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    Re: Help! Vacuum forming 1/8" ABS

    What he said. The people i work with fight the mold temperature of being to cool and stop freezing the plastic and not being cool enough to set the plastic. An air box over it all has an advantage of...
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    Re: Help! Vacuum forming 1/8" ABS

    I don't think a shop vac will pull material that thick with any detail. I built a vacuum chuck for milling using an old paint pot as a reservoir/coolant separator and an ac vacuum pump from Harbor...
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    Re: Just a video of my 6040Z-S80 milling aluminum

    That's called "sudden tool fatigue" in my shop.
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    Re: Vacuum pump size for vacuum hold down jig?

    I occasionally do Cub Scout 3x5 plaques and key fobs for my wife wet on a robo. I bought an ac vacuum pump from Harbor Freight. Yeh I know but this one still works. I use an old paint pot as a...
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    My mill was nervous and jumpy. One direction and...

    My mill was nervous and jumpy. One direction and axis only. I traced it down to needing brushes and cleaning the tubes the are in. $8 fix, $$$ overnight.
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    Looks like this is where ill be checking in. My...

    Looks like this is where ill be checking in. My brother got tired of my complaining and has been telling me for over a year this is where i should go. When i get back in town ill give the full...
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