoo Quorn 2 Cutter Group: More info on Quorns and other Tool & Cutter Grinders Yahoo Tormach Group: For users of the Tormach CNC mill. <E-Mail> Yahoo X-Series Mills Group: John Stevenson's Yahoo Group for Sieg X-series mills. <E-Mail>
Groups and Organizations Bay Area Engine Modelers: Group of Model Engineers who meet in Oakland. Houston Metal Shop Club: Fine group of amateurs with some interesting projects. Machining and Metalworking at Home: A bunch of usenet archives organized into useful subjects. Metalwebnews: Some great how-to articles and other resources. Miller Plasma Cutter Tutorial: Good introduction to selecting and using a plasma cutter. MIT Quick Intro to Machine Tools: Very cool intro for students who will use the tools in their coursework. New England Model Engineering Society: An especially good discussion of Shaper restoration here. Purdue University Free Online CNC Course South Bay Metalworkers: Santa Clara-based Metalworking Club. Southern California Home Shop Machinists: Nice project gallery. Virtual Machine Shop: An encyclopedic introduction to machinework. WaterJets.org: Lots of good information on CNC water jet machines. ** = Contents not included in mods catalog. <E-Mail> = Lower volume group best received as e-mail. |
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