Machine Shop
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Bench Grinder
Safety Notes
- Do not use the bench grinder on aluminum as the aluminum flakes can trap heat in and cause the wheel to fracture.
- Do not cut off any piece of your body
Equipment
Useful Sites
Virtual Machine Shop
Information on a wide variety of machining operations.
http://kanabco.com/vms/library.html
G-Code Generators
CNC Halftone Wizard
Creates the g-code for creating a halftone interpretation of a PNG, JPG or GIF.
http://synapticcircle.com/technopolis/2011/09/04/cnc-halftone-wizard-1-0/
CAM.PY
Written in python by Neil Gershenfeld of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. CAM.PY generates g-code tool paths for milling 2D and 3D objects. Useful in creating g-code for cutting PCB's.
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/dist/cad.py
Information on Gears
Timing Belts, Pulleys and Metric Gears
Info from Stock Drive Products/ Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI)
http://www.sdp-si.com/web/html/reference_library.htm
Lathe Machines
Introduction to the Mini Lathe
If you know how a dog works with a face plate you may not need to look, but otherwise
http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_lathe/Introduction/introduction.htm
Trash
- Please don't throw sheet metal, copper, or aluminum away. We recycle these.
