I played with the machine settings in My CNC software. I was able to set it up to automate some of the adjustments made when changing tools. This makes the print process so MUCH simpler
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If you're okay with building a furnace, you can get a ton (literally) of aluminum from junkyards cheap and then melt it down into shapes useful for you.
The Gingery series outlines this fantastically. You might be interested only in the first book, though.
*nods* Cal Aero Supply in paramount has all kinds of machinist scrap. Which is where I got the stuff I have now. But salvaging my own would be even cheaper and a lot cooler!
At one point I was thinking of melting down all the cans we get and use that. But a propane burner doesn't get hot enough.
I actual plan to play around with meting metal and casting at some point. But decided a furnace needs to wait until after we get some remodeling done.
Though I have decided that when I do melt down aluminum into ingots, they need to be "skulls". LOL! So I can say "oh! that looks like a '2 skull' project." ;)
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The Gingery series outlines this fantastically. You might be interested only in the first book, though.
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Cal Aero Supply in paramount has all kinds of machinist scrap. Which is where I got the stuff I have now. But salvaging my own would be even cheaper and a lot cooler!
At one point I was thinking of melting down all the cans we get and use that. But a propane burner doesn't get hot enough.
I actual plan to play around with meting metal and casting at some point. But decided a furnace needs to wait until after we get some remodeling done.
Though I have decided that when I do melt down aluminum into ingots, they need to be "skulls". LOL! So I can say "oh! that looks like a '2 skull' project." ;)
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