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Read our site rules & policies & introduce yourself here.
Please read our site rules and policies before you register to join our site. This will eliminate any midunderstandings later on. There is a lot of information about our site here.
Introduce yourself to the gang, and let us get to know about you and your interests and welcome you into the fold.
Read the latest site news and report any site issues.
For General Machining Questions & answers.
A section for ALL issues that have to do with hobby machining, including how to do something, newbie questions, metrology, useful reading, videos and web sites. This is a catch-all category.
Discuss and ask questions regarding electrical machine setup, phase conversions, VFD's, motors, and how to properly power your home shop.
Specific information on lathes, mills, drill presses, shapers, bandsaws, & other machinery.
This is the place for specific questions on various makes of lathes & milling & drilling machines, foreign & domestic, home-shop & factory lathes. Discuss lathes, milling machines & drill presses, restorations, maintenance, repairs, available products, documentation, tips and techniques.
This is the place for specific questions on various makes of shapers, grinders, bandsaws and other metalworking machines, foreign & domestic, home-shop & factory. Discuss antique machinery, shapers, grinders, bandsaws, restorations, maintenance, repairs, available products, documentation.
Show us what you made with your machines.
Show us your tools and tooling that you have fabricated with your machines. Discuss techniques and tips for creating effective tooling, and the use of it in machining.
Show us what you have made with your machines- steam engines, stationary engines, cars, planes, trains, motorcycles, clocks, gifts, or anything else you have crafted out of metal.
Show us your gunsmithing & firearm projects and accessories. Discuss any topics regarding gunsmithing here.
Discuss all welding techniques and designs and making castings in the home shop. Show us some of your completed welding and casting projects and demonstrate how you fabricated them.
For off-topic discussions of all types.
Come here for all off-off-topic discussions- please, NO POLITICS, and please be gentle! Otherwise, discuss whatever you like.
Post Want to Buy [WTB], For Sale [FS], Want to Trade [WTT] and Services Offered [SO] ads here. There are no set restrictions on posting, but please do not spam this forum. Thanks!
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