Be sure to check out G-Wizard! These are online resources for machinists. Forums 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! ( 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 MadModder: Sort of an HMEM spinoff, but more general subject matter than 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 Yahoo 7×12 Minilathe Group: ** Yahoo 7×24 CNC Minilathe Group: Stretched beds and CNC for 7×12 Yahoo 8×18 Lathe Group: The 8×18 is a close relative of my Lathemaster 9×30 lathe. Yahoo 9×20 Lathe Group: Cletus Berkeley’s group. ** Yahoo 9×20 Lathe Group 2: Lots of mods here. ** Yahoo 12×36 Import Lathes Group: For the next size up from the typical 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 Yahoo CNC Toolkit: 5-axis software and building 5-axis machines. Yahoo EDM Home Builders: Crazy people building EDM machines at home. Yahoo Elmer’s Engines: Group of folks who enjoy building Elmer Verburg’s Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips Group: Educational material Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips 2 Group: Educational material Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Attachments, Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 2: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Dials, Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 3: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Keyways, Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 4: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Not much Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 5: Modifications to the mini-lathes. All motor Yahoo Mini-Toolchanger: A CNC tool changer for mini-mills. Outrageous! Yahoo ModIO: Folks using ModIO from Homann Designs to build control Yahoo Plasma Cutter Group: Mostly CNC, but a few good tips too. Yahoo Quorn Cutter Group: Build your own tool cutter–the Quorn Yahoo Quorn 2 Cutter Group: More info on Quorns and other Tool & Yahoo Tormach Group: For users of the Tormach CNC mill. Yahoo X-Series Mills Group: John Stevenson’s Yahoo Group for Sieg X-series mills.
Groups 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. 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. South Bay Metalworkers: Santa Clara-based Metalworking Club. Southern California Home Shop Machinists: Nice project gallery. VeniceMachine.com: A very cool collective in Sourthern California where folks can go to learn the art of the machinist. Virtual Machine Shop: An encyclopedic introduction to machinework. WaterJets.org: Lots of good information on CNC water jet machines. ** = Contents
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