Enlightenment 

"I really built a wall of tasks around myself, and climbing out of there was so daunting I just sat there" I feel this. 100%

I subscribed because of your ISO fits video and I'm so glad that I did. A reamed hole for a lamp mount? I'm going to like it here. 😂

Dude your tabletop injection molding machine has lots of potential. That would be a good kickstarter project where you could raise a good amount of money to produce a great tabletop injection molding machine. It would sell like toilet paper in a pandemic.

You live!!! Glad to see you back, really missed your content (your lathe stuff was super cute). As for your questions about worthwhile mods for the BF25 clone. Main recommendation I will make about upgrades for the BF25 machine (also G0704, there is tons of mods for it btw) is that the dovetail ways will wear out really quick unless properly and consistently lubricated (casting is generally not high quality), thus I really recommend one of the first mods to do is make oil channels into em and drill holes so you can pump way oil into em. Also since you have the US version of it you have the R8 work holding and that means you should be able to fairly easily convert the spindle to take the Tormach tooling (which is also R8 based). On top of that I would recommend you also make and install a longer drawbar as that will allow you to use washer springs to and a pneumatic piston to make an Automated drawbar (much more fun to use the thing when you do not have to break out a wrench every time). Those are in my opinion the most optimal mods to do on this machine if you want to keep it manual (for CNC there is a ton of useful stuff, but some of them need access to another machine, which depending on your current situation might not be that simple to do).

Good to see you back and alive! I still have a partially assembled injection molding machine in my shop 🤣

I'm glad to see you back! Looking forward to seeing updates on the cnc and jeweler's lathes. 👍

Folk yeah! Currently sitting in the bottom of a similar fort, walled in by tasks, some daunting, some less so, but both numerous. Good to see someone made it out alive! 😎

Good to see you again. I am a bit jealous of your new house, garage, and machine. But I am happy for you. Congratulations

Good to See you back. I am waiting when you would be finished with your Molding machine. Seriously cant wait any longerrrrrrrrr.

YES!! This is amazing news, welcome back man! I've been keeping my fingers crossed that your micro CNC lathe would get some more love ;)

Welcome back! The "rave" really cracked me up. lol. Looking forward to seeing what you do next!

Welcome back :D I know what it feels like to disappear 😅 but you made it back, congratulations on that and the new shop ;) Looking forward to the the next videos 👍

Good to see you’re back and doing well! Looking forward to more injection molding and lathe videos.

Im so excited that you're back, Im glad you're doing well and Im so looking forward to your future projects!

That's exactly what a Rave looks like. I've heard that when people run out of molly, the turn to cutting fluid!

Welcome back. I have to say your work has easily been in my top five favorite channels, and I'd feel guilty asking for more, so I'll settle for appreciating getting more.

WOWWW!!! So great to see you "back at it " Greg!!!! Keep up the great work. Joe from Romeo Michigan USA (GF is a Cannuckian, though)

I think we all see through the thinly veiled excuse of a "test piece" as reasoning to shred some more billy. Dude, it had a family! Nice to have you and the sound byte comedy back.

Hope you're well, enjoying the beautiful east coast! Can't wait for that next video! Curious - did you ever post video of the ATC in action? Also I'm sure you looked it up but craftex machines are usually equivalent to Precision Matthews machines in the US!

Everybody loves a comeback :)

What a treat to have you back! Welcome to the east coast, now you have to figure which syllable of a word to pronounce in french and the arcane art of chiak.

Welcome to Nova Scotia! We are nice here! (And it is a good place to raise kids, too!)

We all end up behind those walls once in a while - good to see you back:)

Welcome back, your simple lamp holder bracket is impressive.

#1 recommendation to improve your milling machine: show it off in more videos for us to watch. #2, keep a mini fridge nearby. You know, for important reasons (snacks and drinks). #3, if you are going to go for powered axis, why not just step up to cnc-ify it? Like This Old Tony and his powered manual controls that can also be switched to full computer control.

MAN it is great to hear from you :) Welcome back!

Welcome back! Missed your vids!

Yay! Not dead... awesome too see you making a return to metal working on RU-vid.

Glad you're back! Hope you're liking the move.

Cool! Mr. Bill impersonations!

Welcome back - looking forward to more videos!

So glad you're back😍

Welcome back 😀, good to see you upload!

Yaaaaay!

Welcome back! I was wondering what happened to you I've been around since the hlapps1990 days and always loved your channel I'm glad you're doing well!

Glad you are back. A little advice. Don't make things as small as you would like to make it. There is never enough time to get it done.

Don't let the man get you down or a schedule or something

Eyyyyy he's back! Good to see your return, I knew this'd be a good year! 😉

Happy to hear you’re alive!

cool!

Thanks for sharing 👍

You’re back!

Welcome back! But I'll need the link to the cat channel?

Good to see ya back!

RU-vid was getting a bit stale without your videos! I asked about your disappearance in a past video comment and it's exciting to hear your response. I'll be looking forward to your highly inspirational videos. BTW, I've always wanted to know the source of the intro jingle you on your earliest videos. It sounds eerily similar to Cesaria, an international musical sensation from Cape Verde.

Welcome back sir🥳💥💥

3rd time lucky? 😉 FYI, yours is one of few channels I actively check on to see if you've posted Down to earth and you know your shit. Hope you're doing alright in 2023 - I'm finally getting stuff sorted and projects finished this year. I think part of that is I'm tired of my button pushing day job lol Ah well, whatever it takes to encourage me to get stuff done 😂

Glad you're back.

great that yo are back

Saludos desde Ecuador 🇪🇨 , que paso con el proyecto de inyectora de plástico.

WHAT ?? Not dead? No!! Could’ve fooled me. Welcome back. 🤙

I hope you got your eyes sorted out. I apologize if my memory has failed me but I recall that was the reason for your sabbatical.

Welcome back sir

Welcome back bro!

Welcome back!

subbed cuz your videos are cool. but also lol on this video cuz it's been 5 months

This old Tony

Welcome back.

hahahah lol , it will be like you never existed. great to see you again man

Jooooooo

its been 4 months just post anything, even a reply will be fine

bro come on you upload once a year lol 😀

dude relax with the uploads i cant watch them all

its been a year, what's the excuse this time?