I'm back making chips Aluminum 

Great to see you looking trim and tidy Kimber, and clearly in a better place. Very interesting to see the face mill chewing through that Alu, I saw a bit of table wobble so I'm not sure if that is play in the lead screw nut or just a bit of flex. Making good progress. Cheers

That cut nice, it made short work of that aluminium. Glad to hear the good news about your wife. Keep rockin' Kimber. Cheers Tony

Sometimes it’s necessary to chew some material on a machine tool, just to keep getting a feel for it. Plus, you know, chips.

Here's a little dose of practicality : cut those pieces down to the 'hex' with your bandsaw . . .* THEN you'll have 4 pieces to chew into floor sweepings ! YIKES - that head going out of tram THAT MUCH , could have caused a MAJOR "UNSATISFACTORY " event to happen - imagine the cutters going deeper & deeper without any "CONTROL" ! ! ! ( although you were making 'straight cuts' , the cutter would follow an ARC , as it cut deeper - - - 'could'a' caused a real "BIND" ! Glad you had time to mess in the shop some . . . you'll be able to make some artsy / fartsy paperweight, or 'hidey hole' to thread & make a cap for . . . ( THEN forget where you put your STASH ! ) HAVE FUN !

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Kimbers back. 👍

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