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> Many plastic parts makers are making would be better as metal done on lathes and milling machines I'd love to, but I'm not getting those into my apartment.
by balfirevic 1y ago
> Many plastic parts makers are making would be better as metal done on lathes and milling machines
I'd love to, but I'm not getting those into my apartment.
- bluGill 1y agoThe hobby sized machines would fit into your apartment. Sure I can do things on my big machines that you couldn't, but there are plenty of things my south bend heavy 10 cannot do.
- balfirevic 1y agoWhich ones do you have in mind? Enclosed "desktop" mills, like Nomad 3 - that I can understand (although that one is pricey, and I can't can't even find what it would cost to get where I live). Regular mills and lathes would basically turn the room where it's located into a shop, with chips flying everywhere, so you better have a spare room. Noise might also be a problem. Even moving them is a project by itself. Tall ask for a hobbyist.
- bluGill 1y agoSieg. Or any machine from little machine shop. You need to build a plastic chip guard before using it in your apartment but many people do. or check out the work clickspring has done with tiny homemade tools.