https://colinoflynn.com/tag/machining/Recent content in Machining on Colin O'FlynnHugoen-caMon, 20 Feb 2023 14:36:52 +0000https://colinoflynn.com/2023/02/danni-build-feb-11-23/Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:50:40 +0000https://colinoflynn.com/2023/02/danni-build-feb-11-23/<p><!-- wp:list --><br /> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --><br /> <li>Hours: 8</li><br /> <!-- /wp:list-item --></p> <p><!-- wp:list-item --><br /> <li>Parts complete: 1 (lateral support), 2 (cylinder support), 3 (frame base)</li><br /> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul><br /> <!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:image {"id":1070,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"media"} --><br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://colinoflynn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-1.png"><img src="https://colinoflynn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1070"/></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Test assembly of three parts built today. The parts come pre-milled, so this was mostly time spent getting setup.</figcaption></figure><br /> <!-- /wp:image --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><br /> <p>Start of build. Lots of marking &amp; drilling of items, which was done on a milling machine with DRO. Having the DRO read-out is useful here rather than marking pieces I found. I had mounted cheap<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUAQUITKijY" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUAQUITKijY"> iGaging DROs to a small X2 mini-mill, there is a YouTube Video of how I did this</a>. Here is drilling some holes in part 1:</p>