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Offline wquiles

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Hi from William in Texas ...
« on: December 12, 2009, 10:38:57 AM »
Hi there,

I was pointed to this forum by somebody at one of the yahoo machining groups I belong to, and I was impressed by a couple of the projects already, including this one http://madmodder.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=210d39190706cf3af771109f3ca80f01&topic=822.0

I have been doing machining projects, mostly related to either flashlights, modifications, custom parts, and of course starting to make my own tools for about 4-5 years now, but I consider myself a beginner and I am always looking for ways to learn something new and see how others have tackled interesting problems/challenges/etc.

Here is a link to the projects I have done in the last couple of years:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=3081570&postcount=76

Will
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2009, 11:04:28 AM »
Hi there Will :wave: Welcome to the club  :borg:

Dont forget to show us what you are working on, we love piccies here cos  :worthless:  :D


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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2009, 11:07:42 AM »
Welcome to Mad Modder.  Lot of good people here with a mountain of knowledge.  Ray (Waco,TX)
Waco, Texas

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 11:59:18 AM »
welcome will  :wave:

post some pictures of what you have done...............we like pictures  :worthless:

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2009, 02:20:15 PM »
Hello William in Texas.
Having looked at your links I think you should fit in here just beautiful.
I am quite a newbie here the folk made me most welcome, as I am sure you will be.
From me Trevor
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2009, 04:36:30 PM »
Welcome William,

I'm glad you liked my ramblings, but there is a lot more than that on here, just have a good root about, you will be amazed at what some of the people on here get up to.


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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2009, 05:36:10 PM »
Welcome to the collective Will.  :borg:

We were all beginers at one time or another. Enjoy your stay. Lots to read and digest.

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2009, 09:36:15 PM »
Thank you for the warm welcome  :wave:

If there is one "problem" I have is that I tend to post too many photos (see my projects link above), so l should not disappoint in the lack of pictures department  :thumbup:

Like many of you I always seem to have various projects in various stages.  The one project I have been working these last couple of nights (trying to balance family, two kids, and a great wife) is the restoration/repair of a DTM BXA size tool post to replace my Phase II BXA wedge tool post.  I got the used/damaged/broken DTM tool post from Ebay for about $40 (a new unit was about $360), and it had several missing parts, including the all-to-important wedges!

This is what I bought from Ebay:









Although DTM closed its doors (owners retired) one person was able to buy all of the remaining parts left, and I was able to get the missing parts (all new for $70).  I was actually trilled when I got the parts because the wedges were over-size, so I am in the process of carefully fitting the hardened wedges to the hardened body of the tool post - it should be far tighter and more precise when I am done than probably most commercial wedge tool post since it is unlikely that manufacturers today do lots of hand fitting of hardened parts (it would be outrageously expensive).  Since this is mostly a hobby for me, spending several hours to improve the tool post is a cool use of my time, specially since the Phase II that I have is fairly loose given is low cost.

I need to spend some time learning the forum to know where to post the respective projects. This DTM tool post is for my Precision Mathews 12x36 lathe - what would be the right sub-forum to start a new post for this in-progress project?

Will
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2009, 10:18:43 PM »
Will,

The usual one would be the Projects Logs one if it is going to be any sort of length, but if it is a quickie, done in one posting, then it could go under the Tools heading.

People will find it anyway, the quest for information gets them rooting about everywhere.


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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2009, 10:49:42 PM »
Bogs has got it right!

Long it goes in the projects, shortie... put it in tools

Welcome to the collective :borg:

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2009, 11:58:40 PM »
Hi Will

Welcome to MadModder Will. Looks like you have lots of neat things on the go. It's good that you like pictures as the members here also love a good dose of them. I look forward to your future posts and projects.  :) :)

Cheers  :beer:

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2009, 10:22:05 AM »
This will be a relatively short post, so I will post it in the tools are:

MadModder > The Shop > General Tools

Even though it should be short, I will make "sure" I post enough pictures  :thumbup:

Thanks,
Will
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2009, 10:55:00 AM »
Hi Will welocome aboard the cube  :borg:

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2009, 10:57:53 AM »
You're the chap that makes those impressive rabbit stoppers !!!

I'd love to see a post here, tried to follow on the other forum but it's gone way too indepth to figure the whys and whats ...

Like the LED units? Perhaps a post to enlighten us?  :thumbup:
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2009, 02:18:26 PM »
You're the chap that makes those impressive rabbit stoppers !!!

I'd love to see a post here, tried to follow on the other forum but it's gone way too indepth to figure the whys and whats ...

Like the LED units? Perhaps a post to enlighten us?  :thumbup:

Yup, that is me - guilty as charged. Besides doing some machining projects, I am actually an Electrical Engineer (BSEE and MSEE), so I do enjoy projects/ideas that combine both sides/disciplines, like custom flashlights, or my recently completed 3HP VFD conversion on my knee mill:
(starting on post #135)
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=223336&page=5

Or a new multiple voltage regulated driver I am designing - this is my latest board layout:


I would be more than happy to create a post to discuss/share/explain flashligt modding/hot-rodding/LED/electronics/best bang for the buck, etc.  We now have available single package LED's that push 800-1000 lumens, and one that consumes a constant 9 amps at over 1200 lumens  - I don't think even the Borg had anything that powerful :borg:

What topics do you think would be more relevant/interest for the folks in this forum?  And what would be the right sub-forum to create such a post?

Will
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2009, 03:11:00 PM »
I would be more than happy to create a post to discuss/share/explain flashligt modding/hot-rodding/LED/electronics/best bang for the buck, etc. 
Ok, yes please  :thumbup:

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What topics do you think would be more relevant/interest for the folks in this forum? 

All of them  :lol: Seriously, post up as much as you like, there will be plenty of interest. We all love to read about projects of all shades and types.



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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2009, 03:38:16 PM »
As Tim says,

A super dooper torch would prob interest many...... I would think ....  :thumbup:

Project section would be good, but just so everyone knows what we mean have you got a picture of one in action ...  :beer:
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2009, 07:53:43 AM »
OK guys.  I will start drafting an informational thread on flashlight modification, high power LED's, etc..   :thumbup:
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2009, 04:49:37 PM »
Looking forward to it  :)
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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2009, 11:48:13 AM »
OK, I started a new thread about modifying flashlights here - please forgive me if it is posted in the wrong forum.  Please let me know if this was too little, too much, off base, etc.. - let me know how I can make a better job.

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=2475.0

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Re: Hi from William in Texas ...
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2009, 07:47:09 PM »
I finished rebuilding of the DTM tool post, so I created a new post for it:

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=2528.0


I hope I created it in the right sub-forum.

Will
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